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SUMMARY:Sin Contar Cincuenta: Miguel Arzabe Solo Show
DESCRIPTION:Johansson Projects is pleased to announce Sin Contar Cincuenta\, the third solo exhibition by Oakland-based artist Miguel Arzabe with the gallery. Arriving at a moment of heightened social and cultural reckoning\, the exhibition features a dynamic body of new weavings that reflect not only a rich “pluriverse” of influences–interpolated ways of being and expression that span the artist’s personal life\, Bolivian heritage\, and art historical precedent–but also the urgent need to honor and defend cultural plurality in today’s world. \nSin Contar Cincuenta runs from January 17 – March 21\, 2026 with an opening reception and artist talk on January 17\, from 3-5pm.\nFor all inquiries\, contact Johansson Projects at 510-444-9140  or info@johanssonprojects.com
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/sin-contar-cincuenta-miguel-arzabe-solo-show/
LOCATION:Johansson Projects\, 2300 Telegraph Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artists Talk,Ongoing Exhibitions,Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Three Girls – Christine Ferrouge
DESCRIPTION:Three Girls\, a solo exhibition with new paintings by Christine Ferrouge \nGallery Hours: Thursdays\, Fridays\, and Saturdays noon-5pm; and by appointment\nExhibition Dates: January 22\, 2026 – February 28\, 2026\nClosing Reception: Saturday\, February 28\, 2026\, 3-5pm \nCalifornia painter\, Christine Ferrouge makes paintings about the social and intrapersonal complexity of girlhood. Inside these paintings\, her daughters and their friends have been growing up before our eyes. Now the girls are older. They are not little girls. They are teenagers. Ferrouge’s teens are not exactly what you might expect. They are not the weak\, crazy\, second class we often negatively associate with “teens”. They have the strength\, dignity\, and psychological presence that she has always shown us in her paintings of girls. They are still the “women-to-be” that you could always see simmering below the surface of these determined and confident characters. \nThese works are a mother’s view of her teens: their lounging around\, napping frequently\, and the quiet social understanding between the them. You can feel the unique and tight knit bond-especially connecting the girls- and the looks they give you when you catch them in that sacred space. “When you enter the gallery and stand in front of one of these scenes\, you are present in their space\, but you are not part of their circle.” –Ferrouge\nThis is a well established thread in Ferrouge’s work. After the Costume Party (2019)\, Desert Picnic (2020)\, After the Fires (2021)\, Watching/Waiting (2023)\, and Girls in the Mirror (2024) all give the viewer the feeling that you are in their space. The artist first observed exclusivity and girl power in her daughters and their little friends when they were just 5 and 6 years old\, which inspired The Huddle (Ferrouge\, 2016). To Ferrouge’s surprise\, many young men found that painting scary. \n“[Ferrouge] portrays complex humans\, not cute\, one-dimensional beings; her paintings are seriously insightful images…”\nBetty Ann Brown\, PhD \n“…painter Christine Ferrouge\, whose ongoing portraiture practice engages a particular thread of art history in which women paint women\, girls\, and girls on the cusp of womanhood—celebrating their insider’s perspective on subject’s inner lives\, and their outsider’s perspective on the culture that surrounds them.”\n–Shana Nys Dambrot\, Art Critic\nLos Angeles\, 2024 \nIn contrast to the seven feet high oil paintings that dominate the room\, Ferrouge also has small works that capture the gestural\, figurative narratives on an intimate scale. Since beginning to paint and exhibit some small paintings last year\, they have become popular and easy to collect.\nPlease visit the gallery to experience this work in person: \nGearBox Gallery\n770 West Grand Ave.\nOakland\, CA 94612\n510-290-9660\ninfo@gearboxgallery.com\ngearboxgallery.com\nThursdays\, Fridays\, and Saturdays noon-5pm
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LOCATION:Gearbox Gallery\, 770 West Grand Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception and Artist Talk – Dr. KC Rosenberg: Raised by Wolves
