We are proud to feature selected work by local artists Matthew Catrino, Caitlin Peck and Woodley White for our virtual exhibition for the month of September. Visit our Instagram page to view art, make inquires or purchase an original piece.
Join us on March 6th, 2020 from 6-10pm, for the opening reception of our third annual FEMME VITALE featuring Janelle Whisenant and Faye Zhang. In honor of Women’s History Month we are proud to feature an exhibition with female artists who consistently address women's issues and sexuality in their art. Refreshments will be served. Exhibition will be on display through the month of March. Additional gallery hours on Saturday and Sunday from 12-5pm.
Join us February 7th, 2020, from 6-10pm for our First Friday opening reception of WITH LOVE. This exhibition reflects the sentiments of a variety of individual artists, selected by Natalie Merritt and Julia Marsh, on the theme of love. Featured artists include: Joel Adas, Benjamin Baker, Christina DeFabis, Ashley Flynn, David Herman, Erika Herrera, Ben Johnson, Jordyn Lyric, Julia Marsh, Paul Nicholson, Bobby Pierson, Jodie Pellish, Kate Rush, Jess Swift, George Taylor and Sally Wiggins. Refreshments will be served. Additional gallery hours on Saturday and Sunday from 12-5pm.
High 5 Gallery and the WCA Philadelphia Chapter are proud to present TRANSFORMATION, a group show featuring local artists: Angela Arrey-Wastavino, Krista Dedrick Lai, Jessica Eskow, Alisha Hagelin, Reyna Howkins, Gloria Klaiman, Liz Krick, Constance McBride, Arianna Mohiuddin, Selene Nunez-Cruz, Hope Peck, Hanna Vogel, Janelle Whisenant, Faye Zhang, Marcie Ziskind, Robert Zurer.
Join us for our First Friday opening reception on January 3rd, 2020 from 6-10pm. Refreshments will be served. Exhibition will be on display until February 2nd, 2020. Additional gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday from 12-5pm.
Join us December 6th, 2019 from 6-10pm for our First Friday opening reception of SHIFTING VISTAS featuring a collection of mixed media works by Sofya Mirvis. Collages and paintings blur the lines of seasonal changes through moody landscapes and folklore-inspired narratives. Adaptations of the natural and aspiration of the human are seen through a feminine lens, reimagining what our world would be like if seasons as we know it became a thing of the past. Refreshments will be served. Exhibition will be on display through the month of December. Additional gallery hours on Saturdays and Sundays from 12-5pm.
Join us for our First Friday Opening Reception of SKIN/TRADE on November 1st, 2019 from 6-10pm, featuring local artist and gallery owner Natalie Merritt. Her newest series of paintings focuses on animal skins, furs, and environments. Natalie hopes to call attention to the need for conservation and compassion in order to fight the astounding world-wide species population losses. A portion of profits will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund. Refreshments will be served.
Join us for our First Friday Opening Reception of DWELLING, on October 4th, 2019 from 6-10pm. This exhibition features local artists Katie Knoeringer and Andy Staszkiw. Knoeringer presents her paintings, drawings and cut paper work while Staszkiw displays his abstract pieces made from stained glass. While expressing themselves through vastly different mediums, both artists use the aspects of houses, negative space and isolation as critical elements in their work. Refreshments will be served. Exhibition on display through the month of October. Additional viewing available during gallery hours, Saturdays and Sundays from 12-5pm.
Join us for a retrospective from Shawn Hileman and his collaborators from the past 10 years. Enjoy an evening of fabric, installations, and a set of limited edition prints that will all be made for your viewing pleasure to enjoy each day in your home. Explore, wander the space, and view all the carefully selected elements in the show which have been crafted to cater to all types of lifestyles. Shawn Hileman is a graphic designer, illustrator, screen printer and an adjunct professor at Rowan University. Over the past 10 years, he has built a client base including Google, Urban Outfitters, Citibank and Live Nation. He runs Masthead Print Studio, a screen printing studio and gallery in Northern Liberties. Refreshments will be served. Exhibition on display through September. Additional gallery hours Sat & Sun 12-5pm.
Join us for our opening reception of EMERGING on August 2nd, 2019 from 5-9pm. We our proud to feature local artists: Zeinab Diomande, Devon Harrison, Sommer Phillips, Blaze Schmidt, Rushawn Stanley and Oleg Simon. We start our third season at High 5 Gallery by presenting our audience with some of Philadelphia’s newest artists and recent graduates of high school or college. Exhibition will be on display throughout the month of August. Additionally gallery hours on Saturdays and Sundays from 12-5pm. Refreshments will be served.
Please join us from 4-7pm on Sunday, July 7th 2019 for our BBQ and closing reception of Pen & Stencil featuring local artist and educator KC Grummun!
In lieu of our usual First Friday event, we will be hosting a celebration on the first Sunday of July and will be closed for the remainder of the month. We will resume our normal schedule starting on August 2nd 2019, for our next First Friday event!
