ABOUT
Frontrunner, located at the crossroads of TriBeCa and Chinatown, is a new addition to NYC’s downtown art scene. Our studios include a gallery, creative production facility, storefront, and publishing wing. Frontrunner positions itself as a leader in the new media environment. With a focus on grassroots work, multimedia performances, gallery events, independent thinkers, and new work, Frontrunner is a community for engaging and provocative art, social commentary, and music.
FOUNDERS
Frontrunner was founded in the fall of 2009 by social architect Michael Fasciano and filmmaker Edward Symes. The company began as an online magazine for the work of friends and colleagues.
PUBLISHING
First the magazine was published quarterly, the online medium allowed for written, video, and photo coverage of political, new media, creative, and business stories. Frontrunner began releasing a short series of art zines, catalogs, sound tapes, and photo books.
CREATIVE TEAM
Frontrunner is at the core a group of talented filmmakers, photographers, designers, strategists, and great writers. This team extends to art producers and curators who have held art events internationally. Frontrunner maintains relationships with exhibiting artists, musicians, choreographers for commercial projects at Frontrunner Studio.
PAST EXHIBITIONS:
1/19 Bryn McConnell
11/10 Faces of Occupy Wall Street
10/17 BBox Radio: One Year
10/6 Julie Orr
9/28 Brian Halloran
9/15 Hannah Dumes
9/8 Yunice Kang
8/18 Alejandra Picard
8/11 Leave Out Violence Youth Show
8/4 Mobile Photo
7/22 Tristan Wheelock: Panorama
6/23 Feign + Figment
6/9 Delta Diary: Leah Overstreet and Edward Symes
5/25 Roccio Moreno Showcase
4/21 Jasper Van der Hurd Tribute Group Show
3/25 Open to the Hound: Garrison York
3/24 A Photo Show: Erica Reade and Zyanna O’Connell
1/21 Black Magic Piano: Doran Danoff, Elizabeth Wilkinson, Edward Symes
PRESS
A Photo Show (Hearty Magazine, May 2011)
JVD Tribute (Gotham Magazine, May 2011)
New Kid on the Block (Tribeca Citizen, August 2011)
Faces of Occupy Wall Street (Metro NY, November 2011)
