Fire Island Sun centers on Chris Bogia's fifteen-year relationship with Fire Island—exploring its landscape, architecture, and LGBTQ+ cultural history through a material language that brings together both familiar and newly developed techniques. A six-foot yarn-and-wood mandala anchors the show, radiating in vibrant oranges and pinks. Boardwalk Compositions meander across the walls, built from reclaimed Cherry Grove planks and embellished with cast bronze push-pins, monarch wings, and ceramic snakes. The exhibition is Bogia’s love letter to a place of refuge, creative exchange, and community.
