About Us

Stanek Gallery is a women-owned small business launched in 2015 with a mission to create harmonious and intriguing exhibitions that connect the distinct styles and genres of modern masters and emerging talents with an international society of aspiring and experienced art collectors.

With a loft-style private showroom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a storefront exhibition space in Miami, Florida, Stanek Gallery engages with our physical communities as well as our online following on Artsy and Instagram. We support and represent a diverse population of artists who work in a range of mediums, explore meaningful subject matter, and conquer a cornucopia of genres. This allows us to provide our collectors with a work that perfectly matches any desire.

Visit us online or in-person at our Philadelphia and Miami galleries to experience what Stanek Gallery is and what we can do for you.

Meet the team

Katherine Stanek

Owner and Director

Katherine Stanek was born in Oak Park, Illinois, and lived in the Chicago area until her early twenties. Pursuing work and education, Stanek relocated to Philadelphia where she held a full-time corporate management position while attending classes part-time at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 2002, Katherine resigned from her management position and began her career in art at The Pennsylvania Academy receiving a 4-year merit scholarship for her studies.

Immediately upon graduation, Stanek was invited by notable Philadelphia galleries to exhibit her work and accepted The Rosenfeld Gallery's invitation to represent her body of work. She has since exhibited widely in numerous galleries, museums, and sculpture gardens which include The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the European Museum of Modern Art MEAM, Barcelona, and most notable, alongside the work of Auguste Rodin in the international exhibition "Rodin and the Contemporary Figurative Tradition" at the Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Katherine is the recipient of the George and Helen Segal Foundation Grant and her work has been featured in several publications including The National Sculpture Society's "Sculpture Review" In 2020, Stanek installed her largest commission to date for the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton Ohio.

The Stanek Gallery team toasting over Zoom to the news of their Miami expansion.

In 2014 The Rosenfeld Gallery announced their intent to close following a series of gallery closings throughout the city. With dwindling options remaining for a figurative sculptor in Philadelphia, Katherine opened Stanek Gallery in Old City with the intent of shifting the trend. Since its opening in November 2015, Stanek Gallery has quickly become the leading art gallery in Philadelphia attracting some of the area's most accomplished artists. Stanek Gallery's museum-style exhibition program and innovative events designed to return patrons to the galleries have fostered partnerships with curators from The Barnes Foundation, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and scholars from across the country.

Jennifer Bedford

Director

Before working toward her PhD in Modern and Contemporary Art History at Temple University, Jennifer Bedford completed her Masters Degree in History and Philosophy of Art from University of Kent in 2016 after earning Bachelors Degrees in both Art History and Art Conservation from the University of Delaware.

Jennifer has spent time at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library, Tunbridge Wells Museum and Library, and most recently held the position of Assistant Curator at Center for Creative Works. Additionally, she has presented her research on technologically aided art methods and practices - specifically focusing on the development of artificial intelligence and the concept of creativity - at Southern Oregon University's 2021 Creativity Conference. Jennifer also engages in art practices of her own.

Isabella Del Signore

Public Relations Coordinator

Isabella Del Signore attended the Studio Arts College in Florence, Italy while pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Pennsylvania State University. Upon graduating in 2022, Isabella now acts as the Public Relations Coordinator at Stanek Gallery and is a practicing fine artist and illustrator under the name “Bella Lucy.”

Isabella’s work has been featured in both solo and group exhibitions at 3 Dots Downtown, Zoller Gallery, and Bellefonte Art Museum.

Deborah Fine

Art Consultant

Deborah Fine studied Fine Art at Carnegie Mellon University and received her BFA from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Deborah co-founded Stanek Gallery along with Katherine Stanek and currently serves as art consultant to collectors and patrons of the gallery.

Deborah's artistic accomplishments include The National Arts Award and winner of the Vermont Studio Center Fellowship. Deborah Fine has exhibited her work in numerous shows throughout the region including the Woodmere Art Museum and her work is important collections throughout the US.

The Stanek Gallery Team posing at an exhibition opening.