Brace yourself because the veil is lifting on a new collection of exhibitions that promises to transport you from the comfortably familiar to the utterly fantastical! This month, Haven Gallery becomes a nexus where the past whispers, the future beckons, and the deeply whimsical takes form. And it’s absolutely perfect for the holiday season – a chance to find that truly unique gift or simply inspire your spirit.
Not one but six shows to enchant your soulful art-loving heart. Haven Gallery proudly presents, Larysa Bernhardt, “Grandma’s Sacred Heart”, Kimera Wachna, “Homecoming”, David Lipson, “Robots Rising: Automata Annihilation”, Jesus Aguado, “Whimsical Anatomy”, Mikazuki Futatsu, “Twilight Circus” as well as their Little Big X Group Exhibition.
View them in their entirety alongside all available inventory by visiting the gallery website! Searching for even more inspiration and feel like time travelling? Return and reflect upon past exhibitions and see what lifts your spirit.
Larysa Bernhardt, Kimera Wachna, David Lipson, Jesus Aguado & Mikazuki Futatsu
“Little Big X”, Small Works Show
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 29th, 2025 | 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: November 29th – December 28th, 2025
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.
Larysa Bernhardt, “Grandma’s Sacred Heart”
Artist Statement
This collection is dedicated to my grandmother and is my attempt to regain my balance. The world is shifting, and my reality is shifting with it. Living in a lucid world of my dreams where everything is possible, where butterflies are giant and moths tell stories – it’s easy to loose your footing, dive too deep, run out of breath and desire to go back to the real world, rewind your life, live backwards to that sapphire in your heart when you’re just a little girl, barefoot, chasing butterflies in grandma’s garden.
Childhood nostalgia, precious memories, endless summer days, no routine, no agenda, the sense of absolute power of decision making – about how to spend time, what to do, where to go and when to come back – when everything is possible in a same way of how a bird chooses its path in a sky or a bee chooses a flower.
I loved my grandma and my grandma was love. She was very religious, and she was full of secrets. Secrets walked with her, stuck in a deep pockets of her apron I never saw her not wearing, mixed with beetroot seeds, pieces of garden twine, and occasional chicken egg. Secrets were braided into her hair. She hid them under her shawl, but every night before bed she would get on her knees to pray before solemn eyes of gilded icons looking down on her from lime washed walls and her thick hair braid would escape the shawl and curl on a wooden floor beside her, spilling secrets on wooden planks, and that is how I will always remember her.
About Larysa Bernhardt
I was born and spent my young years in Ukraine. I learned my skill from my mother, just like she learned from hers. My fascination with old tapestries goes way back and rooted in my childhood memories of grandmas house in thriving and busy Ukrainian settlement Pokrovs’ke where stucco walls were hung with religious icons, darkened paintings, and tapestry wall hangings. It almost felt like leaving the wall naked was a sin, and a naked floor was another one.
We usually would get to grandmas late at night and I’d be asleep after long car ride and in the morning I open my eyes to a riot of images dancing across the walls, overlooked by solemn saints in their gilded frames, with dried bunches of fragrant flowers tucked behind them. Childhood memories, a fairytale, a dreamer’s dream. Sometimes if you’re just lucky enough, you get to take them with you through your lifetime.
Kimera Wachna, “Homecoming”
Artist Statement
Revisiting childhood memories has been like A Light in the Attic, an unfrequented place sparking hidden awareness. There was so much wonder in that elusive space, but also a sense of loss. This collection, however, is not about loss. It is about reclaiming the spaces that have been held captive by it.
Homecoming is an exploration of the self through memory, dreams, and the unconscious. It follows a young girl onto the path of becoming, guided by nature, spirit animals and dreamscapes, where connection, adventure, and discovery are paramount. Each scene is a meditation on connectivity, where disparate fragments come together to form a coherent whole.
About Kimera Wachna
Kimera Wachna is an artist from New York, currently based in Seattle. Inspired by her childhood and the natural world of the Pacific Northwest, she explores themes of beauty and longing. Her work invites viewers into gentle, dreamlike spaces where hope and wonder quietly linger.
