Happy New Year to all of our readers. I am excited to present you with our first Must See list of the year. I am constantly getting feedback about the large number of shows that make it on the list each month from galleries located in New York City. There is no bias for the Big Apple, there are just that many exhibitions of note every month. This month, you will notice a large number from other parts of the country, including Denver, Seattle, and Kansas City. As always, we want to know who you feel should be on the list, so please give us your comments and recommendations. I try to be extremely thorough with this monthly review, but, needless to say, I am not aware of everything happening out there. If you think we've missed something, be sure to use the comments section. And, Let us know what you think of the shows below if you've visited them. - Steven Zevitas, Publisher

Jim Lutes | Headin’ Up, tempera and oil on linen, 72 x 180 inches

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS ARTISTS ON VIEW

Sarah Awad | Fallen Heads, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches

Handler (Featuring paintings by Richard Galling, NAP #89, Jose Lerma, NAP 2000 MFA Annual, Scott Reeder, NAP #95)
December 9 - January 31, 2012
Western Exhibitions

OTHER NOTEABLE SHOWS

ATLANTA:
Ben Steele
December 9 – January 29, 2012
Kiang

Ted Faiers
January 4 – January 28, 2012
David Lusk Gallery

CHICAGO:

Samantha Bittman
December 9 – January 21, 2012
Thomas Robertello Gallery

Joanne Greenbaum - PUBLISHER'S PICK
Michelle Grabner
January 20  - February 25, 2012
Shane Campbell Gallery

DALLAS/HOUSTON:

John Randall Nelson
Steven Miller
January 7 – February 10, 2012
Conduit Gallery

Neva Mikulicz
January 12 – February 11, 2012
Anya Tisch Gallery

Kent Dorn - PUBLISHER'S PICK
January 13 – February 18, 2012
Bryan Miller Gallery

Kent Dorn | Lookout,  watercolor, ink, graphite, wax, oil on canvas,  14 x 20 inches

John Sonsini
January 13 – February 25, 2012
Inman Gallery

Sandi Seltzer Bryant
January 14 – February 11, 2012
McMurtrey Gallery

Joseph Cohen
January 4 – January 25, 2012
Wade Wilson Art

DENVER:

Frank T. Martinez
December 8 – January 21, 2012
Plus Gallery

KANSAS CITY:

Robert Shimomura
January – March
Byron Cohen Gallery

LOS ANGELES:

Jonas Lipps
January 14 – March 3, 2012
Thomas Solomon Gallery

Ryan Sluggett
January 21 – February 25, 2012
Richard Telles Fine Art

Adam Ross
January 7 – February 18, 2012
Angles Gallery

Alan Michael
December 17 – February 4, 2012
David Kordansky Gallery

Alan Michael | Terry Jones with Stylist in Hamburg, oil, acrylic and silkscreen on canvas, 29 x 39 inches

Tom Knechtel
December 10 – January 28, 2012
Marc Selwyn Fine Art

Ingrid Calame
January 7 – February 11, 2012
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

Ingrid Calame

MIAMI:

Fernando Mastrangelo
November 29 – February 29, 2012
Charest Weinberg

NEW YORK:

Udomsak Krisanamis - PUBLISHER'S PICK
January 14 – February 25, 2012
Gavin Brown’s Enterprise

Matta
November 7 – January 28, 2012
The Pace Gallery

Jess
December 8 – January 21, 2012
Tibor de Nagy Gallery

Santi Moix
January 5 – February 11, 2012
Paul Kasmin Gallery

Chris Martin - PUBLISHER'S PICK
January 26 – March 3, 2012
Mitchell, Innes & Nash

Gordon Moore
December 8 – February 11, 2012
Betty Cunningham Gallery

Bill Jensen
January 12 – February 18, 2012
Cheim & Reid

Thomas Woodruff
January 5 – February 4, 2012
P.P.O.W.

Erik Den Breejen - PUBLISHER'S PICK
December 10 – January 14, 2011
Freight and Volume

Erik Den Breejen | Smile III, acrylic on canvas, 77 x 82 inches

Ginny Bishton
October 29 – January 21, 2012
Marc Jancou Contemporary

Melissa Gordon
January 7 – February 4, 2012
Marianne Boesky Gallery

Interiors
January 14 – February 11, 2012
Andrew Kreps Gallery

Robert Buck
January 12 – February 18, 2012
CRG Gallery

Joyce Pensato
January 12 – February 25, 2012
Friedrich Petzel Gallery

Natasza Niedziolka
January 19 – February 25, 2012
Horton Gallery

Natasha Bowdoin
January 12 – March 10, 2012
Monya Rowe Gallery

Paul Wackers - PUBLISHER'S PICK
December 16 – January 28, 2012
Morgan Lehman

Paul Wackers | Variations, acrylic on panel, 48 x 60 inches

Trisha Brown
December 9 – January 25, 2012
Sikkema, Jenkins & Co.

Nick Mauss - PUBLISHER'S PICK
January 13 – February 18, 2012
303 Gallery

Nick Mauss

Thomas Scheibitz
January 12 – February 18, 2012
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Sergej Jensen
January 20 – February 25, 2012
Anton Kern Gallery

Ridley Howard - PUBLISHER'S PICK
January 19 – February 25, 2012
Leo Koenig Inc.

Ridley Howard, A.M., oil on linen, 5 x 6 inches

PHILADELPHIA:

Federico Herrera
January – February, 2012
Bridgette  Mayer Gallery

Joan Nelson
December 15 – February 18, 2012
Fleisher Ollman Gallery

Eight American Abstract Artists
January 2012
Larry Becker Contemporary Art

SAN FRANCISCO:

Ed Loftus
December 17 – January 21, 2012
Gregory Lind Gallery

Clare Rojas
January 4 – January 28, 2012
Gallery Paule Anglim

Ben Aronson
December 8 – February 4, 2012
Jenkins Johnson Gallery

Danny Keith
January 6 – February 18, 2012
Ratio 3

Danny Keith |  Hunter’s Plaid, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches

Lucy Pullen
January 12 – February 11, 2012
Romer Young Gallery