Foursquared 2016

August 27 - September 24, 2016

Curator’s Statement

FourSquared 2016 is a unique exploration of the works of sixteen Bay Area artists. Each of the artists has produced sixteen small works, presented in sixteen clusters giving the audience the experience of sixteen micro solo exhibitions. All works are priced under $500.

This 7th annual exhibition is a reflection of the co-curators’ strong and abiding interest in local, affordable art represented here by some of our most talented local artists.

Curators: Michael Yochum is the author of SF Art News, which writes about artists and openings in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Matthew Frederick is founder of Art Farm, an artist collective in the Mission, where he maintains his studio.

Michael and Matthew are co-founders of Arc Gallery, Arc Fine Arts Consulting & Arc Studios, along with Stephen C. Wagner and Priscilla Otani.

Catalog designed by Michael Yochum Logo image by Mitchell Confer © Arc Gallery 2016

Featured Artists

Cherisse Alcantara Phillip Dvorak Scott Fin Christina Marie Fong Irene Hendrick Ivy Jacobsen Carol Jessen Wayne Jiang Margaret Keelan Alan Mazzetti Lucky Rapp Ken Sloan Cindy Stokes Michele Sudduth Toru Sugita Sandra Yagi

OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, August 27th, 7-10PM ARTIST TALK & BRUNCH CLOSING RECEPTION: Saturday, September 24th, 11AM-3PM

Cherisse Alcantara

Strangers Seemingly ordinary people and events contain strange and incomprehensible elements which interest me greatly. To explore the significance in these every day observances is what drives me. I am drawn to contemporary figures involved in their complex inner world, caught unawares and doing ordinary things. Furthermore, I examine the tension between our internal drives and the external world in the context of contemporary urban life.

The characters I incorporate in my paintings are the anonymous strangers I have encountered. In most cases they are sourced from self-made imagery.

I carefully stage, create scenarios for and isolate them in both familiar and equivocal spaces. They become suspended between the real world and the dream world. Thereby, reflecting the experiences we have a belonging and not belonging; of the connection and dislocation between our selfhood and society; and lastly, of our uncertain and fragile identities and relationships.

Atmospheric elements and shadows recur in my works often and I build layers of paint and marks to achieve these effects. I am highly in tune with the lighting, mood and negative space as they serve an integral component in my paintings. They become a continuation of the figure’s state of being and condition.

What I seek are the ambiguities and the question marks in the imagery. It is the very act of painting with its slowness, labor and thinking through the paint, which allows for this reflection. Through suggestive narratives, I want to leave room for the viewer to enter into and engage with the painting. website: http://www.cherissealcantara.com/ email: cherissealcantara@gmail.com

CHERISSE ALCANTARA is an emerging painter based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

EDUCATION 2013

BA Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley

HONORS AND AWARDS 2013

Wendy Sussman Undergraduate Award in Painting, University of California, Berkeley Honors Studio, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley Excellence in Drawing, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley

EXHIBITIONS 2016 2015

2014 2013

2012

FourSquared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA Pence Gallery 40th Anniversary, Pence Gallery, Davis CA Fusion, National Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA (juried by Olivia Ongpin of Luna Rienne Gallery) Wendy Sussman Prize in Painting Exhibition, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley CA That’s What’s Up, Honors Show ,Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley CA Marvin Gardens Real Estate, Berkeley CA Senior Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley CA Quasi-Public/Semi-Private, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley CA

Cherisse Alcantara

Strangers 1 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Strangers 2 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Strangers 3 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Strangers 4 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Cherisse Alcantara

Strangers 5 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Strangers 6 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Strangers 7 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Strangers 8 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Cherisse Alcantara

Strangers 9 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Strangers 10 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Strangers 11 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Strangers 12 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Cherisse Alcantara

Strangers 13 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Strangers 14 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Strangers 15 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Strangers 16 oil on canvas over panel 10" x 8" $375

Phillip Dvorak

Sixteen Hand Studies I've always been more of a drawer than a painter. That's not to say I haven't made my share of paintings over the years — I simply have felt more comfortable with a pencil or a piece of charcoal in my hands than a paintbrush. So as a way of challenging myself, I decided I'd make 16 figurative paintings for this show.

For my figurative drawings, I typically work on paper with a live model. I love the spontaneity of that process and the ephemeral quality of the finished piece. Working with paint on panel for this project was a very different process...much more deliberate, similar to the way I go about etching a plate when making a print.

But with oils I do love the way the picture gradually comes to life, the layering and blending of the paint, the feel of applying it to the panel.

As for my subject matter, I thought it would be interesting to focus on a specific part of the figure.

I enjoy drawing hands — I like how expressive they can be. It also seemed a good way to unify the various pieces into a cohesive body of work.

website: http://phillipdvorak.tumblr.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phillipdvorak/ email: phillip.dvorak@yahoo.com

Phillip Dvorak was born in Los Angeles. He lives and works in San Francisco and Maine.

EDUCATION

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA San Diego State University, BFA

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009 2008 2005 2003

Voluptuary, Pioneer Gallery, Provincetown MA Better than Beautiful, Reaves Gallery, San Francisco CA The Delirious Line, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco CA Soul and Senses, Dharma Studio Contemporary Art, Miami,FL The Bone Garden, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco CA

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 LifeLive, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA 2014 Re-Presenting the Nude III, Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe NM 2013 Fictions: The Worlds Writers and Artists Create, a.Muse, San Francisco CA 2012 Fresh Prints, SpaceCraft 38, San Francisco CA 2011 Decadence, Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe NM

Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica CA 2010 Winter Show, Vaughan Christopher Gallery, Houston TX

Swell, Nyehaus, Metro Pictures, and Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York NY

Realism to Abstraction, Susan Maasch Fine Art, PortlandME 2009 Lust and Desire, Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland ME

LAPS 20th National Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles CA

Coming Attractions, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco CA 2007 Los Angeles Art Show, Santa Monica CA

The Body in Motion and Emotion, Mulford Gallery, Rockland ME 2006 Who’s Afraid of San Francisco, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco CA

Bridge Art Fair, Miami FL

The Constant Line, Nan Mulford Gallery, Rockland ME

Point/Counterpoint, Dharma Studio Contemporary Art, Miami FL

artLA, Santa Monica CA 2005 artLA, Santa Monica CA

Re-presenting Representation VII, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira NY

Life on Paper, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco CA

AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York NY 2004 Songs from Unspoken Gardens, Calix Fine Art, Seattle WA

Naked, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco CA SELECT AWARDS 2007 2006 2005

Residency Grant, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest IL Residency Grant, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap GA Residency Grant, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest IL

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

The New York Times, Art in America, ARTnews, Artweek, Daily Beast, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Miami Herald

Phillip Dvorak

Hand Study 1 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Hand Study 2 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Hand Study 3 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Hand Study 4 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Phillip Dvorak

Hand Study 5 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Hand Study 6 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Hand Study 7 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Hand Study 8 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Phillip Dvorak

Hand Study 9 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Hand Study 10 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Hand Study 11 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Hand Study 12 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Phillip Dvorak

Hand Study 13 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Hand Study 14 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Hand Study 15 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Hand Study 16 oil and charcoal on panel 9" x 12" $425

