The people who ran Rabbithole and helped it happen.
| Name | Title | Years | Role |
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| Shawn Lyons | Founder and Director | 2004–2016 | Shawn founded Warren Space with Teo Koleva in 2004 and ran it as Rabbithole until 2016, curating and producing exhibitions, performances and events, and keeping the space going throughout. He organized the final Rabbithole pop-up, “Artists/Work”, in 2019. |
| Teodora “Teo” Koleva | Co-founder, Warren Space | 2004–2006 | A dancer, Teo had the idea to stage a dance performance in a single bare room with a concrete floor, where the audience stood against the walls and the dancers performed in about twenty by twelve feet. That night became the seed of the gallery. She helped organize Warren Space’s early exhibitions, including “Seahorse / Exploring Memory’s House” (2005), in which she also exhibited a photographic installation. |
| Justin William Lin | Assistant Director and designer | 2006 – around 2011 | Justin arrived in 2006, when the gallery expanded into a back room that became a photo studio alongside the gallery. A photographer and graphic designer, he helped build and run the studio, provided its photo equipment, and created Rabbithole’s branding, logo, website and most of its exhibition postcards. He co-curated exhibitions, including the Emerging Artists shows selected from open submissions. His “Couples” (2006) launched Rabbithole. In 2011 he founded Brooklyn Central, a photography and creative school within Rabbithole. |
| Cassady Fernandez | Exhibition coordination | around 2008–2010 | Helped organize exhibitions and handle their administration, and sometimes exhibited as an artist. |
| Nyahzul | Creative Director | around 2010–2016 | A painter and tattoo artist, Nyahzul handled much of the gallery’s administration and helped organize exhibitions. She exhibited in the 2013 benefit auction and in “Artists/Work” (2019). |
| Erica Harmon | Gallery administration and exhibition support | | Erica helped with the gallery’s administration and exhibition organizing for years, and sometimes helped install and take down shows. A musician, she plays bass in The Party Faithful, who were part of “Patti Smith’s Fridge” (2009). The New York Times, 23 August 2009. |
| Caitlin McGarry | Installation and exhibition support | | Helped hang shows, paint walls, set up and monitor exhibitions, and clean up afterward, while also working at Brooklyn Central. |
| Caroline Pham | Curator, Movie Nights | 2010–2013 | Curated the monthly Movie Nights of film screenings and live music, and designed all of their posters. She also helped organize and run events at the gallery. |
| Kate Hill Cantrill | Curator, Rabbit Tales; gallery administration | 2011–2013 | A writer, Kate curated Rabbit Tales, the reading and performance salon, and helped organize exhibitions and handle gallery administration. |
| Siobhan Towey | Performer; curator, The Hare Club | around 2013–2014 | Siobhan curated The Hare Club, a performance series, performed at Rabbithole, and ran NYC Massage and Healing within Rabbithole. |
| Juliette Morel | Dancer | | A Paris-based dancer, Juliette gave at least two dance performances at Rabbithole, including one of the earliest, and performed as the creature Gonai for two hours at the closing of Jason Gandy’s “ATIXIP: Te Foxl” (12 January 2008). |
| Sono Osato | Artist; organizer, 2013 benefit | | A painter and artist with a studio at Rabbithole, Sono led the organizing of the March 2013 benefit and silent auction for Hurricane Sandy recovery, designed its program guide, and served as auctioneer. |
| Ana Maria Camejo | Marketing Director | 2013–2016 | Ana began helping to install exhibitions in 2013 and went on to lead the gallery’s marketing until 2016. She created a lookback video of each exhibition, helped hang shows, and curated exhibitions, including Antonia Zennaro’s “Rostros Sonoros” (2015). She is also an artist. Watch her virtual tour of Rabbithole. |
