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SUMMARY:Opening Reception – Cade Salamanca: The Final Push
DESCRIPTION:Image: Cade Salamanca\, The Clock is Ticking\, 2026\, Mixed media on canvas\, 24” x 36” \nThe Final Push marks a pivotal chapter in Cade Salamanca’s artistic and personal journey. In 2026\, Salamanca embraced a new name—an act of self-definition that became a powerful affirmation of identity and a catalyst for creative transformation. Freed from expectations that once constrained her\, her work has entered a period of greater clarity\, confidence\, and emotional depth.\nThis body of work explores the liberation that emerges when authenticity is fully embraced. The introduction of wire mesh and draped chains began as formal material investigations but evolved into potent metaphors for the protective barriers Salamanca had constructed around herself over time. Fragmented mesh and suspended chains symbolize the dismantling of fear\, self-doubt\, and inherited expectations\, revealing a renewed sense of freedom and possibility. Alongside 12 paintings\, Salamanca will debut six double exposure self portraits that mark the beginning of a new practice with Film Photography on a Canon AE-1 Program. Both deeply personal and universally resonant\, The Final Push is a celebration of self-acceptance\, courage\, and transformation—a declaration of identity expressed without apology and an invitation to witness the power of becoming fully seen. \nBio:\nThe Final Push marks Cade Salamanca’s second solo exhibition with Mercury 20 Gallery. Throughout her artistic journey\, Salamanca has explored diverse mediums including ceramics and photography. After experimenting with different painting styles\, she developed a distinctive voice that combines techniques she has honed over the years—from smooth color transitions to rich textured layers.Salamanca’s work has been shown at the Blue Mountain Gallery in New York City; Made In California 2024\, Brea Gallery\, in La Brea\, CA; Reflections of Us (Juror Sergio Gomez)\, Warnes Contemporary\, in Brooklyn\, NY; Metal Haus Gallery\, in San Francisco\, CA; and others. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtist Talk: Saturday\, August 29\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, August 7\, September 4\, 5 – 9 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-cade-salamanca-the-final-push/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception – Jessica Cadkin & Michael Lynch: The End
DESCRIPTION:Image: Michael Lynch\, A Short Story of an Owl and the Rabbit\, 2026\, Gouache on Wood Panel\, 12” x 15” \nJessica Cadkin & Michael Lynch: The End \nA few days after her uncle’s death\, Jessica Cadkin was out walking when she noticed a crow cawing at her. It followed her for several blocks\, seeming to want her attention. Only when she stopped and looked up at it did the crow alight on a nearby light post. They quietly stared at one another for a few minutes before it flew away. Crows appear prominently in mythology across cultures. In Native American traditions they are not only tricksters and wise guys\, but protectors. In some Asian myths they represent the divine; while in Norse lore\, Huginn (thought) and Muninn (memory) serve as the eyes and ears of the god Odin. In Hindu belief\, crows act as messengers of the dead\, bridging the living and the spiritual worlds. Drawing on these associations as well as her own personal encounter with a crow shortly after a family member’s death\, Cadkin’s sculpture\, Eulogy\, reflects on memory\, loss\, and connection. \nMichael Lynch’s work often arises from his keen interest in art\, natural science\, and physics. The paintings of birds striking windows\, The Final Act 1\, 2\, and 3\, are based on photographs of the keratin and oil from powder down feathers transferred onto the glass at the moment of impact. They represent just three of the more than one billion fatal bird-window collisions in the United States each year. The Short Story of the Owl and the Rabbit is a reconstruction of a memory from a scene Lynch encountered over 50 years ago\, one he always wished he had a way to record. Lynch often seeks to bring to life the stories and events in nature that might otherwise go unnoticed. \nBios:\nJessica Cadkin was born in Phoenix\, Arizona\, and grew up in Napa\, California. She received a BA in Sculpture and Painting from San Francisco State University. Her work has appeared in group shows internationally and throughout Northern California including the de Young Museum\, Headlands Center for the Arts\, Southern Exposure\, di Rosa Preserve\, Bateman Foundation Gallery of Nature\, Bedford Gallery\, Root Division\, and the Berkeley Art Center. Cadkin joined Mercury Twenty Gallery in 2020\, this is her fifth show with the gallery. \nMichael Lynch is a self-described artistic engineer. Over the course of the last 55 years\, he has had several distinct careers. He began as a cabinet and furniture maker\, followed by 30 years in the film special effects industry\, most of which were in the Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) model shop. During this period\, he earned more than 30 film credits and worked on countless commercials. Lynch then shifted his focus for a decade\, contracting with the U.S. Department of Defense to design and fabricate prototype parachute systems and combat trauma trainers for the military and NATO. Retired since 2023\, Lynch now spends his workweek in the studio in Sausalito\, CA. Much of the work he produces lies at the intersection of art\, natural history\, and physics. His work often tells a story or records events that might otherwise go unnoticed. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtist Talk: Saturday\, August 29\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, August 7\, September 4\, 5 – 9 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-jessica-cadkin-michael-lynch-the-end/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artist's Reception - Daniel McClain: Lost and Found
