Draft:Ramiken

Ramiken is a contemporary art gallery in New York City. The gallery is currently located at 389 Grand Street in Manhattan. Ramiken was founded in 2009 by Mike Egan.

History
Ramiken opened its first viewing space at 221 East Broadway. In 2011 Ramiken moved to 389 Grand Street, presenting the first solo exhibitions of artists Andra Ursuţa, Lucas Blalock, Dora Budor, Iiu Susiraja, Diamond Stingily, and Elaine Cameron-Weir; the SS 2012 collection of Telfar; a highly controversial series of three show by Bjarne Melgaard;    and the comeback, groundbreaking return of Kaari Upson to New York. From 2012 to 2014, Ramiken also staged annual exhibitions of large scale sculptures in a cave in Ciales, Puerto Rico. In 2015 Ramiken opened another gallery space in New York inside a concrete bunker under a bank, where the gallery staged exhibitions by Wyatt Kahn, Lucas Blalock, Ragen Moss, Eli Ping, Ned Vena, and Jon Moritsugu. In 2017 Ramiken relocated to Los Angeles, staging exhibitions by Diamond Stingily and Nolan Hendrickson. In 2018 the gallery moved back to New York, occupying a penthouse on the Upper East Side and staging several exhibitions, including debut solo shows by Sven Sachsalber and Phillip Gabriel. In November 2019, Ramiken opened a new gallery at 154 Scott Ave, in Bushwick, with a solo exhibition of glass sculptures by Andra Ursuţa. Since then, the gallery has staged solo exhibitions by Iiu Susiraja, Sven Sachsalber, Jean Katambayi Mukendi, Eli Ping, Kristi Cavataro, Phillip Gabriel, Takako Yamaguchi, Lukas Quietzsch, Sarah Księska, and Daichi Takagi. In 2021, Ramiken reopened its viewing space at 389 Grand Street. In 2023, the gallery held solo exhibitions by international artists David Ostrowski, John Hodgkinson, Omari Douglin, and Jean Katambayi Mukendi. The same year the gallery also held a group exhibition including artists Oshay Green, Sarah Księska, Carlo Mollino, Daichi Takagi, and Andra Ursuţa along with a two-person show featuring Omari Douglin and Lucas Quietzsch. In 2024, Ramiken staged three solo exhibitions, by artists Oshay Green, David Takeshi Yoshida, and Daichi Takagi.