The Beacon Room is a project space within BAU Gallery that allows emerging and established artists to experiment and expand their visual language through multidisciplinary exhibitions and interactive programming in an intimate setting. It is a space for risk-taking, dialogue, new thinking, and cultural conversation.

On View June 13–July 6, 2025

Bob Barry the other world

Family, 2025, ceramic with volcanic glaze, 12 in. x 12 in. x 10 in.

The Other World is Bob Barry’s second exhibition of ceramic sculpture at BAU Gallery. Making a departure from his earlier floral fantasy sculptures, each creature, influenced by Pre-Columbian ceramics, serves as a metaphor to honor the spirit of an animal.

About the artist: Bob was the chairman of the art department at Long Island University, where he taught pottery and ceramic sculpture for over thirty years. Bob has exhibited domestically and abroad, with one-man shows as well as numerous group exhibitions, including the Dorsky Museum, the United Nations Gallery, WAAM, and The Gallery Ferer (Berlin). He has been awarded residencies in A.I.R. Vallauris (Vallauris, France), Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (Newcastle, Maine) andByrdcliffe Arts Colony (Woodstock, NY). Bob was awarded the Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation award for excellence in ceramic sculpture.