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us for the Artist’s Reception for Daniel McClain: Lost and Found.\n​Saturday\, August 15th\, from 2-5 pm \nStop in any time between 2 and 5pm to greet the artist\, enjoy the light refreshments and conversations while checking out the art. Don’t miss concurrent exhibition Donald (Aldo) Farnsworth: Hands of the Maker\, A Show of Hands\, also on view with the artist in attendance. \nTransmission Gallery is pleased to present Lost and Found\, a solo exhibition comprised of recent paintings and framed drawings by Daniel McClain on view through September 12th.  \nThe exquisite technical process at play in McClain’s paintings is elusive at first. With their striking imagery\, bold planes and graphic color\, they initially suggest collages assembled from found images\, fragments\, and printed material.  Only after spending time with them does it become clear that every element has been re-created by hand. What appears to be a collage is\, in fact\, a meticulous replication of one. A strip of masking tape turns out to be paint. A penciled note is drawn in graphite. A battered corner is painted. Printed text is hand-drawn graphite as well.  \nAt this point the scope of the work begins to become apparent. Every element has been carefully considered. Creases\, worn edges\, and the faint shadows separating one sheet of paper from another receive the same attention as an ocean\, an illustration\, or a section of chalkboard. By granting each part equal attention\, McClain transforms copies into objects with their own independent presence. \nThis transformation is ultimately the point. Replication is not the subject of these paintings but their method\, bringing images from different histories\, disciplines\, and moments into direct conversation. Each element alters the meaning of the others\, creating relationships that could not exist without this painstaking act of reconstruction. \n​An example is the recurring figure of Pinocchio. More than a literary reference\, Pinocchio becomes real not by perfectly imitating a human being\, but by accumulating experience\, making mistakes\, and developing judgment. In this sense\, he serves as a metaphor for the paintings themselves. They begin as copies\, but they do not remain copies. Through the process of their making and the experience of looking\, they become something else. \nFamiliarity with art history\, literature\, and broader questions of reality and mystery enriches the experience\, revealing subtle connections within each painting. Yet no specialized knowledge is required; simply following the rhythms of color\, shape\, and line offers rewards of its own. \nFour framed graphite drawings on found paper accompany the paintings referencing the work of artists Marcel du Champ\, Werner Herzog\, and William de Kooning as well as Patti Smith. Beautifully executed\, they extend the exhibition’s exploration of perception\, felt experience and the transformation of familiar objects.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/artists-reception-daniel-mcclain-lost-and-found/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Gestural Expressions
DESCRIPTION:SLATE Contemporary Gallery presents “Gestural Expressions”\, an exhibition which brings together five accomplished women artists working in gestural abstraction: Maria Burtis\, Amy Donaldson\, Nicole Mueller\, Karen Silve\, and Joanne Fox. This exhibition not only revisits the legacy of Abstract Expressionism\, but also reimagines its future through the work of five artists whose voices continue to broaden and enrich the field.  \nOpening Reception: Saturday\, August 8\, 4–6pm⁠\nJoin us with three of the exhibiting artists for an evening celebrating the show\, featuring specialty drinks from Rue de Rêve (@ruedereveaperitifs)\, a local women-owned apéritif producer.⁠\n⁠\nArtist Walkthrough: Saturday\, July 25\, 4–5pm⁠\nExplore the exhibition with artist Nicole Mueller for an intimate look into her process and perspective.⁠\n⁠\nGestural Expressions is on view at SLATE from July 15–August 29\, 2026.⁠
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/gestural-expressions/2026-08-08/
LOCATION:Slate Contemporary Gallery\, 5510 College Ave\, Oakland\, 94618\, United States
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SUMMARY:First Friday Art Walk - Society of Artists and Makers Student Show
DESCRIPTION:The Society of Artists and Makers is a club created by community college art students in the East Bay. The club was founded in Spring 2026 following the decision to demolish the Laney Tower Building\, and as a result\, decommission the June Steingart Art Gallery (aka the Laney Art Gallery).  \nGoals of the club include increasing accessibility around showcasing art\, fostering community among students outside of class\, and responding to the ongoing loss of art spaces in the Bay Area.  \nThe werkshack Student Show is the inaugural show of The Society of Artists and Makers. Some artists are showing work for the very first time and others are decades into their careers. All work is made by current students enrolled at College of Alameda\, Berkeley City College\, Merritt College\, and Laney College. Mediums including painting\, printmaking\, mixed media\, sculpture\, ceramics\, and more will be on view from July 3 – August 29. \nArtists: Abby Hilling\, Angela Kaewsuriya Roberts\, Ava Gulassa\, Cassia Artanegara\, Christi Showers-Evans\, Debbie Lin Grow\, Diana Castillo\, Donald Diggs\, Emmet Bush\, Gabriela Zambrano\, Hilda Wang\, kiki reitano\, Liam Cunningham\, Malena\, Moss\, Penny Flood\,  Ping Gong\, Rania Siddique\, Rena Tom\, Ruth Charlotte Kneass\, Sam Cadigan\, Sarai Cobos\, V. Hendrix Oppenhimer
