Ronen Gamil

Thank you to everyone who attended our formal opening of “The Useful Life of Objects,” MFTA’s latest group exhibition featuring works from Armita Raafat (@armitaraafat ), Baseera Khan (@baseerakhan ), Ronen Gamil (@ronengamil ), and Justin Sterling (@justintoart ) curated by Sara Reisman (@reismansara ) and Kendal Henry (@kendalhenry ).  “In the Materials for the Arts warehouse, the possibilities for honoring and reimagining culture are endless — these possibilities appear wherever you look. Throughout ‘The Useful Life of Objects,’ reuse operates not as nostalgia or efficiency, but as a method of rethinking value, power, and inheritance,” shared co-curators Reisman and Henry about the show. “The Useful Life of Objects” is on view at the Materials for the Arts gallery now through Thursday, March 12. The MFTA gallery is free and open to the public, and invites visitors Monday through Friday between 9:30am and 4:30pm, barring federal holidays.  👉Click the link in MFTA’s bio to learn more about the “The Useful Life of Objects.” #MFTA #MaterialsfortheArts #CreativeReuse

Materials for the Arts presents “The Useful Life of Objects,” a group exhibition featuring recent work by New York–based artists Ronen Gamil (@ronengamil ), Baseera Khan (@baseerakhan ), Armita Raafat (@armitaraafat ), and Justin Sterling (@justintoart ). Opening January 15, 2026, and co-curated by Kendal Henry (@kendalhenry ) and Sara Reisman (@reismansara ), the exhibition explores the aesthetic, conceptual, and emotional potential of objects diverted from waste streams and given new life through creative reuse. “The short MFTA residency offered me a variety of objects, abundant materials, an inspiration for a whole new body of work and new artistic directions, an expansion of creative methods, and access to experimentation with new technologies,” shared Gamil about his residency at MFTA. Ronen Gamil is a Brooklyn-based, multi-lingual, Yemenite-Israeli artist raised in Palestine-Israel after his early childhood years in Brooklyn. Gamil’s recent works have been colorful, immersive installations made of textiles, copper, beads, aluminum, steel, and plants, engaging with themes of ethnic identity, housing and gentrification, and migration. MFTA will celebrate the opening of “The Useful Life of Objects” with a free public event on Thursday, January 15, 2026, including an artist talk led by curators Kendal Henry and Sara Reisman at 6:30pm. Thursday, January 15, 2026 l 6:30 — 9:00pm at the Materials for the Arts warehouse 33-00 Northern Blvd, 3rd fl. Long Island City, NY 11101 👉RSVP at the link in bio! 🖼️ 1. Ronen Gamil, “The Best is Yet to Come” 2020. Fabrics, thread, cowrie shells, coins, freehand machine embroidery 9'10"x 10'8"x7'3." 📸 Photo courtesy of: 2. Gregg Richards.

Inside the Studio: Ronen Gamil Color that welcomes. Questions that stay. In our new Inside the Studio feature, Brooklyn-based, Yemeni–Israeli artist Ronen Gamil maps where housing, habitat, and migration meet—across humans, plants, and pollinators. From fabric corridors that choreograph border crossings to aluminum-can “currency” and bee apartment diagrams, his bright palettes invite you in before guiding you toward tougher truths. Read the full interview now — link in bio. #InsideTheStudio #RonenGamil #ArtDealerStreet #ClioArtFair #InstallationArt #SocialPractice #Interspecies #UrbanEcology #TextileArt #Sculpture #PublicHorticulture #ContemporaryArt #BrooklynArtist #ArtInterview

Ronen Gamil’s @ronengamil Relation Map After Achille Mbembe (Chapters 3 & 4), both rendered in precise pen on paper, offers more than just visual maps. They chart the psychological, political, and historical terrains of control, violence, and resistance. Through this work, Gamil invites us to look not only at the past, but at how systems of necropolitics still shape the present. Relation Map After Achille Mbembe Chap 3 - Necropolitics Artist: Ronen Gamil Pen on paper 12x9" $450 Relation Map After Achille Mbembe Chap 4 - Necropolitics Artist: Ronen Gamil Pen on paper 12x9" $450 A multidisciplinary artist working across painting, sculpture, and mixed media, Ronen Gamil reinterprets historical narratives with urgency and clarity. His art reflects on identity, displacement, and how communities survive systems of oppression. Every mark he makes is deliberate—a record of memory, a form of refusal. These works are part of Gallery Particulier’s current exhibition, NYC Mosaic: Corner x Corner, which brings together the voices of artists Rodney Ewing, Amir Bey, Guadalupe Cariño Rosenburg, and Ronen Gamil to reimagine place, history, and belonging across the five boroughs. We welcome New Yorkers, neighbors, and visitors to experience this exhibition in person and explore the depth of each story told. See the full exhibition at our intimate gallery site in Brooklyn: 281 Maple Street, Brooklyn, NY 11225 Questions or inquiries: [email protected] #galleryparti #galleryparticulier #nycartists #emergingartist #communityart #brooklynart #publicartnyc #artandpolitics #outreach #artgalleries #newyorkcitygalleries #brooklyngalleries #socialinnovation #ronengamil #achillembembe #necropolitics #nycmosaic

We got invited to the Met for a special AAPI month community event during Nakba week and a week after the Met Gala Palestine protest, so we had to remind this crowd of the ongoing genocide in Palestine (West Asia) and the political prisoners here in the U.S. as well as in Israel. Free Them All! Cape by @ronengamil of @shoresh_us Chinese Gaza shirt by @maxwangmod via @pal_solidarity_zh Anti-Zionist fashion at its best!

