Proteus Gowanus is an interdisciplinary gallery and reading room housed in a former 1900 box factory located centrally among several vibrant Brooklyn communities. Proteus Gowanus is named after both the Greek sea god who could change form and the neighboring Gowanus Canal, a changing post-industrial waterfront area with a thriving artistic community and a history dating back to the Revolutionary War and earlier.

Proteus Gowanus exhibitions, programs and publications are developed by a core collaborative of artists, writers and workers in other disciplines, with help from an extended community of PG correspondents. Proteus Gowanus also works reciprocally with a group of non-profit partner organizations that utilize the Proteus space and receive proceeds from sales. Proteus Gowanus incorporates the rich, interdisciplinary resources of its non-profit partners into exhibits and programs.

MEND exhibit

Collaborating Non-Profits:

Proteus Gowanus was founded in 2005 by Sasha Chavchavadze and PK Ramani, with intellectual support from Julie Lang and financial support from Connie Packard, Caroline Husted, Alexandra Heller and Barbara and Sandy McLanahan.

Current core collaborators are: Sasha Chavchavadze (Founder/Creative Director), Tamara Pittman (Director), Tom La Farge (Managing Editor: Proteotypes) and Wendy Walker (Editor: Proteotypes). Past core collaborators were Maddy Rosenberg and Leslie Kerby.

The Former Box Factory that houses Proteus Gowanus.