Channa Horwitz

Channa Horwitz (1932-2013) was a key figure in the development of Conceptual Art and West Coast Minimalism. Though like many other female contemporaries of hers, she only received credit from the art world much later in life when she was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 2014 and created the American pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2013. Working predominantly across canvas and paper, her geometric studies are a joy to encounter, giving elasticity and vitality to repetitive linework with their bold use of colour and handwritten inscriptions. Horwitz began her career studying graphic design in the early 1950s at Art Centre College of Design and later beginning Fine Art studies at Cal State Northbridge in the early 1960s, fusing the graphic skills acquired at the former with the experimental spirit developed at the latter. Whilst completing a BFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 1972, Horwitz studied with peers such as John Baldessari and Allan Kaprow— taking part in Kaprow’s ‘Happenings’ and hosting her own events. With a career that spanned over five decades, Horwitz continued to stretch the emotive capacities of her graphic motifs, remaining committed to the conceptual, repetitive processes which brought about each new work. ...

Since 2009, François Ghebaly has presented an innovative, eclectic program of Los Angeles-based and international artists. With a history of identifying and championing diverse voices and emerging talent, the gallery’s roster has grown to include 27 artists and 2 artist estates, ranging from early career, such as Sharif Farrag and Ludovic Nkoth, to mid-career, like Christine Sun Kim, Meriem Bennani, Kelly Akashi, Farah Al Qasimi, and Genesis Belanger, to well established, including Sayre Gomez, Kathleen Ryan, Neïl Beloufa and Candice Lin as well as underground legends, like Patrick Jackson and Mike Kuchar. The gallery advances the reach of its artists’ visions by publishing exhibition catalogues and producing artist editions. Located since 2013 in a 12,000 square foot warehouse space in Downtown Los Angeles, the gallery is a mainstay of the burgeoning Arts District community, and recently expanded to New York's Lower East Side. François Ghebaly’s program demonstrates a commitment to challenging work across all media and to fostering the progressive, boundary-pushing practices of its artists. ...