Casey Kaplan is pleased to present Nearly 31, a group exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of the gallery’s founding on March 1st, 1995. Featuring all twenty-eight artists from the program, the exhibition gathers new and early works from across the gallery’s three-decade history in New York City.
Originally occupying a five-hundred square-foot loft space on Broadway in SoHo, the gallery has transitioned through four subsequent locations, moving to lower Greene Street in 1996, West 14th Street in 2000, West 21st Street in 2005, and in 2015, to our current 16,000 sq. ft. location on West 27th Street in the Flower District. Casey Kaplan and its artists have grown in parallel, crossing geography, generations, and artistic disciplines to host over 200 exhibitions, including the first US-based presentations of artists who have since become mainstays of contemporary art dialogues.
Installation view: Nearly 31, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 23 - February 28, 2026
Double Projection Platform 2,
Powder-coated aluminum, transparent Plexiglas
2008
Powder-coated aluminum, transparent Plexiglas
1.9 x 78.7 x 78.8” / 5 x 200 x 200cm
Installation view: Nearly 31, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 23 - February 28, 2026
Sunrise
2011
Neon lettering
25.6 x 78.7” / 65 x 200cm
Installation view: Nearly 31, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 23 - February 28, 2026
Installation view: Nearly 31, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 23 - February 28, 2026
Open
2020
Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, epoxy
12.5 x 15.25 x 5.25” / 31.75 x 38.74 x 13.34cm
Installation view: Nearly 31, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 23 - February 28, 2026
Flora
2026
Oil on linen
47.25 x 34” / 120 x 86.4cm
Installation view: Nearly 31, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 23 - February 28, 2026
Figment of Speech, pt. 2
2022
Acrylic on raw Belgian linen, wood
102 x 92.5” / 259.08 x 234.95cm
Installation view: Nearly 31, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 23 - February 28, 2026
Installation view: Nearly 31, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 23 - February 28, 2026
Installation view: Nearly 31, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 23 - February 28, 2026
Untitled
2016
Glass casting
34 x 29.75 x 15.25” / 86.4 x 75.6 x 38.7cm
LOW CLOUD COVER RIVER BOAT FIREWORKS SHOW WITH LANTERNS
2008
Plywood, enamel and acrylic paint
96 x 141 x 3” / 243.8 x 358 x 7.6cm
Installation view: Nearly 31, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 23 - February 28, 2026
The Dance I
2023
Pencil and tempera on paper
12.6 x 9.4” / 32 x 24cm
Framed: 14.25 x 11” / 36.2 x 27.94cm
Four-carat black tourmaline and half-carat ruby inside of an owl
2007
During the process of embalmment, precious gems have been placed inside of an owl
7 x 5 x 2” / 17.78 x 12.7 x 5.08cm
Installation view: Nearly 31, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 23 - February 28, 2026
Installation view: Nearly 31, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 23 - February 28, 2026
Installation view: Nearly 31, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 23 - February 28, 2026
Untitled
2018
Polyurethane resin, foam, housedresses, kaftans, t-shirts
79 x 79 x 39” / 200.7 x 200.7 x 99.1cm
