Opening Reception: Damien Berdichevsky’s ‘Natural Histories’ at 191 Henry St – New York, NY

Amos Eno Gallery, a non-profit, artist-run space, is pleased to present Natural Histories, a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Damien Olsen Berdichevsky. The exhibition will be on view from November 13 to December 21, 2025, with an opening reception on Friday, November 14. Works and installation views are also available on Artsy.

In Natural Histories, Berdichevsky transforms the gallery into a cabinet of curiosities for the 21st century — part museum display, part dream sequence. A constellation of sculptural assemblages and surreal dioramas invites viewers into a world where discarded, found, and fabricated objects shed their original functions to form new mythologies. The result is an uncanny landscape of artifacts that feel both ancient and futuristic, familiar yet impossible to categorize.

In an era defined by information overload, rapid obsolescence, and the endless circulation of images, Berdichevsky’s work offers a counterpoint — a slow, psychological archaeology of meaning. His reconstructed “artifacts” speak to a collective desire to make sense of what we’ve lost: the tactile, the mysterious, and the sacred within the everyday. Natural Histories reimagines how value and memory are assigned in a world where the boundary between the authentic and the artificial has grown perilously thin.

Berdichevsky’s process begins with erasure: by stripping each object of its known history, he opens space for new meaning to emerge. Over time, relationships between these hybrid forms reveal themselves — echoing what psychoanalysis calls “the ethics of the unconscious,” where desire is uncovered only through detour and discovery.

Berdichevsky’s inquiry into transformation, meaning, and perception doesn’t end with objects — it continues through sound. On November 22 at 4 p.m., Berdichevsky will perform a live, improvised soundtrack at Amos Eno, inspired by his work on view. His approach to sound reflects his work in sculpture and painting, shaping each composition with texture, space, and emotion as if molding sound into form or layering color onto canvas. Drawing from his cinematic experience, Berdichevsky creates soundtracks for art that transform visual expression into immersive soundscapes, allowing art to be heard as well as seen.

About the Artist

Born in Buenos Aires to a Ukrainian immigrant family and later based in Brazil, Damien Olsen Berdichevsky’s cross-cultural background informs his interdisciplinary practice spanning painting, photography, music, and sculpture. With formal studies in Psychology, Dance Theater, and Zen Buddhism, his work merges the visual, performative, and contemplative. Berdichevsky has exhibited internationally, including at The Museum of Art of Fortaleza (Brazil) and The Brooklyn Museum.

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.