10 Women Artists With Solo Shows in NYC Right Now (May 2026)

10 women artists have solo shows in NYC galleries this May. Below: a guide to each, with the show, the gallery, the dates, and the practical info. The list spans painting, photography, sculpture, and installation across Chelsea, the Lower East Side, Tribeca, Chinatown, and the Upper East Side.

1. Mothers of Time by Amorelle Jacox at Management

Show

Mothers of Time

Artist

Amorelle Jacox

Gallery

Management

Address

39 East Broadway, Chinatown

On view

Apr 29, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026

Mothers of Time is at Management, 39 East Broadway, Chinatown, on view Apr 29 – Jun 8, 2026. Management is pleased to present Mothers of Time, Amorelle Jacox's debut solo exhibition with the gallery, on view in New York. Rooted in metaphysics, Jacox's painting practice navigates the relationship between the self and the cosmic through a unique synthesis of color field, transcendentalist, surrealist, and symbolist influences.

Plan thirty minutes minimum at Management — the works reward time. The gallery is closed Mondays.

2. Lost on a Two Way Street by Kim Dacres at Charles Moffett

Lost on a Two Way Street is at Charles Moffett, 394 Broadway, Chinatown, on view May 7 – Jun 21, 2026. Charles Moffett is pleased to present Lost on a Two Way Street, a solo exhibition of new works by Kim Dacres, a first-generation American sculptor of Jamaican descent, who lives in Harlem and works in the Bronx. An expansion upon Dacres’ 2025 body of work, Crossroads Like This, this exhibition marks the artist’s second solo show with the gallery.

Through June 21, 2026. Charles Moffett keeps standard NYC gallery hours, Tuesday through Saturday.

3. Landscape With Legs by Janet Werner at Anat Ebgi

Landscape With Legs is at Anat Ebgi, 372 Broadway, Chinatown, on view May 2 – Jun 14, 2026. Anat Ebgi is pleased to present Landscape With Legs, Janet Werner's first exhibition with the gallery in New York. The exhibition continues Werner's longstanding investigations in female portraiture that draw from both fashion imagery and art historical references.

Worth combining with the nearby galleries on the same block. Anat Ebgi is closed Mondays.

4. Deep Field by Alyson Shotz at Derek Eller Gallery

Deep Field is at Derek Eller Gallery, 38 Walker St, New York, NY 10013, Tribeca, on view May 1 – 31, 2026. Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present Deep Field, a solo exhibition by Alyson Shotz featuring new work using plated steel, glass, paper and wood. Shotz is known for experiential, large-scale sculptures inspired by natural and scientific phenomena that subvert their physicality in order to explore the phenomenological experience of space, gravity and light.

On view through May 31, 2026. Allow at least twenty minutes; the gallery is generally quietest on weekday afternoons.

5. Hot Honey by Anna Park at Lehmann Maupin

Hot Honey is at Lehmann Maupin, 501 West 24th Street, Chelsea, on view Apr 30 – May 31, 2026. Lehmann Maupin presents Hot Honey, a series of new works by New York–based artist Anna Park, on view at the gallery’s London location from April 30 through May 30. Featuring Park’s signature large-scale charcoal works, the exhibition centers on female protagonists who both inhabit and unsettle the archetypes of the vixen and the bombshell.

Lehmann Maupin is most easily reached by subway; check the gallery's hours before walking over, since most NYC galleries are closed Mondays.

6. Big Dance by Mary Stephenson at Chapter NY

Big Dance is at Chapter NY, 60 Walker Street, Tribeca, on view Apr 24 – May 31, 2026. Chapter NY is thrilled to present Mary Stephenson’s second exhibition with the gallery. The centerpiece of Mary Stephenson’s exhibition Big Dance is a painting of the same name: commanding in scale, yet more enveloping than confrontational. Characterized by diffuse, glowing fields in washy, sage-green paint, the image depicts a vacant labyrinthine corridor.

Plan thirty minutes minimum at Chapter NY — the works reward time. The gallery is closed Mondays.

7. Peanut Butter and Jelly by Katherine Bernhardt at CANADA

Peanut Butter and Jelly is at CANADA, 60 Lispenard Street, Tribeca, on view May 15 – Jun 21, 2026. Canada is excited to present Peanut Butter and Jelly, a solo exhibition of new work by Katherine Bernhardt. The show features vividly colored paintings drawn directly from her domestic life in St. Louis. The exhibition takes its title from the familiar comfort food, signaling the artist's enduring interest in the visual and emotional resonance of everyday experience.

Through June 21, 2026. CANADA keeps standard NYC gallery hours, Tuesday through Saturday.

8. Continuities by Joan Semmel at Alexander Gray Associates

Continuities is at Alexander Gray Associates, 384 Broadway, Chinatown, on view Apr 17 – May 31, 2026. Alexander Gray Associates and Xavier Hufkens present Continuities, an exhibition of recent paintings by Joan Semmel (b. 1932). Conceived with the artist as a single presentation across New York and Brussels, the exhibition’s structure mirrors the paintings’ own logic, playing with doubling and immediacy to extend the act of seeing across continents.

Worth combining with the nearby galleries on the same block. Alexander Gray Associates is closed Mondays.

9. Index by Nnena Kalu at Chapter NY

Index is at Chapter NY, 60 Walker Street, Tribeca, on view Apr 24 – May 31, 2026. Side Room Arcadia Missa is pleased to present Index, Nnena Kalu’s first solo presentation in the US, hosted by Chapter NY. Comprising selected works on paper from 2018, the exhibition highlights Kalu’s early Vortex Drawings and traces the development of her practice. Here, colour emerges as kinetic and intuitive, amplifying the sense of motion across her works.

On view through May 31, 2026. Allow at least twenty minutes; the gallery is generally quietest on weekday afternoons.

10. The Candle Is on the Table by Molly Rose Lieberman at Theta

The Candle Is on the Table is at Theta, 184 Franklin Street, Tribeca, on view May 15 – Jun 21, 2026. Theta is delighted to present The candle is on the table, Molly Rose Lieberman's second solo exhibition at the gallery. It was early September: the summer was gone but it was not over. I found a lot of good nouns when I arrived on the auction house floor and I pocketed them for a later date, when words would be table offerings for humble hosts.

Theta is most easily reached by subway; check the gallery's hours before walking over, since most NYC galleries are closed Mondays.

How to plan a walk

The list spans every NYC gallery neighborhood. Cluster by subway: Chelsea (C/E to 23rd), Tribeca (1 to Franklin), Chinatown/LES (F to East Broadway), Upper East Side (4/5/6 to 86th). Plan one Saturday for downtown, one Sunday for Chelsea + Upper East Side. The full list rewards two weekends rather than one rushed day.

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