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/first-friday-art-walk/
LOCATION:Werkshack\, 481 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Walk
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SUMMARY:Daniel McClain: Lost and Found
DESCRIPTION:Daniel McClain: Lost and Found\nJuly 30 – September 12\, 2026\n​​​\nArtist’s Reception\nSaturday\, August 15th from 2-5 pm \nGallery hours: Thursdays\, Fridays and Saturdays\, 12-5 pm \nTransmission Gallery is pleased to present Lost and Found\, a solo exhibition comprised of recent paintings and framed drawings by Daniel McClain.  \nThe exquisite technical process at play in McClain’s paintings is elusive at first. With their striking imagery\, bold planes and graphic color\, they initially suggest collages assembled from found images\, fragments\, and printed material.  Only after spending time with them does it become clear that every element has been re-created by hand. What appears to be a collage is\, in fact\, a meticulous replication of one. A strip of masking tape turns out to be paint. A penciled note is drawn in graphite. A battered corner is painted. Printed text is hand-drawn graphite as well.  \nAt this point the scope of the work begins to become apparent. Every element has been carefully considered. Creases\, worn edges\, and the faint shadows separating one sheet of paper from another receive the same attention as an ocean\, an illustration\, or a section of chalkboard. By granting each part equal attention\, McClain transforms copies into objects with their own independent presence. \nThis transformation is ultimately the point. Replication is not the subject of these paintings but their method\, bringing images from different histories\, disciplines\, and moments into direct conversation. Each element alters the meaning of the others\, creating relationships that could not exist without this painstaking act of reconstruction. \n​An example is the recurring figure of Pinocchio. More than a literary reference\, Pinocchio becomes real not by perfectly imitating a human being\, but by accumulating experience\, making mistakes\, and developing judgment. In this sense\, he serves as a metaphor for the paintings themselves. They begin as copies\, but they do not remain copies. Through the process of their making and the experience of looking\, they become something else. \nFamiliarity with art history\, literature\, and broader questions of reality and mystery enriches the experience\, revealing subtle connections within each painting. Yet no specialized knowledge is required; simply following the rhythms of color\, shape\, and line offers rewards of its own. \nFour framed graphite drawings on found paper accompany the paintings referencing the work of artists Marcel du Champ\, Werner Herzog\, and William de Kooning as well as Patti Smith. Beautifully executed\, they extend the exhibition’s exploration of perception\, felt experience and the transformation of familiar objects.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/daniel-mcclain-lost-and-found/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Gestural Expressions
DESCRIPTION:SLATE Contemporary Gallery presents “Gestural Expressions”\, an exhibition which brings together five accomplished women artists working in gestural abstraction: Maria Burtis\, Amy Donaldson\, Nicole Mueller\, Karen Silve\, and Joanne Fox. This exhibition not only revisits the legacy of Abstract Expressionism\, but also reimagines its future through the work of five artists whose voices continue to broaden and enrich the field.  \nOpening Reception: Saturday\, August 8\, 4–6pm⁠\nJoin us with three of the exhibiting artists for an evening celebrating the show\, featuring specialty drinks from Rue de Rêve (@ruedereveaperitifs)\, a local women-owned apéritif producer.⁠\n⁠\nArtist Walkthrough: Saturday\, July 25\, 4–5pm⁠\nExplore the exhibition with artist Nicole Mueller for an intimate look into her process and perspective.⁠\n⁠\nGestural Expressions is on view at SLATE from July 15–August 29\, 2026.⁠
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/gestural-expressions/2026-07-25/
LOCATION:Slate Contemporary Gallery\, 5510 College Ave\, Oakland\, 94618\, United States
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SUMMARY:Emily Shepard: In Flux  | Closing Reception and Talk
DESCRIPTION:Emily Shepard\, “Conversant\,” 2026\, 32” x 71”\, photo courtesy of the artist  \nEmily Shepard’s large-scale abstract paintings pull viewers into an immersive\, otherworldly space — one of shifting depths\, interacting layers\, and arched forms that float like portals above restless water. Working on unstretched canvas\, she builds richly textured surfaces through gestural mark-making\, watery drips\, and stitched canvas shapes. Indecipherable loops of script speak to rhythm\, breath\, and cycles.\nShepard’s work is mirrored by her practice as a year round swimmer in the San Francisco Bay: moving her body through cold water\, attuned to tides and currents\, releasing into the hypnotic push and pull. Her painting practice and bay swimming share the need for focused attention\, awareness of sensation\, and internal states. Each artwork\, like each swim\, is a search for wholeness\, presence\, and embodied learning. \nBio:\nEmily Shepard is a Bay Area painter\, born in Boston\, Massachusetts. She earned her MFA with distinction from the California College of the Arts where she received the Barclay Simpson Award. She has shown her work locally and nationally\, including the Crocker–Kingsley Exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. Currently she has three pieces on exhibit in “Voices without Boundaries” at the Sasse Museum of Art in Pomona\, CA. Shepard is a Kipaipai Fellow and member of the artist-run gallery\, Mercury 20 in Oakland\, CA. Her work is included in private and corporate collections. Shepard swims year round without a wetsuit in the San Francisco Bay. The practice of cold-water swimming focuses her senses\, challenges her will\, and informs her art. