Root Division's 22nd Annual Benefit Art Auction by Root Division

ROOT DIVISION’S 22ND ANNUAL BENEFIT

ART AUCTION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2023

AUCTION 2023 EVENT SCHEDULE 6:00 PM

Host Access to Artist Studios + VIP Reception

6:30 PM

VIP Access to Artist Studios + VIP Reception

7:00 PM

Main Access to Artist Studios + Event

7:30 PM

Studios Close

7:45 PM

Stage Program Begins / Live Auction

9:00 PM

Silent Auction begins to close shortly after the end of the Live Auction. We will announce the closing of each section in numerical order.

HOW TO BID + BUY REGISTER TO BID • Register as a Bidder at rootdivision.cbo.io • Peruse artworks and place your bids in real time for t he Silent and Live Auction on the ClickBid online portal. LIVE AUCTION • Live Auction items are marked as Items 1-13 • Live Auction will start at 7:45 pm on Thursday, October 26 with live bidding in-person. • Guests unable to attend in-person can sign-up for a Proxy Bidder and/or set a Maximum Bid in ClickBid by Wednesday, October 25. • During the Live Auction, the winning bid will be called out accordingly by the Auctioneer and recorded in ClickBid to the winning bidder. SILENT AUCTION • Bid on Silent Auction items throughout the days leading up to the event on our ClickBid portal. • Gallery works #14–226 can be purchased “BUY NOW” through October 25. • Place final bids before items close at the event on Thursday, October 26. REGISTER TO BID

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PAYMENT • ClickBid requires a credit card/ form of payment during registration. • At the end of the event, checkout and confirm payment for your items. • Items unpaid by Friday, October 27 at 3 pm will be charged in full via the ClickBid portal to the highest bidder. • California sales tax (8.625%) will be charged to all purchases of goods. • All sales are final with no refunds or exchanges, and without warranty. • You will be issued a receipt through the ClickBid portal after your purchase is complete. Save this for picking up your art! PICK-UP / DELIVERY • Schedule an appointment to pick up your purchases, and present your receipt to the Root Division Gallery attendant during your pick up time. We will have appointments available for these dates and will be adding time slots here:

• Friday, October 27, 2–6pm • Saturday, October 28, 11 am–4 pm

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• Schedule an alternate pick-up appointment by emailing visit@rootdivision.org. • Add on and schedule shipping and/or delivery for a fee by emailing payments@rootdivision.org.

LIVE AUCTION BEGINS AT 8 PM

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KIMBERLY, 2ND GRADER

Diamond-fly, 2022 Oil pastel and ink on paper 10 x 10 in. Mission Education Center Retail: $50 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

A colorful interpretation of a butterfly that has geometric designs for the inside part of the wings. This work is from a class taught by Alma Landeta and Rebeca Flores, the 2021–2022 Latinx Teaching Artist Fellows. They taught K–5th grade at Mission Education Center—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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NIMAH GOBIR**

Toes, 2023 Oil, embroidery and fabric on canvas 22 x 16 in. Gallery Partner: Johansson Projects Retail: $1,600 Reserve: $500

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Composed with expressive brushwork and hand-stitched embroidery, my paintings layer multiple textures into intimate domestic portraits. My use of found fabrics evoke handme-down clothes to mirror the way homes, relationships, and memories become banal while being uniquely dear to each person.

KATHERINE VETNE**

Inheritance (Gratuity), 2022 Melted lead crystal vase, lead sulfide, lacquer 10 x 8 in. Gallery Partner: Catharine Clark Gallery

This work is made from a 1980s–1990s lead crystal vase that I melted in a kiln. I then used a traditional Victorian-era mirror-making process, which involves plating the surface of the piece with silver particles.

Retail: $1,500 Reserve:$600 100% donation to Root Division

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ARLEENE CORREA VALENCIA

Papi, Te Amo / I Love You Dad, 2021 Repurposed textiles embroidered on paper; unique 15 x 12 in. Gallery Partner: Catharine Clark Gallery Retail: $3,500 Reserve: $2,000

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Arleene Correa Valencia’s work frequently depicts parents and children in silhouette, rendering them anonymous, as they cross the border. Outlined in thread, these figures appear both present and absent, seemingly in a perpetual state of transition.

MARGO WOLOWIEC

Alarm, 2017 Handwoven polymer, linen, dye sublimation ink, and acrylic ink 24 x 20 in. Gallery Partner: Jessica Silverman Gallery Retail: $8,000 Reserve: $3,500 100% donation to Root Division

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Though we perceive them as paintings, Margo Wolowiec’s works are in fact intricate loom-woven textiles infused with images via dye-sublimation transfer. Her most recent series “Storm Systems” are constructed from amalgamations of found forecast graphics and texts related to recent catastrophic storms and their aftermath, they draw a line between the realities of climate change, its causes, and broader implications for our society. Of late, Wolowiec has been reflecting on water contamination and water quality—a major issue for the Detroit-based artist. Images of droplets of water and cloud-filled skies are complicated during the weaving process, accumulating tech-failure traits like a faulty satellite TV image. The resulting works move between passages of legibility and pure abstraction. Other productive frictions include beauty versus politics, information versus knowledge, word versus picture, and the colliding histories of painting, photography, textiles, and sculpture.

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CATHERINE WAGNER

Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf, 2013 Archival pigment print 12 x 27 in. Gallery Partner: Jessica Silverman Gallery Retail: $5,000 Reserve: $2,000

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In trans/literate, volumes of braille texts are presented as diptych typologies; an image of the closed book on the left with accompanying open pages and embossed braille on the right. This series continues Wagner’s investigation of cultural archives that use unique systems to transfer knowledge.

ADRIAN L. BURRELL

Time, 2020 Archival pigment print 65 x 45 in. Retail: $15,000 Reserve: $8,500

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This piece features Antonia and Vanessa Burrell as Black angles of history. Oakland based artist, Adrian L. Burrell won the 2019 S.F. Camerawork Juror’s Choice Award and is a 2021–22 YBCA Creative Cohort fellow. He has exhibited at the Pingyao International Photography Festival in China, Photoville in New York City, Pop-Up Magazine, The New Yorker, and SFMOMA. Burrell’s work is in the permanent collection of the Crocker Museum and SFMOMA. He currently has a solo exhibition, Venus Blues at MSP Foundation. He has a BFA in film from the San Francisco Art Institute and a MFA from Stanford’s Department of Art & Art History.

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JEFFREY CHEUNG

Untitled, 2023 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 in. Retail: $4,000 Reserve: $1,400 100% donation to Root Division

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Jeffrey Cheung’s drawings and paintings celebrate queer identities, centering on richly colored nude figures whose bodies playfully twist around and embrace each other. Cheung creates prints and zines, and his illustrations can also be found outdoors on murals and on skateboards.

CATHY LU**

china (Homer Laughlin), 2013 China paint on found plate 10 in. diameter Retail: $800 Reserve: $240 100% donation to Root Division

These drawings on Western plates use china paint and reference a genre of traditional Chinese painting called ‘Boys Playing’. Although porcelain was discovered in China, Western countries attempted to create their own versions of porcelain that became so popular, we now refer to these plates as “china.”

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WANXIN ZHANG

Self portrait study, 2010 High fired ceramic, glaze and decal 8 x 5 x 4 in. Gallery Partner: Catharine Clark Gallery Retail: $2,200 Reserve: $1,400

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The relief clay piece is a self-portrait that features the facial structure of an ancient Chinese warrior with decals and stripes on the surface, representing my personal identity as a Chinese American.

