This two-person exhibition examines the utility, impact, and aesthetics of often-unseen external and inner systems. Dove, a ceramic artist, is drawn to the hidden structures that operate just beyond perception, like seawalls restraining tides and ventilation shafts breathing beneath our feet. Her work, both resilient and fragile, prompt reflection on what protects and sustains us. Munkus, primarily a painter, uses abstraction to distill and analyze inner emotional and psychological systems, creating a material inquiry about the nature of self-reimagining. His work encourages contemplation and a non-mechanized perspective of time. BAU awarded Dove and Munkus this show based on their work in the gallery's August 2025 Open Call Annual.

About the artists: An artist and educator specializing in ceramics and textiles, Dove earned a BFA from the Columbus (Ohio) College of Art & Design and an MFA from the University of Tennessee. She attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2007. A 2025 resident artist at Watershed Center for the Ceramics Arts, Dove has exhibited regionally in both juried and invitational shows and is an adjunct ceramics instructor at Suffolk County Community College. She lives and works on Long Island. Dan Munkus has a BFA from the University of California Berkeley and an MFA in Performance and Interactive Media Arts from Brooklyn College. Currently pursuing an MA at Columbia University Teacher College, Munkus lives and works in Peekskill, N.Y.