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Opening Reception: Saturday\, June 27\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, July 3\, 5 – 9 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/emily-shepard-in-flux-closing-reception-and-talk/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artist's Talk - M. Mark Bauer: THE\, THE
DESCRIPTION:Artist’s Talk\nSaturday\, July 18th\, starting at 1 pm \nGallery Hours: Thursdays\, Fridays\, and Saturdays\, 12 – 5 pm \nGreat to see in person\, these paintings are not fast-read paintings. Check out a few details on our website\, come in for the full experience. For a complete explanation\, if that’s even possible\, please join us Saturday\, July 18th\, to hear from M. Mark Bauer about his work\, starting at 1 pm. \nWhat the ? \nWhat does it mean? Where DO we stand? \n​Mixed messages\, absurd scenarios\, improbable unrealities – M. Mark Bauer wades into dynamic narratives and an onslaught of incomprehensible untruths\, pervasive and invasive\, redirecting the course of events and outcome potentials at hand.  Mesmerizing rhythmic patterns groove in undulating serenity as wildly complex scenarios unfold in the eight canvases on view. Hybrid creatures and colorful characters cavort in a surreal concoction that speaks to the consequences of our collective insanity on each other and the natural world while sly humor entertains with bursts of sudden recognition. The Artist observes as Eye-hook\, Snake Tongue\, Bo Peep and a Sheep and The Big Bad Wolf join in this precisely executed spectacle of chaos.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/artists-talk-m-mark-bauer-the-the/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cate White: World Raw
DESCRIPTION:At Transmission Gallery through August 1st\, 2026\n(closed July 4th) \nAll are welcome\, please join us for Cate White Artist’s Talk:\nSaturday\, July 11th\, starting at 4 pm \nGallery hours: Thursdays\, Fridays and Saturdays\, 12 – 5 pm \nCate White brings fiercely powerful work to World Raw\, consisting of paintings and sculptures selected from the last twelve years. \nCate White’s Statement: \nThese works inhabit a world where personal memory\, dreams\, political reality\, religion\, banal culture\, and archetypal myth have not yet been separately categorized. Images translate from one story into another\, remixing contexts until they lose their fixed meanings. Armageddon arrives as a vaguely sinister faceless shmoo. The devil wears flip-flops with socks instead of cloven hooves. Horror and hilarity trade masks. The miraculous and the absurd share the same language. The sacred\, psychological\, traumatic\, mythic\, domestic\, and comic all stand on equal groundless ground.  \nOver the years\, the work has delivered images of confinement and escape: caves\, cells\, thresholds\, thrashing\, illuminated openings. But the way to liberation is never clear\, and running beneath the work is an undercurrent of grief—for failed transformations\, lost certainties\, and the perpetual distance between desire and fulfillment. The sacred and ridiculous are merged. Enlightenment appears as a spray-painted glow. \nThe process of painting is a tightrope act between intention and accident\, structure and impulse. Both order and chaos can become prisons. I am searching for a third place: moments of bewilderment\, play\, revelation\, or recognition. Rather than offering a coherent narrative\, these works invoke a raw world\, unfinished and alive\, where meaning is in the making.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/cate-white-world-raw/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:M. Mark Bauer: THE\, THE
DESCRIPTION:Through July 25th \nArtist’s Talk\nSaturday\, July 18th\, starting at 1 pm \nGallery Hours: Thursdays\, Fridays\, and Saturdays\, 12 – 5 pm \nTransmission Gallery is pleased to present M. Mark Bauer’s work in THE\, THE\, on view through July 25th in the Small Space. \nWhat the ? \nWhat does it mean? Where DO we stand? \n​Mixed messages\, absurd scenarios\, improbable unrealities – M. Mark Bauer wades into dynamic narratives and an onslaught of incomprehensible untruths\, pervasive and invasive\, redirecting the course of events and outcome potentials at hand.  Mesmerizing rhythmic patterns groove in undulating serenity as wildly complex scenarios unfold in the eight canvases on view. Hybrid creatures and colorful characters cavort in a surreal concoction that speaks to the consequences of our collective insanity on each other and the natural world while sly humor entertains with bursts of sudden recognition. The Artist observes as Eye-hook\, Snake Tongue\, Bo Peep and a Sheep and The Big Bad Wolf join in this precisely executed spectacle of chaos.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/m-mark-bauer-the-the/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Emily Shepard: In Flux  | Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Emily Shepard\, “Pouring In\,” 2026\, 71” x 79”\, photo by Sibila Savage \nEmily Shepard’s large-scale abstract paintings pull viewers into an immersive\, otherworldly space — one of shifting depths\, interacting layers\, and arched forms that float like portals above restless water. Working on unstretched canvas\, she builds richly textured surfaces through gestural mark-making\, watery drips\, and stitched canvas shapes. Indecipherable loops of script speak to rhythm\, breath\, and cycles.