DESCRIPTION:Dr. KC Rosenberg creates her work on the floor of her studio\, where raw canvas and paper are walked on\, soaked\, and marked through movement and touch. Her background in printmaking and textiles informs a material-driven approach that values impressions\, repetition\, and layered surfaces as records of action. Lines and bands of color function as spaces where stories can unfold. In her newest series\, Rosenberg introduces narrative fragments into these abstract forms. Images and words appear like passing thoughts or half-remembered moments—sometimes humorous\, sometimes dark—forming a personal visual vocabulary. Using collage\, she brings together abstraction\, text\, and imagery to create poetic connections rather than fixed meanings. The work invites viewers to slow down\, look closely\, and make their own associations. At its core\, Rosenberg’s practice explores how memory\, language\, and the body intersect\, transforming process itself into a form of storytelling. \nBio:\nBorn in Marin County\, California\, Dr. KC Rosenberg was raised in a bohemian household shaped by intellectual rigor and domestic improvisation; while her mother worked and studied law\, Rosenberg and her siblings were cared for by a shifting network of caretakers\, an environment whose chaos fostered early strategies of invention through imagined companions\, substitute characters\, and close observation of animal behavior. In 2021\, medical complications during the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a significant shift in her practice toward abstraction\, reducing narrative certainty and temporarily setting aside personal history\, which later returned as material rather than subject; these formative experiences now register in her work as form and emotional traces rather than representation. Rosenberg has exhibited with Patricia Sweetow Gallery\, and her work is held in the collections of the California Arts Council and the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. She holds an Ed.D. and conducts social research on collective mentorship systems among artists. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, February 21\, 3 – 5 pm\, artist talks at 4:00 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, March 6\, 5 – 9 pm \nImage: KC Rosenberg\, Backfloat\, 2026\, from Raised By Wolves Series\, Acrylic paint and fabric collage on wooden panel 24” x 36”
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-and-artist-talk-dr-kc-rosenberg-raised-by-wolves/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception and Artist Talk – Christine Meuris: Wellspring
DESCRIPTION:Using silk thread and simple motifs\, Christine Meuris has created a series of semitransparent weavings that reflect feelings of harmony\, joy\, flow\, and wholeness. In 2023\, Meuris began studying weaving as a way to deepen and ground her creative practice. Working with weaving teacher Travis Meinolf\, at the Richmond Art Center and at his eponymous weaving school in Marin County\, Meuris was influenced by Meinolf’s judgment-free and open minded approach to weaving\, a practice that can otherwise become exacting. After a period of experimentation\, Meuris settled on a simple weaving technique — using plain weave with supplemental weft to construct imagery. In her weavings\, Meuris returns to the font of her creativity\, the work that steadies her in calm or tumultuous times\, repeating simple steps to build something greater than the sum of its parts. \nBio:\nMercury 20 member Christine Meuris lives and works in Berkeley\, CA. She has shown her work in solo and group shows locally\, notably at the Berkeley Art Center\, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles\, and Mercury 20 Gallery\, and in group shows around the U.S. She was a resident artist at Kala Institute in 2023 and was the inaugural Digital Artist in Residence at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles (SJMQT) in 2020. Her work has appeared in the Surface Design Journal\, Fiber Art Now\, and the Textile Society of America News\, and is included in the collections of the City of Berkeley\, SJMQT\, Kaiser Permanente\, and Four Seasons Residences SF\, as well as several private collections. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, February 21\, 3 – 5 pm\, artist talks at 4:00 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, March 6\, 5 – 9 pm\nWeaving Demonstrations: Saturdays\, February 14\, March 7\, 14\, 21 @ 1:30 \nImage: Christine Meuris\, Upwelling I\, 2025\, commercially and naturally dyed silk\, 29 h x 24 w inches\, photo credit: Mark Serr
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-and-artist-talk-christine-meuris-wellspring/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crowns\, Power Grace and Wisdom
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition created by high school students at Oakland Tech’s Fashion\, Art & Design Academy (FADA).\nIn celebration of Black History Month\, students created artwork exploring themes of ethnic and cultural identity\, and personal empowerment.\nPresented at Studios 11 Gallery in Oakland’s Jack London Square\n560 2nd Street\, Oakland | Enter through The Grand Gallery On view from Sat\, Feb. 28 – Sun\, Mar. 1\, 2026\nReception on Feb. 28\, 2-5pm | Free and Open to the Public
