Every Woman Biennial 2019
NYC May 19-29 LaMaMa Galleria, 47 Great Jones Street & 222 Bowery

LA June 2-12 Bendix Building, 1206 Maple Ave, Los Angeles

The EVERY WOMAN BIENNIAL 2019 is the all woman and women-identified art biennial founded and curated by C. Finley. What began as the Whitney Houston Biennial, a wild one night event of art and performance celebrating w omen in 2014, and expanded to a two-week exhibition in 2017 in the awakening of the #MeToo movement, will present its third iteration, titled Every Woman Biennial, from May 19 - May 29 in New York, and a sister biennial of LA-based artists June 2 - 12 in Los Angeles. Over 600 artists are featured in the art exhibitions, a NY film festival, and events including I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY Flash Mob in NY, and Girl Bands in LA. The Biennial includes acclaimed artists dedicated to supporting women - Patricia Cronin, Deborah Kass, Marilyn Minter, Annie Sprinkle & Elizabeth Stevens, Swoon, Mickalene Thomas, Betty Tompkins and more - showing alongside emerging artists and artists from partnerships with Bard College, GenderCool Project, LAND Studio, Lower East Side Girls’ Club, and more. Finley stated: “The goal is to develop a heightened consciousness in the art world favoring encouragement, connection, inspiration and love. Every Woman Biennial is our rallying cry which aims to bring together many creative voices to sing a collective song that celebrates the contribution of female artists and marks a moment in our communal trajectory.” Timing with The Whitney Museum’s Biennial, the aim is to extend the celebration of art and create even more opportunities for emerging women artists. The Biennial engages artists, through a democratic open call, to cross-pollinate with each other from a variety of mediums, generations, and racial and ethnic backgrounds. The salon-style exhibition features painting, photography, installation, sculpture, video art, textile, and multimedia works, activated by performance, dance, music, poetry readings, theater and film.

WHEN & WHERE

• New York City, May 19 - May 29, 2019 Hours 1-7pm
Two locations: La Mama, La Galleria, 47 Great Jones Street + 222 Bowery. Opening Reception, Sunday, May 19: La Mama 1-4pm / 222 Bowery 4:15-7pm

• Los Angeles, June 2 - 12, 2019 Hours 1-7pm. Opening Reception Sunday, June 2. Bendix Building 1206 Maple Ave, Los Angeles

PROGRAM HIGHIGHTS
See events calendar for these and many more readings, poetry, music and performances www.everywomanbiennial.com.

New York

• May 19, Opening Day: Whitney Houston inspired I Wanna Dance With Somebody Flash Mob. All are invited to participate and learn the moves choreographed by Natalie Lomonte (Spiderman, Radio City's New York Spectacular). Go here for video www.everywomanbiennial.com. Performance starts at 4pm sharp until 4:10pm, and the moveable feast continues 5 blocks south to the Biennial’s additional location, 222 Bowery.

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• Ayana Evans, "I Want Some Sugar On My Sh**", the performance artist wildly interacts with visitors while investigating the ideas of territory, social boundaries, and fantasy to affect one’s daily circumstances. May 19, opening event, begins 2pm.

• May 21, 7pm: “The Strangeness of Truth: Writers at the Intersection of Fact and Fiction” - authors Karen Abbott, Angela Ards, Elizabeth Geoghegan, Denise Kiernan

• May 29, Closing Events: “Dance Close and Laugh with Linda Montano as Bob Dylan. $1 a Dance” (4-7pm) + and Coco Karol dance performance (7:30pm)

• New York Film Festival (222 Bowery)
Every Woman Biennial Film Festival Director Assal Ghawami (Expat Films) has brought together a selection of over 100 short and feature length films, including several U.S. premieres, that explore an anthropological narrative about female artistic creation from around the globe. The program includes animation, documentaries, experimental and narrative films showcasing a variety of aesthetic approaches, and aims to let women tell their stories and create a dialogue about the parallels and the contrasting perspectives on women’s empowerment today. The festival includes work by female and non-female identifying filmmakers, who are centering their films around strong female leads. Assal Ghawami states: “Filmmaking is a collaborative art form and the lines of authorship can be blurry. We would like to encourage mixed gender productions and advocate for inclusivity, cooperation, and recognition of the role of women in all areas of filmmaking including producers, cinematographers, editors and composers.”