Scott Fin

Underground Art I explore hidden, secret, abandoned places and feel compelled to tell their tales through my lens. I love to find latent compositions in chaos, neglect and dereliction; the more orphaned a subject, the more inviting and intriguing its narrative. Long-exposures and painting with light allow me to illuminate and share my interpretations, facilitating an experience with the viewer where desires are developed, imaginations inspired, and fantasies kindled. By shooting off the beaten path, my art documents the unknown, catches moments on the fringes of history, and frames the undiscovered. I use vivid colors to evoke positive associations: dancing swirls of light add a sense of levity and playfulness to an otherwise disturbing environment. My Underground Art images exude energy because I, the witness, am everywhere in each of them.

website: http://www.scottfinphotography.com/ email: finsthwait@gmail.com

Scott has pursued his love of photographing people, urban landscapes, events and abstracts while teaching middle school in Kenya and Sweden, taking care of a relative with Alzheimer’s, and teaching in the Berkeley Unified School District. Scott is a largely selfeducated photographer, studying in workshops, including an intensive photography program in Missoula Montana in 1998. He has been a full-time photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2010.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS 2016

2015

2014 2013 2012 2011

FourSquared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA City Art Cooperative Gallery, San Francisco CA Snap!, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA City Art Cooperative Gallery, San Francisco CA Art for Aids, San Francisco CA Art Launch, San Francisco CA Impulse, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco CA ArtSpan Benefit Art Show & Auction, SOMArts Bay Gallery, San Francisco CA City Art Cooperative Gallery, San Francisco CA City Art Cooperative Gallery, San Francisco CA City Art Cooperative Gallery, San Francisco CA City Art Cooperative Gallery, San Francisco CA

Scott has participated in San Francisco Open Studios since 2014 as part of the 1890 Bryant Street Artist Studios.

Scott Fin

Self Portrait: Musk, Mummy Flippin’, Orinda photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Self Portrait: N.O. Bonzo, The Church photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Self Portrait: Tunnel Critter, Oakland photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Self Portrait: Nite Owl & GATS, The Church photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Scott Fin

Self Portrait: Pan’s Labyrinth, Orinda photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Self Portrait: Girafa, Long Neck 4 Life, TI photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Self Portrait: GATS, Everyday is Halloween, Oakland photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Self Portrait: Help Me, Oakland photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Scott Fin

Self Portrait: Eugor, I’m so Afraid of Death, Oakland photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Self Portrait: Still Makin’ Noise, Oakland photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Self Portrait: Welcome to War, The Church photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Self Portrait: Tres FlAmigos. Oakland photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Scott Fin

Self Portrait: Jack Skellington, Oakland photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Self Portrait: I Love KAM, The Church photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Self Portrait: Pathos, Oakland photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Self Portrait: INVADE, Oakland photo on archival aluminum panel 18" x 12" $195 edition of 10

Christina Marie Fong

The Title is Called ...

Creativity Explored: Tell me about your work for the upcoming Four Squared exhibition. Who are these 16 people?

Christina Fong: Actors, actresses, singers, mayors, and one super model.

CE: Why did you choose those particular people?

CF: To change several people.

CE: How do you plan to change them?

CF: Special ideas for the future being.

CE: Can you give me an example of a special idea?

CF: Like, anything that comes into my mind.

CE: Where do you get your ideas? From other artists? From magazines?

From— CF: I can tell you a few things: high school and college. And just popular people. Celebrities.

CE: Are you saying your interest in celebrities started in high school?

CF: Yep. CE: I know you occasionally create animals—as well as some imaginary, fantastical creatures—but you mostly portray current celebrities in your work. What is it about celebrities that makes them so appealing to draw?

CF: Celebrities are fascinating. And talented. And have a whole lot of attitude. Is that it? I hope that’s it.

CE: How do you feel about discussing your art? Are you ever uncomfortable talking about it?

CF: No. I’m happy.

CE: Is there anything else you’d like to people to know about your work?

CF: Just that I have dead skeletons in the closet, and I want to let them come out. Keep them guessing. Ha ha!

contact: http://www.creativityexplored.org/

CHRISTINA MARIE FONG (b. 1967) joined the Creativity Explored studio in 2011. Known for her bold, graphic, and confident drawing style, Fong is influenced by fashion, pop culture, and mass media.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2014 StereoTYPE, Creativity Explored, San Francisco CA

Shoerageous, Creativity Explored, San Francisco CA

Bay Area Now 7, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco CA

West Coasts, Museum of La Creation Franche, Begles, France

INK, Creativity Explored, San Francisco CA

A Curious Menagerie, Creativity Explored, San Francisco CA 2013 Outsider Artists, Oakland International Airport, Oakland CA

SIDESHOW, Creativity Explored, San Francisco CA

I Have Never Taken the Time to Really Look, Accident and Artifact, San Francisco CA

Peaceable Kingdom: Animals, Real and Imagined , Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek CA 2012 Fabricators, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco CA

(Pre)Fabricators, Creativity Explored, San Francisco CA

Out of Order, Creativity Explored, San Francisco CA

Fabulous, Creativity Explored, San Francisco CA 2011 SMALL, Creativity Explored, San Francisco CA

Creativity Explored is a dynamic non-profit art center and gallery where artists with developmental disabilities have been creating, exhibiting, and selling their art for over 33 years. Located in the vibrant cultural and dining corridor that traverses San Francisco’s Mission District, Creativity Explored provides studio workspace, materials and mentoring by a team of professional artists, exhibition space and career opportunities for approximately 135 studio artists per year. Creativity Explored establishes studio artists' work as an emerging and increasingly important contribution to the contemporary art world.

Creativity Explored 3245 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 creativityexplored.org gallery@creativityexplored.org 415-863-2108

The Title is Called Janet Damita Jo Jackson ink, marker and acrylic on wood 12" x 11" $250

The Title is Called Angelina Jolie ink, marker and acrylic on wood 12" x 10" $250

The Title is Called SF Mayor Ed Lee ink, marker and acrylic on wood 11.5" x 10" $250

The Title is Called Barack Obama ink, marker and acrylic on wood 12" x 11.5" $250

Christina Marie Fong

The Title is Called Jay-Z ink and marker on wood 11.5" x 10.5" $250

The Title is Called SF Mayor Gavin Newsom ink and marker on wood 11.5" x 11" $250

The Title is Called SF Mayor Willie Brown ink, marker and acrylic on wood 11.5" x 10" $250

The Title is Called Brad Pitts ink, graphite and marker on wood 12" x 11" $250

Christina Marie Fong

The Title is Called Tyra Banks ink, marker and acrylic on wood 12" x 11.5" $250

The Title is Called Lucy Liu ink, marker and acrylic on wood 11.5" x 12" $250

The Title is Called Beyonce Carter ink, marker and acrylic on wood 12" x 11" $250

The Title is Called Denzel Washington ink, marker and acrylic on wood 11.5" x 11" $250

Christina Marie Fong

The Title is Called Charlie Sheen ink, marker and oil pastel on wood 11.5" x 9.5" $250

The Title is Called Hallie Berry ink and marker on wood 11.5" x 11" $250

The Title is Called Eminem, Marshall C Mathers ink and marker on wood 12" x 11" $250

The Title is Called Hillary Clinton ink and marker on wood 12" x 11" $250

Christina Marie Fong

Irene Hendrick

Kitchen Sink Drama In 1950’s London my mother and grandmother struggled from poverty, and as a way to make ends meet we pushed a pram filled with clothes and odds and ends to sell at the local open air market. This experience gave me a lot of insight into the daily lives of neighborhood residents. It was all about the hustle and bustle of wanting to get all the good deals, find friends to gossip with and in general just to have that weekend sense of camaraderie. For lunch, I was always sent on my roller skates to get “chip butties”, (rolls slathered with butter and filled with fat French fries) and giant cups of tea. I learned a lot about life and as an artist I’ve been inspired by these everyday lives.