AMY ELLINGSON

Loop Fragment No. 3, 2023 Oil and encaustic on panel 16 x 12 in. Gallery Partner: Eli Ridgway Gallery Retail: $3,400 Reserve: $1,200

My work confronts the enormity of the contemporary digital experience while asserting the humanness of painting. Using computer-generated images exclusively as source material, I create paintings that physically assert themselves through the materiality and permanence of historical media and materials.

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ROSS BLECKNER

(On) Other's Good Qualities, 2010 Color aquatint etching 22 x 22 in. Gallery Partner: Paulson Fontaine Press Retail: $2,000 Reserve: $700 100% donation to Root Division

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Moving between representational and abstract, sometimes in the same piece. The artist is unafraid of traditional subjects, like flowers, and explodes them into maps of the moment of change. Flower to firework to abstraction.

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN

A Love Deeper Than The Atlantic Ocean, 2018 Fabric 56 x 27 in. Retail: $3,500 Reserve: $1,000

The art presented elaborates on the artist’s creative craft of utilizing sewing on fabric as a way to reclaim cotton. Initially a material of oppression to African Americans is reconceptualized into contemporary storytelling.

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RACHELLE BUSSIÈRES

After Dune (Purple Sun, 1 hour), 2021 Light exposures on gelatin silver paper 26 x 22 in. Gallery Partner: Johansson Projects Retail: $3,300 Reserve: $1,000

Existing at the intersection of photography and sculpture, my work investigates our broader human experience through light, perception, and time. I create cameraless prints using symbols, forms, and hues drawing on astronomy, transcendentalism, and the sublime.

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JENN SHIFFLET

Luminous Ground, 2021 Oil on canvas 24 x 24 in. Gallery Partner: SLATE Contemporary Retail: $4,000 Reserve: $1,600

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My process includes layering thin layers of transparent oil paint. Here I mostly used pearlescent and iridescent paints. This piece is inspired by the idea of turning within oneself to find the luminous ground of our being, as a respite and source of resilience in this difficult and beautiful world.

TALLULAH TERRYLL

Untitled (fairyland blue green), 2023 Collage 9 x 9 in. Retail: $400 Reserve: $200 100% donation to Root Division

This collage was made after being invited to the Drawn Together event at Fairyland. It is such a magical time making work at the park during late summer dusk I was inspired to continue the body of work.

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JENNA MEACHAM

Untitled, 2023 Scanned 35mm inkjet print 8 x 10 in. Retail: $150 Reserve: $75

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This series is studying expired undeveloped film. There are frames that had light leaks or were exposed. I am interested in the medium’s ability to rebel against its intended purpose: to preserve memories.

AHN LEE

Silkworm, 2023 Porcelain, glaze 6 x 6 x 2 in. Retail: $350 Reserve: $150

Since 2020, I have raised silkworms, collected their cocoons, spun their silk, and learned to weave both porcelain and silk. I understand silkworms as metaphors for the Cantonese diasporic labor my research practice is focused on—laborers who came from the same villages my ancestors.

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HAOYUN ERIN ZHAO

Puzzle #1, 2021 Oil-based monotype, translucent film, handstitching on BFK paper 19 x 20 in. Retail: $2,200 Reserve: $900

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This mixed media piece embodies the childlike joy of following our true passions. Zhao’s work, with its bold colors and meticulous details, mirrors her ceaseless creative exploration.

GALE ANTOKAL

Cascade 8.20.23, 2023 Acrylic ink on synthetic paper 9 x 18 in. Courtesy of Dolby Chadwick Gallery

I use water-soluble acrylic ink, brushes, squeegees, and sponges on synthetic paper. Combined, they possess an unpredictable nature that informs the direction of my work.

Retail: $1,600 Reserve: $500

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MAYA KABAT

Super Spatial 15, 2019 Oil on canvas 24 x 24 in. Gallery Partner: SLATE Contemporary Retail: $2,200 Reserve: $880

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In response to our cultural obsession with the digital, the textural and sculptural nature of this work emphasize the haptic and the sense of touch. Despite efforts to live through our screens, we can’t escape our bodies and the sensual, textural world in which we live.

LAURA HAPKA

Whispers of the Past, 2023 Acrylic paint and thread on linen 20 x 16 in. Retail: $1,800 Reserve: $700

An abstract creation of the fusion of femininity, sexism, and physical limitations, alluding to the struggles of the artist’s grandmother with her life and place on a family farm. It is created from sewn-together cut-up paint of 1930s women’s undergarment patterns and applied to linen.

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MICHAEL NAPPER

Interchange (Afternoon), 2023 Oil on canvas over panel 24 x 18 in. Retail: $1,600 Reserve: $500

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I impose strict parameters upon my painting process - a limited palette, no brushwork and use of straight-edged tools to make marks. Such limits allow me to investigate what’s left, to explore a variety of oil paint’s viscosities and to search for emotional resonance in the work through austere means.

MITCH IBURG

Fan Shaped Vessel, 2022 Foraged Minnesota clays and minerals, kaolinitic clay slips, oxidation-fired 8 x 14 x 7 in. Gallery Partner: hugomento

By extensively testing Minnesota’s rare and ancient kaolinitic clays, Mitch is interested in achieving finishes which evoke a sense of depth, mystery and stillness. These materials are applied in layers over coarse clays, creating expressions reminiscent of dense fog shrouding mountainous terrain.

Retail: $1,200 Reserve: $500 100% donation to Root Division

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JESSICA MONETTE

Lamentations, 2023 Acrylic, plaster, gauze, and soil on canvas 68 x 40 in. Retail: $2,000 Reserve: $700

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Lament - express sorrow. Jessica’s piece “Lamentations” is an acrylic based mixed media painting incorporating elements such as soil, water from the Mississippi River, gauze, and abstracted mappings of Hurricane Katrina aftermath. Materials subvert the colonial grip and offer grounding and healing.

MEGHAN SHIMEK

four hundred seven, 2022 Wool, cotton, copper 25 x 27 x 3 in. Retail: $850 Reserve: $350

Woven wall hanging made with merino wool. The piece is woven in Shimek’s signature style with brushed accents.

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MARY MOCAS

Maid of the Mist, 2022 Mixed media, found paper and spray paint on rag 33 x 27 in. Gallery Partner: Mocas Group Art Consultants Retail: $1,800 Reserve: $650 100% donation to Root Division

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Collecting paper scraps from urban environments around the world, I layer torn fragments on various substrates while adding hardedge, poured, sprayed and gestural paint applications. My works are amalgams of messages and perspectives, that aim to reimagine the expressive potential of flux.

HELIA POUYANFAR

Objects of Endearment, 2023 Mirror, photo, resin, cement 8 x 4 x 3 in. Retail: $900 Reserve: $300

Inspired by her cultural background, Helia Pouyanfar’s architectural sculptures utilize materials such as drywall, bricks, and cement. Her research endeavors to illustrate and investigate the permanently transient state of the refugee body and its negotiation and reconciliation with Place.

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MINOOSH ZOMORODINIA

Untitled (A Plat Map), 2019 Screen print on canvas 14 x 11 in. Retail: $900 Reserve: $260

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I leverage the act of walking as a catalyst to reflect on nomadic lifestyles, as well as the colonization of land. Through the metaphorical journey along these routes, I redefine the notion of borders and territories.

KIEU TRAN

Seed of A New Dream, 2023 Glazed ceramic 10 x 9 x 5 in. Retail: $1,700 Reserve: $700 100% donation to Root Division

This is inspired by one’s budding dreams. It’s a playful form with a sense of hopeful suspension and dynamic movement. It threatens to spring and bounce off if you look at it too long. It contains the energy of dream, the uncontainable enthusiasm to propel forward with or without me, and beyond me.