\nShepard’s work is mirrored by her practice as a year round swimmer in the San Francisco Bay: moving her body through cold water\, attuned to tides and currents\, releasing into the hypnotic push and pull. Her painting practice and bay swimming share the need for focused attention\, awareness of sensation\, and internal states. Each artwork\, like each swim\, is a search for wholeness\, presence\, and embodied learning. \nBio:\nEmily Shepard is a Bay Area painter\, born in Boston\, Massachusetts. She earned her MFA with distinction from the California College of the Arts where she received the Barclay Simpson Award. She has shown her work locally and nationally\, including the Crocker–Kingsley Exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. Currently she has three pieces on exhibit in “Voices without Boundaries” at the Sasse Museum of Art in Pomona\, CA. Shepard is a Kipaipai Fellow and member of the artist-run gallery\, Mercury 20 in Oakland\, CA. Her work is included in private and corporate collections. Shepard swims year round without a wetsuit in the San Francisco Bay. The practice of cold-water swimming focuses her senses\, challenges her will\, and informs her art. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, July 3\, 5 – 9 pm\nArtists’ Closing Reception and Talk: Saturday\, July 25\, 3 – 5 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/emily-shepard-in-flux-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Thresholds | Gustave Carlson\, Leah Korican & Alec Marin in The Backroom Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Left to right: Gustave Carlson\, “Rustic Cabin Interior No. 2\,” 2026\, acrylic and graphite on wood panel\, 24″ x 30”; Leah Korican\, “Mediterranean\,” 2026\, acrylic on paper\, 12″ x 9″; Alec Marin\,” A Scene from Indian Hills TX\,” 2020\, oil on canvas\, 18″ x 24″\, Photos courtesy of the artists. \nGustave Carlson’s paintings explore the threshold between observation and abstraction through architecture\, color\, and stillness. Ordinary spaces become contemplative sites suspended between memory and presence\, inside and outside. Using simplified forms and atmospheric light\, the work reflects on home\, nostalgia\, and the emotional resonance embedded within the contemporary American landscape. \nLeah Korican’s works on paper reside on the threshold of memory. She uses images from childhood stories and ancient glass bottles to express the way memories endure—elusive yet persistent. \nIn this series of paintings\, Alec Marin reimagines scenes from his native South Texas. He centers the people\, who\, in reshaping themselves and their environment\, confront the economic and political forces that seek to control their lives. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Opening Reception: Saturday\, June 27\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, July 3\, 5 – 9 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/gustave-carlson-leah-korican-alec-marin-thresholds-the-backroom-gallery/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260614
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SUMMARY:Jen Garrido: (Un)tethered
DESCRIPTION:SLATE is proud to present “(Un)tethered\,” a solo exhibition by Jen Garrido. Featuring ten new paintings\, marked by layered textures\, fluid forms\, and varied painterly techniques\, this exhibition continues Garrido’s exploration of abstract painting through an evolving visual language. Suggesting atmosphere and imagined place\, the works embody shifting environments and abstract spaces that resist fixed interpretation while remaining deeply grounded in sensation and feeling. \nA Los Angeles native\, Garrido lives and works in San Francisco. She holds an MFA from Mills College and has presented solo exhibitions across the United States\, with her work included in galleries and collections throughout the U.S. and Canada. \nOPENING RECEPTION: Saturday\, June 13\, 4–6pm\nExhibition runs Friday\, June 5–Saturday\, July 11\, 2026 \nOpen Tues – Sat 11am-5pm\nSLATE Contemporary Gallery\n5510 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/jen-garrido-untethered/2026-06-13/
LOCATION:Slate Contemporary Gallery\, 5510 College Ave\, Oakland\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions,Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Art Murmur First Friday at Werkshack
DESCRIPTION:Werkshack is pleased to present “Kummerspeck”\, recent Sculpture and Mixed Media work by Bay Area artists Kelly DeFayette and Cybele Gerachis.   \nKummerspeck is a German word that translates to “grief bacon” — the weight gained from emotional overeating\, or\, more broadly\, the ways people absorb and deal with discomfort\, emotional confusion\, and uncertainty. \nThis show does not illustrate the term as much as it moves through its emotional atmosphere. Across sculpture\, painting\, and mixed media\, the work reflects making sense of creating amidst the pressure to adapt to a world constantly reshaping itself. \nIt also radiates humor\, sarcasm\, and material pleasure.  The stubborn act of making something by hand while much around you feels out of human scale. There is no substitute for the act of making something – as a way to process\, archive\, feel\, and connect. \nThe exhibition invites viewers into that shared space between grief and pleasure\, vulnerability and spectacle — and asks what kind of meaning can still be built from the fragments around us – the scraps of paper or the bric-a-brac at the thrift store.  \n Meet the artists during this Oakland Art Murmur First Friday Event!
