E9 is the annual group exhibition that is the culmination of Aljira Emerge, the highly acclaimed strategic career management and exhibition program for emerging artists. E9 features new and recent works by a dynamic group of 22 artists of diverse backgrounds who successfully completed last year’s competitive and rigorous program.

E9 presents works ranging from painting and sculpture to video and installation by the following artists living and working in the New Jersey/New York metropolitan area: Hima B., Firelei Báez, Soyeon Cho, Helen Dennis, Oasa DuVerney, Jeff Feld, Beth Gilfilen, Clare Grill, Juan Hinojosa, Swati Khurana, Beth Krebs, Barbara Landes, Sujin Lee, Sungmi Lee, Elizabeth Livingston, Dominic Miller, Ivan Monforte, Meridith Pingree, Ronny Quevedo, René Smith, Bisa W. Washington, and Rachael Wren. This year, we welcome as our Guest Curator Christopher Y. Lew, Manager of Curatorial Affairs at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York.

Aljira is pleased to announce that the E9 exhibition will be part of the Newark Arts Council’s Open Doors Artists’ Studios and Available Space Tour. See the Newark Arts Council’s website for more information.