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/crowns-power-grace-and-wisdom/
LOCATION:Studios 11\, 560 2nd St Oakland\, California\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Howard Harawitz: Protest Photographer of the 60's
DESCRIPTION:Start date: March 4\, 2026\nEnd date: March 29\, 2026 \nYou’re invited to the Grand Gallery’s Artist reception for protest\nphotographer Howard Harawitz March 7 from 1-5pm. \nWith his Leica camera in his hands\, Howard Harawitz\ndocumented protests during the Free Speech\nMovement in Berkeley from 1964-5. The photographs in\nthis exhibit reveal the conditions in the Bay Area that\nbirthed many of the protests of this time. From fair housing\nto farm workers’ rights with the Free Speech Movement at\nthe core\, Harawitz shines a light on present-day parallels\nas a reminder to us all:\nPeople have the power.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/howard-harawitz-protest-photographer-of-the-60s/
LOCATION:The Grand Gallery\, 560 2nd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:"Who Am I?" portraits by Leslie Plato Smith
DESCRIPTION:For March we are honored to feature the work of local Bay Area artist Leslie Plato Smith\, in her latest show entitled\, “Who Am I?” \n“We are living in turbulent times. We are questioning our values\, beliefs\, and education. Our national leaders prove to be untrustworthy\, as the media feeds misleading narratives. Our history feels as uncertain as our future. We are having difficulty finding common ground\, the truth\, and what we stand for. Conflict is everywhere. Everyone is asking themselves: “Who Am I?” \nArtist Bio:\nChoctaw\, Viking\, AVChancellor\, Governmental Relations\, emerita. Highlights: national award for bringing together 60 art departments\, creating 125 life-size statues showing how budget cuts negatively impact access and opportunity\, democracy and upward mobility; European Cultural Centre’s Venice Biennale: “Who Are We?”; Spotlight Artist for Richmond Art Center\, “Vulnerability;” “Clay Sustains: Vessels of Change” Palo Alto Art Center. \nPlato Smith’s grandfather was born on the Choctaw Reservation and her orphaned grandmother was born to immigrant parents from Denmark and Sweden. Migration\, immigration\, resettlement and environment/wildlife are key themes that resonate through her creative practice and professional work. She is very committed to acknowledgement of ALL LIFE. Her mother\, Lee Plato Smith\, educated at California School of Fine Arts\, taught her to draw off the edge and never be afraid of making mistakes. \nMarch 6th – 28th\, 2026\nFirst Friday reception: March 6th 5-10pm \nHours:\nSaturdays 1-5pm\nEvery first Friday of the month 5-9pm\notherwise by appointment
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/who-am-i/
LOCATION:FM Gallery\, 483 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Walk,Ongoing Exhibitions,Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:First Friday Reception for "Multi-Artist Exhibition -- March-April\, 2026"
DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming these wonderful Bay Area artists to our first show of 2026.  Varied styles.  Varied mediums.\n                    Arie Dallas\n                    Ken Knudsen\n                    Nina Krebs\n                    MacArthur Nelson\n                    Shu\n                    Diane Wang \nRefreshments will be served.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/first-friday-reception-for-multi-artist-exhibition-march-april-2026/
LOCATION:Art@Archer\, 431 13th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Artist reception for protest photographer Howard Harawitz
DESCRIPTION:The Grand Gallery will host the Opening reception for legendary photographer Howard Harawitz\, on Saturday March 7th 1-5pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/artist-reception-for-protest-photographer-howard-harawitz/
LOCATION:The Grand Gallery\, 560 2nd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:BOOK PARTY and Exhibition at mighty mighty studio