Jesus Aguado, “Whimsical Anatomy”
Haven Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new paintings by Spanish artist Jesus Aguado for his seventh exhibition at the gallery. Aguado’s surrealistic portraits weave together human and animal attributes, creating the personification of symbols and an altered state of being. A play on historical portraiture, one finds the surreal influence of comics, with a penchant for spectacle, to create hyperactive environments that captivate the viewer, immersing them into a world that is both strange yet exuberant.
Aguado’s creativity and impressive technique shape a world beyond our dreams, pressing the viewer to think beyond the limits of their own imagination.
About Jesus Aguado
Jesus Aguado graduated in Fine Arts and started working for different publishing companies. Several years have already passed and what encourages him most to go ahead is the constant search of new styles and ways of expression through drawing. Keen on comic, he’s already been awarded in several competitions (Elgoibar, Tomelloso, Portugalete, Salamanca).
His illustrations are recognized by many schoolchildren because they appear in a lot of textbooks. Among other publishing companies, he collaborates with Anaya, Edelvives, Santillana, Siruela, Vicens Vives, Baula, Bruño, Casals, Kumon, Grimm Press (Taiwan) He has also worked for Junta de Castilla y León and Ser Padres Hoy magazine.
David Lipson, “Robots Rising: Automata Annihilation”
David Lipson was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His passion for art began at an early age when he started copying cartoons from the Sunday paper. At age 13, Lipson discovered music through the guitar, and later studied at Berklee School of Music in Boston. After only a year and a half he moved to Hollywood, where he performed with bands and discovered painting.
Lipson’s passion for painting propelled him to New York City, where he studied at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design. He went on to forge a successful 17-year career in the animation industry with both film and television, working on popular programs including Lizzie McGuire, “TV Funhouse” segments on Saturday Night Live, and The Howard Stern Show, among others.
Following the death of his sister in 2005, Lipson changed direction and traded his 80 hour workweeks for a more fulfilling existence focused on creating robots. He began assembling one-of-a-kind robots with vintage repurposed parts, and without welding, which is difficult and very clever. Lipson’s robots are in private and corporate collections worldwide, and have been shown in museums, books, magazines, and on television.
Mikazuki Futatsu, “Twilight Circus”
Mikazuki Futatsu’s Twilight Circus is an immersive art experience that brings to life a wooden marionette owl. Her captivating handcrafted sculpture is a testament to her unique blend of surrealism and traditional craftsmanship.
Artist Statement
Through wood-carved marionettes, I explore expressions that breathe life into the boundary between story and reality. My creative process begins with weaving narratives, and by layering handwork onto natural materials such as wood, leather, and natural stones, I infuse souls into the marionettes. The moment the strings are pulled, they step into reality, resonating with the viewer’s imagination and bringing quiet fantasy into everyday life.
About Mikazuki Futatsu
A Japanese wood carver and marionette artist. Inspired by Czech animation, she began creating puppet animation while working as an illustrator and graphic designer. After learning marionette-making during a stay in the Czech Republic in 2010, she officially launched her career as an artist in 2013. She has honed her skills through numerous workshops, including the “Katagiri Yuji Sculpture Seminar,” and has presented her work in solo and group exhibitions. In 2018, she received four awards simultaneously at the 7th Craft Art Creative Doll Exhibition, and in the same year, won the New Face Award at the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival. She continues to explore the possibilities of expression that fuses sculpture and narrative.
“Little Big X”, Small Works Show
A group exhibition of miniature artworks works measuring 8 x 8 inches or smaller.
Exhibiting Artists // Janice Sung, Phoenix Chan, Valerie Savarie, Sachiyo Aoyama, Nom Kinnear King, Hitomi Aoki, Valery Vecu Quitard, Marque Todd, Takada Minae, Jolene Lai, Xhanthi, Shingo, Laura Colors, Jon Carraher Shinya Takanezawa, Andew Currey, Meagan Magpie Rodgers, Laverinne, Joey Chiarello, Brittany Johnson, Nikole Cooney, Kyra Wilson, Ren Phu, Mr Everybody, Naoto Hattori, Tatsufumi Niwa, Sayumi Kudo, Kayla DeVito, Anna Wilson, Rainy Tang, Sophie Wilkins, Ewa Prończuk-Kuziak, Aya Sakai, Brad Woodfin, Yuriko Shirou,Yuriko Shirou,Ryoko Rio.