While each of these 16 paintings can stand alone, I wanted to create a larger cohesive narrative that gives a glimpse of these people creating their own daily dramas as they scurry to get to market. I purposely leave the faces vague so viewers can maybe imagine their own stories and childhood memories.

website: http://www.irenehendrick.com/ Hunters Point Shipyard, Bldg 101, Studio 1224 email: SFClarky@comcast.net 415-335-3841

IRENE HENDRICK was born in England and has made her home in San Francisco for the past several years.

EDUCATION 1995 1993

California Teaching Credential, Mills College, Oakland CA B.F.A., Mills College, Oakland CA

EXHIBITIONS 2013

2011

2010 2009

2008

2005

2004 2003

2002

2001 2000

Art Below, Hyde Park Underground, London UK Structure, National Juried Exhbition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA The Way We Were, 2223 Market Street, San Francisco CA Riverfront Art Gallery, Petaluma CA Café Museo, SFMOMA, San Francisco CA Gallery 4, Placerville CA 5 Women Artists, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco CA California Modern Gallery, San Francisco CA San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco CA The Good Old Days, Hotel Triton, San Francisco CA What Goes Around, Artworksf, San Francisco CA Evolving Art Gallery, Vallejo CA Art-scape Gallery, Walnut Creek CA Lola Gallery, San Francisco CA Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco CA Playa de Arts, Healdsburg CA Art for America Benefit, Merit Award, Sonoma CA Shadow Dances, Bucci’s, Emeryville CA Seeing Red, Cultural Arts Council, Sonoma CA

SOLO CORPORATE EXHIBITIONS 2006

Museum Parc, 301 3rd St., San Francisco CA Convention Plaza, 201 3rd St., San Francisco CA

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS 2007 2006

Camino Medical Center, Sunnyvale CA Kaiser Hospital, Oakland CA

PUBLICATIONS 2006 2005

Art of Northern California Visualize Magazine

Irene Hendrick

No dawdling acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Market music acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Better by Vespa acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Lookout acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Irene Hendrick

Toffee nosed acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Scoot acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Biding time acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Get a skate on acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Irene Hendrick

Gossipmongers acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Perfect view acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Sellers acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Before it closes acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Irene Hendrick

Borrowed car acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Go kart acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Second hand clothes acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Bet ya five bob acrylic on canvas 10”x 10" $450

Ivy Jacobsen

Midsummer Night's Dream Painting is a meditation, a chance at uninterrupted peace. The world seems to fall away as the painting pulls me into the clarity of present moment of awareness. It is through this process and space that the unique journey of each work reveals itself.

I strive to create a place of magical realism in my landscapes, balancing magical elements with real world rendering of flora and Fauna found in our natural world.

My paintings are composed of many thin layers of oil paint, bronzing powder, acrylic paint, epoxy resin, and other mixed medias on wood panel. Through the multiple semi-transparent layers the trees and plant forms begin to occupy various spaces in the foreground and background, creating the illusion of depth. It is my hope that the viewer is invited "into" the painting to fully explore the imaginary environment.

website: http://www.ivyjacobsen.com/ (full & extensive CV available on website) email: ivyjacobsen@gmail.com

EDUCATION 2000 1996

B.A, with Honors, Painting and Printmaking Concentrations, San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA Semester Abroad, Art History Concentration, Paris, France

RECENT SOLO/TWO ARTIST EXHIBITIONS 2016 2015 2013 2010

Ethereal, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA New Works, 201 California Street, San Francisco CA Last Light, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco CA Alchemy, HANG ART, San Francisco CA

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 2015

2014

2013

2012 2011

2010

Elemental, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco CA Annual Group Show, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA Affordable Art Series No.4, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco CA Print Show, Hunters Point Ship Yard, San Francisco CA Affordable Art Series No.3, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco CA Affordable Art Series No.2, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco CA Annual Group Show, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA Artmageddon: A Group Holiday Show, Vertical Gallery, Chicago, IL Annual Art Trunk Show, Stephaine Breitbard Fine Arts, Mill Valley CA Annual Group Show, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA Summer Group Show, Gallery Bergelli, Larkspur CA New Voices New Visions, Gallery Bergelli, Larkspur CA Los Angeles Art Show, Hang Art Gallery Booth, Los Angeles CA The Affordable Art Fair, Hang Art Booth, New York, NY Artspan Benefit Art Show & Auction, SOMArts Bay Gallery, San Francisco CA FourSquared, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco CA

AWARDS 2015 2013 2011 2010

Juror's Choice Award, Artspan Open Studios Exhibition, SOMArts Bay Gallery, San Francisco CA Best Emerging Artist Award, New Voices New Visions, Gallery Bergelli, Larkspur CA Juror's Choice Award, Artspan Benefit Art Show & Auction, SOMArts Bay Gallery, San Francisco CA 1st Place Award, ArtSpan Benefit Art Show & Auction, SOMArts Bay Gallery, San Francisco CA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS, SELECTED San Francisco General Hospital, Peabody Memphis Hotel, Four Seasons Hotel, Emory Hotel, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Woodruff-Sawyer & Company, Embarcadero Technologies, Keller Medical Institute, Best Best Krieger,Prospect Restaurant, Accel Partners, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass, Sepiatone, Greylock, Jones Day RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHY 2015

2014

Alex Mac, Some Artists That You Should Not Miss at Open Studios WKND 1, BrokeAssStuart.com, October 16th Painting Plants, Ivy Jacobsen, vsemart.com, August 8th Jason Jose, Paintings by Ivy Jacobsen, www.faithistorment.com, November 28th Rivka Stein, Magical Realism Paintings by Ivy Jacobsen, YouArts.Quora.com, September 21st E. Ashley Rooney with Margery Goldberg, Green Art: Trees, Leaves and Roots, Schiffer Publishing

Ivy Jacobsen

Midsummer Night's Dream 1 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Midsummer Night's Dream 2 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Midsummer Night's Dream 3 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Midsummer Night's Dream 4 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Ivy Jacobsen

Midsummer Night's Dream 5 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Midsummer Night's Dream 6 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Midsummer Night's Dream 7 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Midsummer Night's Dream 8 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Ivy Jacobsen

Midsummer Night's Dream 9 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Midsummer Night's Dream 10 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Midsummer Night's Dream 11 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Midsummer Night's Dream 12 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Ivy Jacobsen

Midsummer Night's Dream 13 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Midsummer Night's Dream 14 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Midsummer Night's Dream 15 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Midsummer Night's Dream 16 oil and resin on wood panel 8” diameter $450

Carol Jessen Rain, Fog and Mist A blank canvas presents a challenge for any artist but looking at 16 blank surfaces, however small, can be quite daunting. I chose to focus these 16 paintings on a subject I have explored for decades; rain, fog and the unfolding atmospheric changes as day recedes into the formless abstraction of night. Many of these are reinterpretations of pieces done in the past involving urban spaces.

