What are your weekend plans? If you haven’t already heard, Haven Gallery is excited to announce their upcoming exhibitions featuring the incredible work of Allison Reimold, Kim Slate, and Himena Kokufuta, alongside their captivating Grimoire group show.
Brimming with creativity, the diverse range of styles and themes each artist brings imparts a unique perspective that allows us to wander freely into a world of imagination. It challenges our senses with beautiful compositional complexities, and there within the magic, we are able to escape and immerse ourselves in visionary elegance.
Like a vessel for emotions and ideation, the thought-provoking narratives tether heart and soul and spark a silent, fiery dialogue that welcomes a union of interpretation and meaningful connection. View these collections in their entirety, and all available inventory, by visiting the Haven Gallery website!
Allison Reimold, Kim Slate, Himena Kokufuta, Grimoire Group Show
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 21, 2024 | 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: September 21 – October 20, 2024
The event is open to the public | Free Entry | Refreshments will be served.
Haven Gallery
50 Main St., Northport, NY 11768 | ph. (631) 757-0500
To inquire, please contact Erica at Haven Gallery via email [email protected]
About the Gallery //
Haven Gallery is run by Erica Berkowitz and Joseph Weinreb. The gallery first opened in 2015 in the Carriage House of historic Northport, NY. Within two years, the gallery doubled in size and expanded into the entire Carriage House building. Through their successful in-house exhibitions and presentations at art fairs both domestic and international, Haven opened a secondary location at 90 Main St., in 2020, during the height of the Covid pandemic.
It was at that point, that Erica and Joseph knew it was time to find a permanent location for their artists. In January of 2022, they bought the building at 50 Main st., and opened its doors as Haven Gallery’s perennial home.
Haven Gallery’s focus is on exhibiting emotionally, intellectually and imaginatively driven, representational artwork that connects the audience and artist with universal axioms and passions. We work with both emerging and established artists who transcend their medium and subjects by exploring the world around them as well as the one within themselves.
Allison Reimold, Lux Nocturna
Haven Gallery is pleased to present a new collection of radiant paintings from Los Angeles based Allison Reimold for her upcoming solo show “Lux Nocturna”. “Lux Nocturna” is Reimold’s second solo show at the gallery and features seven paintings featuring luminescent female protagonists with their animal familiars in the landscape. Inspired by art history and mythology, each painting pulsates with glowing energy and emboldens a graceful sense of power and strength.
About Allison Reimold //
Allison Reimold is a Los Angeles native and nature enthusiast who currently works in the entertainment industry, illustrating posters for film and TV.
She is a graduate of Otis College of Art and Design and resides in Los Angeles with her muse, a French Bulldog named Penny.
Kim Slate, Home
Haven Gallery is pleased to present a new collection of mischievous sculptures from Oregon based artist Kim Slate. The new collection entitled “Home”, will feature eight new sculptures of animals and fauna with Slate’s quintessential wide and snarky grins. Both enchanting and playful, each animal and plant are meticulously sculpted and painted to capture bold personalities. A storyteller at heart, Slate invites the viewers to create their own narratives and characters.
About Kim Slate //
Even from a young age growing up in Eastern Washington, Kim Slate had a fascination with the creation of images and the power they had to capture the imagination and elicit emotion. The encouragement of her interests and talents led her to study animation where the power of images are amplified by story. After graduation, she applied her training to several feature films, most recently the award winning film Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio. In her sculptures and paintings she has honed a unique perspective, depicting the mysterious and sometimes mischievous adventures of ordinary and exotic creatures.
Each piece suggests a narrative, her charming characters caught in some act of scheming, play, or discovery. Kim resides in Portland Oregon where she can be found running its miles of forest trails or traveling with her husband and four year old son.
Himena Kokufuta, The Blue Dragon
Northport, NY– Haven Gallery is pleased to present a collection of ten new works from Japan based artist Himena Kokufuta entitled “The Blue Dragon of Life”, at Haven Gallery. “The Blue Dragon of Life” is Kokufuta’s first solo show at the gallery and features ten oil paintings of larger than life elemental dragons with their human familiars, as they live harmoniously without the blight of pollution and natural disasters. Dragons made of coral, trees and moss are protective deities that maintain the delicate balance of life and remind us of the importance and necessity of respecting and preserving the natural world.
About Himena Kokufuta //
Born in 1994 in Ibaraki Prefecture. Graduated from the Graduate School of Tohoku University of Art and Design in 2019.
Artist Statement //
My work expresses the vitality of nature through the form of a dragon, using motifs such as coral and giant trees. I depict a world themed around “the connection between humans and nature,” which has been woven over many years.
The subjects of my work are the dragon god legends passed down in Japan. In Japan, dragons are revered as water gods, and legends are associated with various places such as rivers, lakes, and waterfalls in each region. Since ancient times, Japan has experienced frequent water-related disasters, such as water shortages and river floods, leading people to pray to the dragon gods for help. Many stories are written about dragons and people helping each other.
Even today, water-related disasters occur all over the world due to climate change, and I feel that we are still plagued by natural disasters today and in the past. All living things cannot survive without water, but I feel that in today’s scientifically advanced world, people are no longer aware of the fact that they are living with nature in their hurried daily lives.
In this exhibition, I will present ten works, mainly featuring pieces inspired by sea coral, depicting interactions between dragons and humans in the great outdoors. Coral and giant trees grow over long periods, purifying carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and quietly protecting the natural environment. These entities watch over us today, having witnessed countless encounters with many people. Through my works, I hope to convey the mystical vitality of the natural world. I would be delighted if my art serves as an opportunity for people to turn their hearts toward nature. – Himena Kokufuta
Grimoire, Group Exhibition
Haven Gallery is pleased to present “Grimoire”, a group show celebrating the darker corners of the world of magic.
Exhibiting artists include //
Grace Aldrich, Kit Curry, Jennifer Hrabota Lesser, Takuya Mitani, Petra Frankova, Dewi Plass, Alexandra Lukaschewitz, Michele Melcher, Yuriko Shirou, Paige Carpenter, Andrew Currey, Claudia Griesbach Martucci, Bea Bastet, Kane Kokaris, Shelby Clark, Enys Guerrero, Valerie Savarie, Po Yan Leung, Kyra Wilson, Jeremy Hush, Amelia Leonards, Laura Colors, Arkadiusz Dzielawski, Shannon Taylor, John Lally, Eva Boneva, Anna Wilson, Sophie Wilkins, Bill Mayer, Nadezda, Vince Natale, Phoenix Chan, Valery Vecu Quitard, Zoe Chigi, Hannah Flowers.