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WINDY CHIEN

Circuit Board, 2023 Sunbrella cordage, 24k gold thread, walnut 60 x 12 x 2 in. Retail: $3,125 Reserve: $1,000 100% donation to Root Division

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Technology and craft meet on an equal plane in this series (2016–present) which pays homage to the work of Navajo craftswomen who constructed circuit boards for early tech companies and NASA missions in the 1960s.

RACHELLE REICHERT**

Mandorla, 2023 Cast salt from the SF Bay, natural pigment on panel 8 x 8 x 2 in. Retail: $1,300 Reserve: $600

Many of the forms in my “Saltworks” series reference imagery of the moon. This artwork is a continuation of my series that references intersecting circles, a shape that symbolizes the intersection of spiritual and physical worlds, but also is reminiscent of feminine forms.

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SASI KLADPETCH

Inner Circle No.12, 2021 Mixed media 10 x 10 x 3 in. Retail: $750 Reserve: $400 100% donation to Root Division

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Wall concrete sculpture casted with moss. Sasinun Kladpetch is a San Francisco based, multimedia artist. She was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2016 she graduated with an MA from San Francisco Art Institute, California. Her works reflect the beauty of nature that has been hidden among urban living.

MARCO MINETTI

Buncheong Vessel, 2023 Wild clay from the Sierra Nevada Range, white clay slip, transparent feldspathic glaze 10 x 8 x 8 in. Gallery Partner: hugomento

Buncheong ware reinterpreted in California with local materials. Inspired by a 15th century pottery technique from rural Korea, Marco has been cultivating a sensitivity for the technique since his training began in Korea in 2015. Buncheong literally means “gray-green ceramics decorated with powder.”

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PEGAN BROOKE

catalog # S-340 untitled (Light on Water), 2020 Oil on canvas 24 x 18 in. Retail: $5,000 Reserve: $1,500 100% donation to Root Division

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For the past twelve years the paintings have been inspired by the fleeting phenomenon of light falling on water. I have lived by the sea for most of my life, and find endless opportunities for contemplation by the shore.

HADLEY RADT

Unified Field, 2023 Ink and pen on panel 36 x 24 in. Retail: $3,800 Reserve: $1,500

Unified Field is made up of ink and pen layers that overlap and intertwine. Radt is inspired by repetition and geometry in both the natural and built environment, including maps, architecture, fractals, particle formations, and neural networks.

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REA LYNN DE GUZMAN**

Cloudscape 4, 2023 Acrylic and collage on YUPO paper mounted on panel 14 x 11 in. Retail: $600 Reserve: $200

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My recent work is an intuitive visual play and exploration of materials. I’m drawn to soothing colors, complex shapes, motions, and textures inspired by memories and familiar spaces. I explore psychological liminal spaces, reflective of my experiences. I balance these ruptures by reimagining spaces.

STEPHANIE METZ

Pinkness Study #3 (Almost Overlap), 2023 Felt, pigment, and wood 8 x 8 in. Retail: $400 Reserve: $120

Pink is a color found inside our bodies if not outwardly visible. This body of work explores the vulnerability and corporeality embodied by the hue through use of stitched ‘skins’ of felt and reflected intensely-colored paint in hidden areas.

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MICHAEL GABRIELLE

Untitled, 2023 Cotton seine twine, copper pipe 19 x 5 in. Retail: $150 Reserve: $75 100% donation to Root Division

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For me, making art has always been a way to take care of myself. Knot tying is a meditative process—an exercise in patience, pattern, and balance. I hope to make work that provides a moment of softness and peace for the viewer as well.

VANESSA MARSH

Cathedral Group 2, from Cascades Canyon, Grand Teton National Park, WY from the series The Sun Beneath the Sky, 2020 Unique silver gelatin lumen photogram 20 x 24 in. Courtesy of Dolby Chadwick Gallery Retail: $2,900 Reserve: $800

This artwork continues my practice of using cut paper, multiple exposures, and dodging and burning techniques to create cameraless photographic landscapes. These images take the subject of granite mountain ranges— landscapes that evoke solidity—and transforms them into something ethereal.

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CHRISTINE SO

Morning Valley Light, 2023 Cyanotype on paper 24 x 30 in. Retail: $450 Reserve: $300 100% donation to Root Division

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Original photograph hand-printed using the 170-year-old cyanotype process and gigantic negatives the same size as the final print. It is of the woods near my house in Oakland. I love how fog transforms the familiar into a dreamscape and how the first rays of sun set the foggy morning sky aglow.

BRIAN SINGER

The Bargain Bride, 2023 Vintage romance novel, acrylic 14 x 11 in. Retail: $600 Reserve: $200

Part of a series exploring notions of romantic archetypes in Western culture. Popular romance novels from the 60s and 70s are obscured, leaving ghostly remnants of fading norms.

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LINDA GEARY

Turning, 2023 Gouache and watercolor on paper 14 x 11 in. Retail: $2,400 Reserve: $400

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My works on paper explore the impact of color, light, and form on our daily lives, and the possibilities of transformation and reinvention.

ROBERT MINERVINI**

Mariposa, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 48 x 48 in. Gallery Partner: Rena Bransten Gallery Retail: $12,500 Reserve: $5,000

My work examines spatial environments and notions of utopia in large-scale, multi-layered paintings, murals, and public artworks. Through landscapes and still-life, I engage subject matter that addresses the impact of humanity on the landscape.

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RONI FELDMAN

Quicksilver #30, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 12 x 16 in. Gallery Partner: SLATE Contemporary Retail: $1,600 Reserve: $700 100% donation to Root Division

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These paintings are made entirely with white paint, but come alive with light as it refracts over the matte and iridescent surfaces. The paintings vacillate between abstraction and representation, revealing scenes of liquid transformation: great waves, storms clouds, avalanches, and volcanic flows.

JEREMIAH JENKINS**

Future's past, 2023 Ceramics 22 x 18 x 18 in.

Found ceramics inserted into thrown ceramic vessel.

Retail: $200 Reserve: $100 100% donation to Root Division

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MAKIKO HARRIS**

Tangerine Sea, 2021 Acrylic, spray paint, epoxy, and gold leaf on unstretched canvas 33 x 26 in. Retail: $1,800 Reserve: $600

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This work is the last available of the 10-piece series developed during a residency in the desert in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Engaging with the painting surface as a parallel to skin, the canvas is left un-stretched to showcase how it wrinkles and buckles in response to mark making.

COURTNEY SENNISH

Hi Viz Knot, 2022 Concrete, spray paint, foam, wire 22 x 12 x 9 in. Retail: $950 Reserve: $300

I amble through the city in search of illuminations: silent monuments presenting symbolic form and human decision. I look at repetition, shape and texture. I am interested in how nature is represented within the city structure and how people connect to the constructed landscape.

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KARA MARIA

Palette Painting #163, 2018 Acrylic on paper 8 x 6 in. Courtesy of Anglim/Trimble Gallery Retail: $200 Reserve: $60

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I use watercolor blocks as palettes to mix my water-based paints. I save the palettes once they are covered in daubs of paint—my own recycling project. In 2010 I began cutting the palettes into smaller pieces to create “Palette Paintings”—small excerpts from the larger whole.

TANA QUINCY ARCEGA

Resilience, 2022 Collage on paper 10 x 12 in. Retail: $1,000 Reserve: $300

My collage represents the flow and tenacity that is resilience. Materials used are known for their reparative and durable qualities such as hospital bandages, wood glue, and spackling paste.

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RENIEL DEL ROSARIO

Slop Bucket, 2023 Ceramics 9 x 9 x 9 in. Retail: $2,300 Reserve: $700

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Reniel Del Rosario’s series features armatured ceramics and textiles, and is based on roadside vendor signs in rural areas alongside California interstates as they attempt to attract passersby to various establishments. The artwork was created for “Sobremesa” at Catharine Clark Gallery.

