BIG TOP @ Dumbo Open Studios, 2024

Sharon Butler, BQE, 2024, oil on canvas, 50 x 42 inches, four canvases

Location: Sharon Butler Studio/Two Coats of Paint HQ, 20 Jay Street #308, Brooklyn, NY
Opening reception: Friday, April 12, 5 – 9 pm
Dates for the Open Studio: April 13 & 14, 1 – 6 pm

For the 2024 iteration of Dumbo Open Studios, painter and Two Coats publisher Sharon Butler will have some new paintings on view, and she has also organized an exhibition of 13 young artists called “BIG TOP.”

Butler’s recent paintings and drawings capture her perceptions of New York, focusing on the light, space, geometry, and her experience of the city. In the work selected for “Big Top,” she was looking for visually seductive approaches that might stir the viewer. 

Artists in “BIG TOP” include: Mahsa Attaran, Becky Bailey, Logan R. Bishop, Jennifer Davies, Monica Hamilton, Kenny Heyne, Hanieh Kashani, Ben Kue, Sonja Langford, Erick Maldonado, Rossie Stearns, Noah Thompson, and Sammy Wood

We wish to thank the University of Connecticut Department of Art and Art History and their MFA Program for making this show possible. Special gratitude to Department Chair John J. Richardson, and exhibition assistant Kenny Heyne.

Check out all artists, galleries, and events on the 2024 DUMBO Open Studios official website.


Bailey Becky, Questionable, 2024, acrylic and wax on handmade paper, 34.5 x 29 inches @beckybailey__
M. Attaran, I still can see!, 2024, photo, knife, 23 inches x 10 inches @mahsa.attaran
Logan Bishop, Our Landscape Is a Sphinx Looking at the Boids, 2023, oil on burlap, 34 x 34 inches @loganraybishop
Jennifer Davies, Tangled Still, 2023, instant film print and negative, metal printer tray, each tray is 9×13 inches @jen_m_davies
Monica Hamilton, Embrace (John and Monica, circa 1998), 2023, archival pigment print, 24 x 20 inches @moonicahamilton
Kenny Heyne, Polar Spring, 2024, ceramic, 16 x 10 x 8 inches @kennyheyne
Hanieh Kashani, Every Photo I took, 2024, installation, print on paper, paper shredder, size variable @hanieh.kashanii
Ben Kue, Memory from a Tree, latex paint, paper, acrylic, canvas, concrete dust, fishnet leggings, glitter, joint compound, carbon fiber, 24 x 20 inches @ Ben Kue
Sonja Langford, Gynecology Instruments #1, 2024, found textile, liquid ltarch, black tea, 18 x 24 inches @sonjalangford
Erick Maldonado, Untitled, 2023, charcoal on paper, 24 x 32 inches @erickmaldonadoart
Rossie Sterns, In Limerence, 2023, acrylic, sand, wood, canvas, 39 x 47 inches @rossie_stearns
Noah Thompson, Pray you, love, remember, 2023, archival pigment print, 22 x 28 inches @noahsthompson
Sammy Wood, Disappearing act, 2024, etching and aquatint, 16 x 14 inch (paper), 10 x 8 inch plate @postmortempaper