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/art-murmur-first-friday-at-werkshack/
LOCATION:Werkshack\, 481 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Walk
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SUMMARY:“Positively Cynical” recent work by Ryan Tesluk
DESCRIPTION:Ryan Tesluk’s art provides viewers with honest\, unadulterated content that triggers a\nplethora of emotions. While many individuals may be uncomfortable with what they see\, the fact that some may feel such discomfort when looking at his paintings means Tesluk is doing\nsomething right. \nMore soon!  \nJune 5th – August 1st\, 2026\nReceptions:  First Friday\, June 5th\, 5-10pm\nReceptions:  First Friday\, July 3rd\, 5-10pm \nHours:\nSaturdays 1-5pm\nEvery first Friday of the month 5-9pm\notherwise by appointment
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/positively-cynical-recent-work-by-ryan-tesluk/
LOCATION:FM Gallery\, 483 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions,Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Jen Garrido: (Un)tethered
DESCRIPTION:SLATE is proud to present “(Un)tethered\,” a solo exhibition by Jen Garrido. Featuring ten new paintings\, marked by layered textures\, fluid forms\, and varied painterly techniques\, this exhibition continues Garrido’s exploration of abstract painting through an evolving visual language. Suggesting atmosphere and imagined place\, the works embody shifting environments and abstract spaces that resist fixed interpretation while remaining deeply grounded in sensation and feeling. \nA Los Angeles native\, Garrido lives and works in San Francisco. She holds an MFA from Mills College and has presented solo exhibitions across the United States\, with her work included in galleries and collections throughout the U.S. and Canada. \nOPENING RECEPTION: Saturday\, June 13\, 4–6pm\nExhibition runs Friday\, June 5–Saturday\, July 11\, 2026 \nOpen Tues – Sat 11am-5pm\nSLATE Contemporary Gallery\n5510 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/jen-garrido-untethered/2026-06-05/
LOCATION:Slate Contemporary Gallery\, 5510 College Ave\, Oakland\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions,Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:In Your Own Time: Leyla Pekmen + Julien Laporte
DESCRIPTION:Johansson Projects presents In Your Own Time\, a two-person exhibition featuring Turkish painter and sculptor Leyla Pekmen and French painter Julien Laporte. Known for their vivid compositions that illustrate the emotional landscape of their respective regions\, both artists consciously embrace the beauty of their surroundings. Steeped in the history of local painting traditions\, Pekmen and Laporte reject three-dimensionality\, creating narratives through the interplay of color\, line\, and form. \nLeyla Pekmen’s storybook-like compositions are influenced by Ottoman miniature paintings. Originating in the 15th century to narrate the conquests of the ruling class\, Pekmen instead opts for scenes of contemporary gathering and recreation. Her jovial paintings examine moments of rest and play that allow space for resilience while living under oppressive systems. \nIn Pekmen’s work\, an idyllic world of larger-than-life flora\, gentle waterfalls\, and warm oceans ensconces tiny figures. Engaged in activities such as swimming\, strolling\, and lounging\, the figures occupy an infinite\, peaceful present. They are lovingly watched over and diligently protected by grand features of the landscape. \nJulien Laporte’s sun-dappled paintings of the Mediterranean channel the enduring vitality of the coastal landscape and its interaction with the built environment\, both as an ecosystem and as a source of artistic inspiration. Drawing on the vibrant and expressive tradition of the Fauves\, Laporte’s work demonstrates an ecological and historical sensitivity to the region\, centering on experiential and energetic engagement with the natural world. \nLaporte’s thick brushstrokes and unrestrained color palette command attention\, inviting the viewer to feel and see the landscape anew. Reducing form to pattern and shape\, expressively rendered trees intermingle with flatly colored architectural features. Void of human figuration\, Laporte’s immersive landscapes capture moments of stillness along coastal paths\, through open windows\, along curving stairwells\, and at cliff edges. \nIn Your Own Time will run Thursday\, June 4\, to Saturday\, August 1\, 2026. An opening reception will be held Friday\, June 5 from 5-8 pm.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/in-your-own-time-leyla-pekmen-julien-laporte/
LOCATION:Johansson Projects\, 2300 Telegraph Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260523T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260523T180000
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SUMMARY:Wandering Stars: Closing Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday\, May 23rd\, for the closing reception of Wandering Stars: A Young Artists’ Portrait Show. This exhibition showcases OUSD High School students’ artwork. There are five schools represented in this show: Fremont High\, Skyline High\, Oakland High\, Oakland International\, and Madison Park Academy.\nWandering Stars is a celebration of beauty\, selfhood\, and identity. These artists don’t wait to be seen. They make themselves visible. \nReception will be held at East Bay Creative Lab from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm. East Bay Creative Lab is located at 558 Bellevue Ave\, Oakland\, CA.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/wandering-stars-closing-reception/