Los Angeles

• SORORITY - Gina Young’s themed event for opening night will feature multiple performance artists.

• Girl Bands - two evenings at Joy Factory on June 4 & 5

Dorian Electra, Flavia, Disco Shrine, Osaba, Wargirl, Samira Winter, Metal Mother, Elle Mehrmand .

• Public Art on the Beach - Adrienne Adar and Cara Levine will rebuild Tidal, a communal sand staircase as an homage to those who have lost homes in the California fires and found the perseverance and strength to carry on. Miniature renditions will be on view in the Biennale exhibition.

WHO

Founder and Curator of the Every Woman Biennial, C. Finley, based in New York City and Rome, is known for her elaborate paintings and intense use of color, monumental murals, multi-disciplinary collaborations, and her activism through urban art interventions, including her acclaimed Wallpapered Dumpsters. Initiating the Whitney Houston Biennial 2014 and 2017, Finley’s goal with the 2019 iteration is to expand the Biennial, starting with LA this year, and creating a model to be replicated worldwide in 2021. Finley has shown internationally with exhibitions at Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna; Superchief

Gallery Los Angeles; Jenn Singer Gallery New York; Context/Art Miami; Scope Miami and New York; FDA Projects, Rome; High Energy Constructs and Salon Oblique, Los Angeles; and the Dumba Collective, New York. Finley received her BFA from the Pratt Institute, New York and her MFA from California State University, Long Beach. Her work has been featured in the The New York Times, La Repubblica, Dazed, Fast Company, Women’s Wear Daily, LALA, and more. http://iamfinley.com/

LaMaMa Galleria, founded in 1984 the nonprofit gallery is committed to nurturing experimentation in the visual arts. LaMaMa Galleria encourages an active dialogue between new media, performance, the plastic and visual arts, curatorial projects, and educational initiatives. It serves the East Village community by offering diverse programming to an inter-generational audience, and expanding the parameters of a traditional gallery space. As a non-profit, LaMaMa Galleria is able to provide artists and curators with unique exhibition opportunities.

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222 Bowery The ground floor gallery space at 222 Bowery is in the historic landmark created at the turn of the century in 1885. It was the home of the Young Men's Institute, the first branch of the YMCA. Artists claimed the building in the 1930s including Leger, William Burroughs, Mark Rothko, and John Giorno who championed to save the building and remains keeper of Burroughs’ bunker.

COLLABORATORS & SPONSORS
The Every Woman Biennial is a fiscally sponsored 501c3 via Fractured Atlas.

Annabelle Rinehart & The Jonathan Rinehart Family Foundation
Monica L. Boll, Strategic Advisor
NARA Collective, Brand Alignment
La Mama
Caldwellings Real Estate
GenderCool Project
Gum
Joy Factory
LAND Studio
Lower Eastside Girls Club

