A Brief History

In 1986, Thom Andriola moved New Gallery from Taos, New Mexico to its current location in Houston, Texas.  He began his art gallery career in Los Angeles with the Silvan Simone Gallery in the mid 1970s.

Prior to creating his own gallery, Thom was the director of the Taos Art Association in Taos, New Mexico.  There he began to develop a stable of artists that grew out of the second generation Abstract Expressionists.  Artists such as Tony Magar, Larry Calcagno and Louis Ribak Emil Bisttram, along with Minimalist Larry Bell and Surrealist Lee Mullican, became the foundation of his gallery group.

The ensuing years in Taos and in Houston saw his stable of artists grow and develop, both locally and internationally.  Artist Michal Rovner had her first major exhibition at New Gallery/Thom Andriola.  Artists recently exhibited at New Gallery include:  Ron Davis, Andreas Nottebohm, Yigal Ozeri, John Newsom, Jay Davis, Denis Oppenheim, The Starns Twins, Inka Essenhigh, Spencer Tunick, David Levinthal, Angelbert Metoyer and others.

“Art has been flowing around and through me continuously all these years, and although my concepts have broadened considerably, there remains a basic essence of belief that has remained constant.  That is, my faith in honest, original intelligence conveyed through the unique creative object of art.  It is not about any style or fashion, nor any rigid adherence to abstract, figurative or conceptual ideas.  Genuine expressive genius comes in many forms, yet it is certainly not common and is somewhat elusive.”