PILAR AGÜERO-ESPARZA

Skins 6: Landscape, 2022 Acrylic and stretched leather on wood panel 10 x 10 in. Retail: $1,000 Reserve: $250

This artwork is a continuing exploration of the idea of painting. Specifically, painting as it relates to skin or skin color and the specific material that is leather (also being a skin). The two mediums of acrylic and leather combined in this work provide content and representational context.

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ANNIE ARTELL

offering, 2023 Glazed ceramic, charcoal 16 x 12 x 4 in. Retail: $1,000 Reserve: $400

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The formalistic qualities of the work derived from studies of Etruscan funerary objects. Annie Artell’s practice is a personal and diaristic reflection of her daily experiences and familial lineage, merging elements of ancestry, religion, and storytelling.

KACY JUNG**

My Pandemic Years #3, 2020 White wood frame, printable fabric, and resin 10 x 10 x 2 in. Gallery Partner: Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery

The pandemic years were absolutely terrible. Pandemic, wildfire, police brutality, the presidential election, these years devastated lives, jobs, and our sanity. By stuffing a printed self-portrait into a 10 by 10 frame, this piece sums up how I feel about my pandemic years.

Retail: $660 Reserve: $290

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NATHAN KOSTA

Sunset Over the Golden Gate Bridge, From Grizzly Peak Blvd, 2017 Archival pigment print, walnut frame 17 x 14 in. Retail: $700 Reserve: $200

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Through this series of photographs, I examine the overwhelming momentum of neoliberalism, consumerism, and the reality of increasingly rapid environmental degradation, while simultaneously encouraging the collective imagination of a hopeful future.

JULIO RODRIGUEZ

Easier like this, 2023 Acrylic on paper, framed 12 x 16 in. Retail: $300 Reserve: $100

An airbrushed rendition of a group of looper tubes with yellow tape draped between them. Painted on acid-free paper and framed by the artist.

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TOM COLCORD

Lafayette Park, 2022 Oil on canvas 18 x 19 in. Retail: $1,800 Reserve: $800

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I believe that painting from life reveals spiritual truths that god exists all around us in the form of nature. Tom Colcord is a painter and art educator currently living in San Francisco, California. Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, Tom holds a BFA in Painting from Indiana University Bloomington and an MFA in studio art from the San Francisco Art Institute. His work ranges in style from surrealist murals, plein air painting and pixel art. Tom currently works as the Bay Area Representative for Dixon Ticonderoga, and teaches at Artworks. He was the 2021–22 recipient of the Tournesol Award at the Headlands Center for the Arts. Most days, he can be found painting En Plein Air in Golden Gate Park.

RENIEL DEL ROSARIO

Ice Cream Sundae, 2023 Ceramics, glazes, wood armature, spray paint 19 x 17 x 14 in. Courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery Retail: $1,900 Reserve: $600 100% donation to Root Division

A piece, from a trio of pieces, modeled after used paint cans found at various stages in the art world. Reniel Del Rosario is an artist that primarily uses clay, quantity, and satire to discuss themes of commodification and value. His projects range from interactive mimicries of consumer establishments, reimaginings of artifacts, and imperfect copies of already-existing objects. He holds a BA in Art Practice from the University of California at Berkeley. His work has been exhibited internationally through venues such as West Coast Craft, Meta HQ, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Catharine Clark Gallery, SFMOMA, Jane Lombard Gallery, and simply on the public sidewalk.

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LAURA SANFORD**

Sugar Snap, 2021 Glass beads, canvas, thread, wood frame 8 in. diameter Retail: $600 Reserve: $250

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Framed beaded embroidery scene of a praying mantis made up of sugar snap peas, resting on the artist’s foot.

VICTORIA MARA HEILWEIL

Under the Surface, 2023 Custom walnut video sculpture 5 x 7 x 2 in. Gallery Partner: Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery Retail: $1,800 Reserve: $650

This artwork is a meditation on water. The imagery places greater emphasis on visual sensation that realistic depiction, creating an emotional response to the water. Removing the horizon line enhances the infinite space, forming an expanse plays with our sense of the micro and macro.

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KRIS LANG

Abstract Diorama 17: Evening Herringbone Tesselations, 2023 Archival pigmented print on Canson Platine Rag 15 x 22 in. Retail: $600 Reserve: $300 100% donation to Root Division

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These improvisational abstract dioramas are made using both found elements and digital printing. Handmade patterns are printed and made into paper sculptures. Fragile, ephemeral, barely constructed, the final work is lit and photographed—all the effects are incamera.

NATASHA CARLOS**

O Altar (The Altar), 2023 Aluminum print 16 x 24 in. Retail: $700 Reserve: $250 100% donation to Root Division

Gazing through introspective lenses, this image if part of a series that explores the emotional complexity of living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), reflecting on identity and selfconsciousness in order to make peace with a past of ritualistic routines.

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MICHAEL ARCEGA

Ynomegeh, 2023 Ukelele, enamel paint, Spam spread 8 x 18 x 4 in. Retail: $400 Reserve: $150 100% donation to Root Division

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This artwork employs a playful strategy of reversing words to momentarily obscure meaning. It is analogous to hiding in plain sight—Ynomegeh is hegemony in reverse. Arcega’s practice has long used wordplay as a strategy to discuss power dynamics and colonization.

YVETTE MOLINA

Cosmos (2019-August 23, 2023), 2023 Egg tempera on panel 10 x 8 in. Retail: $1,200 Reserve: $400

This artwork is part of a communal storytelling project. The empty cosmos painting stands as a reminder that there is space enough for all of us, for all of our stories. Yvette Molina is a multidisciplinary artist interested in the relationship between justice and caring. Yvette has exhibited across the US and internationally at venues such as the American Embassies in Uruguay and Latvia, the Stockholm Fringe Festival, Brattleboro Museum, Arsenal Contemporary, Johannson Projects, NADA Art Fair, Spring Break Art Show, Trotter&Sholer, and a forthcoming exhibition at the Tang Teaching Museum. Yvette currently splits her time between Oakland, CA and Brooklyn, NY.

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NOAH P. LANG

Sternenfeld, 2023 Basswood box, insect specimens pins, polystyrene, paper, acrylic, pva 6 x 8 x 4 in. Retail: $750 Reserve: $400 100% donation to Root Division

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I’ve been interested in space, space travel, low budget special effects, Japanese monster movies, encrypted radio transmissions, antenna towers, short wave radio, foreign languages, and Cold War era design and politics for a long time now. These are the things I contemplate while creating artwork.

JD BELTRAN

Sun+Moon+Stars+JD+NASA+ Everyone_else_in_the_world, 2023 Crystal Ball that predicts the future (quartz), wood base, high-definition media player, film, video, photography, NASA intelligence, artificial intelligence software 8 x 11 x 11 in.

This work extends my exploration of our gorgeous universe. Working with NASA material and the magic of AI as a new “paintbrush,” I explore how an image is formed and situated in a 2D or time-based space, color, contrast, composition, movement, light, and dark transform to create thrilling new works.

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EVELYN LEDER

Belonging, 2023 Acrylic and spray paint on wood panel, artist made frame 24 x 24 in. Gallery Partner: Black & White Projects Retail: $1,300 Reserve: $500

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An abstract work made with metallic acrylic paint and metallic spray paint.

NYKELLE DEVIVO

sweet chariot, 2023 Archival inkjet print on metallic photo paper 31 x 19 in. Retail: $2,000 Reserve: $700

Named after a traditional African American spiritual, this artwork acts as a passageway between our world and the land of spirit. I regularly use the imagery of reflecting light, recognized as a point of entry for ancestors to physically manifest and guide us throughout the African diaspora.