LIST OF ARTISTS: 2019 New York City

Ann Romero De Cordoba, Becky Kinder, Caitlin Rose Sweet, Hagan Marguerita, Madeline Donahue, Maggie Parson, Maria Liebana, Roxanne Jackson, Anna Pasztor, Salpy Semerdjian, Christine Lewis, Gaby Collins-Fernandez, Holly Brennan, Katie Rubright, Leti Soriano, Lissette Sanchez, Maggie Nowiski, Marisha Lozada, Marnie White, Myasia Dowdell, Paula Stuttman, Poppers the Pony, Raquel Albarran, Renana Neuman, Rosa Booth, Sahar Kubba, Sarah Mihara Creagen, Shira Glezerman, Sylvia K, Talia Schulze, Andrea Bass, Alex Wolkowicz, Angel Favorite, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Bailey Stiles, Bridget McGuire, Corinne Jones, Ellen Jong, Katie Urban, Alternativehoodrat, Alex Nuñez, Alexandra Momin, Annabelle Weatherly, Ashley Catharine Smith, Bree Chapin, Caroline Voagen Nelson, Chee Bravo, Christina Martinelli, Collective : Roula Gholmieh, Melanie Bossert, Michele Kamel, Defne Tutus, Deming King Harriman, Emily D. Markert, Eri King, Erica Geralds, Fukuko Harris, Helga Sierra, JP-Anne Judy Giera, Jude Broughan, Julie Eisenberg Pitman, Kiran Chandra, Kristen Mills, Laura Bell, Laura Galbraith, Lucy Fradkin, Margie Neal, Maria Spector, Maya Erdelyi, Nadja Verena Marcin, Natalee Cayton, Nichole Washington, Rihomi Sato, Sandra Hamburg, Sarah Crofts, Sarah Walko, Stefania Tejada, Stephanie Snider, Sulyn Silbar, Tara L. Cavanaugh, Theresa Gooby, Valincy-Jean Patelli, Hsini Des, Amy Gilvary, Cynthia Alvarez, Elissa Levy, Maxi Cohen, Sofia Saleh, Ace Phoenix, Adriana Farmiga, Agnes Barley, Alannah Farrell, Alex Chowaniec, Amy Vensel, Angela Fraleigh, Arielle Stein, Ashley Garrett, B.E. Hogan, Bekah Starr, Bonesy, Caroline Eleanor Absher, Chris Geoghegan, Christina Nicodema, Christina Yuna Ko, CJ Mazzalupo, Cristy Hyde, Dana Grossmann, Daphane Park, Daryl Myntia Daniels, Dawn Frasch, Diane Belgrod, Dove Hays, Elissa Swanger, Elizabeth Carol Winchester, Elizabeth Cooper, Ella Toth, em16, Erin Anderson, Erin Hinz, Erin Weckerle, Genevieve Bormes, Genevieve Cohn, GinaRae LaCerva, Grace Jones, Haley Hughes, Hilary McCarthy, Jana Ireijo, Jana Liptak, Jane Lafarge, Jennie West, Jennifer Sanchez, Jessica Larner, Jessica Mensch, Jessica Rubin, Jia Sung, Jordan Jones, Julia Damore-Rome, Julia J. Wolfe, Karmimadeebora McMillan, Kate Harding, Kate Mosher Hall, Katherine Rey Samels, Kathleen Vaccaro, Kim Carlino, Kimberly Nam, Kira Nam Greene, Kylie Manning, Laura Karetzky, Liz Ainslie, Loren Erdrich, Maghen Brown, Margot Werner, Maria de Los Angeles, Maria Stabio, Mariana Oushiro, MartianCum98, Melisa Taylor Metzger, Melissa Murray, Michelle Doll, Michelle Marchesseault, Michelle Rogers, Nancy Rodrigo, Nicole Appel, Nicole Michaud, Noa Charuvi, Nyala Grose, Peggy Cyphers, Phoebe Legere, Phylicia Haberman, Rachael Warner, Rebecca Jean Sutton, Ruth Merwin, Sal Sidner, Sandra Mack-Valencia, Sarah Heinemann, Sarbani Ghosh, Sharon Volpe, Sherman Yee, Sinejan Kiliç Buchina, Sloane, spodiodi, Tracy Morgan, Vic Selbach, Alesia Exum, Amelia Marzec, Andrea Zalkin, Antonia Stoyanovich, Antonia Wright, Ari Elefterin, Ashley Cortes, Ashley G. Garner, Beka Venezia, Bella Garcia, Bowen Fernie, Bridie Carey, Brigitte Hamadey, Brooke Holm, Camden Ador, Casey Hutton, Charlotte Woolf, Claire Debost, Dalia Amara, Delilah Twersky, Elektra Babian, Elisabeth Smolarz, Elizabeth Bick, Fede Gianni, Isabelle Baldwin, Izzy Leung, Jane Sartwell, Janna Dyk, Jasmine Clarke, Jill Frank, Júlia Standovár, Katie Hovencamp, Laura Wiseman, Leah DeVun, Leor Miller, Lisa Levart, Liv Ferrari, Lizzie Alexandra, Margeaux Walter, Marne Lucas, Maureen Catbagan, Melissa Eder, Meyrem Bulucek, Michelle Usha, Morgan Wolfers, Naomi Elena Ramirez, Nasrah Omar, Nell Dreyfus, Nicole Roche, Nisa Danitz, Olivia Zorn, Orrie King, Parvathi Kumar, Patrice Aphrodite Helmar, Qinza Najm, Rachel Hillery, Sophia Rauch, Storm Bookhard, Susan Andreas, Susan Silas, Vera Xia, Victoria Helena, Yibai Shen, Yimiao Zhang, Yon Mi Kim, Yumeng Zhu, Zoe Elefterin, Emily Fung, Emily Lombardo, Emmy Bright, Gwen Shockey, Inkling, Janine Polak, Julia Samuels, Lindsay Buchman, Mariana Vidal Escabi, Stefanie Wolfson, Vanessa Vargas, Alison Mustokoff, Anna Parisi, Beth Solin, Chloe Hedden, Claire Chambless, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Erica Wessmann, Florencia Escudero, Hanna Washburn, Jean Foos, Jillian Rose, Jordan Cruz, Julie K. Gray, Lovisa Stephenson, Lydia Goldbeck, Mallory Cain Breiner, Michaela Bathrick, Mille Kalsmose Studio, Mx. Oops, Paola Citterio, Rachelle Beaudoin, Ray Ferreira, Rose Nestler, Sarah Alice Moran, Sarah Anderson, Shona McAndrew, Susan Weinthaler, Tamika Rivera, Tora López, Linda Montano, Coco Karol, Ayana Evans, Emily Janowick, Jess Greenawalt, Leah Aron, Marja Samsom, Miriam Parker & Christina Smiros, Mitsuko Verdery, Shelley Marlow, Alexandria Deters, Aliya Bonar, Anne Mailey, Claire Fleury, Dominika Ksel, Elizabeth Tolson, Jean Seestadt, Linda Freidman Schmidt, Liz Collins, Melissa Dadourian, Or Nah, Whitney Manney, Zoe Schlacter, Allison Maria Rodriguez, Anya Liftig, Cat Del Buono, Clarinda Mac Low, Crysta Bloom, Dakota Gearhart, Jenn Ruff, Katie Armstrong, Katya Grokhovsky, McLean Fahnestock, Montana Simone, Rachel Garber Cole, Rachel Guardiola, Tiffany Nakamura

