About
Mission
Our mission at Midnight Gallery is to explore, engage with, and continue to build the growing arts community within the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas. We exhibit artwork from a diverse group of established and emerging artists. Our goal is to offer the community opportunities to interact and conversate with the visual and performing arts, while cultivating an atmosphere that fosters creativity and growth.
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Vision and Goals
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Create a welcoming space for all humans.
Exhibit artworks of various concepts, styles, media, and artists whose work inspires, educates and challenges our community to see the world in a different light.
Support the arts and art education in the community.
Develop meaningful connections between artists, students, and community audiences through exhibitions, workshops, educational opportunities, and experiences driven by arts professionals.
Serve as a resource for the arts community, as well as a must-see destination in the Lehigh Valley.
Nina Boodhansingh
Co-Owner, Director & Curator
(b.1987, Allentown, PA) Nina Boodhansingh is a painter, collage artist, curator, and co-owner, director of Midnight Galley. She received a B.F.A from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and an A.A. in Communications from Lehigh Carbon Community College of Pennsylvania. She is a former Resident Artist of Kutztown University (Kutztown, PA), The Cigar Factory (Allentown, PA), and The Banana Factory (Bethlehem, PA). ​
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Not only is she a dedicated artist and curator, but she serves as a mentor to artists and collaborates with local schools, universities, and organizations, where she generously shares her knowledge and skills with the community.
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Nina describes her paintings as ethereal. Inspired by nature, skyscapes, landscapes, microscopic images, and the cosmos, each painting represents familiar elements within an abstract world. The surface of the work has a tangible texture built with paint, various gel mediums, sand, and/or metal leaf. Modeling layers, dimensions, and illusions of space in the paintings, the finished pieces suggest parallel, yet distant, worlds. Evoking a dream-like quality, there is a mood of calmness in each piece. She also works with collage, mixed media, and dabbles in drawing. Her collage and mixed media work reflects on living with anxiety, depression, ADHD, trichotillomania, endometriosis, and secondary fibromyalgia, as well as cultural and societal factors. Nina’s collage adds humor to the world and often offers a quirky, witty, and fun change of pace in the creative experience.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
- Harriet Tubman
Chris Birgl
Co-Owner, Director of Business & Operations
Birgl is the sole owner of Vollux Autowerks, formerly CBtuning, in Schnecksville, PA. He had an interest in cars at a young age and has been in the automotive industry for 17+ years.
Since opening the new showroom in Schnecksville, it was clear to Birgl that he wanted to do more with the space. He had the brilliant idea to bring in local artists and turn the showroom into a dual-purpose space featuring local artists and their work. Birgl joined forces with Boodhansingh to establish Midnight Gallery in 2022.
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To learn more about Vollux Autowerks, visit their website using the link below.