Some are highly representational and others are verging on abstraction by softening the forms as changing light and atmosphere obscure the image.

For me every painting is a learning experience exploring edges, contrasts, values, color and most importantly, design and composition. My art mentor, William Lansberg, once explained to me that the same rules of design apply whether working representationally or abstractly.

Every shape, line and form within the work is a visual "arrow" which leads the eye around the rectangle and it is up to the artist to control the movement of the viewer's eye and keep it moving.

I invite you to have a wonderful trip!

website: http://www.caroljessen.com/ email: carol@caroljessen.com

CAROL JESSEN was born and raised in Oakland, California. She received her BFA from San Francisco State University in journalism and biology. After graduating she donned her backpack and traveled around the world including Europe, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and many countries of the Far East. She then attended Mendocino Art Center and the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Enticed by the far east, she moved to Kyoto, Japan for a year to learn the technique of Japanese woodblock printing and later went on to study under master printer, Toshi Yoshida. She was also tutored in design, composition and the psychology of perception

by William S. Lansberg. She has lectured and performed woodblock demonstrations at Stanford University, the de Young Museum and the Asian Art Museum.

She worked as a “pre-computer� graphic designer and illustrator until saving up enough money to stop working and find a studio where she could devote herself to fine art. Hunters Point Shipyard, the once abandoned naval shipyard in San Francisco, is where Carol enjoys her studio by the bay. Her primary mediums are oil painting and various forms of printmaking and collage. Her work was featured at the New York Art Expo in 2004 by Editions Limited where her original oil paintings and pastels sold out. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Cleveland Museum and the New York Public Library collection SELECT EXHIBITIONS 2016 2015 1995 1994 1992 1990 1988

FourSquared VII, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA FourSquared VI, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA Castle Fine Art, San Francisco, CA (solo) Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (solo) The Verne Collection, Cleveland, OH Fort Mason Art Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA Fort Mason Art Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GALLERIES & OTHER EXHIBITION VENUES 1988 -present 1987-2010 1990-1997

San Francisco Open Studios at Hunters Point Shipyard, 1988-present Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA (1987 to 2010) Juried (1994 Poster commission) Mill Valley Arts Festival, Mill Valley, CA (1990 - 1997) Juried The Ren Brown Gallery, Bodega, CA Chemers Gallery, Anaheim, CA Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA Joanne Chappel Gallery, San Francisco, CA Michael Thompson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Carol Jessen

Seveth Avenue Drizzle oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Golden Mist oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Blue Night oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Time Square Reflections oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Carol jessen

Riding Between Raindrops oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Foggy Night oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Crossing Leavenworth oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Last Light oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Carol Jessen

Kyoto Rain oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Midnight Hour oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

North Beach Fog oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Krakow Trolley oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Carol jessen

Paris Rain oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Market Street Trolley oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Manhattan Shimmer oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Paris Reflections oil on panel 11” x 11” $495

Wayne Jiang

Daily Encounters The fundamental nature of my aesthetic rests in the use of simple, quiet compositions that visually communicate emotion within the precepts of narrative realism: intimate scenes of family gatherings, unusual renderings of ordinary objects, subtle glimpses of everyday life. These images are collectively reflected on stillness, solitude, and mystery; yet with an element of comfort and familiarity.

My creative approach is driven by the desire to balance traditional principles of painting and contemporary design, seeking inspiration from by a variety of artistic genres and periods, including 17th Century Dutch genre paintings, 19th and 20th Century American Realism, as exemplified in the works of John Singer Sargent and Andrew Wyeth, and modern documentary photographers such as Walker Evans and Sally Mann.

In my effort to bring together traditional and contemporary design practices, I strive to create works of art that retain a timeless quality while incorporating contemporary subject matter. In doing so, it is my resolve to provide viewers with visual explanations of emotion that will hopefully make for a lasting impression.

website: http://www.waynejiang.com (full and extensive CV available on website) email: riverwave@sbcglobal.net

EDUCATION 1998

BS in Graphic Design with an emphasis on Illustration, San Jose State University, San Jose CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 2015 2013 2009 2002 2001

Manna Gallery, Oakland CA Manna Gallery, Oakland CA Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka CA History San Jose, San Jose CA Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 2014

2013 2012

2011

2010

2009 2008

New Paintings: Wayne Jiang & Heather Capen, Studio Gallery, San Francisco CA Two Person Show, Archival Gallery, Sacramento CA Deep Reading. Eurphrat Museum of Art, De Anza CA Inside // Out, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento CA Beatnik Studios, Sacramento CA City Streets, Studio Gallery, San Francisco CA Delicious, work inspired by food & drink, Studio Gallery, San Francisco CA Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford CA Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco CA Tasty: Artists Playing with Food, Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos CA 81st Annual Statewide Landscape Exhibit, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz CA Terrain: Views of California. Studio Gallery, San Francisco CA 50/50 Exhibit. Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA Celebrate Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Bank, Santa Cruz CA Delicious, work inspired by food & drink, Studio Gallery, San Francisco CA Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco CA Small Treasure, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento CA Still Life, University of San Francisco, San Francisco CA Night & Day, 525 Market Street, San Francisco CA 50/50 Exhibit, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA Family Reunion, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento CA Big Names, Small Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA

REVIEWS AND ARTICLES 2010 2009

Shadows of Night: San Jose’s Edward Hopper, Wayne Jiang captures a city’s ethereal grace , Metro, Cover Article.

San Jose Inside, December 2. Everyday San Jose.

La Oferta, November 6. Everyday San Jose Paintings Sing Tao Daily, October 10. Wayne Jiang’s Asian Theme Paintings Capture Moments of Daily Life, by Fanny Jiang Pacifica Tribune, September 9. Art Guild of Pacifica’s 51st Annual Exhibit opens Friday Sacramento Bee, January 16. Critic’s Pick, by Victoria Dalkey

SELECTED COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS

San Jose South Valley Medical Center, Santa Clara County Medical Center, History San Jose, Virginia Sperling, Dennis Fong, George Rivera, Fawn Powers, Ken Yeager

Scene from a Diner 1 acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Scene from a Bar 1 acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Wayne Jiang

Scene from a Diner 2 acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Scene from a Diner 3 acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Fresh Dim Sum acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Bakery Counter acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Wayne Jiang

Fresh Bread acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Scene from a Bakery acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Night Ride acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

The Monkey King acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Wayne Jiang

Crossing acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

More Ballons acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Scene from a Diner 4 acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Take Out Orders acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Construction Site acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Delivery acrylic on panel 3" x 10" $375

Wayne Jiang

Margaret Keelan

Mystery and Memory For the past few years, my sculptures have been repeatedly glazed, stained, and fired to give the surfaces the look of disintegrating paint over weathered wood. This softening and reduction of form so that its essential nature is revealed is a metaphor I use for the passing of time, or timelessness.