List of artists: 2019 Los Angeles

Amy Adler, Julie Burleigh, Mariah Garnett, Zackary Drucker, T.J. Dedeaux-Norris, Patrisse Cullors, Nao Bustamante, Sophie Lee, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Bailey Davenport, Nelly Zagury, Gina Young, Jasmine Nyende, Parisa Parnian, Amanda-Faye Jimenez, Alyssa Virker, Provvidenza Catalano, Stacie Jaye Meyer, Diane Crane, Cindy Rehm, Concha Alejandra Martinez-Jebsen, Cara Levine, Anne Lauroz, tinypink, L.O.C.A., Malado Francine, Domonique Echeverria, Roxanne Medina, Natalee Cayton, Dani Kantrowitz, Chelsea Dean, Crystal Vielula, Oona Nelson, Lola, Jantzen Zink, Virginia Broersma, Laurelin Gilmore, Sav, Michelle Rose, magdalenoblues, Ahna Serendren, Suzanne Wright, Cheryl Agustin, Lia Halloran, Maria Rendon, Molly Schulman, Allison Butcher, Nneka Osueke, Miya Ando, Sarah Bates, Austin Irving, Liz Liguori, Alondra Costilla, Yvette Marthell, Siri Kaur, Stefanie Rollins, Kayla Quinlan, Alyssa Forsyth, Ellen Diresta, Erin O'Leary, Cleonette Harris, Britta Fluevog, Marzena Abrahamik, Summer Allen, Parker Day, Heather Rasmussen, C. Finley, Eddy Segal, Suzanne Wright, Kim Stephens, Lauren Steinberg, Macon Reed, Houry Semerdjian, Theresa Sterner, Desiree Devirgilio, Sera Boeno, Andrea Hidalgo, Meegan Barnes, Paige Silverman, Hilary Nelson, Christa Bell, Elle Mehrmand, Adrienne Adar, Gazelle Samizay, Yoshie Sakai, Carole Frances Lung, Jordan Rathus, Jill R. Baker, Dorian Electra, Flavia, Disco Shrine, Osaba, Wargirl, Samira Winter, Metal Mother