Join us for our First Friday Opening Reception of PEN & STENCIL featuring local artist and educator KC Grummun, on June 7th 2019 from 6-10pm. In this premier solo exhibition at an art gallery, Grummun shares his graphic street art aesthetic and passion for the reproduced image. His hand-cut stencils of Philadelphia icons and other well-known celebrities has attracted notable collectors, such as Miley Cyrus. Don’t miss this chance to acquire your own KC Grummun original! Refreshments will be served. Exhibition will be on display throughout the month. Additional viewing hours on Saturdays and Sundays from 12-5pm.
Join us on May 3rd from 6-10pm for our First Friday opening reception of OFF-WHITE an exhibition featuring solely artists of color: Sheena Garcia, Pauline Houston McCall, Selene Nunez-Cruz/TelinitArt, Udochi Onwuka, Wanda Payne and Ivben Taqiy with assistant curators Mikelle Hicks and Athena Panton. At High 5 Gallery we stand behind our commitment to all communities, we hope to celebrate and empower our exhibiting artists. Refreshments will be served. Exhibition will be on display throughout the month. Additional gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 12-5pm.
Join us for our First Friday Opening Reception of INTENT: an exhibition of all things "circus." We are proud to show a variety of works by local artists Erika Chubeck, Jadelisette Cosper, Becca Dent, Ashley Flynn, Colleen Gahrmann, Lilly Gilmore, Dre Grigoropol, Eric Hagstrom, David Jablow, John Koch, Sofya Mirvis, Selene NC/Telenitart, Caitlin Peck, Kate Rush, Nicholas Santiago and Robert Zurer. Have your palm read by Shizu Homma between 6-8pm! Refreshments will be served. Exhibition will be on display through the month of April. Additional gallery hours on Saturday and Sunday between 12-5pm.
Join us for our second annual FEMME VITALE opening reception on March 1st, from 6-10pm, featuring local artists Jes Gamble, Liz Krick and Lauren Rinaldi. In honor of Women’s History Month we are proud to feature three female artists who consistently celebrate the female form in their paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs, and who advocate equality, inclusion and social justice reform through their arts. Refreshments will be served. Exhibition will be on display through the month of March. Additional gallery hours on Saturday and Sunday from 12-5pm.
Join us this First Friday, February 1st, 2019 from 6-10pm for the opening reception of FOMO February featuring Matt Catrino.
Have you experienced the Fear Of Missing Out? Don't miss out on this event, and your chance to purchase affordable artwork from one of Philadelphia's most promising up-and-coming artists. We will be showing an all-new body of work for February, and we're excited to extend our exhibition of this prolific artist for another month. We encourage all of you to stop in to see Catrino's new work in person.
Most of the work shown last month was sold, so don’t miss the opening! Pieces purchased last month will be ready for pick-up. Refreshments will be served. The exhibition will be on display through February. Additional gallery hours are 12-5 on Saturdays and Sundays.
philly artblog recently featured Matt Catrino and High 5 Gallery on their website, read it here: https://www.theartblog.org/…/untethered-the-playful-art-of…/
Join us for our first First Friday of 2019 and the opening reception of ‘Untethered’, featuring local, prolific artist and returning favorite, Matt Catrino. We will be exhibiting Catrino’s latest work, including multiple new series of paintings, sculptures and installations. Drawing on a background of industrial design in combination with an inter disciplinarian approach, Matt Catrino creates art that is free from the tethers of conformity. Refreshments will be served. Exhibition on display through the month of January. Additional gallery hours are Saturdays & Sundays from 12-5pm.
Join us for our final First Friday of 2018, featuring four local fiber artists: Bonnie MacAllister, Joanna Fulginiti, Rachel Udell and Marcie Ziskind. Come see the latest in fine-art fiber works, from embroidered portraiture and crocheted creatures to felted ornaments and abstract fabric paintings, arriving to the gallery just in time for the gift-giving season.
Refreshments will be served. The exhibition will be on display throughout the month of December. Additional gallery hours are on Saturdays and Sundays from 12-5pm.
Join us for a First Saturday celebratory reception of Half Truth featuring the hand-cut paper art of Rosa Leff. We're celebrating Philly style with local beer, Philly Pretzels and cheesesteaks! Rosa Leff will be here to share her collection of intricate cut paper art, all are hand-cut from a single sheet of paper and feature iconic imagery from classic Philadelphia neighborhoods. We will be here from 7-10 pm, following a demonstration at the Kimmel Center.
Rosa Leff has knowledge of traditional papercutting styles and techniques, but also a love of exploration. Through her work with the Guild of American Papercutters, Rosa is well positioned to see where her work sits within the world of contemporary papercutting.
We've extended this exhibition through November, so be sure to join us if you haven't seen this work in person! Additional gallery hours on Saturday and Sunday from 12-5pm.
Join us for our First Friday event “Half Truth,” featuring the hand cut paper art of Rosa Leff. She is an artist, an educator, and serves on the board of The Guild of American Papercutters. She exhibits her work in Philadelphia, D.C., and Maryland, where she currently resides. The intricate works of art celebrate the beauty of the mundane, with the tiniest details delicately carved and removed from a single sheet of paper. Don’t miss the opportunity to see these works of art up close and in person. Show runs through October. Additional gallery hours are on Saturday and Sundays from 12-5pm.
