This weekend, Haven Gallery invites you into a world where everything is inspiring and nothing feels impossible. This new lineup is bursting at the seams with imagination, fueled by fantasy, fairy tales, and characters that tell a story as unique as the artist creating it.
Showcasing a diverse collective of voices that breathe life into the mythical – immerse yourself in the work of Hitomi Aoki, Bakeneko, Annie Stegg Gerard, The King of Elfland’s Daughter, Travis Louie, New Works, and Myriam Black, Anachronica.
From the delicate, shapeshifting whispers of folklore to the lush, romantic depths of elvish legends and every curios character in-between… each exhibition acts as a portal to a different allegorical dimension. Join us as we celebrate the power of narrative, artfully blending historical tradition with modern whimsy that let’s you freefall. Plus delve into Haven Gallery’s The Goblin Market, a group exhibition inspired by the Victorian poem by Christina Rossetti in 1862.
Hitomi Aoki | Annie Stegg Gerard | Travis Louie | Myriam Black
The Goblin Market Group Show
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 14th, 2026 | 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: March 14th – April 12th, 2026
Haven Gallery
50 Main St., Northport, NY 11768 | ph. (631) 757-0500
To inquire, please contact Erica via email info@havengallery.com
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.
Hitomi Aoki, Bakeneko
Haven Gallery is pleased to present “Bakeneko”, a collection of new paintings from Japan based Hitomi Aoki for her third solo show at the gallery. “Bakeneko” features six ink and watercolor paintings, rendered through impressively small, tightly rendered compositions, reminiscent of historical, miniature artworks. “Bakeneko” is a shapeshifting cat demon, or yokai from Japanese folklore. Traditionally, bakeneko can take on supernatural qualities such as size increases, bipedal walking, language and transforming into humans.
Aoki’s exhibition chronicles narratives of bakeneko as they interact and take on human attributes. Adorned with the artists signature geometric patterned designs, “Bakeneko” intricate details serve as a theatrical window or presentation to the fantastical world of Japanese legend through the eyes of a contemporary artist.
About Hitomi Aoki
Hitomi Aoki was born in Gifu prefecture in 1987. She studied at Tama Art University and majored in oil painting. She now lives in Kanagawa prefecture.
She consistently draws mysterious life forms with overwhelming detailed lines and dots drawings by using papers and pen. Motifs of her works are made of intertwined ivy, petals and various parts of animals. Her consciousness spreads into every corner of these motifs and they bring us breathtaking surprise and pleasure to follow these motifs with our eyes.
Annie Stegg Gerard, The King of Elfland’s Daughter
Haven Gallery is honored to present Georgia based artist, Annie Stegg Gerard, “The King of Elfland’s Daughter”, for her eighth solo show at the gallery. “The King of Elfland’s Daughter” features oil paintings narrating an elvish tale, in the artists signature Pre-Raphaelite inspired style.
About Annie Stegg Gerard
Annie has a special love for the 18th century Rococo painters who have had a large influence on her own method. Inspired by nature, folklore and mythology, her work evokes emotion and imagination in the viewer. She finds inspiration in their imagination, and the dreamlike palette and lively brushwork that combine to create a wonderful atmosphere of enchantment. She believes that they sought to transport us to different worlds and fantastic places though their works.
In her own work, known for it’s beautiful, enigmatic figures and lively creatures, Annie strives to depict this same transportive effect to the viewer. Annie has been exhibiting her work for seven years and has done notable publishing work for clients such as Disney, Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, Easton press, Ballistic Publishing and more. Her work is found in private collections all over the world.
Travis Louie, New Work
Haven Gallery is honored to present New York based artist, Travis Louie for his fourth solo show at the gallery, focusing on his wonderfully whimsical, surreal portraits of imaginative creatures.
Travis Louie’s paintings come from the tiny little drawings and many writings in his journals. He has created his own imaginary world that is grounded in Victorian and Edwardian times. It is inhabited by human oddities, mythical beings, and otherworldly characters who appear to have had their formal portraits taken to mark their existence.
The underlying thread that connects all these characters is the unusual circumstances that shape who they were and how they lived. Some of their origins are a complete mystery while others are hinted at. A man is cursed by a goat, a strange furry being is discovered sleeping in a hedge, an engine driver can’t seem to stop vibrating in his sleep, a man overcomes his phobia of spiders, etc.
Using acrylic paint washes and simple textures on smooth boards, he has created portraits from an alternative universe that seemingly may or may not have existed. His work is about identity and remembrance, with a veiled commentary on racism and the immigrant experience. He would like the fear of “the other” to be replaced with a curiosity about the unknown and a sense of wonder regarding those things that are unfamiliar.
Myriam Black, Anachronica
Haven Gallery is pleased to present “Anachronica”, a collection of new ink works from England based Myriam Black for her first solo show at the gallery. “Anachronica” features eleven drawings rendered in ultra fine line work and intricacies as she explores historical artworks and narratives through her own contemporary lens. Black includes studies and homages to artists of the past, while retelling tales and revisiting characters from mythology.
Black’s technique is reminiscent of etchings and other forms of printmaking, nodding to the elegance of these methods, while showcasing her own refined and honed skill to create form and movement. The timeless telling and artistic articulation of narratives from antiquity celebrate the human connection and relevance to their own past.
Artist Statement
My work aims to create a new world which is a mix of old and new, reproduction and imagined, odd and familiar, through the visual language of the printmaking method of engraving, which facilitated historically to democratize the access to art. Quite like the sort of tattooing I specialize in, it allows to wear a piece of art made just for the wearer to carry inspiration wherever they go. I am to create a language to encapsulate knowledge, in skin or paper, often with a historically based approach of events of the past. I try to draw attention of legends, characters or events as a source of inspiration for the viewer or the tattoo wearer.
I work with lines, either in drawing, etching or tattooing although the surface properties and the taste of the client change the technique. Sometimes I explore ornamental work for the body, as I would see engravers design decorations adapted to shapes of buildings, objects or books. These sources carry the weight of being reproduced often and have embedded in our memory how we see certain things today, yet when we apply it to the body as a tattoo, they become unique and permanent. I would like in the future to continue exploring images with cultural references, and explore different supports and techniques.
About Myriam Black
Myriam Black (born 1987, Madrid) is a tattoo artist that has lived and worked in UK, Germany and Spain whose work spans skin, print making, drawing, and painting. Her work is primarily based on engraving and etching studies and illustrations often with a historical background and context. Her work advocates the importance of forgotten artists, drawing on visuals of the past to draw parallels between history though engraving and modern through tattooing, reproductiveness and the uniqueness of the body.
She has worked with various museums bridging conventional art and tattooing, through events such as “Myriam Black tattoos Heckel” (2022) 100 anniversary of the Folkwang Museum Essen, DE , “Dürer under the skin” (2023) Albrecht Dürer House, DE, “Albrecht Dürer Defying norms, setting standards” – Zürich SW, (2024), and the upcoming Dürer’s birthday DE Nüremberg, 2026. She has participated in tattoo conventions such as Gods of Ink (DE), Mondial du Tatouage (FR), Aachen invitational (DE), Icons and Prodigies (IT), Island tattoo Connection (Sri Lanka) etc.
The Goblin Market Group Show
Haven Gallery is pleased to present “The Goblin Market”, a group exhibition inviting participating artists to create artworks inspired by the Victorian poem written by Christina Rossetti in 1862.
