Outsider Art Fair

Outsider Art Fair

CURATED PROJECT
RUN STORE
Curated by Susan Cianciolo

The Outsider Art Fair is pleased to present RUN STORE, an ongoing curatorial project by artist and fashion designer Susan Cianciolo. In the tradition of visionary artist environments, RUN STORE recreates Cianciolo’s home studio, offering a complete encapsulation of her life’s work. The installation features hand-painted dressers and tables, hand-sewn quilts covering the floor, and a selection of her “costumes”—a term that places these garments beyond the realm of fashion and instead within a broader historical and artistic context.

For this presentation at the Outsider Art Fair, Cianciolo brings together artists from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, including works by family members, friends, collaborators, students, and sources of inspiration. Frequent RUN collaborator Kiva Motnyk presents Pojagi-inspired sewn textile artworks alongside assembled clothing pieces created for previous RUN iterations. Cult brand SC103, founded by Cianciolo’s former students Sophie Andes-Gascon and Claire McKinney, presents a hand-cut leather link-lounge chair. Self-taught artist Curtis Talwst Santiago contributes a selection of his jewelry-box dioramas—miniature worlds crafted at an intimate scale.

Additionally, artists from the renowned Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, California, will exhibit hand-sewn, dyed, and painted clothing pieces designed for their Beyond Trend line, which has been featured in the organization’s popular annual fashion show.

Originally launched in 2000 in an abandoned storefront in New York City, RUN began as a store, meeting place, and experimental reimagining of economic exchange—one based on the participation and engagement of visitors. The project later traveled to the Purple Institute in Paris in 2001 and has continued to evolve over the past twenty-five years.

Susan Cianciolo (b. 1969) was featured in the 2017 Whitney Biennial with RUN RESTAURANT. Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the CCS Hessel Museum of Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. She is represented by Hoffman Donahue (New York / Los Angeles), Overduin & Co. (Los Angeles), and CIBRIAN (San Sebastián, Spain).

RUN STORE features more than forty independent, self-taught, and community-based artists and makers, including:

Sarah Aphrodite, Ludmilla Balkis, Isabella Bautista, Lilac Sky Cianciolo, Susan Cianciolo, Iman Dabbous, Shane Gabier, Pascale Gatzen, Aki Goto, Elizabeth Grubaugh, Ross Grunger, Zoe Gustavia Anna Whalen, Jasiu Krawjewski, Paige Labuda, Sadie Laska, Lee Mary Manning, Jennifer Minniti, Kiva Motnyk, Monique Mouton, Cassi Namoda, Sarah Nsikak, Jessica Ogden, Christopher Peters, Emilio Pompetti, Leon Ransmeier, Jessi Reaves, Nick Sethi, Curtis Talwst Santiago, and Linhan Xu.

Artists from the Creative Growth Art Center (Oakland, California) will also participate, including Casey Byrnes, Lauren Dare, Stephanie Hill, Paulino Martin, Dan Miller, Latefa Noorzai, Elizabeth (Lizzy) Rangel, Lulu Sotelo, Ruth Stafford, Nicole Storm, and Monica Valentine.

Additional collaborators include Mundus Press (Emma Kohlmann and Charlotte Kohlmann) and SC103 (Sophie Andes-Gascon and Claire McKinney).

Books and Publications
Bettina, Susan Cianciolo, Curtis Cuffie, Martine Syms, Mundus Press, Jessi Reaves.

The Outsider Art Fair (OAF)—the leading international event dedicated to self-taught and outsider art—will return to New York City for its 34th edition at the Metropolitan Pavilion from March 19 to March 22, 2026. Featuring 68 exhibitors from the United States and around the world, the fair continues to serve as a key platform for the global conversation surrounding artists who work outside traditional art-historical frameworks and formal academic training. 

2026 Exhibitors

A
Bill Arning Exhibitions and Marisa Newman Projects – Hudson Valley, NY; New York, NY
Art Sales & Research – Clinton Corners, NY; Palm Beach, FL
ArTech Collective – New York, NY 
B
James Barron Art – Kent, CT
bG Gallery – Santa Monica, CA
Margaret Bodell/PREview – Bridgeport, CT
Galerie Bonheur – Palm City, FL
Galerie Arthur Borgnis – Paris, France*
Henry Boxer Gallery – Richmond, UK*
Hal Bromm Gallery – New York, NY
Norman Brosterman – New York, NY
C
Cavin-Morris Gallery – New York, NY
Center for Creative Works – Wynnewood, PA
Chozick Family Art Gallery – New York, NY
Concierge Estate Sale Services – Paso Robles, CA
Cathy Condon – Sunshine Coast, Australia*
Court Tree Collective – Brooklyn, NY
Creative Growth – Oakland, CA
Creativity Explored – San Francisco, CA
Curated Space – From the North
D
M. David and Co. – Brooklyn, NY
Keith de Lellis Gallery – New York, NY
dieFirma – New York, NY
Deer Gallery – New York, NY*
Dutton – New York, NY
E
Andrew Edlin Gallery – New York, NY
F
Feheley Fine Arts – Toronto, Canada 
Fleisher/Ollman Gallery – Philadelphia, PA
FolkArtwork Collective – Des Moines, IA
Fountain House Gallery – New York, NY
G
Gagné Contemporary – Toronto, Canada
The Gallery of Everything – London, UK
God’s Love We Deliver – New York, NY
H
Marion Harris – New York, NY*
HeyThere Projects – Joshua Tree, CA
Nancy Hoffman Gallery – New York, NY
I
Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts – St. Paul, MN
J
Gallery Jones – Vancouver, Canada
K
Galerie Kahn – Ars-en-Ré, France
Elza Kayal Gallery – New York, NY
Kishka Gallery and Library – White River Junction, VT
koelsch gallery – Houston, TX
L
LAND Gallery – New York, NY
Jennifer Lauren Gallery – London, UK
Lindsay Gallery – Columbus, OH
M
Magic Markings – Brooklyn, NY
McCaughen & Burr – St. Louis, MO
N
Akio Nagasawa Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
Nanjing Outsider Art Center – Nanjing, China
North Pole Studio – Portland, OR
Northern Daughters – Bristol, VT
O
Oolong Gallery – Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Open Studio – New York, NY
P
Pardee Collection – Iowa City, IA
PASC – Detroit, MI
Hana Pietri – Chicago IL
Galerie Pol Lemétais – Toulouse, France
Portrait Society – Milwaukee, WI
Steven S. Powers | Joshua Lowenfels – New York, NY
Project Onward – Chicago, IL
PULP – Holyoke, MA
Pure Vision Arts – New York, NY
R
Ricco/Maresca – New York, NY
Galerie Ritsch-Fitsch – Strasbourg, France 
The Ruffed Grouse Gallery – Narrowsburg, NY
S
SAGE Studio – Austin, TX
SARAHCROWN – New York, NY
SHRINE – New York, NY
Phyllis Stigliano – New York, NY*
Stewart Gallery – Boise, ID
T
Tucker Contemporary Art – Verona, NJ
V
Van der Plas Gallery – New York, NY
W
Wilsonville – East Hampton, NY

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