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MARILET PRETORIUS

Re-Forming, 2022 Earth pigments, carmel stone, graphite on hardboard 12 x 9 in. Gallery Partner: hugomento Retail: $950 Reserve: $380 100% donation to Root Division

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Made from earth pigments and all natural materials, the pieces in this collection are all particles of nature re-formed, connecting the world outside with our world indoors. They have a steady presence and are composed of imperfect structures.

DANIELLE LAWRENCE

Purple Haze, 2023 Acrylic on constructed canvas with ceramic objects 13 x 13 x 4 in.

This work’s title refers to Jimi Hendrix’s song of the same name.

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VINCE MONTAGUE

Monday Mornings in the Park with Janet, 2023 Black Mountain stoneware, porcelain slip, soda-fired 8 x 10 x 7 in. Gallery Partner: hugomento Retail: $950 Reserve: $380 100% donation to Root Division

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Vince Montague is a writer and ceramic artist working with language and clay. His work is inspired by his experience as a reader and writer. Discovering the shape of a poem feels similar to discovering the shape of a ceramic form.

LAURA LANI DEANGELIS

New Monuments, No.5, 2020 Cyanotype on watercolor paper 26 x 20 in. Retail: $550 Reserve: $250

In collaboration with the sun, I made cyanotypes of the chimneys that remained standing after the CZU wildfire devastation in my community. This work meditates upon loss and our collective grief, offering a space for healing and renewal.

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INAS AL-SOQI

Squid, 2022 Hand-cut collage assembled on paper 17 x 16 in. Retail: $1,000 Reserve: $650

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The artwork is a collage composed during an Art Residency in Cyprus, meticulously assembled from papers collected at local street markets and antique shops. This collage serves as a visual narrative, capturing the essence of Cyprus as a melting pot of diverse cultures and histories.

LYNSE A. COOPER

Untitled (Funeral Flower), 2022 Silver gelatin print 15 x 12 in. Retail: $150 Reserve: $45

This artwork is a still life featuring a flower from my grandfather’s casket spray. Lynse A. Cooper (b. 1993) is an artist working primarily in photography. Her practice is often a way to honor, revere, or memorialize those most important to her. She is a 2023 recipient of the Edwin Anthony and Adalaine Boudreaux Cadogan Scholarship from the San Francisco Foundation. She is currently a second year graduate student in the fine arts department at California College of the Arts.

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AMANDA QUIROZ

Serviam, 2010/2023 Mixed drawing media on paper 8 x 8 in. Retail: $250 Reserve: $100

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Originally started in 2010, this drawing completed in 2023 is inspired by Saint Michael the Archangel and his “Serviam,” which translates from Latin as “I will serve.”

CLINT IMBODEN

Eye, 2023 Assemblage 12 x 13 x 4 in.

This artwork is part of my ongoing assemblages using found objects.

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RHIANNON EVANS MACFADYEN

Object Ritual: Subject No. 006,2, 2023 Diptych, digital collage (MidJourney AI), archival pigment print on Hahnemühle cotton photo rag metallic paper (340 gsm), glass, sealing wax, metal, sacred object, frames 13 x 25 in. Gallery Partner: Black & White Projects Retail: $1,450 Reserve: $700 Bid On This Item

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This is an ongoing series of tools and tribute to the resilience and resourcefulness of Black Women in America using materials of the African Diaspora, ritual practices, multisensorial installation and assemblage, and the exploration of technological archives via AI-rendered collage.

SCOTT B. DAVIS

Motel, Southern Arizona, 2007 Platinum print, AP limited edition of 20 + 1 AP 11 x 14 in. Courtesy of an anonymous donor

Scott B. Davis uses large-format view cameras to create platinum print photographs from 8 x10 inch negatives. He has been photographing the desert and urban areas at night across the American west since the 1990s.

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KARI ORVIK

On the slope of longing (from the series Sound and Color), 2023 Gelatin silver prints collage 18 x 22 in. Retail: $900 Reserve: $250

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My work across photographic media explores how materials and processes can point to simultaneous presence and absence through positive and negative. This series began during the pandemic, using found materials to explore themes of disappearing spaces and loss, in parallel to joy, movement, and light.

HOLLY COLEY**

New Classic Vase, 2023 Glazed stoneware 11 x 9 x 7 in. Retail: $1,000 Reserve: $600

A series of Ancient Greek inspired pots carved with imagined mythology, blending fantasy and history. Holly Coley was born in Bell Flower, CA and currently lives and works in San Francisco. Coley works in clay, and is the owner and teacher at Pinckney Clay.

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AMY AHLSTROM

Affirmation, 2022 Quilted silk and cotton mounted to wood 32 x 8 in. Retail: $850 Reserve: $250

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At the end of 2021, I was asked to create a piece for a skateboard art show at Mirus Gallery, and I wanted to combine quilted elements with text to celebrate the new year. In this artwork, brightly colored silk stripes with the phrase “You Are Enough” cover dark clouds to inspire positive thoughts.

CHRISTINE MEURIS

Refraction I, 2016 Hand screen printed paper, acrylic and walnut dye, and thread 28 x 28 in. Retail: $900 Reserve: $300

Refraction I is part of series in which I screenprinted a needlepoint pattern onto hand-stained paper. Then I cut the paper into shapes and reassembled them to find a new layer of design. I sew paper as a way to reinterpret and explore handicraft traditions.

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TARANEH HEMAMI

Anonymous, 2013 Handmade paper, glass frits on wood panel 10 in. diameter Retail: $2,000 Reserve: $600

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An anonymous portrait of a revolutionary from the archives of Theory of Survival project. Taraneh Hemami explores themes of displacement, preservation and representation working with materials of history, organizing archives, collecting images, transforming data and information to draw connections between contradictory narratives. Her installations and public art projects respond to site and the architecture of the spaces they occupy, inviting participation and interaction by the public. Hemami’s recent projects highlight the collective struggle within Iran and its Diaspora, investigating the universal connections between radical movements across times and geographies.

EBTI

Wall 5420/Wall 9920 (diptych), 2020 Inkjet print 20 x 11 in. Retail: $2,000 Reserve: $900

The wall series is about creating ritual and grounding, time keeping, and time passage, which inevitably ends in death. Different times of day, different time of year, time goes by. By keeping track of time, I remember.

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CARISSA POTTER

Holding Pattern, 2022 Acrylic on Arches 28 x 21 in. Retail: $850 Reserve: $300 100% donation to Root Division

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From the show “Wallowing,” Holding Pattern is a reference to all the times I have longed to be held and felt alone. I was reading recently that that feeling of isolation came from childhood when we were forced to leave and “think” about what we had done. I want to be able to soothe myself. I want to hold it together. I am trying.

ROGER BALLEN

Place of the upside down, 2004 Archival pigment print, edition 158/250 15 x 15 in. Courtesy of an anonymous donor Retail: $1,500 Reserve: $500

Over the past 35 years Roger Ballen has created square-format black and white photographs, as well as work using moving images. Through unique depictions of objects in juxtaposition with the occupants of Johannesburg he creates metaphors in a style he describes as ‘documentary fiction’.

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KIM COGAN

Dusk, 2023 Oil on panel 12 x 16 in. Retail: $4,000 Reserve: $1,200

This is a painting inspired by observing shifting light at dusk. By using light, color and contrast, he exploits paint’s tactile form to create and convey a deeper mood. Kim Cogan is an award-winning artist who has exhibited paintings to great acclaim nationwide. His work has appeared in ARTnews Magazine, ART FORUM, the San Francisco Chronicle, American Arts Quarterly, Harper’s Magazine, Playboy and American Art Collector Magazine. Kim Cogan’s most recent artworks will be on display at Hashimoto Contemporary for the month of October and also included in the De Young Open Sept. 30, 2023–Jan. 7, 2024.

