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Past Exhibitions

2015 Exhibitions

Grandma’s Cupboard: Kate Ericson & Mel Ziegler, and Mel Ziegler

Aug 28, 2015 – Dec 19, 2015

During their prolific collaboration (1985-1995), Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler produced some of the most profound conceptual art projects of the late twentieth century. Ranging from socially engaged works and…

Stefan Lesueur: Obscura

Aug 28, 2015 – Dec 19, 2015

We find evidence of a psychological disconnect in our culture’s relationship to history and place by simply looking up from our own camera displays to take note of the behavior…

Jean Richardson: Every Now And Then I Fall Apart

Nov 13, 2015 – Dec 19, 2015

In Every Now and Then I Fall Apart, Jean Richardson uses her experience as a dual citizen of the UK and the US—while mostly identifying as being Scottish—to explore the…

Lizze Määttälä: Uphill/Both Ways

Aug 14, 2015 – Nov 7, 2015

Lizze Määttälä’s Uphill/Both Ways is about fragments that have been left behind; memories that once sat heavily on her shoulders and shaken off somewhere in between here and the Mojave…

Shawn Porter: Into the Ether

Oct 9, 2015 – Nov 7, 2015

Shawn Porter’s installations are three-dimensional sketches developed through a focus on play, material sensibility, and fabrication.  The ebb and flow of working with a variety of materials allows a sketch to…

Amalia Ulman: Stock Images of War

Aug 14, 2015 – Oct 31, 2015

Exploring themes of confinement, fragility, and pain, Amalia Ulman’s Stock Images of War blends divergent senses of pleasure and discomfort. Delicate wire sculptures augmented into familiar shapes—such as bicycles, wheelchairs, and…

Aundrea Frahm: We Revolve Ceaseless

Aug 28, 2015 – Oct 3, 2015

A kaleidoscope is a tool used to transform a fractal into a whole—to obscure, displace, and manipulate the viewed object into something new. We Revolve Ceaseless is an immersive multimedia…

Mall no. 2

Aug 14, 2015 – Sep 12, 2015

Mall no. 2 is the second in a series of projects that explore experiences around emerging concepts in product, fashion, graphic, and retail design. Looking to innovative modes of consumerism in…

Adjunct

Apr 24, 2015 – Aug 1, 2015

Adjunct: something that is joined or added to another thing but is not an essential part of it. Adjunct examines the current state of wage disparity, lack of benefits and…

Scott Tsuchitani 槌谷スコット: INTERNMENT 抑留

Jun 26, 2015 – Aug 1, 2015

INTERNMENT 抑留 is a solo exhibition of San Francisco-based artist Scott Tsuchitani’s work that mixes historiography with a contemporary perspective on Japanese Americans’ displacement during World War II. Satirical etchings…

Sean Morello: Constellations & Supersymmetries

Jun 12, 2015 – Aug 1, 2015

Sean Morello’s Constellations & Supersymmetries feature a series of collages that emerge from his practice as a painter who is consciously engaged with art history. Using discarded and found materials, Morello’s…

Panopticon

Feb 13, 2015 – Jul 25, 2015

Panopticon meaning to observe (-opticon) all (pan-), is a metaphor encapsulating the numerous forms of surveillance used to watch and normalize social behavior. This exhibition investigates systems of observation utilized…

Kyle Jorgensen: Parastroke

Jun 19, 2015 – Jul 25, 2015

Kyle Jorgensen’s Parastroke is an exploration into the effects that the Windows interface and creative programs—like Adobe Photoshop—have had on a generation of artists who grew up using computers for more…

Out Loud: Youth Workshop Exhibition

Apr 3, 2015 – Jun 27, 2015

Experiencing the pressures of adolescence is difficult enough as it is. LGBTQ teens in particular experience harassment, bullying and social exclusion more often than their straight peers because of their…

Brian Charles Patterson: MISSILEBLOWER (And the Selected Good)

Apr 24, 2015 – Jun 20, 2015

MISSILEBLOWER (And the Selected Good) is a guided meditation on binaries of abundance and scarcity, safety and terror, as well as disruption and tranquility. Contemplating a new era of natural…

Sean Moyer: Persistence/Focus/Matter

May 8, 2015 – Jun 13, 2015

Drawing on Modernist themes and their effects on culture, architecture, urban growth, and art history, Moyer’s Persistence/Focus/Matter explores his role as an art maker who happens to make his living working…

12×12

May 22, 2015 – Jun 6, 2015

For the 12×12 exhibition, over 50 artists were given 12″ x 12″ panels on which to create original works that will be auctioned online and at the gala to support…

Number 04: Actual Source

Apr 3, 2015 – May 16, 2015

Much like a sketchbook is used by artists to collect their ideas, Actual Source is the chronological catalogue of 6 months of process, dialogue, and reference material mined by Number…

Levi Jackson: BUSHWACKER

Apr 10, 2015 – May 2, 2015

Levi Jackson’s work exposes illusions that exist within Western American culture. Using materials from army surplus, agricultural supply, shooting ranges and motor sports stores, Jackson’ Bushwacker  measures the past and…

David Brothers: Rolithica

Jan 29, 2015 – Apr 30, 2015

Incorporating both the beautiful and the wretched, David Brothers creates elaborate, fantastical, and sublime staged worlds as the palette for his photographic compositions. Through installation and photography, this solo exhibition…