Boundaries

Beth Dary
Amy Kupferberg
Rita Maas
Mary Negro

January 10 to February 8, 2026

Opening Reception: Saturday January 10, 4 to 6pm

The Gallery at Yellow Studio presents Boundaries, a group exhibition bringing together four women artists whose conceptually driven practices explore the spaces where systems break down, blur, or transform. Through photography, drawing, printmaking, and mixed media, Beth Dary, Amy Kupferberg, Rita Maas, and Mary Negro each use abstraction as a tool to process complexity, whether examining information systems, environmental change, material transformation, or the uncertainties of contemporary life. The exhibition runs from January 10 through February 8, 2025, with an opening reception on Saturday, January 10, from 4 to 6pm.

Together, these artists reveal how abstraction becomes a language for understanding our increasingly complex world, where familiar systems no longer hold, and new forms emerge from breakdown and transformation. Beth Dary examines the liminal space between nature untouched by human intervention and the "new nature" we create, drawing inspiration from environmental phenomena like CO2 bubbles in Arctic ice and fractal patterns in urban runoff. Amy Kupferberg transforms discarded materials into handmade paper, using repetitive mark-making as visual affirmation, exploring replication and regeneration through sustainable practices. Rita Maas constructs imagery within predetermined systems, embracing chance and disorder while investigating how information is received, filtered, and retained. Mary Negro's intuitive abstract drawings reflect mental space as she sorts through unknowns, thinking about climate change, the American political landscape, and the physics of the universe.

About the Artists

Beth Dary holds a BFA from Syracuse University and an MFA from Memphis College of Art. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is included in private, corporate, and museum collections in the USA and Europe. She has received grants from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and The Manhattan Community Arts Fund, and fellowships through Yaddo and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

Amy Kupferberg earned her BA from Bard College and her MFA from Pratt Institute. Her work has been exhibited in solo shows at Pratt Institute, Saint Peter's Church in NYC, and Gallery In The Square in Texas, and in group exhibitions including Miami ArtBasel Wynwood Lofts. Kupferberg lives and works in the Mid-Hudson Valley.

Rita Maas is a visual artist working in photography, drawing, and printmaking. A 2023 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts, her work is included in collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, and The Griffin Museum of Photography. Maas lives and works in the Hudson Valley, NY.

Mary Negro creates abstract drawings and mixed media collages inspired by current events in America. Her work has been exhibited at the Frances M. Maguire Art Museum at Saint Joseph's University, the Ely Center for Contemporary Art, and Ground Floor Gallery in Brooklyn. She holds a BA in Art History and Visual Arts from Fordham University and an MA in Art Market Studies from FIT, and lives and works in New York.