DESCRIPTION:BOOK LAUNCH and EXHIBITION curated by Lisa Solomon\nopening\nMarch 7th\nSaturday\n4:00 – 6:00\ncurated by Lisa Solomon \nWe’re celebrating the release of Art Craft Color by Lisa Solomon with a party at Mighty Mighty Studio.\nART CRAFT COLOR — Book Launch + Exhibition \nIn the book\, each color is represented by a different artist\, a snapshot of how art and craft intersect across materials\,  and perspectives. Lisa has brought together an incredible cross-section of the art-craft community\, and for this event\, we’re bringing that energy off the page and into the gallery. \nIN our gallery we’ll be showcasing work by artists featured in the book\, creating a show that reflects the spirit of collaboration\, experimentation\, and bold use of color that defines Art Craft Color. \nCome celebrate the artists\, meet the community behind the book\, and experience the work in person.\n​\nshow includes artists: \nchristine buckton tillman\, \nlibby black\, \njen hewett\, \nrisa iwasaki culberston\, \nana bianchi\, \nsonya philip\, \nrobert j. bosscher\, \njen duffin\, \nrobert mahar\, \nkanako abe\, \nrashida coleman hale\, twinkie chan\, courtney cerruti\, \ne bond\, kim nyugen\, carissa potter carlson\, jenifer lake\, anne weil\, bridget watson payne \n​
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/book-party-and-exhibition-at-mighty-mighty-studio/
LOCATION:Mighty Mighty Studio\, 480 23rd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception - Alternation: Kristie Hansen
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us for the Opening Reception\, Saturday\, March 14th\, 1 – 4 pm. Please stop by! Meet artist Kristie Hansen\, enjoy the light refreshments and join in the conversations. Free street parking along West Grand and the neighborhood south of West Grand Ave. \nAlso on hand will be Frank Cole\, whose work is showing in concurrent solo exhibition\, “The House Inside.” \nLook for the “ART” building on West Grand Ave. in Oakland\, between Brush and West. While you’re in the area\, check out GearBox Gallery just downstairs. With two galleries in the building this is a great place to see art.   \nRegular Gallery Hours: Thursdays\, Fridays and Saturdays\, 12-5 pm and by appointment \nTransmission Gallery is pleased to present Alternation\, recent work by Kristie Hansen\, now featured in our Small Space. \nDrawing on her love of second-hand fashion\, Hansen sources discarded garments and accessories to construct unconventional\, layered sculptures. In Alternation\, she transforms a single\, deeply personal object into a series of intimate sculptural forms. These works originate from a brown suede jacket that once belonged to the artist’s mother—an item passed on during a period of family transition marked by downsizing\, aging\, and the loss of a long-held home. \nRather than preserving the garment intact\, Hansen dismantles and reconfigures it\, allowing one article of clothing to generate multiple sculptural works. The suede is folded\, stitched\, and formed into soft geometric shapes that retain traces of their earlier life while becoming something entirely new. Beads taken from her mother’s jewelry are embedded along the seams; introducing variation within repetition. \nThrough this process\, Alternation reframes a private inheritance as a broader reflection on transformation. The work speaks to experiences familiar across generations: the passing down of belongings\, the reshaping of family narratives\, and the quiet negotiation between holding on and letting go.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-alternation-kristie-hansen/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Frank Cole: The House Inside
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the Opening Reception\, Saturday\, March 14th. Stop by anytime between 1 and 4 pm to greet tartist Frank Cole and enjoy the light refreshments and conversations as you check out the artwork.  \nAlso on hand will be Kristie Hansen\, whose work is showing in concurrent solo exhibition\, “Alternation.” \nLook for the “ART” building on West Grand Ave. in Oakland\, between Brush and West. While you’re in the area\, check out GearBox Gallery just downstairs. With two galleries in the building this is a great place to see art.   \nTransmission Gallery is pleased to present The House Inside\, recent paintings by East Bay painter\, Frank D. Cole.  \nWorking from his West Oakland studio\, Frank Cole’s large-scale works emerge from reflections on his childhood home in Mississippi\, with landscape\, weather\, and architecture forming an enduring visual vocabulary. In this work\, Mississippi becomes less a fixed geography than a felt condition\, a stand-in for memory and connection\, suspended between clarity and dream. \nFramed by porches\, window casings\, and thresholds\, Cole’s paintings position the viewer in an interior space\, looking outward. Beams\, panes\, and floorboards divide and measure the picture plane acting as armatures for recollection\, holding in place fleeting impressions of light on water\, wind through tall grass\, or rain dissolving a stand of trees. The result is both architectural and narrative\, emerging as contemplations on place and time\, imbued with reverie and longing.  \nAccompanying the large canvases are small preparatory studies that reveal the evolution of each composition. In these works\, Cole tests structure\, color temperature\, and shifting atmospheres. The studies function as distilled meditations—intimate rehearsals for the expansive paintings—where gesture and light are first discovered before being scaled to immersive proportions.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-frank-cole-the-house-inside/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception\, ATMOSPHERIC – Rachel Major & Scott Idleman
