friend of a friend is back. 

we can’t tell you how excited we are to reopen our gallery in a new, ground-floor location along the platte river trail at the base of the recently completed burrell building.

the new beginning for friend of a friend brings slightly pivoted aspirations. new co-directors jenny nagashima and ilan gutin bring a wealth of experience from galleries in chicago, denver, and montana. along with founder and co-director derrick velasquez we are attempting to fill a very specific niche in denver that lies somewhere between project space and commercial gallery. with this new team the doors to our ground floor space will be open to a growing denver audience ready to meet face to face

in a recent past-life, derrick velazquez and lauren hartog started friend of a friend in the historic (and at the time almost completely empty) evans school building in the golden triangle of denver’s downtown. it was march 2021, still pre-vaccination for many people, and the difficult and unfamiliar air in many artists’ lives necessitated a want to gather in a safe and vibrant location. although our 250 sq ft. gallery was quaint we opened up an entire playground that welcomed established and new to denver artists alike.