Ceres Gallery – New York

Corn, Wethersfield, 2026, Polaroid photo print on paper, 12 X 12″

Ceres Gallery is pleased to present Polaroid Revisions, an exhibition of enlarged Polaroid photographs by Liz DeMayo. These photos started as small images taken with a Polaroid camera, or transferred onto Polaroid film from a phone camera. DeMayo physically manipulates her photos, changing the look of the surfaces, aiming to add movement and a little mystery to the images, and sometimes to allow a face or figure to emerge from the trees or plants pictured. Polaroid Revisions includes three groupings of photographs enlarged onto paper, and two sets of canvases with the images enlarged to 30 inches. The subjects of the work are trees, plants, and aquatic scenes taken in DeMayo’s city neighborhood, near friends’ houses, and at various gardens in New York state.   Liz DeMayo studied photography in New York City and has exhibited at several venues in her northern Manhattan neighborhood, as well as elsewhere in the city.

Gallery II

Ceres Gallery is pleased to present Welcome to Minako’s World an exhibition of colorful lithographs by Minako Ito, a skilled artist with a delightfully compelling view of life. Her charming lithographs are invitations to share her abundant pleasure in the daily scenes and commonplace objects that make up her real and imaginary life.  Welcome to Minako’s World  includes twenty-one lithographs and one monotype. In Ito’s private rooms and urban places the figure is rarely seen, yet the human touch is evident everywhere. She captures the lively essence of town, landscape and daily scenes with keen observation. Through her prints, Minako Ito brings us to her precise point of view. By sharing these lively and cheerful images of New York City and her current neighborhood of Tokyo, she transforms the viewer from a wary passerby into a welcomed friend. Ito’s gracious spirit is exactly what is needed at this time. Minako Ito has studied art in Tokyo and New York City, and is currently living and working in Tokyo. Her work is represented in many private collections and is also included in the collection of the New York Public Library. She has appeared in many group shows in New York City, Seoul, Tokyo and Yokohama.