ZENITH GALLERY
1429 Iris Street Northwest, Washington, DC, 20012;
1111 Pe n n s y l v a n i a Ave n u e N o r t hw e s t , Wa s h i n g t o n,
DC, 20004; (202) 783-2963, [email protected]
http://www.zenithgallery.com
Zenith Gallery opened in 1978 as part
of a 50,000-square-foot art center with
studios for art, dance and theater. In
1986, the gallery moved to downtown
D.C. in the heart of a transforming
Penn Quarter. In 2009, it relocated to
a property in Northwest D.C., with two
sculpture gardens, two floors of gallery
salon and a gallery. Zenith also exhibits
in a Penn Quarter office building lobby,
where its focus is sculpture. The gallery
curates three distinct shows per year
and founded the Zenith Community
Arts Foundation in 2000, a 501(C)(3) to
promote arts education, arts advocacy
and creative workforce development.
Zenith continues to be about the
artists and its clients. The gallery
pioneered showcasing neon art in the
’70s and ’80s, and it exhibits sculptures
of all sizes—indoor, outdoor and
monumental. Also shown is video art,
high crafts, realism and a wide range of
mixed media. African American artists
are heavily represented in the gallery
as well. Recent themed exhibits haveincluded resistance, climate change
and endangered species. Being in the
nation’s capital puts the gallery in
the center of politics. Zenith exhibits
artists from around the country and
looks for the extraordinary. Zenith, by
definition, strives to represent the mostprofessional, creative, talented and
delightful artists.
From the end of March through
April, Zenith will host an exhibition for
its gallery artists and a fundraiser for
the nonprofit Zenith Community Arts
Foundation.1“We don’t follow trends here at Zenith,
we create our own. Taking great care of
our clients and artists, offering services
they need and having a very loyal and
expanding clientele base. In short it’s the
fabulous art that keeps us going.”
— Margery Goldberg, founder & director, Zenith Gallery
1
The Zenith Gallery Salon
and Sculpture Garden in
Washington, D.C.2
Zenith Gallery, Kufa Gate-Stella,
painted paper-mache and
acrylic on canvas on panel,
24 x 24 x 4", by Stephen Hansen.3
Zenith Gallery, Eat My Dust,
carved driftwood with acrylic,
light varnish and wax finish,
26 x 40 x 11", by Bernie Houston.231
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