DESCRIPTION:GearBox Gallery is pleased to announce the Opening Reception for San Francisco based artists Rachel Major and Scott Idleman’s exhibition ATMOSPHERIC\, Saturday\, March 14th from 1 – 4pm.  ATMOSPHERIC is on view through April 11\, 2026\nGearBox Gallery is at 770 West Grand Ave\, Oakland\, CA  Open Thursday – Saturday\, Noon – 5pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-atmospheric-rachel-major-scott-idleman/
LOCATION:Gearbox Gallery\, 770 West Grand Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Orange Crush
DESCRIPTION:ORANGE CRUSH\n8th annual juried color-themed photography exhibit \nShow dates: Saturday\, March 14 – May 9\, 2026\nOpening Reception: Saturday\, March 14\, 4:00 – 7:00 pm\nTessier Wine Tasting: Saturday\, April 18\, 3:00 – 5:00 pm\nClosing Reception: Saturday\, May 9\, 4:00 – 7:00 pm\nGallery address:  2889 Ford Street\, #32\, Oakland (Jingletown)\nWebsite:  www.grayloftgallery.com \nGray Loft Gallery is delighted to present Orange Crush – our 8th annual color-themed juried photography exhibition. This dynamic showcase explores the expressive range and emotional resonance of the color orange through an impressive selection of contemporary photographic works.\nThe exhibition features elegant and vibrant interpretations of orange across mixed media\, alternative processes\, traditional color imagery\, and hand-colored photographs. Eclectic and thought-provoking\, the collection captures the many facets of orange – its warmth and intensity\, its symbolism and ambiguity. \nPresented in conjunction with PhotoCarmel! Juried by Ann Jastrab\, Executive Director\, Center for Photographic Art; and Jan Watten\, founder\, Gray Loft Gallery.  This year’s exhibit highlights the work of 80 talented Bay Area photographers who bring fresh\, distinctive perspectives to the color orange. \nFeatured Artists:\nDebra Achen\, Stephen Albair\, Laurel Anderson\, Francis Baker\, Janet Beaty\, Tony Victor Bellaver\, Bonnie Blake-Drucker\, Rose Borden\, Barbara Brundage\, Maria Budner\, Kimberley Campisano\, Mima Cataldo\, Ginnie Chabre\, Jessica Chen\, Susan Chainey\, Mark Citret\, Marna Clarke\, Crystal\, Lynn Collins \, Jeff Cullen\, Fairlight de Michele\, Tony DeVarco\, Allyson Ely\, Susan Felter\, Diane Fenster\, Ginger Fierstein\, Laurie Gabriel\, David Gardner\, J. M. Golding\, Cheryl L. Guerrero\, Najib Joe Hakim\, Arvian Heidir\, Edie Hoffman\, Irene Imfeld\, Judi Iranyi\, Josie Iselin\, Becky Jaffee\, Patrick Jagger\, Sherry Karver\, Ellen Konar / Steve Goldband\, Patricia Leeds\, Scott Leon \, Lisa Levine\, Nadine Levin\, Laurel Malinovksy\, Max Malcolms\, Jeanne Marino\, Lou McCorkle\, Melina M Meza\, Don Melandry\, Sonia Melnikova-Raich\, Carolyn Moore\, Charles Moulton\, Clay Myers-Bowman\, Steve Napoli\, Charlotte Niel\, Fletcher Oakes\, Deborah O’Grady\, Eben Ostby\, Mark Overgaard\, Karen Palamos\, Anne Morrison Rabe\, Mark Reynolds\, Malcolm Ryder\, Dennis Segers\, Neo Serafimidis\, Nancy Sevier\, Chris Stevens-Yu\, Douglas Stinson\, Kelly Sullivan\, Michael Teresko\, Vince Thomas\, Cole Thorpe\, Pavan Trikutam\, Jacqui Turner\, Jim Van Slyke\, Jennifer Waicukauski\, Sally Weber\, Susan West\, Jeff Weston\, Stephanie Williamson\, Nick Winkworth\, Yelena Zhavoronkova
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/orange-crush/
LOCATION:Gray Loft Gallery\, 2889 Ford Street\, 3rd floor\, Oakland\, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception – Group Show: Material Differences
