Group Show
October 17 - November 14, 2025
A collective meditation on awareness and the poetics of daily life.
This Must Be the Place is the inaugural exhibition of Nelson Duni. It brings together the first artists with whom we are proud to partner—each rooted in introspection, meaningful subject matter, and a spirit we see in San Francisco at this moment: a powerful optimism grounded in reality. The group show features eight artists whose artistic practices include themes of transformation, memory, and presence. The result is a collective meditation on awareness and the poetics of the everyday. San Francisco, both literal and symbolic, underpins this inquiry. The city’s shifting social fabric, layered history, and enduring creative pulse resonate throughout the show—not always explicitly, but as an ambient influence, a moment of change and potential.
Jane Ivory, Sunset Light No. 1, 2021. Archival pigment print © Jane Ivory.
Nancy Mona Russell, Teaching Winds, 2025. Acrylic on canvas © Nancy Mona Russell.
Mark Sommerfeld, Salinas Swale, 2025. Archival pigment print © Mark Sommerfeld.
This Must Be the Place considers how we locate meaning, belonging, and a sense of arrival amidst flux. The exhibition brings together eight artists—Jerry Ross Barrish, Gary Bukovnik, Lake Heckamen, Gene Holton, Jane Ivory, Paul Madonna, Nancy Mona Russell, and Mark Sommerfeld—whose artistic practices are grounded in transformation, memory, and presence. Through sculpture, painting, photography, new media and drawing, these artists engage with the idea of “place” as both fixed geography, and as an evolving psychological and spiritual orientation. Exhibition Details: This Must Be the Place Opening Reception: October 17, 4–8 PM Exhibition Dates: October 17 – November 14, 2025 Location: Nelson Duni, 35 Barlett Street, San Francisco, CA Gallery Hours: By appointment only - please see website to schedule
Lake Heckaman, Pollination, 2024. Custom graphics software © Lake Heckaman.
Paul Madonna, Chiang Mai - Fruit Shake, 2025. Ink on paper © Paul Madonna.
Jerry Ross Barrish, At Ease, 2015. Bronze cast of found plastic assemblage © Jerry Ross Barrish.
Gene Holton, The Incontestable Author, 2015. Acrylic on wood panel, 36 x 48 inches © Estate of Gene Holton.