LOCATION:East Bay Creative Lab\, 558 Bellevue Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94610\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260508T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T170000
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SUMMARY:Andrea Brewster\, Tara Esperanza\, Elizabeth Sher: Succulents\, Spirals\, Blooms
DESCRIPTION:Left to right: Tara Esperanza\, “Tenderness”\, 2024 acrylic on canvas\, 35” x 24”\, Elizabeth Sher\, “Layered Spiral #e (pink)”\, 2026\, oil\, acrylic and ink on Yupo\, 16” x 14”\, Andrea Brewster\, “Resemblance #2-Peony”\, 2026\, Digital print on aluminum\, 16” x 20”\, Photo courtesy of the artist. \nAndrea Brewster’s work transforms flowers into speculative\, non-biological forms that resemble flora yet are entirely constructed—part specimen\, part apparition. Printed on reflective aluminum\, images shift with light\, offering a quiet\, contemplative experience shaped by the distance between nature and its digital afterimage. \nTara Esperanza’s paintings reflect the quiet resilience of succulents as they adapt\, thrive\, and live in harmony. Rooted in community\, these forms support one another\, flourishing together as a collective force of nature. \nElizabeth Sher’s focus has turned to spirals\, first in rope\, then in wire\, and now in painted and drawn marks. This ongoing series “Spiraling Out of Control” visualizes a shared emotional landscape: the disorientation and instability many of us feel in these uncertain times. Yet within the spiral\, Sher finds a pulse of hope\, a reminder of cycles\, of return\, renewal\, and resilience. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, May 16\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, June 5\, 5 – 9 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/andrea-brewster-tara-esperanza-elizabeth-sher-succulents-spirals-blooms/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Abby Zhang: Private Weather
DESCRIPTION:Abby Zhang\, “It rains inside\,” 2025\, Acrylic and oil on canvas\, 30″ x 24″\, photo courtesy of the artist \nPrivate Weather brings together a new group of paintings by Abby Zhang that explores how thought\, feeling\, and visual memory take form in space. Built through improvisation\, revision\, and accumulation\, these works move between structure and instability\, allowing images to emerge without fully settling. Meaning develops through relation: between marks\, between paintings\, and between the work and the room. The exhibition treats painting as both image and atmosphere\, creating a space charged by tension\, proximity\, and change. Private Weather points to an inner climate made visible\, where perception stays open and everything remains slightly in motion. \nBio:\nAbby Zhang is a Bay Area–based painter whose work explores memory\, perception\, and psychological atmosphere through layered\, semi-abstract images. She received her MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute in 2021\, recently participated as a resident artist at Art Bias\, completed a residency at Kala Art Institute and Vermont Studio Center\, and has been selected for an upcoming residency at the Torrance Art Museum this summer. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception and Talk: Saturday\, May 16\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, June 5\, 5 – 9 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/abby-zhang-private-weather/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260508T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T170000
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SUMMARY:Charlie Milgrim: Crude Futures
DESCRIPTION:Charlie Milgrim\, “Crude Futures”\, 2026\, used motor oil on paper\, 24″x24″x1″\, photo Bri Cheng \nTwenty-five years ago\, in the shadow of the September 11 attacks\, Charlie Milgrim searched for a way to confront the deeper forces fueling global conflict. She turned to the very substance that was a catalyst in those struggles: oil. With a bowling ball as her brush\, she rolled long lines across thick paper with used motor oil\, setting the “landscapes” in motion. Over the decades\, the contaminants in the motor oil slowly seeped outwards\, its unpredictable spread mirroring the drifting\, uncontrollable nature of an oil spill. Time became an important collaborator in the piece\, shaping its quiet but constant transformation.\nNow\, after more than two decades\, the oil has left an indelible stain—much like the omnipresent residue of oil spills that continue to haunt the environment. Despite the rise of renewable energy over these same years\, the politics surrounding oil remain largely unchanged. The work stands as a reflection of that persistence: a grim reminder that the world still grapples with the long shadow of oil dependency\, its consequences rippling through our present day wars. \nBio:\nCharlie Milgrim is a multimedia artist from New York City who moved to the Bay Area to attend the California College of the Arts and later received her MFA from the University of California\, Berkeley. Since then\, she has had solo shows at OK Harris Gallery in New York City; Haines Gallery and Gallery 16 in San Francisco; the Richmond Art Center in Richmond\, CA; and the Oakland Museum. She is active in the Bay Area arts community and exhibits her work at Mercury 20 Gallery in Oakland. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception and Talk: Saturday\, May 16\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, June 5\, 5 – 9 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/charlie-milgrim-crude-futures/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Gustave Carlson: New American Stillness
