FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 20, 2026
Frampton Co Presents Desert Weave at Exhibition The Barn in Bridgehampton, NY – June 12–July 17, 2026
Naomi Livia: Desert Weave, courtesy Frampton Co
Bridgehampton, New York – Frampton Co presents Desert Weave, an exhibition of works by artist Naomi Livia on view June 12 through July 17, 2026 at Exhibition The Barn in Bridgehampton. The opening event will take place on June 12 at 5-7pm.
The exhibition comprises large-format black and white photographs printed on gelatin silver paper with slow, meditative handmade weaves created from natural fiber threads woven around the loom in a continuous, circular manner. The weaves are combined with analog photographs of desert dunes that resemble the curvature of women’s bodies. Smaller works of drawings and collages that merge woven materials with photographs, as well as watercolor and oil paintings are also included in the exhibition. The works are on view to the public for the first time in the Hamptons.
Livia creates her own vocabulary, bridging the gap between handmade weaving and analog photography by putting the two in a captivating visual interplay with each other. The material interplay poses questions about technology, intimacy, environmentalism, feminist identity. “I visited Naomi’s Chelsea studio in January and immediately connected with her work, engaged by her approach to notions of art and craft, the abstract and representational, and the seemingly opposing but completely harmonious tactility of the three-dimensional weaves with two-dimensional prints,” says Elena Frampton. “Naomi masterfully express ecofeminist themes while maintaining a sense of intimacy and connectivity. There is a sense of hope, of female identity, and an underlying intuitive healing energy.”
“In my work, the handmade, tactile craft abuts and interacts with the technological. In those interstices I find the possibility for hope, healing and connectivity,” says Naomi Livia. “I have long been interested in the history of women photographers and how their work was often experimental and body-oriented.”
The large-scale constructions negotiate between the screen and the loom. They form a dialogue between shaped analog, large-format black and white gelatin silver prints or color C-prints mounted on aluminum, and handwoven textile. Each weaving is produced through a laborious yet meditative process, made by hand from natural fibers on custom-built shaped looms. They are exhibited on the very looms on which they were made as an indication of their creative process.
Smaller works include drawings and collages that merge woven materials with photographs, as well as watercolor and oil paintings depicting women dancing. The undulating, body-like dunes that appear throughout these pieces evoke both sensuality and desolation. They embody a reflection on systems that have subjected both women and the natural world to cycles of neglect and exploitation.
About Naomi Livia
Artist Naomi Livia lives and works in New York and Paris. She received a BFA from SUNY’s Empire State College, and an MFA from CUNY’s Hunter College. Her work was exhibited at the New Museum in NY, FA Projects in London, Torch gallery in Amsterdam, Art Process in Paris, Edith Russ Site for Media Arts in Germany, the Video Art Festival in Casablanca. She was represented by Hudson at Feature, Inc. gallery, and has also shown her work in NY at Printed Matter, Baxter Street Camera Club of NY, Gorney Bravin & Lee, White Columns, and the Yeh Art Gallery at St. John’s University. She is the recipient of fellowships from UCLA, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Edith Russ Site for Media Arts in Germany, and Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris. She was a visiting artist/scholar at the American Academy in Rome, and was a Mid-Career Initiative Artist at Baxter St. Camera Club of NY. Naomi Livia was featured on The Art Angle podcast, and written about in The New York Times, Art in America, The New Yorker, Surface Design Journal, Time Out NY, Cabinet, and Plus magazines.
Naomi Livia was a founding image editor at Cabinet magazine; curated contemporary art exhibitions for the NY City Opera at Lincoln Center, taught photography at Fordham University and at the International Center of Photography in NY, and was an image editor for The New Yorker magazine and Abbeville Press.
About Frampton Co
Frampton Co is a multidisciplinary design studio and gallery space known for its thoughtful exhibitions and collaborations that bridge art and design. Founded by Elena Frampton, Exhibition The Barn, located at 141 Maple Lane in Bridgehampton, NY, serves as a dynamic platform for innovative art shows, design installations, and brand activations.
Through its interior design studio and art advisory service, Frampton Co helps clients deepen and discover the pleasure of collecting and living with art. The studio’s wholly-integrated vision for living artfully comes to life at Exhibition The Barn, the rotating seasonal displays of fine art and works of design, curated by Elena Frampton, are unbound by function or medium, including F Collection, the studio’s own label of original furniture designs. Exhibition The Barn focuses on contemporary art and design with emphasis on promoting emerging and undiscovered mid-career artists with an unexpected mix of both notable and under-the-radar works. Frampton Co was founded in 2015 and is based in New York City and Bridgehampton, New York with projects across the United States.
Contact
Exhibition The Barn, located at 141 Maple Lane in Bridgehampton, is open to the public this summer June 10–August 28; Wednesday-Friday, 11am – 5pm, as well as weekends by appointment.
To learn more, request images, or inquire about attending upcoming events, please contact:
Remi Berger
Exhibition the Barn, Frampton Co
remi@framptonco.com / 212-448-1091