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KELLEN CHASUK

…and it all sits on the tip of my tongue, 2019 Acrylic and Flashe on canvas 25 x 38 in. Gallery Partner: Pt. 2 Gallery Retail: $2,000 Reserve: $700 100% donation to Root Division

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AMY NATHAN

Chance and Wish Grid, 2023 Ink and colored pencil on paper 11 x 8 in. Gallery Partner: CULT Aimee Friberg Retail: $1,000 Reserve: $500

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From a series of drawings that treat everyday objects as handwriting, “Chance and Wish Grid” plays with language and with peripheral vision’s slight of hand.

LUCKY RAPP

until tomorrow when i change my mind completely, 2021 Mixed media resin 8 x 13 x 2.5 in. Retail: $1,800 Reserve: $500

I began the “13 signs” series in 2016 during a period of heartbreak, capturing the essence of this “raw” moment in my life. Over the years, I have added to it, representing the hard times we have all gone through. We all hurt, sometimes more, sometimes less, but we can all relate to heartbreak.

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MATTHEW A. FLORIANI**

blanc, 2018 Acrylic ink on paper 27 x 24 in. Retail: $1,500 Reserve: $700

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This work comes from a series called “HOME MOVIES,” which is a series of drawings/ paintings that were developed through emotions from when chaos entered a place of most comfort. The pattern work is from old south western style Indigenous paintings that my mother collected throughout my childhood.

BONNY NAHMIAS**

Dream Catcher, 2023 Lace, felt, leather, manzanita branch 30 x 16 in. Retail: $1,600 Reserve: $850

How do you catch a dream? How much of it is dependant on deep belief and witchcraft, and where do I find the recipe for it? These are passed down unsolved questions, which were passed down to me by my mother and grandmother, and whose hand gesture and aesthetics symbolize matriarchal power.

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AJ SERRANO

Sacrilege, 2023 Ceramics 6 x 11 x 6 in. Retail: $150 Reserve: $75 100% donation to Root Division

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2 ceramic penises. 1 is interpreted as an angel with wings, the other, a devil with horns. AJ Serrano is a ceramic artist whose work explores queerness, the body, culture, and identity. He has exhibited work at the Berkeley Art Center, Root Division, and at 500 Capp Street with the David Ireland Foundation. Raised in Richmond, CA, AJ is currently working on his MFA in Art at SFSU.

PAYAL GUPTA

Coat of Flowers, 2023 Permanent colored pens on paper 16 x 16 in. Retail: $600 Reserve: $200 100% donation to Root Division

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My art is a visual journey through the kaleidoscope of my imagination, where geometry becomes a playground for limitless creativity. Every stroke is my emotional connection to the lines and colors to form a multidimensional, symmetrical vibrant scene – inviting viewers to dive into a world where the ordinary transforms into the extraordinary. Each piece is a testament to the beauty of abstraction, where the mind is free to wander, explore and find meaning within the intricate dance of shapes and colors. I draw inspiration from nature, the patterns, the landscapes, the sky, my emotions, feelings and my Indian heritage that’s an infinite array of vivid colors. Through my art, I hope to awaken a sense of wonder and inspire contemplation, inviting others to see the beauty that lies beyond the surface of the endless geometric reality.

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RODNEY EWING

Strange Fruit: Alex Nieto, 2016 Ink and acrylic on chalkboard 17 x 20 in. Gallery Partner: Rena Bransten Gallery Retail: $3,000 Reserve: $1,200

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This artwork is based on the facial angle studies of Petrus Camper. For this project, I appropriated Camper’s examples of African features as subjects to speak for the African American men, women, and children that have perished at the hands of state sponsored violence.

IRMAN ARCIBAL

Insiders on the Wrong Side of History (Crumpled by O.N.), 2020 Colored pencil on paper 17 x 21 x 3 in. Retail: $800 Reserve: $250

This colored pencil piece and others in the body of work are drawn on paper crumpled by another in collaboration. Flesh-toned marks respond to the spaces created, a connection between co-creators. The paper is also the color of skin; at the same time, these colors are also earth tones.

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ANA BEDOLLA**

Soñando con Toloache, 2021 Gouache, gold leaf, particle board, colored pencil 9 x 9 x 3 in. Retail: $400 Reserve: $150

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This artwork was created after a dream I had in which I constructed hexagon dream boxes. The datura flower represents the connection to higher states of consciousness for guidance. The bee represents our own spirit that pollinates and collects information as we move through our dreams.

TAMARA BERDICHEVSKY

Shurus, 2023 Wire and pen on paper 11 x 11 in. Retail: $300 Reserve: $125

The larger themes in this artwork explore migrating beyond geographies, as well as what it means to adapt to a new place.The wires are abstract, leaving viewers to make their own interpretation of what the poetic lines might reveal.

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MERCY HAWKINS

Still Life For Graves, 2021 Watercolor on YUPO paper, fabric, fiber, thread and found wood 28 x 14 x 10 in. Gallery Partner: Marrow Gallery Retail: $900 Reserve: $350

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This artwork combines deconstructed paintings with natural fibers and various textiles. It breathes quiet rhythmic patterns unfolding in multi-colored watercolors and layered stitching. Relating to a musical interpretation of the land, color tells time and threads lead the way.

100 HASSEL SMITH

Magnolia I, 1986 Six color lithograph 36 x 35 in. Gallery Partner: Magnolia Editions Retail: $3,000 Reserve: $600 100% donation to Root Division

Six Color Hand Drawing Lithograph from the artists “Measured Paintings” series. Hassel Smith (1915–2007) spent many years working as an artist in the Bay Area as well as teaching at the California School of Fine Art (which later became SFAI), UC Berkeley, and UCLA. Smith painted in many styles in his career including Plein air, different forms of abstraction, as well as being a part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement. He has had major retrospectives at SFMoMA and OMCA. His work is in the collections of the Berkeley Art Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum, LACMA, Norton Simon, OMCA, SFMoMA, SFO, Tate London, and the Whitney Museum amongst others.

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ADRIAN KAY WONG

Quiet Morn, 2023 Oil on canvas 30 x 35 in. Gallery Partner: Glass Rice Retail: $3,700 Reserve: $1,100

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Wong’s paintings display a focused lens on the intimate and familiar, reserving a care for the sentimental, melancholic, and quieter experience of personal narratives. Adrian Kay Wong presents encapsulated moments that portray settings of the everyday; often subjects and scenes that comprise seemingly incidental circumstances of daily life. By exacting a deliberate and measured flatness that levels the attention between primary subject and contextual elements, Wong explores the subtleties of the ordinary, overlooked, and often missed. Wong received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013.

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CARRIE ANN PLANK

Diamond Series #6, 2023 Ink and acrylic on panel 31 x 31 in. Courtesy of Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery Retail: $4,000 Reserve: $2,000

Focusing on layers of sophisticated geometry, Plank examines the space of intersecting patterns to describe new structures. The work utilizes mathematical equations to create multiple overlapping impressions that reveal additional distinct pattern formations.

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VEN VOISEY

Amplification in 4 directions, 2023 Spray paint and acrylic on plywood 25 x 25 in. Retail: $800 Reserve: $300 100% donation to Root Division

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Ven Voisey is an inter-disciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture, installation, and sound. Currently based in Oakland, CA.

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BLAISE ROSENTHAL

West Wind, 2020 Pastel, charcoal, earth pigment and acrylic on canvas 15 x 18 in.

