Current Exhibitions

Gallery 1: Daniel Berlin, Swallowing the Sun

In Daniel Berlin's new show at BAU Gallery in Beacon, NY, Swallowing the Sun, the familiar symbol of the sun is extended to reflect on the mind of the artist and the viewer. The show suggests an inseparable link between mind and art. When mind is uncluttered, it enhances both the creation and viewing of art. It poses the question, how to swallow the sun and not get burned?

About the artist: Berlin received a MFA from the University of Colorado (BA in both Fine Arts & Psychology from Illinois State University). He also attended Naropa University where he studied at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poets. Berlin was part of the Williamsburg art scene from 1984-2001 and had two solo shows at Kent Fine Art & Moeller Fine Art in NYC. He was awarded a NYSFA fellowship in 1988 for sculpture, and began his interest in monoprinting at Bud Shark’s lithography back in Boulder. He continues his monoprinting enthusiasm regularly at the Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY.

Gallery 2: BAU Gallery Artists, In This Place

In This Place brings together a small group of artists whose works reflect on the relationships between environment, memory, and presence. Through painting, drawing, ceramics, photography, printmaking, and sculpture, the exhibition explores how place shapes experience—both physically and emotionally—and how we, in turn, leave our mark upon it. Each artist offers a distinct perspective on the meaning of place, whether through intimate studies of natural and built landscapes, abstract interpretations of atmosphere and sensation, or material explorations that anchor memory in form. Some works evoke the quiet familiarity of personal spaces, while others engage with the transience of movement, migration, and change. Together, they create a dialogue that blurs the line between the external world and our internal landscapes. In a time when notions of belonging, rootedness, and connection feel increasingly complex, In This Place invites viewers to pause and reflect on their own sense of place—where they stand, where they’ve been, and where they are going.

Participating artists: Bob Barry, Daniel Berlin, Eileen Sackman, George Kimmerling, Ilse Schreiber-Noll, Joan Harmon, Joel Brown, Karen Allen, Linda Lauro-Lazin, Nansi T. Lent, Nataliya Hines, Pamela Zaremba, Robin Adler, and Soli Pierce. Find out more about the artists.

Beacon Room: Iain Wall, Precious Stones

Interdisciplinary artist Iain Wall incorporates printmaking sensibilities into drawing, painting, and sculpture. Their work blends medieval art and British material culture, creating tablets and frames that meditate on gay love and life force, whether in solace or celebration. Wall explores visual framing, combining structure and content in multi-apertured narratives. Their recurring depiction of cobblestone and stained glass builds an ornamental, motivic vocabulary that connects labor, temporality, and human connection. Wall’s work seeks to question the nature of presentation, what it means to queer the outline, and the transformative power of objecthood—how pictorial weight and tangibility become testaments.

About the artist: Wall holds a BFA in Printmaking with a concentration in Art History from the Rhode Island School of Design. Their work has been included in Memories and How We Hold Them, as well as Black: Color/Context/Meaning at the RISD Museum’s Gelman Gallery and Lost & Found at the Dye House. Notably, they have completed residencies and exhibited work at the Chautauqua School of Art, the Peter Bullough Foundation, and have been a fellowship recipient at the Manhattan Graphics Center.