About Current Arts.
Current Arts is where artists go to exhibit, produce, and host their work. Current Arts is a non traditional gallery.
All Prints and Writing is by The Current Selection, Inc. All Events and Promotion is by the Current Arts Foundation 501c(3). Gallery space located at 17 Essex St. New York, NY, 10002
Gallery
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Showcase Space
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Living Room
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Endless Possibilities
New York Art Culture
Current arts’ gallery and venue space. more downtown than downtown.
17 Essex St.
New York, NY
10002
By Appointment
Thriving artist mindset
Artists deserve to earn.
Creative work has value. When our programs work, artists get paid.
Artists bring people together.
Art creates community. It starts conversations, fills rooms, and gives people a reason to show up.
Never cheat the work.
Great work takes time, attention, and nerve. Reputation is not a substitute for doing the work.
The artist owns the work.
Copyright, credit, attribution, and provenance matter. We keep the record straight.
Document everything worth remembering.
Conversations reveal the through lines. Exhibitions, interviews, images, and essays build the archive one layer at a time.
Create what you wish existed.
Exhibitions, programs, publications, partnerships, gatherings. We do not wait for culture to happen. We make it happen.
CurrentArts’ Goal.
The goal of CurrentArts is to change the way artists go along their business.
By 2040, we hope for 80% of the value of the art market to go to working artists.
Current Arts Team
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Ashley Frey
CO-FOUNDER
Ashley Rose Frey is a New York–based creative entrepreneur working at the intersection of art, finance, and culture. She brings focus and clarity to creative ecosystems, building the operational and conceptual foundations that allow artists and projects to thrive. -
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Lesny JN Felix
FOUNDING ARTIST
Lesny JN Felix is a New York–based abstract painter and cultural entrepreneur known for high-energy practice and organic approach to making. Self-described as a “one-man factory,” Felix works with relentless focus to produce layered, colorful “visual sensations”. -
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Felipe Godinez
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Felipe Godinez is the Creative Director at Current Arts. He works across visual identity, concept development, and creative strategy, shaping projects from idea through execution with a strong sensitivity to contemporary culture and form. -
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Samuel Abelow
EXECUTIVE PARTNER
Samuel Abelow is an artist and advisor to Current Arts. A true generalist, he contributes across production and high-level consulting, bringing a broad creative and strategic perspective to projects from early development through execution.
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Kellie Kubler
EVENT DIRECTOR
Kellie leads PR and event production at Current Arts. With extensive experience in New York City’s contemporary fine arts landscape, she brings a sharp curatorial sensibility and industry knowledge to her role. Her background in the gallery world informs the development of exhibitions and public-facing initiatives that elevate and support living artists. -
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Joshua Lahijani
REAL ESTATE DIRECTOR
Josh leads real estate strategy and compliance at Current Arts. A lawyer with a background in the nonprofit world, he focuses on building sustainable, artist-centered spaces while ensuring the organization’s legal and operational foundation is sound.
