Upcoming public event around Interisland: New Paintings from New York & Hawaiʻi at The Art Gallery,
August 31 - December 7, 2025
Gallery Talk with Jan Dickey
Sunday, Novemver 23, 1:00-2:00 PM
The Art Gallery, Art Building, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Jan Dickey is a painter, writer, and curator based in Brooklyn, New York. His work explores the intersections of making and organizing, treating curating as an extension of studio practice. He earned his MFA from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (2017) and his BFA from the University of Delaware (2009). Dickey has held residencies at TUR telpa (Rīga, Latvia), the Sam & Adele Golden Foundation (NY), ARTnSHELTER (Tokyo), the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center (NE), and the Vermont Studio Center (VT).
As a curator, Dickey organizes projects that sometimes hone in on ideas he explores as a painter and, at other times, pursue directions that feel like a poor fit for his personal studio practice. Recent projects include Prayer / Pattern / Prayer (Morgan Lehman Gallery, NY, 2025) and The Corner Show (D.D.D.D., NY, 2024). Recent and upcoming co-curations include Interisland at the UHM Art Gallery, with Debra Drexler and Liam Davis, and Why Paint? II at the Washington Studio School, with Reem Bassous. Dickey was also a founding member of GRRIC Contemporary, a student-run gallery and performance space in the UHM Department of Art & Art History.
THE ART GALLERY is located at 2535 McCarthy Mall, Rm 141, Honolulu, HI 96822. (Directions).
Museum hours & admission
Tuesday – Friday, & Sunday 12 – 4 p.m.
Closed Saturdays, Mondays, spring break (March 17-19), and state holidays.
Free admission. Donations are appreciated.
Parking fees may apply during weekdays. Parking is free on Sundays
For more information please contact 808.956.8364 and gallery@hawaii.edu