The work I am presenting here is called “Mystery and Memory�. The open ended small framed boxes contain objects that by their placement hint at a narrative, but the precise stories are obscure, allowing the viewers to make up their own. The imagery draws from my own life and experience; the natural world, drinking tea (a reference to my own English background) and various dark thoughts and imaginings.

website: http://www.margaretkeelan.com/ email: margaretkeelan@hotmail.com

MARGARET KEELAN is an internationally acclaimed, San Pablo-based sculptor. She has exhibited extensively since 1988; has received numerous awards and residencies; and is widely collected by museums, corporations and individuals.

EDUCATION 1976 1970

M.F.A., Ceramic Sculpture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Advanced B.A., Fine Arts, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon CAnada

RECENT EXHIBITIONS 2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

The September Show, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany,CA Figuratively Speaking, SMAart Gallery San Francisco CA Bodies and Beings, Abmeyer and Wood Seattle CA Fanciful Histories, (solo), Gail Severn Gallery Sun Valley ID Bark, John Natsoulas Gallery Davis CA Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future, American Museum of Ceramic Art, 10th Anniversary Show Pomona CA Margaret Keelan (solo), Roscoe Ceramic Gallery Oakland CA Some Pretty Interesting Characters: Works From the RAM Collection, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI The Essential and the Ephemeral (solo), Gail Severn Gallery Sun Valley ID Margaret Keelan, New Selections (solo), Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis MI Preview, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Sun Valley, ID Red Dot Art Fair, Duane Reed Gallery, Miami, Florida SOFA Chicago, Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics, Santa Fe, NM Figurative Works in Clay, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA Push Play, NCECA Invitational, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA Doceo Argilla “I teach clay”, An Exhibition of Ceramic Educators of California, Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma CA Margaret Keelan, Myth and Memory, Gail Severn Gallery Ketchum, ID SOFA New York, Daune Reed Gallery New York, New York To Die For, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Transcending the Figure: Contemporary Ceramics, Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, OH The Tame and the Wild, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA New Work by Gallery Artists, Bergelli GAllery, Larkspur, CA FADA 15th Annual LA Art Show, John Natsoulas Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

RECENT PUBLICATIONS 2014 2012 2011 2009 2008

500 Figures in Clay, Volume 2", Lark Books Ceramics and the Human Figure, Edith Garcia, A & C Black Publishers Ltd. Margaret Keelan • Profile, Cheryl Coon New Ceramics, The European Ceramics Magazine, May/June Confrontational Ceramics, Judith Schwartz, , University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia Illuminations, Ones To Watch, Margaret Keelan, Western Art and Architecture, Winter/Spring, Vol. 2, No. 1

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1997 - 1991 1984-85 1977

Associate Director of Sculpture, Academy of Art University, San Francisco CA Advanced Ceramics and Figure Sculpture, San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA Figure Sculpture, Richmond Art Center Richmond CA Ceramic Sculpture, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon CAnada

Anxiety ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5"

$495

Camouflage ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5" $495 Margaret Keelan

Break ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5"

$495

Cat Dancing ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5" $495

Crack ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5"

Margaret Keelan

$495

Crow Holding Key ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5" $495

Deconstruction ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5" $495

Fly-Flowers ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5" $495

Margaret Keelan

Fragments ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5" $495

Ghost ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5"

$495

Morning Glories ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5" $495

Owl ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5"

$495

Passages ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5"

$495

Tea with Milk ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5" $495 Margaret Keelan

Stare ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5"

$495

White Rabbit ceramic 8.5” x 7” x 2.5" $495

Alan Mazzetti

Structure This group of San Francisco Cityscapes evolved in response to two defining factors: it's a series, in a small format. As a separate series, I realized I could stray somewhat from my usual approach by choosing subjects with higher contrast and by using a brighter palette. This intensity also worked to make the smaller pieces more powerful. I chose single buildings to simplify the composition and emphasize the relationship to surrounding structures. The result was the discovery of new shapes, new materials to render, and new modes of abstracting the subject. The structure of the series became a way of expressing the subject. And it was fun.

website: http://www.amazzetti.net/ email: alan@amazzetti.net

ALAN MAZZETTI lives and works in San Francisco, with a studio at the Hunters Point Shipyard. Following careers as an independent Graphic Designer and Illustrator, he has been painting since 1996.

EDUCATION 1974

B.F.A., Academy of Art, San Francisco CA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2016 2015

2014

2013 2012

2011 2010 2009 2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002 2001 2000

FourSquared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA Resolution, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA Urbanality, Slate Contemporary, Oakland CA City Light, The Studio Shop, Burlingame CA The Collector, Berkeley CA Art For Aids Art Auction, The Metreon San Francisco CA Marin Open Studios, Sausalito CA Large Landscapes, Alta Bates Medical Center Berkeley CA Stephanie Briebard Fine Arts, Pottery Barn, San Francisco CA The Sea Ranch Art Tour, Spindrift Gallery, Gualala CA Gallery Artists, Howard Schepp Fine Arts, Palm Desert CA Abstracts, 525 Market St / William Torphy, San Francisco CA Ancient City, Hayes Street Gallery, San Francisco CA Food for Thought, Mezzanine Gallery, San Francisco CA Spring Show, Garage Gallery, San Francisco CA Inaugural Exhibition, Mark Sublette Modern, Tucson AZ Gallery Artists, The Christopher Hill Gallery , St Helena CA Minutiae, Artwork San Francisco Gallery, San Francisco CA Eye Candy, Hotel Triton, San Francisco CA Gallery Artists, M Gabriel Fine Art Sonoma CA Gallery Artists Gallery Artists, Saori Russell Fine Art San Francisco CA Gallery Artists Recent Work (solo), Gallery 1777, San Francisco CA Holiday Exhibition, California Modern Gallery, San Francisco CA Contemporary Abstract (best of show), Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley CA A Couple of Artists, Dolphin Gallery, Gualala CA Colorists, Center for the Arts Gualala CA National Open, World Arts and Culture Council, San Francisco CA National Open, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley CA Gallery Artists, Segreto Gallery, Santa Fe NM Gallery Artists, Chroma Art Design, San Francisco CA Windows (solo), Rivaga Art, Washington DC Gallery Artists, Editions Limited, San Francisco CA

Alan Mazzetti

Crossing acrylic on wood panel 11" x 11" $450

CocaMoma acrylic on wood panel 10" x 12" $450

Generation acrylic on wood panel 10" x 12" $450

Cubic acrylic on wood panel 11" x 11" $450

Alan Mazzetti

Coit acrylic on wood panel 11" x 11" $450

El Grandote acrylic on wood panel 10" x 12" $450

Changing Times acrylic on wood panel 10" x 12" $450

Dome Sweet Dome acrylic on wood panel 11" x 11" $450

Alan Mazzetti

Enjoy acrylic on wood panel 11" x 11" $450

Power Switch acrylic on wood panel 10" x 12" $450

City Haul acrylic on wood panel 10" x 12" $450

Sidekicks acrylic on wood panel 11" x 11" $450

Alan Mazzetti

Transparent acrylic on wood panel 11" x 11" $450

To Market acrylic on wood panel 10" x 12" $450

Room with a View acrylic on wood panel 10" x 12" $450

New MOMA acrylic on wood panel 11" x 11" $450

Lucky Rapp

Inappropriate This series is meant to be inappropriate, like the shock value of a word, carefully selected, and thrown like a curve ball into the least likely situation. 'Cunt' is an aggressive word, but when you add ’ish’ to the end (cuntish), you diffuse the word’s meaning.

