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Three paintings by Thomas Nozkowski are installed with three abstract painters that cite Nozkowski's work as an influence, along with a projected video interview by his son. Jodie Manasevit's Ghostmachine exhibition (below) is harvested and reinstalled. Art Cake, Brooklyn,, 2026

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An exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Jodie Manasevit. Four of the paintings have been inset into the walls designed and built by David Dixon. Ghostmachine, NYC, 2025

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An exhibition of work by twelve artists with harvestings from Cathouse Proper's group show Diasporic Entropic Diremption and the Cross-Cultrual Cross and Brad Benischek's solo show at Cathouse FUNeral,Ghost City. Ghostmachine, NYC, 2025

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The work of Luisa Rabbia headlines a group show of eleven international and historic artists installed in the bucolic setting of Studio Museo Felice Casorati in Pavarolo, Italy, 2024

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Produced as the first show of Cathouse Proper's final season of programming, this multi-artist group show started with one artwork, then each subsequent week added a new work or group of works leading to a surprising culmination. Cathouse Proper, Brooklyn, 2022

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A temporary platform was built into the gallery for this group show. Participants included a scholar, collector, sculptor, photographer, emerging artist, outsider artist, ancestor, and curator. Broadcast on Brooklyn Rail's New Social Environment #521. Cathouse Proper, Brooklyn, 2022.

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A Covid era exhibition that was able to look at itself, five artists participate each with at least one large-scale work. Cathouse Proper, Brooklyn, 2021

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A series of three distinct exhibitions in a unique art program hosted on the premises of a  Richard Meier designed residence building at 1 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 2020

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For three consecutive years, David Dixon organized a solo booth in collaboration with artist Daniel Swanigan Snow. Snow provided the artwork, Dixon designed and installed the booth. Metropolitan Center, NYC, 2017-2019

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Installed in a 3500 square foot industrial space a ten-minute walk from Dia Beacon, this group exhibition of seventeen artists featured built walls with material harvested from the gallery, Cathouse FUNeral, which had just ended its programing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Beacon, NY, Summer, 2017

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Installed in a temporary space on New York's Lower East Side, this group exhibition of eight artists revisits themes from Cathouse FUNeral's earlier The Hunt. The show ran concurrent with Cathouse FUNeral Harvested (below) and featured both harvested and newly built walls. LES, NYC, 2017

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An achronological, labyrinthian installation of harvested material from the recently shuttered and exhumed Cathouse FUNeral. Chelsea, NYC, 2017

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An exhibition of all the artists previously exhibited at Cathouse FUNeral in a 5,000 square foot soundstage with available temporary walls, jacks, and sandbags. Installed during Bushwick Open Studios at Chemistry Creative, Brooklyn, 2016

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The final show in the original Cathouse FUNeral gallery space where the walls were never returned to white, and over the three years in operation layers of cathected wallboard and material accumulated. This exhibition highlights that aesthetic activity. Cathouse FUNeral, Brooklyn, 2017

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An eleven artist group show with painted, plastered, paneled, and papered walls. Cathouse FUNeral, Brooklyn, 2014

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The fourth show in the Cathouse FUNeral space and the first show to produce and  feature a harvesting (the 2x4 with pink plaster), which was discovered during de-installation between this show and the prior one. Cathouse FUNeral, Brooklyn, 2014

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"Rent-o-vated" during graduate school, this shack hosted two exhibitions and many screenings. The distinctive decor and plastered walls were a precedent for the later Cathouse FUNeral gallery project. Ithaca, NY, 2008-2010

 

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