The Sue Crockford Gallery opened with a group of eight foundation artists: Gretchen Albrecht, Jacqueline Fraser, Robert Jesson, Richard Killeen, Maria Olsen, John Reynolds, James Ross and Denys Watkins.
[1] The gallery expanded this group over the years with artists including Billy Apple, Daniel Burren, Julian Dashper, Milan Mrkusich, Marie Shannon, Yuk King Tan, Kathy Temin and Gordon Walters.
[10] The key issue in contention concerned Gordon Walters, a Crockford Gallery artist, who Killeen and others felt to have been demeaned both by his positioning in the exhibition and in an essay by art historian Rangihiroa Panoho.
[13] When the Sue Crockford Gallery opened in the mid-1980s, it was considered to be extremely progressive with its large exhibition space, its decision not to take part in the secondary re-sale market and a dedication to a carefully selected group of younger artists.
[14] Sue Crockford's sophisticated style was expressed in the New York look of the gallery with its high ceilings and wooden floors.