November 13 - December 19, 2025

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 15, 4:00 - 6:00 PM

Curated by Yara Doumani

As winter begins, 440 Gallery proudly opens its doors to the 21st Annual Small Works Show, a beloved tradition and the gallery’s longest-running exhibition. We are delighted to have Yara Doumani as the juror. This juried national show reminds us that sometimes the most meaningful pieces of art are also the smallest. Each work measures twelve inches or less in any dimension, celebrating that scale has no limits when it comes to creativity and impact. It’s a chance for seasoned collectors and first-time buyers alike to begin—or expand—their collections with works that are accessible, original, and deeply personal.

"It has been an honor to curate the 2025 Small Works Show at 440 Gallery! This year’s exhibition showcases the immense diversity of forms and themes conveyable through small scale works–spanning sculpture, print, painting, fiber, collage, photography, drawing, mixed media, and more. I am excited to see how the remarkable art will inspire close looking, and encourage viewers to appreciate the textures and tones of each work independently and alongside other pieces in the gallery. From the fantastical to the brilliantly mundane, these small works invoke curiosity, delight, and important questions about our world and collective being.” — Yara Doumani

ABOUT THE CURATOR

We’re excited to welcome Yara Doumani as our 21st Annual Small Works Show curator. Doumani is a Palestinian American curator and material culture historian based in Brooklyn. Her work focuses on cultural heritage justice, contemporary art and politics, and critical museum practice.

Yara currently serves as the senior curatorial assistant for the Arts of Africa, Asia, and the Islamic World at the Brooklyn Museum. There, she stewards the Arts of the Islamic World permanent collection exhibition, and is a collaborator on the upcoming 2027 reinstallation of the African Art galleries.

ARTISTS CHOSEN FOR THE SHOW:

Huda Alawi, Walter Andersons, David Askew, Sebastian Kim Bateman, Dania Bayan, Elena Behrakis, Barbara Bitondo, Lauren Blankstein, Andree Brown, Elizabeth Caputo, Caroline Curtin, Patricia Dattoma, John Decker, Aidan Sofia Earle, Cynthia Egle-Grant, Cynthia Flaxman Frank, Susan Greenstein, Annaleah Gregoire, Stella Hendricks, Edward Hutchinson, Jill Inbar, Arielle Jennings, Jenna Jerman, Erin Juliana, Quinn Keck, Sonia Kilcoyne, Hyunju Kim, David (Han Jin) Kim, Julie Kinu Egresitz, Lauren Klenow, Veronica Knell, Sally Kong, Jordan Kornreich, Maggie Leininger, Zhiyao Li, Christopher M Liatsis, Huaqi Liu, Xinzi, Luo, Natalie Marchant, Juliet Martin, Serena Martinez, Elena Masrour, Caitlin Miller, Amy Morken, Lou Najjar-Rulin, Danae Nunez, Katie O’Keefe, Yukie Ohta, August Park, Jina Park, Taylor Pate, Paula Maria Persiani, Gabriel Pilar Pala, Carin Postal, Jim Radakovich, Alicia Rothman, Erik Rydholm, Sohail Shehada, Bennett Shipman, KJ Shows, Jeffrey Smith, Tamara Staples, I Chin Sung, Elena Syromiatnikova, Anne Thiam, Dominique Turek, Ira Upin, Lillian van Veen, Susana Villa, Nora Wiley-Schwartz, Vic Xu, Denise Yaghmourian, James Yu, and Shelly Zhang