Blaise’s process involves the use of earth pigments, charcoal, pastel and acrylic applied through cycles of washes, staining and extensive repetitive drawing.

Gallery Partner: Johansson Projects Retail: $1,950 Reserve: $700

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YULIA PINKUSEVICH

Untitled, 2022 Acrylic and dry pigment on papel 12 x 24 in. Retail: $2,500 Reserve: $500 100% donation to Root Division

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Yulia creates projects and large-scale environments that consider our ecological and social systems through perspectival illusion and spatial perception that play with the subconscious and cognitive understanding of space. By breaking logical perspectives she creates illusions of impossible spaces, nonplaces or utopias that shift the viewpoint to the panoptic.

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KIANA HONARMAND**

Venus and Cupid, the Revolution, Triptych, 2019 Mixed media: laser engraved inkjet print, acrylic, wood, paper, Imitation gold leaf 11 x 26 in. Retail: $850 Reserve: $400

In this series, I obscure the icons of the Renaissance in a curtain of geometric patterns and Persian calligraphy, calling attention to the egregious acts of suppression while addressing the tradition of excluding all but Western art from art history.

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MEL PREST

Sea Star, 2021 Acrylic paint on wood panel 36 x 36 in. Courtesy of K.Imperial Fine Art Retail: $6,000 Reserve: $1,000 100% donation to Root Division

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Using fluorescent, metallic, mica, and phosphorescent paints that flicker and glow in different light conditions, I echo the feeling of slipping time and optical confusion, reminding the viewer that you are seeing something unknown reveal itself; become a painting in front of you.

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ALEXIS ARNOLD

Dance of the Hours, 2023 Paper pulp on canvas 24 x 24 in. Retail: $4,000 Reserve: $1,800

A work from a series of paper pulp paintings that explore how color, patterns, surface texture, and material affect visual perception. This piece highlights chromostereopsis, or how depth perception can be altered by color and we tend to see blue as receding and red as protruding.

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COREY SMITH

July 19th Red, 2023 Acrylic and watercolor on 140lb cold press paper 20 x 16 in. Retail: $600 Reserve: $250 100% donation to Root Division

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Exploring shape and color as part of my daily art practice. Corey Smith is a multi-media visual artist who currently resides in Truckee, CA.

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COREY SMITH

July 19th Blue, 2023 Acrylic and watercolor on 140lb cold press paper 20 x 16 in.

Exploring shape and color as part of my daily art practice.

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BYRON RYONO

Ominous, 2021 Steel and glass 11 x 10 x 3 in. Courtesy of Jack Fischer Gallery Retail: $1,000 Reserve: $350 100% donation to Root Division

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I make sculpture, mostly metal including cast bronze but also other stuff.

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STEPHANIE ROBISON

Torch, 2021 Reclaimed marble, wool 13 x 8 x 8 in.

Marble and hand felted wool wall sculpture.

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ISAAC VAZQUEZ AVILA

Fly #2, 2021 Acrylic on wood panel 15 x 12 in. Gallery Partner: Pt. 2 Gallery Retail: $1,500 Reserve: $600

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Isaac Vazquez Avila (b. 1983, Mexico City) is a painter and sculptor living in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. Avila received his BA from San Francisco State University in Latino/a Studies and an MFA in 2016 from the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to his practice, he runs Avila Mio Studio, a business designing murals, creating hand painted signs and custom art installations for public and commercial clients. Avila has exhibited his work at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco; Right Window, San Francisco; Tlaloc Studios, Los Angeles; and pt.2 Gallery, Oakland.

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MICHELLE MANSOUR

Circuit Warrior of Clarity, 2022 Acrylic, ink, and silicone on muslin on panel 12 in. diameter Retail: $500 Reserve: $150

My work explores the space between science and spirituality. Exponentially repetitive, cyclical, and meditative, my process includes layering translucent washes of color and building up a symmetrical system of intersecting strands of cells. The circular works reference both Petri dish and mandala.

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MICHELLE MANSOUR

Circuit Warrior of Devotion, 2022 Acrylic, ink, and silicone on muslin on panel 12 in. diameter Retail: $500 Reserve: $150

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NATALYA BURD

pacific (study), 2022 Acrylic, clear Plexiglas, Plexiglas mirror 15 x 16 in. Courtesy of Jack Fischer Gallery Retail: $2,500 Reserve: $800

Utilizing the transparency of Plexiglas and the reflective qualities of mirrors, I create compositions that blur the line between reality and illusion. The interplay of light and color evokes a sense of ethereal wonder, inviting viewers to delve deeper into the layers of meaning within each piece.

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JENNIFER B. STUART

Untitled (2 of series 100 + 1), 2017 Acrylic ink, ink, and pencil on paper 11 x 18 in. (diptych) Retail: $850 Reserve: $300 100% donation to Root Division

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These two images are selections from the series 100 + 1, over 100 pieces inspired by the cosmos and microscopic imagery. They were made by laying down acrylic ink in a random pattern, spraying the ink with water, and adding detailed marks with pencil and ink.

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ANDREW KLEINDOLPH

Soft Thoughts, 2023 Black-stained cherry, milled aluminum, UVcoated SLS 3D printing, microcontroller, addressable LEDs 8 x 4 x 4 in. Retail: $440 Reserve: $100

Touch this fellow’s mouth to whisper through a random sequence of blues, purples, and whites projected in light onto its pillow-like mind. Slightly bigger than handheld, this bright friend nudges any space towards peace and, in the late hours of the day, might soften the thoughts of those around.

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LEYLA JAMIL RZAYEVA

Close, 2022 Oil on linen 11 x 21 in. Retail: $700 Reserve: $400

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Research completed for “Close” uses the digitized slide film taken by Leyla’s father in the early 90’s and describes the unique experiences of Pamir and Caucasus regions of West Asia as a link between the artist’s present and past identities.

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SUSAN R. KIRSHENBAUM

City series: Above All, 2022 Digital original collage printed on aluminum, edition 1/1, custom framed 20 x 20 in. Gallery Partner: Black & White Projects

My favorite theme and ongoing series, women and nature are combined through my life drawings and photography via digital collage. Here are four drawings repeated subtly into the landscape of this image of Sales Force Tower Park, within and above our city. We are the humans who make up The City.

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KIJA LUCAS**

In Search of Home, Grinnell 221, 2015 Archival pigment print 43 x 33 in. Retail: $5,600 Reserve: $3.000

In Search of Home ties the emigration patterns of my family to the racial taxonomy of Carl Linnaeus through scans of plant clippings, rocks, and other objects. San Francisco Bay Area artist, Kija Lucas uses photography to explore ideas of home, heritage, and inheritance. She is interested in how ideas are passed down and how seemingly inconsequential moments create changes that last generations. Lucas has exhibited her work at For-Site, SF Camerawork, Oakland Museum of California and Headlands Center for the Arts, and has been an artist-in-residence at Montalvo Arts Center, Recology San Francisco, and The Wassaic Project.

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BLAISE ROSENTHAL

Folio, 2023 Pastel, charcoal, earth pigments and acrylic on canvas 28 x 28 in. (diptych)

Blaise’s process involves the use of earth pigments, charcoal, pastel and acrylic applied through cycles of washes, staining and extensive repetitive drawing.

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PIERO SPADARO

Feels Like Summer, 2021 Mixed media and resin on panel 30 x 30 in. Gallery Partner: Andrea Schwartz Gallery Retail: $5,500 Reserve: $2,200 100% donation to Root Division

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For over a decade glitter and resin has been a signature of my work. I have sought materials to engage light; taking it in and sending it back out. My compositions have alluded to place, pattern and symbolism to record my pursuit to stay on the lighter side of life.

