Lisa Cooley

Formerly director of Houston's Mixture Gallery and Nicole Klagsbrun in Chelsea, Lisa Cooley opened her shop in 2008, and quickly established herself as one of the nabe's go-to gallerists. Her roster of artists seems to share a penchant for Conceptualist sleight-of-hand, mixed with unexpected materials—most notably Erin Shirreff's "moonrock" photos (actually images of hand-fashioned clay blobs) and Josh Faught's fiber-art sculptures made from woven afghans, garden trellises and nail polish.