Art Gallery.
We’re the first gallery in New York City to specialize in art by emerging women.
Founded by a woman artist in 2018, we are proud to exclusively represent a dozen emerging artists from around the world who self-identify as women. To the best of our knowledge we are the first, and we hope more will follow.
We support extraordinary art and don’t believe in gender labels in art. However, women do represent one of the smallest and fastest growing segments in the art world, so we are curating for collectors who want to take advantage of this opportunity. Our collections are great investment, we believe they will be in museums some day.
We don’t see any difference in the art that we represent and that by male artists or any other gender. This is not a market reality yet, it is estimated that only 14.9% of art in museums and galleries in the U.S. is currently by women (source: arnet). Until that figure changes, we represent “women artists”, a label we wish didn’t exist. To us, they’re just phenomenal artists.
We have a unique taste and collector philosophy that sets us apart from other galleries. The art that we like is aesthetically beautiful, it noticeably transforms and enhances the space that it’s in. We hate “artsy art” with no sense of place. We curate for art that you want to live with, that makes the eye smile. Its language is color, sunshine, and optimism. We call it “Arte Feliz”, happy art. Because it looks good and feels good.
Our exceptional artist roster is majority minority, diverse in style, medium, and background. We invest in artists’ careers and every artwork is an original piece or a limited edition only available at Surfergirl.
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Candace Ceslow
Realism
Candace is an oil on canvas painter from Montauk, her body of work is a study on the changing emotional nature of the sea as a mirror of human relationship.
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Erika Ehrman
Expressionist Realism
Erika is a mixed media artist of German Japanese descent exploring the themes of memory, identify, and the redemptive power of art.
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Angela Gómez Durán
Pop Art
Angie is a mixed media artist living in Miami, she paints and deconstructs cultural icons over vintage newspaper as a form of social commentary.
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Constanza Laguna
Abstract sculpture
Constanza is a sculptor with Andalusian roots, she wields and paints vibrant portraits of places and people out of simple recycled steel.
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Marcia Lorente Howell
Modern Impressionism
Marcia is a Spanish-Californian oil on canvas landscape painter living in NYC with her dog Elvis, a surfer of color, light and transient beauty with a capital B.
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Irene Marzo
Modern Impressionism
Irene is an oil on canvas artist from Madrid that makes ordinary subjects monumental with a chunky brushstroke and an architectural approach to color.
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Fares Micue
Symbolism in photography
Fares is an award-winning photographer exploring the nature of emotion through mesmerizing self-portraiture against the backdrop of her native Canary Islands.
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Tony Miller
Wearable Pop Art
Toni is a SF artist creating wearable art from common objects such as Barbie parts as a reflexion on identity and the passage of time.
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Rain Moisés
Abstract Expressionism
Rain is a mixed media artist of Puerto Rican roots, her artwork addresses social topics such as mental health and is inspired by her childhood in Brooklyn.
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Adaeze Okaro
Impressionism in photography
Ada is a boundary-breaking Nigerian artist and a darling of Italian Vogue whose camera captures the color and light of a Renaissance master.
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Shana Roark
Expressionist Live Poetry
Shana is an author turned NYC Street artist, she fires off custom poetry on a vintage typewriter that is known to have changed lives.
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Audrey Amelie Rudolf
Expressionism in photography
Audrey is a master photographer of light, she plays with filters to create evocative natural worlds reminiscent of an endless Summer.
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Patricia Sánchez Lozano
Minimalism in sustainable fashion
Patricia is a Spanish-American visual artist and designer, her creations are fearless experiments in color, timeless functionality and simplicity.
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Jimena Sánchez-Rosselly
Abstract Expressionism
Jimena is a French-Spanish mixed media artist and designer, she approaches art as an exercise in balance and meaning, often drawing from the sea and nature.
Surfergirl… who?
Surfergirl Gallery is the love project of strategist and artist Marcia Lorente Howell, a Spanish-American modern impressionist. Her “Walking Elvis” series has been lauded by New York magazine Pulitzer Prize art critic Jerry Saltz for “its great touch and light”.
“As the granddaughter of two women artists, I’m doing this for every girl who wants to make a living in the arts”.
When artists thrive and profit, we all profit.
We are artists so we can’t be paying rent or charging more than a 20% commission. Instead, we curate pop-up shows that sell out. We are not an artist collective and will never charge an artist for our work. Our gallery thrives on the support of collectors, art patrons, and brands. They know they get stellar work while helping diversify the arts.
Make a donation.
We’re a for-profit small NY certified Women-Owned Enterprise that accept donations to help fund all-women art exhibits.