This series is less typical of my previous work, in that it’s much more direct, leaving little for interpretation, with the exception of a laugh, a giggle, or a gasp. Using a minimal contrast of colors to create a tone on tone effect, I’ve juxtaposed the subtleness of the color combinations with the coarseness of the text, and as a final comment or “last word”, on the side of each work, I’ve hidden a whisper of text, ‘c'est toi’.

website: http://luckyrapp.com/ email: lucky@luckyrapp.com

LUCKY RAPP is a San Francisco-based artist with a studio at 1890 Bryant. She has participated in San Francisco Open Studios for over a decade; and she generously supports numerous non-profits with donations to art auctions, including Art for AIDS, Hospitality House and ArtSpan.

EDUCATION 1998 1999 1996 1995

Bachelor of Arts, San Diego State University, San Diego CA Certificate for German Language, Goethe‐Institut, Mannheim, Germany German Language, Inlingua International, Mannheim, Germany French Language, Alliance Francaise, Berlitz, Paris, France

RECENT EXHIBITIONS: 2016

2015

2014

2013:

2012:

2011

2010

Art Market San Francisco; SLATE Contemporary, San Francisco CA stARTup Art Fair SF; ArtSpan, San Francisco CA #portrait, DZINE Gallery, San Francisco CA Minimal, SLATE Contemporary, Oakland CA Stephanie Breitbard Fine Art, San Francisco CA Pattern Language, DZINE Gallery, San Francisco CA a.Muse Gallery, San Francisco CA Artifacts, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA SLATE Contemporary Gallery, ‘Color Charts’ group show, Oakland CA SquaredAlumni, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA New Works (solo), Campfire Gallery, San Francisco CA Group Exhibition, Slate Gallery, Oakland CA FourSquared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA New Works (solo), Art Zone461, San Francisco CA Houston Fine Art Fair, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, Houston TX Word Perfect, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco CA Group Exhibition, Art Zone461, San Francisco CA FourSquared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA Affordable Art Fair L.A., Los Angeles CA New Works (solo), Gallery 35, Mannheim, Germany New Works (solo),DVC Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium The Guerilla Show, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA Smile, W Hotel, San Francisco CA Dollhouse, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA 4 you , Michael Mut Gallery, New York NY

REPRESENTATION 2013 2010 2009

Pottery Barn Teen, Representation; 2013 – present Art Addict.eu. Representation; 2010 – present Caroline Lizarraga, Interior Decorator, Representation; 2009 – present Reaves Gallery, Representation; 2009 – 2011 Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, Representation; 2009 – 2012

Lucky Rapp

Inapproriate Details 1 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Inapproriate Details 2 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Inapproriate Details 3 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Inapproriate Details 4 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Lucky Rapp

Inapproriate Details 5 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Inapproriate Details 6 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Inapproriate Details 7 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Inapproriate Details 8 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Inapproriate Details 9 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Inapproriate Details 10 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Inapproriate Details 11 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Inapproriate Details 12 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Lucky Rapp

Lucky Rapp

Inapproriate Details 13 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Inapproriate Details 14 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Inapproriate Details 15 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Inapproriate Details 16 gesso, paint, vinyl, resin on canvas 5" x 7" x 2.5" $420

Ken Sloan

Recall This series of small works represent partial memories submerged in the undercurrents of thought, almost a feeling, never making it completely to the surface. I agonize over the colors I create for each piece...like a musician searching for a sound that will resonate exactly as he or she wants it to. Colors (and combinations of colors) are tied to a person’s visual / sense memories in ways that I don’t think anyone can completely grasp.

For me, the primacy of painting is color. Color is the inspiration and the resolution. I am certain that is not a unique “philosophy” but I assume my approach to color is uniquely defined by my own aesthetic. For me, color is memory. Color is music. Color is heart. Color is soul. Color is intellect.

The actual process begins with transparent, semi transparent and opaque epoxy resin. Both liquid and powdered pigments are used in the medium. When I pour the resin it looks like liquid. When it dries, it still looks like liquid. Each color layer is allowed to fully cure before the next is applied.

The layers form a heavily textured appearance. The viscosity of the medium can be manipulated with heat and the timing of the pour. I think of the finished pieces as fluid, liquid sculptures.

The glassy transparent and semi-transparent layers allow the viewer to see the evolution of the piece. Perhaps that is what defines my work...this sense that the history of the process is revealed in the final painting. I believe the word pentimento applies. I look at a finished piece and can see its roots, its evolution. I can see the journey I have travelled in painting each image.

website: http://www.kensloanfineart.com/ email: events@kennethsloan.com

KEN SLOAN is a San Francisco-based artist with a home studio. He has participated in San Francisco Open Studios at Arc Studios for the past few years.

EDUCATION 1984

University of Alaska, Anchorage AK

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2016

2015

2014

2013

FourSquared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA Solo Exhibition, Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton, CA TINT, San Francisco, CA Open Studios, Arc Studios, San Francisco, CA Transition, Curated State, San Francisco, CA VedderPrice, 275 Battery St., San Francisco, CA 201 California Street Building, San Francisco, CA Modernism Week, Christopher Anthony display, Palm Springs, CA Open Studios, Arc Studios, San Francisco, CA ArtBears, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2130 Post Street Building, San Francisco, CA Open Studios, Spaces Design Gallery, San Francisco, CA 9 x 2D, Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mascular Magazine, Water-themed issue, Summer 2013

Ken Sloan

Recall 1 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Recall 2 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Recall 3 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Recall 4 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Ken Sloan

Recall 5 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Recall 6 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Recall 7 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Recall epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" 10" x 10" $450

Ken Sloan

Recall 9 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Recall 10 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Recall 11 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Recall 12 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Ken Sloan

Recall 13 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Recall 14 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Recall 15 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Recall 16 epoxy resin on panel 10" x 10" $450

Cindy Stokes

State of Mind I'm drawn to abstraction in art because it feels more representative of life’s ambiguities than realistic images do. In my photographs I use abstraction to evoke curiosity and question our perception, both literally and metaphorically. The idea is explore how we perceive, and misperceive, our world based on only the fragments of it we can see.

Abstractions exploring the interplay of order and chaos comprise much of my recent work including this series, State of Mind. For it, I made many exposures of the draped fabric of Alaskan fishing nets held up to cloudy skies. Singly, each image portrays a momentary state, while several together, with different focal and view points, provide a greater but sometimes even more confusing view of the whole.

website: http://www.cindystokes.com/ email: info@cindystokes.com

CINDY STOKES is a San Francisco Bay Area-based photographer with a studio at The Art Center of Redwood City and San Carlos.

