Momenta Art

In order to raise funds for an exhibition they created hand-screened manila envelopes containing multiple artworks by artists John Hatfield, Lucky De Bellevue, John Groh (Jed Brain), Marlene McCarty, Janine Antoni, Sue Williams, Jude Tallichet, Chuck Agro, David Carrino, Jody Culkin, Tony Feher, Paula Hayes, Janet Henry, Jim Hodges, Barry Hylton, Pat Lasch, Julie Melton, Serge Pinkus, Barbara Pollack, Lily Van Der Stokker, Heist, and Parnes.

Titled “Yes I Am, No I’m Not”, the exhibition included Matthew Benedict, Robert Blanchon, Mary Beth Edelson, Kara Hammond, Janet Henry, Trudie Reiss, Kenny Schachter, Kerri Scharlin, Danny Tisdale, Miguel Ventura, Karen Yamauchi, and Naief Yehya, and focused on created identities.

Artists who joined the community over the following decade included Rico Gatson, Rochelle Feinstein, Rina Banerjee, Carl Fudge, Matthew Abbott, Wangechi Mutu, and Adam Henry.

Other artists whose work was exhibited at this location include Huma Bhabha, Derrick Adams, Wangechi Mutu, Akiko Ichikawa, Simone Leigh,[12] Yasser Aggour,[13] and Roe Ethridge.

[14] “Pop Patriotism”, curated by artist Peter Scott, satirized the commercial exploitation of 9/11 and included work by Heidi Schlatter, Christy Rupp, Thomas Sherrod, and David Opdyke.

[15] “No Return”, organized by Eric Heist, examined circular systems of economy and waste linking art and commerce included works by Jed Ela, Lan Tuazon, Peggy Diggs, Rainer Ganahl, and Pawel Wojtasik.

[16] "Still Ill", organized by John Lovett and Alessandro Codagnone, presented a series of performances that included Rita Ackermann, Jonathan Schipper, Adrien Cowen, and Agathe Snow.

[23][24] The first show for Momenta Art's Bushwick location at 56 Bogart Street, an exhibit of the photography of J. Pasila and Peter Scott, took place in the raw, partially-renovated space newly opened gallery.

[29] Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen's solo exhibition Space Fiction & the Archives (2014) critiqued what she perceived to be disguised racism and planned economic exploitation that lurk under multiculturalism.