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PAINTING SPACE 122 INC
NEW YORK, NY · EIN 133325038 · Form 990 · FY2024 · NTEE A400 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · Small ($100K-$1M) · ps122gallery.org
revenue
$188K
expenses
$195K
net assets
$8K
employees
0
program ratio
24%
mission · from form 990

TO FOSTER AND DEVELOP THE ARTS

profile · synthesized from sources

PS122 Gallery is a nonprofit alternative exhibition space in New York City's East Village, operating since 1979 as a program of Painting Space 122. It provides a platform for interdisciplinary, inclusive artistic practices, with a history of supporting emerging and underrecognized artists. The gallery presents curated exhibitions and artist talks that explore contemporary themes such as identity, diaspora, and social critique.

named programs · 2 · from sources

What they call their work

Artist Talks
Public conversations with artists and curators exploring the conceptual and emotional dimensions of exhibited work
Exhibition Program
Curated exhibitions showcasing emerging and mid-career artists, often with thematic focus on identity, social issues, and contemporary art practice
activities · 4 groups

What they do

  • Artist Residencies and Studio Programs 2 activities
    • Provides subsidized studio space to artists
      Offers private studio space at below-market rates to professional fine artists in the New York City metropolitan area, supporting their creative development and practice.
    • Supports artist residencies and early-career development
      Runs a studio program that provides early-career exhibition opportunities and culminates in a group exhibition for participating artists; has supported emerging artists such as Peter Halley, Keith Haring, and Amy Sillman.
  • Artist and Curatorial Publications 1 activity
    • Documents organizational and artistic history through research publications
      Published a 20-year retrospective catalog documenting the history of PS122 Gallery from 1979 to 1999, preserving institutional memory and artistic contributions.
  • Curated Art Exhibitions and Public Displays 1 activity
    • Hosts rotating art exhibitions
      Organizes and presents group and solo art exhibitions on an ongoing basis, featuring emerging and established artists, with public opening events, artist talks, workshops, and closing receptions. Exhibitions are held at the organization's gallery space in New York and have included themed shows such as "Ghosts," "Magnetic," "Down A Hole Darkly," and "ALIENS: Colonial Narratives Through Plant Migration and Bio-Art."
  • Historic Theater and Arts Venue Preservation 1 activity
    • Rehabilitates and maintains gallery facilities for expanded programming
      Undertook a six-year renovation completed in January 2019 that brought the building up to code, doubled the gallery space, and increased capacity for exhibitions and public programming.
financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$188K
Contributions & grants$3000%
Program service revenue$188K100%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$195K
Program expenses24%
Admin / overhead75%
Fundraising1%
Salaries & benefits$0
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineFacilities
balance sheet
Total assets$29K
Cash$25K
Investments$0
Liabilities$21K
Net assets$8K
Liquid reserves1.5 mo
6 years on record · 2019–2024 · YoY revenue +2.5%
relationships · 23

Who they work with

  • 4th Street Photo Gallery Partner — Collaborated with for the inaugural gallery exhibition in 1979.
  • Alfonso Sanchez Herrera Lasso Partner — Curator of the "Synthetic Traces" exhibition
  • Amy Cheng Partner — Featured artist in the Touch Frequencies exhibition.
  • Avani Patel Partner — Featured artist in the Touch Frequencies exhibition.
  • City of New York Government — Operates within the City of New York-owned 122 Community Center.
  • Heather Merckle Partner — Collaborates with artist Heather Merckle on the exhibition "Down A Hole Darkly."
  • Isabella Indolfi Partner — Curator of the "ALIENS" exhibition at PS122 Gallery.
  • Izzy Nova Partner — Curator of the "Aromantic" exhibition at PS122 Gallery.
  • Jillian McDonald Partner — Collaborates with artist Jillian McDonald on the exhibition "Down A Hole Darkly."
  • Jiyoun Lee-Lodge Partner — Participating artist in the exhibition "Obsession / Trauma / Good Luck: Diaspora."
  • Joo Yeon Woo Partner — Participating artist in the exhibition "Obsession / Trauma / Good Luck: Diaspora."
  • Lite Zhang Partner — Collaborating artist in the "Synthetic Traces" exhibition
  • Malkit Shoshan Partner — Co-presented a public artist talk on utopian architecture and urban planning.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Partner — Frank Haotian Cong has held teaching and research positions at MIT, and Aubrie James has exhibited work at MIT venues, indicating institutional collaboration.
  • PS122 Gallery Partner — PS122 Gallery is a program of Painting Space 122 INC, operating as its public exhibition space.
  • Painting Space 122 Network — PS122 Gallery is an ongoing program of the artist-run cooperative Painting Space 122.
  • Pavlos Liaretidis Partner — Collaborating artist in the "Synthetic Traces" exhibition
  • Purchase College Partner — Co-presented the MFA Thesis Show featuring graduating artists.
  • Soojung Hyun Partner — Curated the exhibition "Obsession / Trauma / Good Luck: Diaspora" at PS122 Gallery.
  • Sue Scott Partner — Curated the exhibition 'Neither Here Nor There' in collaboration with Painting Space 122.
  • Swale House Partner — Collaborated with artists connected to the Swale House Urban Soils Residency, incorporating research and imagery from the residency into the exhibition.
  • Tai Hwa Goh Partner — Participating artist in the exhibition "Obsession / Trauma / Good Luck: Diaspora."
  • Thomas Vandyke Gallery Partner — Partner gallery that will showcase Victor Liu's sculptures and other works in 2025.
strategies · 5

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Art as Methodology for Societal and Scientific Inquiry
    methodology: art-as-methodology
    By using art as a research methodology, the organization investigates and entangles with systems of technoscience and contemporary societal paradigms, enabling critical, non-discursive forms of knowledge production that challenge dominant frameworks.
  • Artist Collective Model with Equitable Governance
    methodology: artist_collective_model
    By operating as a democratically run artist collective, the organization distributes leadership and decision-making responsibilities among artist members, fostering equitable governance and shared ownership, which strengthens collective commitment and artistic risk-taking.
  • Curated Exploration of In-Betweenness and Unresolved States
    methodology: in-betweenness-as-generative-space
    By centering the "in-between" — unresolved, unorthodox, and liminal artistic positions — as generative space rather than absence, the organization fosters artistic practices that challenge binary thinking and produce transformative public engagement with ambiguity and displacement.
  • Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Programming for Communion and Regeneration
    methodology: inclusive_interdisciplinary_programming
    Through interdisciplinary, emotionally-centered, and inclusive programming, the organization uses art to foster communion, unearth layered histories, and regenerate urban and ecological awareness, because diverse and affective engagement deepens public connection and collective reckoning.
  • Residency-Driven Curation of Non-Conformist Practices
    methodology: residency-driven-curation
    By selecting artists through a residency model that prioritizes structural restlessness and non-conformity over thematic coherence, the organization cultivates innovative and resilient artistic practices that challenge institutional norms and produce emergent forms of expression.