Green Gallery (Milwaukee)

The Green Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The gallery was founded by John Riepenhoff in the attic of his apartment in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood in 2003. The name "Green Gallery" was both an homage to Richard Bellamy's Chelsea gallery in the 1960s and an ironic reference to the attic's sky blue color. The name intended to investigate the disconnect between expectation and experience, immediately generating an environment that invited questioning and dialogue. Such dialogue was motivation for Riepenhoff, who was also looking to fill a gap in the representation of emerging artists.{{cite web|last=Syms |first=Martine |url=http://blog.art21.org/2010/12/14/center-field-interview-with-john-riepenhoff-of-the-green-gallery/ |title=Center Field: Interview with John Riepenhoff of The Green Gallery | Art21 Blog |publisher=Blog.art21.org |date=2010-12-14 |accessdate=2012-06-20}} Riepenhoff then moved the gallery to a larger industrial space in Riverwest two years later.

In July 2012, The Green Gallery West was closed after a five-alarm fire broke out in the building. Much of the artwork stored at the space was damaged or destroyed and many artists living or working in other parts of the building lost significant amounts of their artwork as well.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/162736416.html#!page=1&pageSize=10&sort=newestfirst|title = Fire engulfs hub for art and artists}}

In January 2009, with business partner Jake Palmert, a second gallery space was opened on Milwaukee's East Side, called The Green Gallery East (the original gallery was then called The Green Gallery West).{{cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/38570407.html |title=Art limits without |publisher=JSOnline |date=2009-01-29 |accessdate=2012-06-20}}{{cite web|url=http://www.onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/greengalleryeast.html |title=Arts & Entertainment: Green Gallery expands east with a second location |publisher=Onmilwaukee.com |date=2008-12-07 |accessdate=2012-06-20}} The primary goal of East was to create an easily accessible space to showcase contemporary artists from within the Midwest and bring nationally and internationally recognized artists into Milwaukee.

Artists who have shown at one or both of The Green Gallery spaces include

• David Robbins{{cite web|last=Louise |first=Mary |url=http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/39880567.html |title='Lift: Part 2' training us to think differently |publisher=JSOnline |date=2009-02-21 |accessdate=2012-06-20}}
• Michelle Grabner{{cite web|last=Louise |first=Mary |url=http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/140190103.html |title=Michelle Grabner at the Green Gallery |publisher=JSOnline |date=2012-02-24 |accessdate=2012-06-20}}{{cite web|author=k says |url=http://thirdcoastdigest.com/2012/01/michelle-grabner-homespun-sophistication/ |title=Michelle Grabner: Homespun sophistication |publisher=ThirdCoast Digest |date=2012-01-24 |accessdate=2012-06-20}}

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• Chris Smith
• Scott Reeder
• Mark Borchardt
• Paul Druecke{{cite web|url=http://thirdcoastdigest.com/2010/07/paul-druecke-a-compelling-list/ |title=Paul Druecke: A Compelling List |publisher=ThirdCoast Digest |date=2010-07-16 |accessdate=2012-06-20}}
• Andrew Swant
• Bobby Ciraldo
• Gavin Brown
• Ray Johnson
• Matthew Higgs
• Forrest Myers
• Evan Gruzis
• Jennifer Bolande
• Emily Sundblad
• Gaylen Gerber
• Margaret Lee
• Paul Cowan
• American Fantasy Classics with Bjorn Copeland
• Charles Andresen
• Kristin Calabrese
• Tobias Madison
• Antonio Da Veiga Rocha
• Tony Matelli
• Santiago Cucullu
• Nicholas Frank
• Tyson Reeder
• Peter Barrickman{{cite web|url=http://thirdcoastdigest.com/2009/08/reviewed-fumes-at-green-gallery-east/ |title=Reviewed: Fumes at Green Gallery East |publisher=ThirdCoast Digest |date=2009-08-17 |accessdate=2012-06-20}}
• Dan Ollman
• Xavier Leplae
• Spencer Sweeney{{cite web|url=http://purple.fr/diary/entry/spencer-sweeney-s-solo-show-at-the-green-gallery-new-york |title=purple DIARY - Spencer Sweeney's Nudes at the Green Gallery, Milwaukee |publisher=Purple.fr |date=2011-07-11 |accessdate=2012-06-20}}
• Kaspar Müller
• Amy Granat
• Amy Yao
• Anicka Yi
• Richard Galling
• Michael Williams
• Sara Clendening
• Nick Lowe
• José Lerma
• Drew Heitzler
• United Brothers
• Paul Slocum
• Eric Wesley
• Marco Kane Braunschweiler
• Martine Syms
• Lisa Jo
• Mae Fatto
• Aaron Garber-Maikovska
• Ian Hokin
• inmates from the Cook County Jail
• Anne Eastman
• Steven Pippin
• Tom Bamberger
• Nolan Simon
• Dan Torop
• Kim Miller
• Whitney Claflin
• Dave Miko
• Kerstin Brätsch
• Debo Eilers
• Jessica Jackson Hutchins
• Wayne Ngan

and many others.