DESCRIPTION:Leigh Barbier\, Jessika Cadkin\, Laura Malone\, Christine Meuris\nThe four artists featured in Material Differences work in painting\, sculpture\, and weaving. Considered together\, their works draw attention to the ways texture\, material choice\, and scale shape the dynamics of the exhibition.\nLeigh Barbier’s series Under the Influence features ceramic heads informed by her intuitive drawing process: pieces created during moments of inspiration\, anxiety\, or relief. They capture glimpses of an idea\, feeling\, or dream; fragments of her imagination.\nJessica Cadkin’s sculpture\, Cavity\, depicts a large‑scale molar\, reflecting a lifelong fascination with her teeth and her aversion to dentist visits. Her work explores the tension between attraction and repulsion\, presenting the tooth as something both familiar and unsettling.\nExamining human subjectivity\, Laura Malone’s paintings traverse a range of emotional landscapes. From jubilant bursts of vermilion in one piece to gentle splashes of gray in another\, Malone invites viewers to gambol here\, only to rest in stillness there.\nChristine Meuris’s pieces are examples of overshot weaving\, in which a contrasting pattern thread is interwoven with the structural plain weave threads; and the process of inlay\, in which areas of pattern are placed only where the weaver wants them. For Meuris\, making them was an experiment in layering structures of form and pattern. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, April 3\, May 1\, 5 – 9 pm \nImage: Left to right\, Leigh Barbier\, Under the Influence (WIP)\, Ceramics\, 5″x5″x3″\, 2026; Laura Malone\, Fire Season\, Oil on Linen\, 40″x40″\, 2026; Christine Meuris\, Balance\, Woven Cotton\, 2 panels at 48″x19″ each\, 2024; all photos courtesy of the artists
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-group-show-material-differences/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception – Alec Marin: All That You Change/Changes You
DESCRIPTION:All That You Change/Changes You is a collection of work centered around Alec Marin’s life: painter\, scientist\, and Chicano from the South Texas border. Each piece is an exploration of some dimension of his varied interests and lived experience\, from the perceptual distortions that occur during the phases of intoxication to the hidden reality of racial and economic segregation along the Mexican American border. Recent work focuses on his read of the foundational principles of Mexica (Aztec) philosophy\, their symbols and spiritual practices within a contemporary framework. His two latest paintings build upon this by framing the images as the prophetic dreams of an ancestor whose life and works would catalyze the culture and religion of the Mexica people.\n\nBio:\nAlec Marin is an artist and neuroscientist based in Oakland\, California. His work has been published at knowingneurons.com and “The Beat\,” an art and literature journal published by The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. His work has been exhibited at the Fremont Art Association’s Annual Art Show; “Beyond Boundaries\,” a juried exhibition at the Mercury 20 Gallery; and “Ripples” group exhibition at the UCSF School of Law. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, April 11\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, April 3\, May 1\, 5 – 9 pm \nImage: Alec Marin\, “Reseeding the Garden\,” Oil on Canvas\, 36″x 48″\, 2025\, photo courtesy of the artist
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-alec-martin-all-that-you-change-changes-you/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception – Andrea Guskin: Signals Beneath The Surface
DESCRIPTION:The networks beneath our forest floors—where tree roots and mycorrhizal fungi share sustenance and signals through intertwined subterranean paths—served as a source of inspiration for Andrea Guskin’s exhibition\, Signals Beneath the Surface. This new work continues her exploration of scientific discovery as a metaphor\, using metal paintings and photographic processes to investigate themes of ancestry\, memory\, and interconnection.\nThread\, found objects\, and imprints of Guskin’s body on the metal paintings translate concealed activity into form\, mapping the connections that sustain life below ground and above it.\nWithin this exhibition\, she presents work from her recent project Local Roots\, a photo-based community arts project centered on ancestral relationships to herbs and spices\, and a new site-specific collaborative installation created with local artists Courtney Griffith and Yaminah Abdur-Rahim. \nBio:\nAndrea Guskin is a San Francisco Bay Area based artist working across the disciplines of photography\, sculpture\, and painting. She began drawing by pillaging her father’s office supplies for fine-tipped pens and yellow legal pads\, filling them with figures while lounging on a 1970s shag carpet in Kenosha\, Wisconsin. After studying painting at Antioch College in Ohio\, Guskin moved to New York City and became a part of the arts community on the Lower East Side. Since moving to the Bay Area in 2003\, she has exhibited her work throughout the state\, including at the Richmond Art Center\, Berkeley Art Center\, and Red Poppy Art House. She graduated with an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Mills College at Northeastern University in April of 2023. Guskin lives in San Leandro with her husband and two sons. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, April 11\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, April 3\, May 1\, 5 – 9 pm\nJoin Andrea Guskin in a participatory activity centered around ancestry on First Friday\, April 3\, 6:30-7:30 pm \nImage: Andrea Guskin\, “Radial Expansion” (Detail)\, Acrylic paint on Cinefoil\, 2026\, photo courtesy of the artist
