Elizabeth Dee
Elizabeth Dee is an American gallery owner and co-founder of Independent (New York, Brussels). The gallery is located on West 20th Street in Chelsea, and has produced numerous groundbreaking, first and internationally recognized exhibitions by such artists as Adrian Piper, Miriam Cahn (debut), Philippe Decrauzat, Derek Jarman, Leo Gabin (debut), Josephine Meckseper (debut), Ryan Trecartin (debut) and Mark Barrow, among others. Previously Dee established X Initiative, a nonprofit consortium of the global art community presenting exhibitions and programming in response to the major philosophical and economic shifts in Contemporary art. She was also recently included in Art + Auction Magazine’s list for the 100 most powerful figures in the art world.