Planthouse

We are pleased to present a new series “Nocturnal Road Signs” by Nicholas Ruth. “By turning the sign around, Nicholas Ruth destabilizes its authority and function. The viewer is no longer told what to do or where to go. Instead, they are invited to look, to pause, and to wonder.” - People of Print Here are three photogravures from the new editions. @nicholashruth The edition is on view at the gallery through June 6th. #nicholasruth

Motifs appropriated from Renaissance engravings are juxtaposed with photographic imagery bring historical print vocabularies into conversation with digital processes. Two fictional worlds from @nicholashruth “Here and There” on view through June 6. Here and There II & III Screenprint, ink jet and colored pencil on Coventry rag 30 x 22 inches Edition of 5 #nicholasruth

Today a friend just sent this photo of me stitching a @katecbowler quote (inset) at @planthousegallery during the @mollyjongfast Uncommon Threads exhibit in 2022. This same friend came to see me in New York from Texas at this time (for about 48 hours, all the time she could take off) because my dad had died that month. Context for the quote: “You are loved. You are here. You will not disappear” is a powerful, comforting phrase often shared by author and professor Kate Bowler. Originating from her sister, Maria, during Bowler’s stage IV cancer diagnosis.”

💐#Repost @lauren.drescher with @use.repost ・・・ Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers who nurture and love without bounds . The most important job of all and the greatest privilege . As a mother, midwife ,artist and grandmother my heart is full of gratitude 💙💙💙

Opening tonight at The Met Costume Art May 10, 2026 - January 10, 2027 This work from 2014 acquired by The Met in 2016 is included in Costume Art, curated by Andrew Bolton. Brown Bag Test, December 21, 2014 Proof and Counterproof 2014 scraping, and softground etching surface roll printed on both sides on Akatosashi 23 proofs and 23 counterproofs for a total of 46 prints cut and folded 3 1/2 x 2 x 1 1/4 inches each unique THANKS! @metcostumeinstitute @metmuseum @metdrawingsandprints @curatornadine @farrell.jennifer @planthousegallery

Sea of Green - from @nicholashruth “Here and There” in view through June 6. 1. Aperture VIII, 2026 2. Aperture VII, 2026 3. Aperture X, 2026 Gouache and colored pencil on Rives BFK 14 x 11 inches

Rabbit Rabbit - @valeriehammondstudio #valeriehammond #blueforest

Nina Jordan, an exceptional artist and dear friend of the gallery, passed away peacefully at home last week at the age of 61, following a courageous three-year battle with brain cancer. Nina’s prints were the subject of two solo exhibitions at Planthouse: “Floods and Houses” in 2022 and “homesearch” in 2024. Both shows reflected her unique vision and out-sized talent. In November 2023, she curated “Into this world,” a group exhibition for the gallery. Weeks later, she would be diagnosed with a glioblastoma. As she bravely faced a terminal illness, she poured her heart into her work. Driven to complete projects, she kept creating art as long as she could. In 2024, Nina was selected for the “New Voices” exhibition at the Print Center New York, a meaningful recognition. At Planthouse, we had the privilege of introducing her work to curators at major institutions. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, and the Beinecke Library at Yale University all acquired prints from our exhibitions into their collections. A painterly printmaker, she made her raw, evocative woodblock prints in her studio from found wood. Deeply sensitive to struggle, Nina captured this in her haunting images of homes, which spoke to the larger issues of our time: climate change and the vanishing American dream. “The houses tell the story of our many different economic and personal realities. In appropriating these images, I speak of the conflict between home as commodity and home as habitat essential to survival. With my prints, I ask: who lives in this house, who wants to live in this house?” – Nina Jordan ​Nina will be deeply missed by Planthouse. We extend our heartfelt sympathies to her mother, Kathleen Widdoes, her husband, Haym Gross, and her son Joe, and our thoughts are with them at this time.

Across “Here and There” detailed foregrounds often open onto landscapes or atmospheric fields of colors, without a clear path connecting them. In these spaces distance becomes aspiration. Here are four drawings by @nicholashruth included in his exhibition on view through June 6. 1. Aperture V, 2026, 2. Horizon II, 2026 3. Horizon I, 2026 4. Aperture IV, 2026 Gouache and colored pencil on Rives BFK, 14 x 11 inches. #nicholasruth

Thank you to everyone who came out for last night’s opening! @nicholashruth “Here and There” is on view through June 6! #nicholasruth

Tomorrow Night! “Here and There” at @planthousegallery . . . #worldbuilding #vastness #contemporaryartwork #contemporaryprintmaking #contemporarypainting

✨✨Opening reception this Thursday, April 23, 6-8pm! ✨✨ Please join me at @planthousegallery for the opening of my show Here and There. Thanks to the wonderful people involved in helping make this work and show happen @sgt7pepper @mirabo.press @rachelshelton_ @jeffsherven @printsonpaper_studio @n._kooperkamp @walkerblackwell.tiff and thanks to Kristy and Barry at Park Ave Framing for making things look so good! . . . #contemporaryprintmaking #contemporarydrawings #engraving #photogravure #contemporarypaintings