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-andrea-guskin-signals-beneath-the-surface/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:WOMEN IN CARS – new works by Erin McCluskey-Wheeler
DESCRIPTION:women\nin\ncars\nby\nErin McCluskey Wheeler \nopening at Mighty Mighty Studio\nApril 11th\nSaturday\n4:00 – 6:00 \nWomen in Cars \nis an ongoing series a decade in the making\, exploring escapism\, longing\, and the quietly unresolved moments of a woman’s inner life. Each painting begins with a vintage car advertisement\,  collaged directly onto the canvas\, \nbefore Erin paints a new and uncertain world around the driver. Where is she going? She may never arrive. And perhaps that is exactly the point. \nEach piece is presented in a vintage frame personally collected and paired by the artist\, making every work a singular and complete object.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/women-in-cars-new-works-by-erin-mccluskey-wheeler/
LOCATION:Mighty Mighty Studio\, 480 23rd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:EDGES of ATTENTION Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, April 25th at 1pm\, GearBox Gallery presents an Opening Reception for Edges of Attention artists Javier Arizmendi-Kalb and Susana Arias. Edges of Attention is on view through May 23. Thursday -Saturday\, Noon – 5pm\nGearBox Gallery\n770 West Grand Ave\nOakland\, CA 94612
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/edges-of-attention-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Gearbox Gallery\, 770 West Grand Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Wandering Stars: Young Artists’ Portrait Show
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition showcasing OUSD High School students’ artwork. There are four schools represented in this show\, which are: Fremont High\, Skyline High\, Oakland High\, Oakland International\, and Madison Park Academy.\nIdentity\, home\, and the power of unapologetic presence run through this youth portrait exhibition. OUSD artists worked in photography\, digital media\, collage\, and painting—using symbols\, brush strokes\, color\, texture\, and imagination to portray what it means to be Oakland.\nThe evidence is in the details: facial expressions that don’t perform for anyone\, the way they hold their loved ones\, the specific choices that make each portrait theirs.\nRepresentation matters here. These young artists are about to graduate\, about to enter a world outside high school. But first\, they’re making visible what they know about themselves—their beauty\, their identity\, the fact of who they are.\nWandering Stars is a celebration of beauty\, selfhood\, and identity. These artists don’t wait to be seen. They make themselves visible.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/wondering-stars-young-artists-portrait-show/2026-04-26/
LOCATION:East Bay Creative Lab\, 558 Bellevue Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Artist's Reception - Sonia Gill: Memento Vivere / Remember to Live
DESCRIPTION:Sonia Gill: Memento Vivere / Remember to Live\, Artist’s Reception\, Saturday\, May 2nd\, 1-4 pm \nAll are welcome\, please stop by between 1 and 4 pm Saturday\, May 2nd\, to greet the artist\, check out new work in the gallery and enjoy the light refreshments served up on our lovely deck outside (weather permitting). Look for the “ART” building at 770 West Grand Ave in Oakland with free street parking along West Grand and the neighborhood south. Also on hand will be artist\, Jeff Dikio\, with new paint chip collage work at Transmission in “This Must Be the Place.” See both shows at Transmission with more artwork in the Office and\, while you’re in the building\, check out Gearbox Gallery just downstairs. \nIn Memento Vivere: Remember to Live\, Sonia Gill’s work invites us into a world where painting is reimagined through paper—where the brushstroke is replaced by the torn edge of a magazine fragment\, and color is discovered rather than mixed. \nBeginning with a photographic reference drawn from her everyday life\, Gill builds her compositions piece by piece through a slow and contemplative process. Drawing from a vast archive of printed matter: pages of magazines\, discarded