Exhibitions

Pollination Ecology

Paintings and Ceramics by Rob Ventura June 2 - July 9, 2022 Platform Project Space presents Pollination Ecology, an exhibition by New Jersey based artist Rob Ventura. In his second showing with the gallery, Ventura continues his mixed-media explorations of organic life and biological forms. Pollination ecology is the study of pollen transfer through interactions between plants and pollinators in relation to... Read more

Cells

PROTO ZERO October 9 - December 23, 2020 PROTO GOMEZ presents PATHOGENS, an exhibition by Hoboken-based artist Rob Ventura. For his second solo exhibition in the gallery space, Ventura continues his surrealistic interpretations of organic forms, focusing on microorganisms that cause disease. This New York City presentation coincides with CELLS, a remote, site-specific art installation at PROTO ZERO... Read more

Pathogens

PROTO GOMEZ October 9 - November 9, 2020 "Pathogens" debuts a series of six 35 x 40-inch oil paintings, each an intuitive depiction of an infectious organism, such as a virus, bacterium, protozoan, prion, viroid, or fungus. Read more

Anthophile: Men Who Paint Flowers

Platform Project Space March 13 - April 8, 2019 The flower as an organism of beauty, exoticism, toxicity, and sexuality is an enduring trope for artists. Flowers as symbols of celebration, mourning, death, birth and decay are a constant, recurring motif throughout the history of art. Painters from Bonnard and Fantin-Latour, to Donald Sultan and Robert Kushner have found... Read more

Black Henbane

MEN Gallery October 6 - 28, 2018 MEN Gallery presents Black Henbane, an exhibition by Hoboken-based artist Rob Ventura. In his New York City solo debut, Ventura continues his mixed-media explorations of poisonous flowers as a visual motif for painting, drawing, and sculpture. Hyoscyamus niger, commonly known as black henbane, is a highly toxic plant that has... Read more