Aaron Wilder, Expletive Chapel: Lavender Heights (DECADENCE), 2019, Latex on Pride Flag


 

September 5-October 4, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday September 12, 2025, 6:00pm-8:00pm

 

Amos Eno Gallery
191 Henry Street
New York, NY 10002

Amos Eno Gallery, a non-profit, artist-run gallery, is pleased to present Held by the Same Stars, a group exhibition featuring work by 24 contemporary artists. The exhibition will be on view from September 5 to October 4, 2025, with an opening reception and 50th anniversary celebration on Friday, September 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the gallery at 191 Henry St. on New York’s Lower East Side. Works and installation images will also be available via Artsy.

In a world often characterized by its differences, Held by the Same Stars highlights the profound commonalities that unite us. The exhibition focuses on shared human experiences—community, belonging, memory, care, and resilience—while reflecting on the collaborative spirit that has sustained Amos Eno Gallery as an artist-run collective for over 50 years. Whether across personal, cultural, or environmental lines, the featured works emphasize that we all participate in the same larger systems of connection. We are, quite literally and metaphorically, held by the same stars.

Artists & Works:

• ​​​Tulu Bayar – Untitled: A pigment transfer that draws from land as a collaborator, highlighting the interconnectedness of people and place.
• Bartosz Beda – Owing to the Absence 27: Monochromatic ink work exploring presence, absence, and the subtle interrelations that shape communal life.
• Damien Berdichevsky – Common Ground: A wood sculpture capturing the spirit of individuality in unity, much like a group portrait or shared gathering.
• Adam Erlbaum – Thick as Thieves: An abstract painting designed to cultivate intimate viewership, dissolving distance through close attention.
• Chris Esposito – Exit from the right: An oil on wood painting exploring disunity and the need to realign with core shared values.
• Matt Greco – extra body problem: A porcelain sculpture considering the dualities of mind and body as both individual and collective, referencing shared human challenges.
• James Horner – The Silenced Dandy: A mixed-media work confronting the silencing of marginalized voices, urging community-driven advocacy and support.
• Grant Johnson – Welcome to the Future: An archival pigment print that calls for collective effort in shaping a shared civic future.
• Samantha Jones – Archipelagations: Paper and ink islands pinned to the wall, reflecting movement, thought, and the constant reformation of human connection.
• Charleen Kavleski – Quilt-Top Study: Greater Together: A photographic quilt study that symbolizes the strength and beauty of collective assembly.
• Hiroko Ohno – Galaxy I: A cosmic landscape linking the origins of precious materials to our shared human and planetary history.
• Mimi Oritsky – Race to the Edge: An oil painting depicting a fleet of boat racers working in tandem to navigate toward a shared goal.​
• Allison Pottasch – Rangoli: A paper collage reinterpreting cultural ritual as a universal symbol of gathering and care.
• José-Ricardo Presman – India Russia The Vatican – Largest Largest Smallest: A trio of collaged flags reminding viewers of our shared geopolitical world despite vast differences.
• Kathy Putnam – Remnants Series #1: A collage of repurposed clothing fabric that preserves traces of past lives, evoking memory, absence, and the enduring connections we carry.
• Olga Rudenko – <!--in_a_pickle--> #1: A silicone and embroidery sculpture reflecting on how modern identities are collectively shaped by technology and data.
• Aleksandra Scepanovic – The Fourfold: A mixed-media sculpture where four forms emerge from one body, symbolizing coexistence within collective structures.
• Nishiki Sugawara-Beda – KuroKuroShiro+ XLVII: Using ancient pigments, the work reflects on shared origins and the catalysts that unify people across time.
• Christopher Squier – Harmonics (## --- ♭): A drawing where sound, light, and line intertwine, suggesting collaborative creativity through sensory experience.
• Dain Susman – Confluence: A 3D collage using textiles and photographic assemblages to document the layered communities of Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood.
• Philip Swan – Star: A small-scale acrylic painting that evokes cosmic unity and universal wonder.
• Aaron Wilder – Expletive Chapel: Lavender Heights (DECADENCE): A painted Pride flag honoring LGBTQ+ community stories, resilience, and solidarity.
• Grant Whipple – We are Rainbow Falls: Pastel drawings symbolizing the spectrum of shared spiritual and cultural awakenings.
• Joyce Yamada – Non-endangered Species: Rattus: A humorous portrait of a rat, challenging cultural narratives and reframing ideas of shared existence.

Held by the Same Stars invites viewers to reflect on the enduring bonds that transcend geography, identity, and circumstance. In this moment of cultural complexity, the exhibition reminds us of our shared place in the world—not as isolated individuals but as co-participants in an interconnected human and ecological fabric. Through these diverse works, the artists of Amos Eno Gallery offer a powerful visual testament to the strength of community, collaboration, and mutual care.

About Amos Eno Gallery

Amos Eno Gallery has been a fixture in the New York art scene since 1974 when it opened in Soho. The gallery is open Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 6 p.m. and is run by a small community of professional artists, both from New York City and across the country, and a part-time director. ​

The gallery is located at 191 Henry Street between Jefferson and Clinton Streets on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. It’s a 5 minute walk from the F Train’s East Broadway Station and a 10 minute walk from the J Train’s Delancey Street - Essex Street Station.

For more information, please contact Gallery Director Ellen Sturm Niz at amosenogallery@gmail.com.