DESCRIPTION:Gustave Carlson\, “Perry Hill Screened Porch”\, 2026 acrylic and graphite on wood panel\, 18″ x 24″\, photo courtesy of the artist \n“New American Stillness” by Gustave Carlson explores the quiet psychological presence of the contemporary American landscape. Focusing on ordinary architecture—coastal houses\, open lawns\, interiors\, still lifes\, and expansive skies—these paintings place absence at the center of experience. Rather than narrative\, Carlson emphasizes observation\, structure\, and atmosphere. Buildings act as anchors within broad fields of light and color\, suggesting both stability and solitude. Subtle tonal shifts allow spaces to feel at once specific and timeless\, inviting viewers to consider how shadow\, memory\, and perception shape place. While Edward Hopper often conveys psychological isolation and Fairfield Porter captures domestic intimacy\, Carlson draws from both to explore architecture as a perceptual construct rather than a narrative stage. In these restrained scenes\, stillness is not emptiness but presence—an invitation to look longer and see more. His work suggests that the contemporary American landscape\, when closely observed\, continues to offer moments of quiet depth and reflection. \nBio:\nGustave Carlson is an architect and principal of Gustave Carlson Design in Berkeley\, California\, and a painter exploring the quiet tension between architecture\, light\, and lived space. He is the author of Pacific Modern Houses of Northern California (ORO Editions\, 2018)\, a widely acclaimed survey of regional modernism. His award-winning architectural work has received international recognition and appears in Elle Decor\, Dwell\, Wallpaper\, The New York Times\, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Carlson holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and studied painting there under Color Field painter Adele Alsop. He has attended residencies at Edgewood Farm at Castle Hill in Truro\, Massachusetts\, and Studio Faire in Nérac\, France. His paintings have earned honors including Best in Show at the Greenwich Art Society and have been exhibited at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum\, Castle Hill Center for the Arts\, Tiburon Library Gallery\, Greenwich Art Society\, and Mercury 20 Gallery. His work is held in private collections. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception and Talk: Saturday\, May 16\, 3 – 5 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, June 5\, 5 – 9 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/gustave-carlson-new-american-stillness/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Jeff Dikio: This Must Be the Place
DESCRIPTION:Jeff Dikio: This Must Be the Place\nApril 30 – June 13\, 2026 \nOpening Reception\, Saturday\, May 2nd\, 1-4 pm. \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.” \nDikio 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/jeff-dikio-this-must-be-the-place/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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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/
LOCATION:East Bay Creative Lab\, 558 Bellevue Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Sonia Gill: Memento Vivere/Remember to Live
DESCRIPTION:Sonia Gill: Memento Vivere/Remember to Live\nApril 23 – June 6\n____________ \n​Artists’ Reception\nconcurrent with reception for Jeff Dikio: This Must Be the Place\nSaturday\, May 2nd from 1-4 pm \n​Artist’s Talk\nSaturday\, May 16h at 2 pm \nClosing Reception\nSaturday\, June 6th from 1-4 pm \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/sonia-gill-memento-vivere-remember-to-live/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 770 West Grand Ave.\, Suite A\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Edges of Attention: Javier Arizmendi-Kalb / Susana Arias\, GearBox Gallery
DESCRIPTION:GearBox Gallery presents paintings by the 2025 Juried Show winner Javier Arizmendi-Kalb\, and ceramic sculptures from guest artist Susana Arias\, in Edges of Attention\, April 16th through May 23rd. Artists’ Reception is Saturday\, April 25\, 1 – 4pm. \n“Edges of Attention” brings together the work of Javier Arizmendi-Kalb and Susana Arias in a shared exploration of structure\, gesture\, and the threshold between control and intuition. Across painting and sculpture\, the exhibition engages in a spatial dialogue where perception shifts—where what is seen directly is only part of what is felt. \nArizmendi-Kalb’s large-scale paintings\, each rising to six feet in height\, operate as immersive environments rather than images\, occupying space with both physical authority and emotional immediacy. Suggesting refracted light and architectural spaces\, planes of color\, linear scaffolding\, and gestural marks collide and cohere\, hovering between construction and improvisation. \nIn conversation with these expansive canvases\, ceramic sculptures from Susana Arias’ Tree Series rise from four to over six feet tall. These works do not depict trees; they extract their presence. Minimal yet grounded\, they quietly shape and divide the surrounding space while rings\, joints\, and variations in surface suggest time embedded within the material\, evoking cycles of growth without literal narrative. \nGearBox Gallery: 770 West Grand Ave\, Oakland.\nGallery hours:  Noon to 5pm Thursdays\, Fridays and Saturdays
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/edges-of-attention/
LOCATION:Gearbox Gallery\, 770 West Grand Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Exhibitions
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