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Baran Shafiey in “It Takes A Village” on view until May 30 Pin-Lady, 2025Oil on Canvas32 x 26 After Hours, 2025 Lithogra...
05/19/2026

Baran Shafiey in “It Takes A Village”

on view until May 30

Pin-Lady, 2025
Oil on Canvas
32 x 26

After Hours, 2025
Lithograph (3/10)
7.5 x 12 in

Baran Shafiey’s paintings combine personal and family narratives with the visual language of modernist art history, using cubist and muralist compositions and motifs to depict scenes of personal significance. Perspectives shift within Writer #1 and Writer #2 (both 2026) as bits of a mysterious narrative coalesce within each canvas creating a greater story from the sum of its parts. Time is fluid in Shafiey’s work as personal and familial memories blend together through the artist’s hand. Some of her compositions are based on family stories that were passed down to her, stories that might have gone extinct had she not passed them on. The narratives viewers manage to piece together add them to the chain of transmission, keeping the stories alive even if their exact meanings can seem obscure.

Artist biography
Baran Shafiey (b. 2003 Tehran, Iran) received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2025. Her work has been exhibited at Leila Heller Gallery, New York; East Manning Projects and Woods Gerry Gallery in Providence; Family Gallery, Pawtucket; The Trophy Room, Los Angeles; and Sahar K. Boluki Gallery, Toronto. She has participated in residencies at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, and the Refuge for Travelers and Makers, Vinalhaven. She is the recipient of the Innovate Grant (2026), the Florence Leif Award (RISD, 2025), and grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation (2024–25).

Nancy Elsamanoudi on view in “It Takes A Village”, an exhibition of three women artists whose practices are united by th...
05/13/2026

Nancy Elsamanoudi on view in “It Takes A Village”, an exhibition of three women artists whose practices are united by the elevation of the mundane and the importance of communities of individuals intentionally or unintentionally acting in solidarity.

On view until May 30

Nancy Elsamanoudi
Fish Fry, 2026
Oil, Acrylic, and Graphite on Canvas
36 x 36 in

Nancy Elsamanoudi
Haze Oil, 2026
Oil Stick and Graphite on Wood Panel
36 x 36 in

Photo of the artist

In Nancy Elsamanoudi’s paintings, women and animals inhabit ambiguous interior and exterior spaces. A woman with large red boots in Pet Lobster (2026) shares a bottle of wine with the titular crustacean, and a stylized white rabbit sits between the figure’s feet in Bunny Hop (2026). Some of her paintings verge on the surreal or absurd: in Plane (2026) a woman watches a plane landing (or crashing?) through binoculars next to a charcoal grill. Paintings like Night Cap (2025) and White Boots (2026) are quiet interior scenes of n**e women smoking and drinking by themselves. In their solitude or alongside their animal companions, the women in Elsamanoudi’s paintings exhibit Sartre’s notion of seriality, united in their shared alienation from the rest of the world: alone together.

Artist Biography
Nancy Elsamanoudi is a Brooklyn-based artist. She received an MFA in Painting and Drawing with distinction from Pratt Institute in 2014. She has shown her work at various venues in New York an elsewhere, including Spring/Break Art Show, Readymade Gallery, The LeRoy Neiman Art Center, Equity Gallery, Bishop Gallery, The Painting Center, Amos Eno Gallery, Pelham Art Center, and SFA Projects. Her work has been featured in Bomb Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Hyperallergic, Artcritical, Art Spiel, and Let Them Talk with Paul DeRienzo.

Paintings by Andrea Castillo in “It Takes A Village” presenting an exhibition of three women artists underscoring the id...
05/12/2026

Paintings by Andrea Castillo in “It Takes A Village” presenting an exhibition of three women artists underscoring the idea that small acts of resistance create sustained change over time, provoking discussion around confronting international political crises and the every day.

On view until May 30
39 Lispenard Street

Andrea Castillo
Hollenbeck Park, 2024
Oil on Canvas
36 × 48 in

Andrea Castillo
Lunchbreak, 2025
Oil on Canvas
48 × 36 in

Photo of the artist

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Andrea Castillo’s paintings depict sign-covered neighborhoods and bodegas and their various inhabitants. While many drown out such ads as part of the constant white noise of contemporary life, their presence in Castillo’s work presents them as an aspect of the neighborhood environment. Unlike Warhol’s soup cans and Brillo boxes, these ads and brands aren’t plucked from their environments but exist as something as much a part of LA as cars and palm trees, part of the neighborhood’s social ecosystem and a fitting backdrop for the community built by those who pass by them daily.