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The Green Gallery has participated in numerous art fairs from both Milwaukee International Art Fairs and Dark Fairs (the first at the Swiss Institute, New York and the second at Kolnischer Kunstverein in Cologne,{{cite web|url=http://www.milwaukeeinternationalart.com/dark-fair/dark-fair---cologne |title=DARK FAIR COLOGNE - The Milwaukee International |publisher=Milwaukeeinternationalart.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-20}} Germany) as well as the New Art Dealers Alliance Art Fair Miami Beach.{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/robinson/nada-wynwood-miami-beach-2011.asp |title=NADA, Wynwood, W Hotel, more in Miami Beach 2011 - artnet Magazine |publisher=Artnet.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-20}} Additionally, the Green Gallery has represented at Sunday Art Fair, London, Material in Mexico City and Paramount Ranch, LA.

John Riepenhoff was one of the co-founders of the Milwaukee International and Dark Fairs.{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/velez/report-from-milwaukee6-3-09.asp |title=Report from Milwaukee by Pedro Vélez - artnet Magazine |publisher=Artnet.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-20}}

The Green Gallery has done collaborative projects with Angstrom Gallery with David Quadrini in Los Angeles and 47 Canal Street Gallery {{cite web|url=http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/the-market/2011-08-18/green-gallery-47-canal/ |title=New York Gets Green, Milwaukee-Style - The Market - News & Opinion - Art in America |publisher=Artinamericamagazine.com |date= 18 August 2011|accessdate=2012-06-20}} in New York City.

The gallery sporadically hosts film and video screenings and features bands, readings, and performance art. What What (In the Butt), a video which went on to become an online viral success, premiered at The Green Gallery.{{cite web |url=http://mocatv.tumblr.com/post/81589622278/valentines-day-2012-was-the-five-year-anniversary |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502033015/http://mocatv.tumblr.com/post/81589622278/valentines-day-2012-was-the-five-year-anniversary |archive-date=2014-05-02 |title=Valentine's Day 2012 was the five-year anniversary... {{!}} MOCAtv}} Club Nutz, billed as the "World's Smallest Comedy Club", was originally housed within The Green Gallery West.[http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/comedy/86894/club-nutz Club Nutz] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712013441/http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/comedy/86894/club-nutz |date=July 12, 2010 }}

The gallery also houses the publishing company the Green Gallery Press, which publishes books and pamphlets by and about artists, often related to shows in the space.{{cite web|url=http://htmlgiant.com/random/green-gallery-press-is/ |title=Green Gallery Press Is |work=Htmlgiant |date=2010-08-31 |accessdate=2012-06-20}} The Press is run by editor Joe Riepenhoff, and has published books on behalf of Michelle Grabner, Nicholas Frank,{{cite web|url=http://thirdcoastdigest.com/2010/08/good-read-the-sound-of-the-horn/ |title=Good Read: The Sound of the Horn |publisher=ThirdCoast Digest |date=2010-08-08 |accessdate=2012-06-20}} Stephen Wetzel,{{cite web|url=http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/le_sgmt.php?segmentid=6945 |title=Lake Effect: Quirky Books from Woodland Pattern |publisher=Wuwm.com |date=2011-01-27 |accessdate=2012-06-20}} Paul Druecke, Scott Reeder, Ken Kagami, Renato Umali, Patty Yumi Cottrell, Dorota Biezel Nelson, Sara Fowler, Sarah Luther, and Mark Borchardt. The Green Gallery Press is responsible for a broad range of media, ranging from prose, essays, drawings, non-fiction and a variety of other supplementary works. Materials are available for purchase through the Gallery.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegreengallery.biz/greengallerypress |title=Green Gallery Press - The Green Gallery |publisher=Thegreengallery.biz |date= |accessdate=2012-06-20}}

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• [http://www.thegreengallery.biz/ Green Gallery official website]
• [http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/38570407.html Journal Sentinel article about the gallery]

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