scraps\, and remnants of images once whole\, she assembles hundreds of paper fragments translating the image into a new state of presence. Within this self-imposed constraint\, she embarks on a rigorous and intuitive search for the exact hue\, value\, or texture needed to bring a scene to life. \n​At its core\, this body of work is an homage to the quiet\, enduring moments that define human life: reading together\, tending to small rituals\, routine tasks and moments of reflection. In an era often marked by business and noise\, Gill’s practice offers a counterpoint—a deliberate slowing down\, a careful reconstruction of meaning through attention and care reminding us that life’s significance resides not in spectacle\, but in the accumulation of small\, luminous moments. This work is a reminder – remember to live. \nTrained as a painter and influenced by mentor’s Jay DeFeo and Ron Dahl\, Gill graduated with a BFA from California College of Arts and Crafts\, in addition to degrees from Michigan State University in French. With a robust exhibition history\, she has shown extensively in the Bay Area with solo exhibitions dating  over the past twenty years and inclusion in a long list of juried shows. Her work has been published in Studio Visit Magazine and 48 Hills\, among other publications\, and recognition in painting and watercolor with awards from the Sebastopol Center for the Arts\, Northern National Art Competition\, Richmond Art Center and Fort Bragg Art Center.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/artists-reception-sonia-gill-memento-vivere-remember-to-live/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception - Jeff Dikio: This Must Be the Place
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception\, Saturday\, May 2nd\, 1-4 pm\nConcurrent with the Opening Reception for Sonia Gill: Memento Vivere / Remember to Live\, also at Transmission Gallery at 770 West Grand Ave in Oakland. \nAll are welcome so please join us to greet the artist\, enjoy the light refreshments and check out Jeff Dikio’s recent colorful paint chip collages celebrating Bay Area neighborhoods. \nIn This Must Be the Place\, Jeff Dikio reflects on the quiet spaces where memory\, environment\, and emotion intersect. Borrowing its title from the Talking Heads song\, the exhibition considers “place” not as a fixed location\, but as a feeling—something recognized in passing\, in fragments\, in moments of stillness. \nUsing paint chips in his collages\, Dikio reconstructs familiar “every day” scenes  into compositions that feel both grounded and unsettled. What emerges is a visual language of belonging\, where home is less about geography and more about resonance.” \nJeff Dikio is a Bay Area artist born in 1975 on Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. Raised within a transient military culture\, he found early grounding in drawing and observation\, developing a lifelong sensitivity to place\, movement\, and change. \nIn his recent collages\, Dikio tries to capture the colorful and quirky architecture and scenes found in his immediate surroundings that are distinctive of the surrounding Bay Area. \nHe received his BA in Fine Arts from the University of California\, Santa Cruz in 1997\, and has since worked across figurative\, landscape\, and mixed-media practices.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-jeff-dikio-this-must-be-the-place/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Weight of Air - Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Saturday May 2nd 1-5pm.  The Grand Gallery is excited to announce the opening of Duncan Sherwood-Forbes  – Weight of Air.  Forbes is a multimedia artist based in Oakland specializing in figurative metalwork. His sculptures have been exhibited at galleries and art fairs both nationally and internationally. His approach to wire is rooted in line drawing. “I use wire to divide air\, treating space itself as the primary medium.” This effect commands your attention as the figures appear to be suspended in mid-thought. The negative space is just as relevant as the wire itself.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/weight-of-air/
LOCATION:The Grand Gallery\, 560 2nd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:WAXWORK
DESCRIPTION:WAXWORK- Experimental mono-prints and drawings on paper with cold wax by Denise Owen.\nMay1-31\, 2026 Reception Saturday May 9\, 1-4pm\nStudios11 near beautiful Jack London Square\, 560 2nd Street\, Oakland\, CA
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/waxwork/
LOCATION:Studios 11\, 560 2nd St Oakland\, California\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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