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Artist Biography
Andrea Castillo (b. 1988, Los Angeles, CA; lives and works in Los Angeles) received her MFA from Lesley University College of Art and Design in 2014. Her work has been exhibited at Charlie James Gallery, Swim Gallery, Ruscha & Co., and New Image Art in Los Angeles; The Pit, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Plaza de la Raza, and CCCM (Mexican Center for Culture and Cinematic Arts) in Los Angeles. Castillo has been an Artist in Residence at the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, Granville, NY; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA; and at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. Her work has been featured in publicatins such as the Los Angeles Times, Hyperallergic, New American Paintings, VoyageLA, ArtMaze Magazine, and YoungSpace.

Paintings by Andrea Castillo in “It Takes A Village” presenting an exhibition of three women artists underscoring the id...
05/12/2026

Paintings by Andrea Castillo in “It Takes A Village” presenting an exhibition of three women artists underscoring the idea that small acts of resistance create sustained change over time, provoking discussion around confronting international political crises and the every day.

On view until May 30
39 Lispenard Street

Andrea Castillo
Hollenbeck Park, 2024
Oil on Canvas
36 x 48 in

Andrea Castillo
Lunchbreak, 2025
Oil on Canvas
48 x 36 in

Andrea Castillo’s paintings depict sign-covered neighborhoods and bodegas and their various inhabitants. While many drown out such ads as part of the constant white noise of contemporary life, their presence in Castillo’s work presents them as an aspect of the neighborhood environment. Unlike Warhol’s soup cans and Brillo boxes, these ads and brands aren’t plucked from their environments but exist as something as much a part of LA as cars and palm trees, part of the neighborhood’s social ecosystem and a fitting backdrop for the community built by those who pass by them daily.

Artist Biography
Andrea Castillo (b. 1988, Los Angeles, CA; lives and works in Los Angeles) received her MFA from Lesley University College of Art and Design in 2014. Her work has been exhibited at Charlie James Gallery, Swim Gallery, Ruscha & Co., and New Image Art in Los Angeles; The Pit, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Plaza de la Raza, and CCCM (Mexican Center for Culture and Cinematic Arts) in Los Angeles. Castillo has been an Artist in Residence at the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, Granville, NY; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA; and at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. Her work has been featured in publicatins such as the Los Angeles Times, Hyperallergic, New American Paintings, VoyageLA, ArtMaze Magazine, and YoungSpace.

“It Takes A Village” with work by Andrea Castillo, Nancy Elsamanoudi, and Baran Shafiey is currently on view 39 Lispena...
05/05/2026

“It Takes A Village” with work by Andrea Castillo, Nancy Elsamanoudi, and Baran Shafiey is currently on view

39 Lispenard St, NY, NY through May 30

Baran Shafiey’s paintings combine personal and family narratives with the visual language of modernist art history, using cubist and muralist compositions and motifs to depict scenes of personal significance. The narratives viewers manage to piece together add them to the chain of transmission, keeping the stories alive even if their exact meanings can seem obscure.
 
Andrea Castillo’s paintings depict sign-covered neighborhoods and bodegas and their various inhabitants. While many drown out such ads as part of the constant white noise of contemporary life, their presence in Castillo’s work presents them as an aspect of the neighborhood environment. Unlike Warhol’s soup cans and Brillo boxes, these ads and brands aren’t plucked from their environments but exist as something as much a part of LA as cars and palm trees, part of the neighborhood’s social ecosystem and a fitting backdrop for the community built by those who pass by them daily.
 
In Nancy Elsamanoudi’s paintings, women and animals inhabit ambiguous interior and exterior spaces. In their solitude or alongside their animal companions, the women in Elsamanoudi’s paintings exhibit Sartre’s notion of seriality, united in their shared alienation from the rest of the world: alone together.

Baran Shafiey
Nowruz Prep, 2026
oil on canvas
40h x 56w in

Andrea Castillo
Tam’s Burgers, 2025
Oil on Canvas
36h x 36w in

Nancy Elsamanoudi
White Boots, 2026
Oil and acrylic on canvas
36h x 36w in

Thank you everyone that attended the opening reception for “It Takes A Village” featuring recent paintings by Andrea Cas...
04/29/2026

Thank you everyone that attended the opening reception for “It Takes A Village” featuring recent paintings by Andrea Castillo, Nancy Elsamanoudi, and Baran Shafiey!

The exhibition is on view until May 30

Excerpt from the press release:
All three artists, through their stylized figures, elevate the mundane acts of life like telling a story, going to the bodega or having a smoke before bed into something aesthetically significant. This valorization of our everyday lives speaks to the revolutionary potential that can be gleaned from the mundane. Change isn’t always found in grand displays of power: sometimes it’s getting ice cream from the local bodega instead of a chain store or passing on family stories that may have otherwise died with their original tellers or relishing in silent solitude knowing that it’s shared by countless other lonely souls. In times as turbulent as these, it’s vital for artists, and citizens in general, to affect change by any means possible. With the constant and growing threats of fascism and international war, intentional and unintentional acts of quiet resistance build on each other and can, with time, coalesce into significant change.

