Amos Eno Gallery, a non-profit, artist-run gallery, is pleased to present Sacred Ground, a group exhibition that examines spaces imbued with deep significance and meaning. The exhibition will be on view from January 9, 2025, to February 9, 2025, with an opening reception on Friday, January 10, at 191 Henry St. on the Lower East Side.

 

Curated by gallery director Ellen Sturm Niz, Sacred Ground examines the idea of spaces that hold deep significance and meaning, both personally and collectively. Through a variety of artistic approaches, the exhibition invites reflection on the concept of what makes a place — either a literal or figurative one — sacred.

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Featuring an array of mediums including painting, sculpture, photography, and video, the works explore themes of memory, identity, ecology, and spirituality. Below are highlights of all the featured artworks:

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• Bartosz Beda: Paramount of Eternity 02, an oil painting reflecting the layered complexity of the human psyche, inspired by Freud’s metaphor of a layered chocolate cake.
   

• Damien Olsen Berdichevsky: Bridge, an acrylic painting capturing the natural architecture of bridges as sacred sanctuaries within their surroundings.
   

• Damfino (Chris Esposito & Matt Greco): it could be anything..., a wood and canvas sculpture embodying the tension between curiosity and uncertainty.
   

• Adam Erlbaum: Sign Pale, an oil painting exploring the interplay between abstract symbolism and the specific meanings of street signs.
   

• James Horner: Shenanigans at the Chateau, a mixed-media work inspired by the artist’s residency in France and the layered history of wartime chateaux.
   

• Charleen Kavleski: Quilt Top Study: "Father's Early Stripes" II, an inkjet print that honors the military’s qualities of self-sacrifice and valor as forms of sacred ground.
   

• Julianne Nash: Deforestation (52 Images), an archival pigment print mounted on Sintra, grapples with the grief of ecological loss and the rapid transformation of our planet’s landscape.
   

• Ellen Sturm Niz: Slipping Under, a digital video that captures the ephemeral and dreamlike interplay of memory, light, and sound.
   

• Hiroko Ohno: ALMA, a mixed-media piece featuring lapis-lazuli, coral, and acrylic, symbolizes the universe’s fiery origins and hidden depths.
   

• Mimi Oritsky: Heart of Ice, an oil on canvas from the Wissahickon series, embodies the fragile beauty and meditative calm of nature.
   

• José-Ricardo Presman: Saturn, a paper silhouette evoking sacred beginnings and the symbolism of planetary and human forms.
   

• Aleksandra Scepanovic: Who, a fired clay sculpture exploring identity and introspection through shifting profiles and layered contours.
   

• Christopher Squier: Disturbances (Scattered Light), a colored pencil drawing, captures atmospheric phenomena that transform ordinary spaces into moments of sacred wonder.
   

• Nishiki Sugawara-Beda: KuroKuroShiro XXXVIII, a sumi ink on wood piece, delves into the sacred inner landscapes of the human mind.
   

• Philip Swan: Tygers, an abstract oil on board inspired by natural forms and William Blake’s poem The Tyger, invites contemplation of nature’s complexity.
   

• Dain Susman: 197 Malcolm X Blvd, a mixed-media piece celebrating the shared and ritualistic aspects of urban laundromats.
   

• Sam Jones: Swarm, a seven-foot felt installation symbolizing the sacred vitality and irreverence of the wild.
   

• Grant Whipple: Subsidence, an oil painting on panel with organic edges that evoke natural transformation and decay.
   

• Aaron Wilder: Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream, an artist book reconstructing John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, exploring layered authorship and identity.

  

About Amos Eno Gallery

Amos Eno Gallery has been a fixture in the New York art scene since 1974 when it opened in Soho. The gallery is open Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 6 p.m. and is run by a small community of professional artists, both from New York City and across the country, and a part-time director. 

 

Amos Eno Gallery's programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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For more information, please contact Gallery Director Ellen Sturm Niz at amosenogallery@gmail.com.