Working for many years in black-and-white analog media (i.e., film and silver gelatin), recently she's incorporated color and digital acquisition and printing. When not making photographs, Stokes consults for the biotechnology industry, specializing in systems pharmacology.

EDUCATION 1989 1984

Ph.D., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania B.S., Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS 2016 Curious Details, Redux, San Mateo County Law Library, San Mateo CA 2009 Curious Details, PARC (Palo Alto Research Center, Inc.), Palo Alto CA 2008 Dynamic Form, KALEID Gallery, San Jose CA Before, Center for Performing Arts, April-June, Mountain View CA New Work, Stanford Law School Irving Gallery, Stanford CA Before, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Mountain View CA 2006 Dynamic Form, Avalon Art and Yoga Center, Palo Alto CA 2005 Recent Works, Entelos Inc., Foster City CA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS 2016 FourSquared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA

Nothing is Here, Dada is its Name, Branner-Spangenberg Gallery, Redwood City CA

Public Alchemy, Cubberly Art Center, Palo Alto CA 2013 Timeless: The White Mountains, PHOTO Gallery, Oakland CA 2010 PHOTO Gallery, Oakland CA 2008 18@modern, Modernbook Gallery, Palo Alto CA Fort Point Views, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Mountain View CA 2007 Captured Light, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto CA Places Near and Far, Pacific Art League (Honorable Mention), Palo Alto CA 2006 Institute of Contemporary Art Fall Exhibit, San Jose CA

SoLA Show, Art21 Gallery, Palo Alto CA Large Works Pacific Art League (Second Place), Pacific Art League, Palo Alto CA 2005 Institute of Contemporary Art Fall Exhibit, San Jose CA California Modern Gallery/MesArt exhibit, San Francisco CA REPRESENTATION 2008-14 Richter Gallery of Photography, Nashville TN 2003 Sara Thomas Collection Art Gallery, Minneapolis MN SELECTED PRESENTATIONS, ARTICLES, RECOGNITION 2016 2015 2009-11 2009 2006 2005

Silicon Valley Artists: Tech workers embrace aesthetics for a whole-brain life, Climate Magazine, May issue Winning photograph, Global Physics Photo Walk, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Palo Alto CA Invited speaker, Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER), San Francisco, Mt. View, & Stanford CA Invited speaker, Shooting the West Photography Symposium, Winnemucca NV A closer look: Engineer-photographer zeroes in on the patterns and designs of nature, Palo Alto Weekly, Dec. 8 Collection and SoLA STARS awards, Silicon Valley Visual Arts

State of Mind 1

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 3

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

Cindy Stokes

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 2

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 4

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 5

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 7

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

Cindy Stokes

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 6

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 8

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 9

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 11

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

Cindy Stokes

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 10

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 12

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 13

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 15

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

Cindy Stokes

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 14

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

State of Mind 16

archival pigment print, aluminum composite, laminate film

10" x 10"

$290

edition of 16 (this size)

Michele Sudduth

Headshots The speed at which we’re moving — it’s too fast for a static narrative.

Like a kaleidoscope our perceptions flow as focus shifts continually from one set of relationships to another. The figures in these paintings are human-like but also architectural, individualistic yet identical, and always in flux.

I work with acrylic on canvas or panel, beginning each painting digitally by morphing images and colors from my previous work, relying somewhat on chance to create a sketch for a new painting. I project the sketch onto canvas then experiment with color to find the movement at the heart of each painting.

website: http://michelesudduth.com/ email: michelesudduth@earthlink.net

MICHELE SUDDUTH is a San Francisco-based artist with a working studio in Bernal Heights.

EDUCATION

Claremont Graduate University, M.F.A. California State University, Los Angeles, B.A.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS 2016 FourSquared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2015 Toward a Kaleidoscopic Perspective, 500 Terry Francois,

San Francisco, CA, curated by Jan Casey & Associates

Solo Installation, VedderPrice, San Francisco CA 2014 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2013 artMRKT Art Fair, SFMOMA Artists Gallery booth,

Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 2010 New Puzzle Paintings, Leese Street Studio, San Francisco

exhibition and conversation with Mark Johnson,

Director of Fine Arts Galleries, San Francisco State University 2007 Puzzle it Out, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco CA 2000 PAINTINGcircles, Artist Residency, DeYoung Museum,

San Francisco, CA 1999 Foundations, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA 1998 Michele Suddduth Paintings, Shaklee Building, San Francisco, CA 1997 HOUSEpainter, Space 743, San Francisco, CA

9 x 2D, Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, CA HONORS/LECTURES 2014 2001 1999 1999 1997 1982 1976 1975

Fleishhacker Foundation Eureka Fellowship nominee, San Francisco, CA IN /SITE Art Award nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA SECA Art Award nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Panelist, What is Art For? The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA SECA Art Award nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA The Peace Project, Artist Grant, The Damien Foundation, San Francisco, CA Lecturer, Space & Place, Environmental Artists Lecture Series, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Young Talent Award nominee, Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Roth, David M, “Michele Sudduth @ SFMOMA Artists Gallery”, SquareCylinder.com, Jun 28,2014 Hager, Liz, “Color in Motion: Michele Sudduth@SFMOMA Artists Gallery” VenetianRed.net, Jun 4, 2014 Kyne, Barbara, HOME Sweet Home” Artweek 30, no. 9, Sept 1999 “Michele (Sudduth) Betts” The Print Collectors Newsletter, Jan 1979 McConnell, Miriam, “Michele (Sudduth) Betts-Alteration of Space” Artweek, Jan 1974

Michele Sudduth

Headshots 1-4 acrylic on panel 10" x 10" $495 8" x 10" $475

Michele Sudduth

Headshots 5-8 acrylic on panel 10" x 10" $495 8" x 10" $475

Michele Sudduth

Headshots 9-12 acrylic on panel 10" x 10" $495 8" x 10" $475

Michele Sudduth

Headshots 13-16 acrylic on panel 10" x 10" $495 8" x 10" $475

Toru Sugita

Transient Monument The new San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge opened on November 12, 1936, and its East Span closed on September 2, 2013. Watching the long process of dismantling of the bridge, I feel moved by the weathered and decayed structure. For me it is the most beautiful stage of architecture releasing its energy, passing from one era to another. It looks slightly different every time I drive by on the brand-new East Span. Although not functional anymore, the old bridge still has a dignified look. It stands as an important reminder of the history of the Bay Area for many decades. I associate the history of this place with my memory of my hometown Yasu in Japan, where the old street looks much the same, the visually integrity of place intact, and the old local community does not function anymore because the new generation has moved away.

When the afternoon sunlight touches the corners of a window sill, or the steel beams of the bridge, it helps me to feel the world around me. Buildings and their shadows are layered and blended together creating momentary beauty of colors and shapes. These scenes are temporary, and will change or disappear in the next moment. My attachment to the ephemeral quality of light and shadow is embodied in the transiency of old architectural sites. Each time I walk or ride bicycle on the bridge trail, I find new shapes and spaces beams and poles that lead to new perspective.

