Elizaville, New York, July 19-20, 2024

The inaugural edition of Zero Art Fair took place in New York’s Hudson Valley, as an official participant of Upstate Art Weekend 2024. The fair was a beautiful event, placing 178 artworks by 83 artists with new friends through the Zero Art Fair contract. We want to thank all the participating artists, visitors, funders, and sponsors who helped make the fair a success and a wonderful experience. While it took nearly two years to bring Zero Art Fair to life, the event unfolded more quickly than we anticipated, requiring only two days to get very close to zero artworks.

All of the works included in the fair are shown here. The names of all 2024 collectors and the artworks they acquired are shown on our public ledger below. These collectors are now stewards of the new works for a period of five years, according to the terms of the contracts signed by both the “Artist” and the “Friend.” Each signatory has received a copy of their contract for their records, and Zero Art Fair retains a copy in case either party needs a duplicate.

You can also find the full participant list and the special projects below.  

Participating Artists

Natale Adgnot

Amber Eve Anderson

Bo Bartlett

Alana Bograd

Lee Boroson

Karlos Carcamo

Dana Carlson

Luyao Chang

Katie Chin

Matthew Conradt

Anne-Marie Cosgrove

Chris Costan

Kyle Cottier

Jane Fine

Rebecca Fortnum

Ryan Frank

E. Winslow Funaki

Allison Gildersleeve

Anthony Goicolea

Erin Haldrup

Susan Hamburger

Jessica Hargreaves

Robert Harrington

Jodi Hays

Michelle Hinebrook

James Huang

Kristen Jensen

Jennifer Dalton

Lee Jensen

Jeremiah Jones

Chris Kannen

Jennifer Karady

Jeana Eve Klein

Jac Lahav

Elisa Lendvay

Lisa Levy

Jason Cole Mager

Bridget May

Jennifer and Kevin McCoy

Thomas Micchelli

Jamie Mirabella

Natalie Moore

Chris  Moss

Erin O’Flynn

David Opdyke

Jeff Ostergren

Linda Pellagrini

William Powhida

Mary Raap

Cynthia Reynolds

Peter Rostovsky

Emily Roz

Carol Saft

Marc Sapir

Tom Sanford

Michael Scott

Jennifer Seas

Lauren Seiden

Jordan Seiler

Joanna Seitz

Jusun Seo

Michael Shaw

Viviane Silvera

Adam Simon

Janice Sloane

Jeff  Slomba

Alfred Steiner

Lynn Sullivan

Bob Szantyr

Patricia Satterlee

David Thonis

Mark Tribe

Jason Varone

Michelle Vaughan

Chris Verene

Lexa Walsh

Amelie Wang

Oliver Wasow

Michael Waugh

Barbara Westermann

Yin Ming Wong

Daniel Zeller

 

 

2024 Curatorial Committee

Laura Raicovich, writer and curator

Seph Rodney, PhD., independent art critic and curator

Magda Sawon, Founder/Director, Postmasters

Manon Slome, Co-Founder, No Longer Empty 

Jennifer Dalton, artist and co-founder, Zero Art Fair

William Powhida, artist and co-founder, Zero Art Fair

Special Projects

Talk is Cheap

Talk is Cheap was a performance by artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy in collaboration with The Seeing Place and the Performance and Interactive Media Artists at Brooklyn College. Visitors were able to check out radios during the run of the fair to listen to a live mix of music, ambient audio, and recordings of the Zero Art Fair community discussing the idea of value.

Listen to audio samples from the project:
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Beer and Badminton

While perusing and taking away amazing art at ZERO ART FAIR visitors were able to enjoy a beer and win art books by playing quick games of badminton with artists and friends at the opening reception. Beer and Badminton was produced by the amazing Maureen Sullivan/ Red Art Projects.

Cold Comfort by David Howe and Anita Cruz-Eberhard

These large floor pillows are covered with images from our Security Blankets series, where images of contemporary trauma confront the traditional softchildren’s security blanket, provoking a disturbing cross-sensory conflict. Soft CarBomb, Soft Drought, Soft Tornado, Soft Hazmat, Soft Border Guard for example. Made of super plush fleece, the resulting mural-sized cozy contradictions are meant to be touched as well as seen, conveying opposite visual and tactile messages that confound the positive and negative implications of the word “security.”

Cover size: 60×80 inches
Cover material: Dye-sublimation print on super-plush fleece
Pillow size: 66x15x45 inches
Pillow weight: 30-35 lbs
Pillow filling: Shredded foam

Lisa Levy’s Tote Bags

 
Inspired by her “Thoughts in My Head” text painting series, artist Lisa Levy silkscreened these fun, shiny bags during the pandemic and sold them at her favorite holiday markets.  The bags were available to visitors for free as part of Zero Art Fair and were a great take away from the event.

Public Ledger