Christopher Robin Duncan, “A MONUMENT TO DAYLIGHT”, 2024, bronze, sun, time, thread on fabric. Image courtesy of Pt. 2 Gallery.
Ongoing to July 13 — Christopher Robin Duncan: The Space Between Years at Pt. 2 Gallery: For over a decade, Christopher Robin Duncan has been capturing, cutting, sewing, and ensembling light, resulting in a body of work that intersects painting and photography, collage and sculpture, the visible and the audible. In The Space Between Years, an exhibition in various states of transition in collaboration with Rebecca Camacho Presents. Duncan’s process involves cutting and sewing scraps of exposed fabrics from previous works (finished or unfinished), creating two-dimensional pieces where multiple exposed timelines intersect and form part of a larger whole. Pt. 2 Gallery is located at 1523b Webster St in Oakland.
Soleé Darrell “Where have you been?” Dye on silk velvet. Image courtesy of Pt.2 Gallery.
Ongoing to July 13 – Where You Need To Be: Teleportation Studies by Soleé Darrell at Pt.2 Gallery: Originating from Bermuda and currently residing in the Bay Area, Darrell’s kaleidoscopic work beckons viewers into a realm of self-reflection and meditation. Through the delicate application of dye on silk velvet, she embarks on a transformative journey of emotional healing and existential mapping. Each brushstroke encapsulates a spectrum of emotion – from vulnerability and fervor to an unwavering trust in the cosmic forces guiding our paths. Pt. 2 Gallery is located at 1523b Webster St in Oakland.
“She walked in reverse and found their songs” 2024 embroidery floss, beads, bindis, sari and faux gems. Image courtesy of ICA SF
June 5 to September 15 – Suchitra Mattai: She Walked in Reverse and Found their Songs at ICA SF: Suchitra Mattai was born in Georgetown, Guyana, and immigrated to Canada as a young child. The history of her ancestors—brought from India to work as indentured laborers in Guyana—deeply influences her practice. Using techniques passed down through generations, she weaves materials marked by the past into a collective story of migration and gendered labor. In this exhibition Mattai turns inward, examining the power of memory in the creation of her own stories: sometimes factual, sometimes fantastical, with divergent pieces collapsing and combining into something new. ICA SF is located at 901 Minnesota Street in San Francisco.
Maria Gaspar, “Cloud Out (Suspend)”, 2023, archival inkjet print with oil pastel on paper. Image courtesy of San Jose Museum of Art.
Ongoing to January 5 — Seeing Through Stone at San Jose Museum of Art: Bringing together artwork by over 80 artists and collectives including 16 new commissions, Seeing through Stone features works which reflect the global scope of carceral conditions and the movements resisting prisons world-wide. With reference to poet Etheridge Knight’s evocation of those who have “the secret eyes”, Seeing through Stone highlights the works of artists, including those who are formerly and currently incarcerated, that draw out the flourishing collective story and alternative imagining currently underway in creating a future free of prisons. This is the largest, multi-sited exhibition to-date co-organized with Institute of the Arts and Sciences at University of California, Santa Cruz as part of the ongoing Visualizing Abolition series. San Jose Museum of Art is located at 110 S Market St in San Jose.
Amy Lincoln, “Rainbow Sky Study with Light Rays”, 2024, acrylic on paper. Anna Ortiz, “El Manojo”, 2024, oil on canvas. Jen Hitchings, “T.V., Sulphur Mountain, Ojai (Taurus)”, 2023, oil on panel. Images courtesy of Johansson Projects.
Ongoing to July 20 — Enchanted Lands at Johansson Projects: Paintings by Jen Hitchings, Anna Ortiz, and Amy Lincoln find conversation in incandescent color palettes, playful symmetry, and puzzling optical effects in compositions that depict recognizable elements in wilderness scenes unpopulated by humans. But these artists borrow nature’s motifs for different purposes that are distinctly separate from nostalgic plein-air practices or regional documentation. Together, the paintings showcase wide-ranging politics in contemporary landscape painting, where imagination leaves sublime romanticism behind in favor of highlighting moments when boundaries crumble between representation and abstraction. Johansson Projects is located at 2300 Telegraph Ave in Oakland.
Clare Rojas, “The Red Triangle”, 2023, oil on linen. Hiba Kalache, “In the sealed obscurity of the brain plants grow, and fish swim”, 2023, ink, oil, oil bar on canvas. Rae Klein, “There is no end in sight”, 2024, oil on linen. Images courtesy of Headlands Center for the Arts.
June 6, 4 to 11pm — Headlands’ Auction Party at Headlands Center for the Arts: Headlands Center for the Arts’ programs nurture creativity across all disciplines, from the visual arts to performance, music, writing, and film and video, both independently and through collaboration. Through their residency programs, fellowships, and awards, provide artists with the resources, space, time, and recognition to further their practices and careers, and support the rich and diverse arts ecosystem in the Bay Area. Purchase tickets here. Headlands Center for the Arts is located at 944 Simmonds Rd in Sausalito.
Cross Lypka “Thunderhead” 2024 glazed ceramic. Image courtesy of House of Seiko.
June 29 to August 11— Cross Lypka: Tarantula at House of Seiko: Cross Lypka is the moniker for Tyler Cross and Kyle Lypka, long-time partners and artistic collaborators. Their working process in ceramic follows a practical exchange of tasks. Tyler draws a lexicon of visual forms, Kyle interprets and hand-builds from this repertoire, they edit, Tyler glazes, and Kyle fires. Lastly, subtle surface treatments and sealants are applied. The works that emerge reflect this back-and-forth trade, in partnership with the material’s own desires and constraints. House of Seiko is located at 3109 22nd St in San Francisco.