@brooklynmuseum is celebrating its 200th birthday and I am so so so lucky and honored to have one of my textile works included in a group exhibition along with 215 artists from our beloved borough! The work on view is part of a larger installation called <<The Best is Yet to Come>> from 2020. It’s a textile collage about gentrification, my Yemenite Jewish identity, racial policing, social control, and racial capitalism. On view until January 26, 2025 First and last text-slides by @brooklynmuseum 🙌 A huge thank you to friends and chosen family Carlos Jimenez Cahua, @helalwarshagha , @mika.simoncelli , @natashagertzwunzj , and @moresavinglessdoing who celebrated with me, to the many artists in the show organizing for Palestinian liberation 🍉, to the selection committee led by esteemed artists Jeffrey Gibson, Vik Muniz, Mickalene Thomas, and Fred Tomaselli, to the museum's curation and exhibitions team, and to the many workers who made last night a fabulous celebration! 🖤❤️🤍💚 #bkm200

first fashion runway show last night at @bklynlibrary along with an admirable cohort of designers! 16 weeks of *intensive* work and creative growth through the Brooklyn Fashion Academy program culminating in last night's exhilarating show! 📽️ by @__farilicious__ a heartfelt thank you and much love to friends who were there with me, to the BK Fashion Academy team, to the backstage production team, to the wonderful models @duda_zoghbi , @kyle_a_mcpherson , @_lotty , and @darius__2001 , to our generous designer cohort, and to our remarkable mentor @benjamin_mach !

Join the opening celebration!! I'll show two works here and the show will be up for two months if you can't make it to the opening. . . . Reposted from @bronxmuseum Join us on Friday, January 26 from 7–9PM for our party celebrating the opening of ‘Bronx Calling: The Sixth AIM Biennial’ 🎉 All 26 artists featured in the exhibition participated in the Museum’s flagship AIM Fellowship program between 2020-2023: @syd_abady , @aigerimakh , @santina_amato , @miguelbraceli , @visually_concious , #WalterCruz, @kim_bo915 , sabafarhoudnia, @ronengamil , @judy_giera_studio , @luis__gutierrez_ , @jenniferclho , @peter_hoffmeister , @mayajeffereis , @eelombardo , @dariomohr_art , @jnierodzinski , @jiwon_rhie , @ruthiepaint , @yelaineartspace , @iam__ami_ , @tfredsa , @yesukseo , @kyleutter , @mizziverse , @junlinzhu Come out to support these incredible artists and vibe to music from @uptownvinylsupreme 🎶 This event is free and all are welcome. Please RSVP via the link in bio 🔗 Artwork Image: Yelaine Rodriguez, ‘La Hija de Shango | An Ode from Flo-Jo to Ivy Queen’ 2022. #BronxMuseum #BronxCalling #AIMBiennial #SydAbady #AikaAkhmetova #SantinaAmato #MiguelBraceli #ChrisCook #KimDacres #SabaFarhoudnia #RonenGamil #JudyGiera #LuisGutierrez #JenniferChialingHo #PeterHoffmeister #MayaJeffereis #ELombardo #DaroMohr #JoshuaNierodzinki #JiwonRhie #RuthRodriguez #YelaineRodriguez #AmiPark #FredSchmidtArenales #YesukSeo #KyleUtter #MisraWalker #JunlinZhu #UptownVinylSupreme

Saturday, April 29, 1-4 pm, Bronx Museum. Thrilled to be part of this community convening curated by artist @aliciagrullon and to collaborate with brilliant artists @freeman_christina and @miguelbraceli !! Our participatory installation on The Bronx Museum’s terrace will reflect on environmental issues as an entanglement of political, social, and economic contexts through an accumulation of objects. More info at bronxmuseum.org/event/community-convening-were-not-softening-our-resistance/ Hope you can join us!! 💜

A spontaneous video about early blooms @brooklynbotanic Thank you @mjstew00 for your expertly 🎥🎬 and editing magic!! 🔗 below to read the blog post and related content /news/bloom_alert_pussy_willows_video

On view until Wednesday, November 30 in Summit, NJ- about an hour from Penn Station, NY! Thank you @summitpublicart for the opportunity to collaborate and show my installation <<Between Flagships>> for six months at the Village Green!

Starting to develop metal wire basic, outline techniques inspired by my grandfather Avraham's silversmith work-- a common and celebrated art-craft for many generations in our Yemeni tribe. My first try follows a Serviceberry flower-- a large, early spring-blooming, local shrub in the Northeast that I've grown over the years as a gardener