The printmaking process is reminiscent of the relationship between light and shadow. Etching and aquatint help me express my interest towards light and shadow by using rich tones of black and white. Etching is a subtractive process of altering metal surface by corrosive chemical. I keep taking material away while developing image on copper plate. For me the process stands as a metaphor for the passing of time, the weathering of a building or inevitable fading of memories. website: http://www.torusugita.net/ email: toppi@torusugita.net

(full and extensive CV available on website)

TORU SUGITA was born in Shiga, Japan. He has exhibited extensively in the U.S., Japan and internationally since 1987. His work is in numerous museums and collections, both private and institutional. He is a widely respected educator in printmaking.

EDUCATION 2003 1990 1987

MFA in Printmaking, San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA Research Student, Kyoto Seika University, Printmaking Department, Kyoto Japan BA Education, Kyoto University of Education

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS Toru Sugita One-Quarter Century Exhibition, Gallery Hillgate, Kyoto, Japan Toru Sugita ­Prints, Gallery 212, Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma CA Land & City: Paintings & Prints by Toru Sugita, La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley CA Bay Area Shapes, Caffe Museo, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco CA A Continuous-Scape, The Art Center of Western Colorado, Grand Junction CO Toru Sugita: Chronology and New Vision, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill CA Toru Sugita: New Prints & Paintings, Newmark Gallery, San Francisco CA Ephemera, Johnson Art Gallery, Mesa State College College Art Gallery, Grand Junction CO Solo Exhibition. Merced College Art Gallery, Merced CA

2015 2014 2012

2011 2010 2007 2006 2000

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016

2015

2014 2013 2010 2008 2007 2006 2004 2003

We're Going Nowhere Fast, Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn, NY PRINTS: California Society of Printmakers, Caliifornia College of Arts, Oakland, CA Brownsville Prints, Brownsville Rusteberg Art Gallery, University of Texas, Brownsville TX Printers Series Vol. 1, CSP Art Residency Show Case, Gruenwald Press, San Francisco, CA Prints: CA, LA, and Beyond Part II, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland CA 9th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi, Japan Carol Lefkowitz, Toru Sugita, Juan Miguel Santiago, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco CA Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Hilo HI 7th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi, Japan 19th National Biennial of os Angeles Printmaking Society, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA Kate Luxe & Toru Sugita, Crockett Contemporary Art, Crockett CA Reading/Viewing: a New Perspective Mary V. Marsh & Toru Sugita, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA The Visible World - Patty Neal and Toru Sugita, University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico CA

FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES and GRANTS 2015 2013 2004 1999 1995

The Printers Series: CSP Artist in Residence at The W.O.R.K.S, Vallejo CA Art Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT Zellerbach Family Foundation Community Arts Grant Centrum voor Grafiek Frans Masereel, Kasterlee, Belgium Kala Art Institute Fellowship Artist, Berkeley CA

SELECTED RECENT AWARDS 2011 2009 2006 1999

Purchase Award, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts First Place, Juried Artist Award, Art Center of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO First Place Award, Pacific Prints 2006, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto CA The Blessing Semler Acquisition Award for The Art Collection of Pomona College, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona CA

Toru Sugita

Transient Monument 1 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Transient Monument 2 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Transient Monument 3 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Transient Monument 4 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Toru Sugita

Transient Monument 5 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Transient Monument 6 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Transient Monument 7 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Transient Monument 8 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Toru Sugita

Transient Monument 9 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Transient Monument 10 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Transient Monument 11 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Transient Monument 12 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Toru Sugita

Transient Monument 13 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Transient Monument 14 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Transient Monument 15 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Transient Monument 16 etching & aquatint 6" x 6" image size $350

Sandra Yagi

Olympic Twins My work is inspired by the natural sciences, the anatomical studies of such artists as Andreas Vesalius, Bernhard Siegfried Albinus and naturalists John Gould and John James Audubon, as well as the traditional drawing and painting techniques of the old masters. I have painted several series featuring conjoined fetal twin skeletons. These skeletal figures with severe deformities are portrayed while undertaking great feats of athleticism and grace.

The challenge is to bring together the incongruity of deformity paired with perfection of movement, and make it look believable. In nature, such deformities are often incompatible with survival, but in my paintings, the little skeletons are competing in Olympic events with agility and strength. The twins are the champions.

website: http://www.sandrayagi.com/

email: sandrayagi@gmail.com

(full and extensive CV available on website) photo credit: Troy Holden

SANDRA YAGI is a largely self-taught artist based in San Francisco. Her working studios is at the Pacific Felt Factory. She has exhibited extensively since 1998.

EDUCATION 1988 1985 1979

Otis Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles CA M.B.A., University of Colorado at Denver, Denver CO B.S., cum laude, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver CO

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 2012

2011

Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago IL Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago IL Bone Room, Berkeley CA Primal Renderings, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco CA Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles CA

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016

2015

2014

2013

Destinesia, Stephen Romano Gallery, Brooklyn NY Dreams and Divinities, Atelier Gustave, Paris, France The Known Universe, Root Division, San Francisco beinart Gallery Inaugural Exhibit, Brunswick, AU beinArt International Surreal Art Collective Group exhibition Copro Gallery, Santa Monica CA Garden of Fernal Delights, Bash Contemporary, San Francisco CA Modern Eden Gallery, Storybook, San Francisco CA Dreams and Divinities,Luminarte Gallery, Dallas TX Macabre Gallery, The Macabre Gallery Show, Gallery X, Dublin, Ireland Myth, Magic and Lore, Bash Contemporary, San Francisco CA Endangered Visions, Manila Art 2014, Manila, Philippines MEDinART at the Vesalius Continuum, Zakynthos, Greece, video presentation of art On Beauty, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco CA Bash Contemporary, San Francisco CA beinArt International Surreal Art Collective, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica CA beinArt International Surreal Art Collective, Rites Gallery, New York City NY Grand Opening, Bash Contemporary, San Francisco CA Fiction, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco CA Laluzapalooza, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles CA The Art of Tarot, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco CA Venice, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco CA

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: Axl Rose, Chris Vroom, Cesar Chavez, Paul Ruscha, Collection of Robert and Joan Williams, Collection of Robert Smith and Gary Noguera, Lee Unkrich, Ben Stiller & Christine Taylor, Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, Christie La Russell and Anne Zeller, Leslie Morgan, Susan Schen, Douglas and Amy Catlin, Renee Muzic, Susan Bolles, Josh Jaffe, Bert Green, Michael Yochum & Priscilla Otani, Laura and Sam Craven, Donna Regan, Sherry Mattson, Andrew Briggs, Tanya Wilkinson, Miley Cyrus and many more GALLERY REPRESENTATION AND AFFILIATIONS Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago IL Bash Contemporary, Las Vegas NV Macabre Gallery, London UK

Sandra Yagi

Boxing 2 oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Boxing 3 oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Discus 1 oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Discus 2 oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Sandra Yagi

Figure Skating oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Floor Exercise oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

High Jump oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Hurdle oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Sandra Yagi

Javelin oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Long Jump oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Pole Vault oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Pommel Horse oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Sandra Yagi

Snow Boarding oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Speed Skating oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Sprinting oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

Weight Lifitng oil on panel 8" x 8" $495

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