Opening Tonight: Andrea Castillo, Nancy Elsamanoudi, Baran ShafieyIt Takes A VillageNever doubt that a small group of th...
04/25/2026

Opening Tonight: Andrea Castillo, Nancy Elsamanoudi, Baran ShafieyIt Takes A Village

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world;indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.— Margaret Mead

Freight + Volume is pleased to present It Takes a Village, a three-woman exhibition of paintings by BaranShafiey, Andrea Castillo and Nancy Elsamanoudi. While the three artists take different approaches topresenting the human figure, their practices are united by the elevation of the mundane and theimportance of communities of individuals intentionally or unintentionally acting in solidarity.Baran Shafiey’s paintings combine personal and family narratives with the visual language of modernistart history, using cubist and muralist compositions and motifs to depict scenes of personal significance.Perspectives shift within Writer #1 and Writer #2 (both 2026) as bits of a mysterious narrative coalescewithin each canvas creating a greater story from the sum of its parts. Time is fluid in Shafiey’s work aspersonal and familial memories blend together through the artist’s hand. Some of her compositions arebased on family stories that were passed down to her, stories that might have gone extinct had she notpassed them on. The narratives viewers manage to piece together add them to the chain of transmission,keeping the stories alive even if their exact meanings can seem obscure.

“It Takes A Village”Andrea Castillo, Nancy Elsamanoudi, Baran ShafieyApril 25 - May 30, 2026F+V invites you to the openi...
04/22/2026

“It Takes A Village”
Andrea Castillo, Nancy Elsamanoudi, Baran Shafiey
April 25 - May 30, 2026

F+V invites you to the opening reception this Saturday, April 25, 6:09-8:30 pm

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed
citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing
that ever has.”
— Margaret Mead

Freight + Volume is pleased to present It Takes a Village, a three-woman exhibition of paintings by Andrea Castillo, Nancy Elsamanoudi, and Baran Shafiey. While the three artists take different approaches to presenting the human figure, their practices are united by the elevation of the mundane and the importance of communities of individuals intentionally or unintentionally acting in solidarity.

All three artists, through their stylized figures, elevate the mundane acts of life like telling a story, going to the bodega or having a smoke before bed into something aesthetically significant. This valorization of our everyday lives speaks to the revolutionary potential that can be gleaned from the mundane. Change isn’t always found in grand displays of power: sometimes it’s getting ice cream from the local bodega instead of a chain store or passing on family stories that may have otherwise died with their original tellers or relishing in silent solitude knowing that it’s shared by countless other lonely souls. In times as turbulent as these, it’s vital for artists, and citizens in general, to affect change by any means possible. With the constant and growing threats of fascism and international war, intentional and unintentional acts of quiet resistance build on each other and can, with time, coalesce into significant change.

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Images

Baran Shafiey
Writer , 2026
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
46 x 38 in

Baran Shafiey
Untitled, 2026
Oil on Canvas
16 x 20 in

Nancy Elsamanoudi
Night Cap, 2025
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 in

Nancy Elsamanoudi
Pet Lobster, 2026
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 36 in

Andrea Castillo
Tam’s Burgers, 2025
Oil on Canvas
36h x 36w in

Andrea Castillo
Utility Planner, 2024
Oil on Canvas
36 x 48 in

Freight + Volume invites you to join us for “Residual Heat: In Conversation” this Saturday, April 18th 4:30-6:30 pm wher...
04/15/2026

Freight + Volume invites you to join us for “Residual Heat: In Conversation” this Saturday, April 18th 4:30-6:30 pm where Jeffrey Heiman will be in conversation with artist Jonathan Van D**e and art critic Brooks Adams about his current show.

We will also release a limited edition print of Sleepover (2026)

This is the final week for you to see “Residual Heat”, Jeffrey Heiman’s first show with the gallery. Stop by 39 Lispenard through Saturday, 11:00-6:00pm to experience the artist’s magnetic portraits of emotional afterglows and timely moments of reflection.

My Favorite Flowers (2026)
Oil on canvas
48 x 30 in
121.92 x 76.20 cm

White Tee (2026)
Oil on panel
10 x 10 in
25.40 x 25.40 cm

Pinned (2026)
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 in
60.96 x 60.80 cm

This is the last week to see Anthony Haden-Guest “Lucky Stiffs” on view until April 18gallery hours Tuesday-Saturday 11-...
04/14/2026

This is the last week to see Anthony Haden-Guest “Lucky Stiffs” on view until April 18

gallery hours Tuesday-Saturday 11-6
or by appointment

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So it WAS over my dead body, 2025
Ink and marker on paper
5.50h x 7w in
13.97h x 17.78w cm

No Mo FOMO, 2025
Ink and marker on paper
6h x 4w in
15.24h x 10.16w cm

What a long strange trip it’s been, 2025
Ink and marker on paper
6.75h x 5.75w in
17.15h x 14.61w cm

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