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SHARA MAYS

Emiline, 2023 Acrylic and oil on canvas 48 x 36 in. Retail: $7,500 Reserve: $3,000

My paintings explore otherworldly realms with color, brushstrokes, and meditative repetition. Through the language of landscape and an orchestrated disruption of conventional artistic hierarchy, I explore the allure and the tumult of the natural world as a voyage into selfhood.

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JODI CONNELLY

Fractured River II, 2022 Acrylic paint, drywall, wood panel 23 x 22 in. Retail: $500 Reserve: $200 100% donation to Root Division

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This artwork was extracted from an installation in which the Yuba Goldfields were mapped in a gallery by carving into the walls and building out the floor with the discarded pieces, or “tailings”. The goldfields were formed by hydraulic mining, which left its indelible mark on the landscape.

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BRETT FLANIGAN

A nice juicy wound that will show well when they put neon lights around it, 2018 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 in. Gallery Partner: Pt. 2 Gallery Retail: $2,500 Reserve: $800

Brett Flanigan (b. 1986, Great Falls, MT) lives and works in Oakland, CA. Flanigan holds a degree in Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He works primarily in painting and sculpture. His work has been exhibited in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Portland, Atlanta and Chicago, as well as internationally in Hamburg, Germany and Warsaw, Poland. Flanigan has also completed a number of public artworks, including a mural at the Lilley Museum at the University of Nevada, Reno, and a large scale public sculpture in downtown Oakland.

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PATRICK DINTINO

Fervor, 2015 Oil on canvas 24 x 24 in. Gallery Partner: Andrea Schwartz Gallery Retail: $4,000 Reserve: $1,600

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These paintings are ultimately translating the visual experience of our environment through the combination of undulating space and color identity. The result is a glowing color landscape, optically breathing with the life force of each unique concept.

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REBECCA GOLDFARB

Bronze Can, 2023 Photograph of bronze can 30 in. diameter Retail: $2,500 Reserve: $1,000

Photograph of cast bronze can top. Rebecca Goldfarb earned a BFA in Art and Environmental Studies from Pitzer College and an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute, where she circled back to teach from 2011–2018. Exhibition space include: Eli Ridgway Gallery, Stanford University’s Clayman Institute, California Biennale at OMCA, Galeria Nora Fisch, Ever Gold Gallery, Hosfelt Gallery, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, Los Gatos Museum of Art, among others. Performance and curatorial venues include: Untitled Art Fair, SFMOMA, and 500 Capp Street, where she was Director of Education, creating the Artist Guide Program.

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LOLA

BallOoon, 2022 Tinted resin on wood panel 36 x 36 in. Gallery Partner: SLATE Contemporary Retail: $6,900 Reserve: $2,600

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During the pandemic, my work was controlled and geometric with straight lines and a formulaic process. As the shelter-in-place order was lifted, the shapes began to soften from squared edges to curves. I found hope in the curved forms which felt emotionally uplifting. This was the impetus for the Oon Series.

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CASEY GRAY

Hugs & Kisses & Argyle Sock, 2016 Acrylic spray paint, molding paste, aerosol glitter on panel 40 x 32 in. Retail: $4,500 Reserve: $1,000

This piece is the first in an ongoing series of still life pieces that use alternative frameworks for staging objects. The themes in this work reflect upon childhood innocence and coming of age in the form of a hanging mobile such as one might find in a child’s bedroom or nursery.

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LIZ HICKOK

Ferry Building, San Francisco in Jell-O, 2006 Chromogenic print, signed and numbered on the back of the mounted print (edition # 6/12) 18 x 13 in. Retail: $1,500 Reserve: $600

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This photograph is part of my Fugitive Topographies: San Francisco in Jell-O series. The rainbow colors of the childhood dessert glow with the brilliance of stained glass, capturing the joy, fragility, and brilliance of the city. Buildings may collapse, decay, or shake in an earthquake.

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BLANCA ESTELA RODRÍGUEZ**

Expanded Vision II, 2023 C-Print, acrylic glass, mirror acrylic 12 x 12 in. Retail: $1,800 Reserve: $450

The work showcases investigations in luminosity, the range of prismic transitions and the malleability of acrylic glass through geometrical sculpture and light. The limitless shifts in perception based on light, shape, and proximity mimic the complex interplay of intention and reception in her work.

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ANGÉLICA TURNER**

Trust, 2022 Oil on canvas 56 x 50 in. Retail: $3,920 Reserve: $1,500

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“Trust” is part of the series Breastplate. Through this series I work in a symbolic way to represent the process of grieving, by thinking of ferns as breastplates that have to soften up in order to let go of expectations and move on.

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SELBY SOHN

Dissolved Self-Portrait, 2023 Digital photo print 42 x 33 in. Retail: $3,000 Reserve: $300

Dissolved Self-Portrait is a portrait of the artist becoming barely legible. The artist is seeing themself, unseeing themself, and opening themself up to further interpretation.

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MAKIKO HARRIS**

Truth or Consequences, #10, 2019 Acrylic, gloss medium, and spray paint on canvas 70 x 60 in. Retail: $6,400 Reserve: $2,500

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This framed work engages with the painting surface as a parallel to skin. The canvas is left unstretched to showcase how it wrinkles and buckles in response to mark making and evaporation.

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MELISSA HUTTON**

Build Up, 2017 Six color screen print on paper 45 x 31 in. Retail: $1,200 Reserve: $480

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This piece was created as a reaction to the 2016 elections and a breakup. Hutton graduated from SFAI in 1995 with a BFA in Printmaking & Film. She spent several years as a graphic designer--first working for a large corporation in Northern California as an Art Director and Creative Director, building and managing a team of six designers--and then as a freelance designer. In addition to graphic design, Hutton makes art in her home office/studio in Napa, CA. Her works are made from a variety of mediums including acrylic, screen printing and spray paint. Hutton’s work has been shown in the 2023: The de Young Open - Group Exhibition, 2020: The de Young Open Group Exhibition, and 2018: Lola’s Art Gallery - Solo Exhibition, among others.

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SHAO-FENG HSU

Cavitation, 2021 Silver gelatin print 20 x 16 in. Retail: $500 Reserve: $150

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As I penetrate the water’s surface with my fingers, I press the air into the water. If I keep up with a certain speed, the air bubble stays on my fingertips for a while, then slowly flow away.

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MAYA FUJI

Tale of The Bamboo Cutter, 2022 Acrylic on wood panel 24 x 18 in. Gallery Partner: Glass Rice Retail: $3,000 Reserve: $1,000

This painting is inspired by traditional Japanese mythology and folklore, as well as Showa and Heisei–era subcultures. Fuji expands on these themes within the context of her personal experiences.

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THE TRACY PIPER

Family Found, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 36 x 48 in. Gallery Partner: Voss Gallery Retail: $4,000 Reserve: $1,600

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In queer culture we have a concept of a found family, people who accept you for who you are, that are not blood related. This can be a crucial act of survival for those of us who do not fit into the standard model that society demands of us.

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DAVE EGGERS

Untitled (Standing Bear), 2017 Acrylic on panel 36 x 24 in. Gallery Partner: Electric Works Retail: $6,000 Reserve: $1,800

Dave Eggers’ drawings and paintings feature strange, powerful images of animals, and plaintive text. The resulting effect is oddly spiritual, often profound, and sometimes even humorous.

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YUNFEI REN

Purple Is The Warmest Color, 2019 Chromogenic print 30 x 22 in. Retail: $500 Reserve: $300

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“Purple is the Warmest Color,” they say, A hue that brightens even the gray. With passion and depth, it finds its way, In the spectrum of emotions, it holds sway.

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NIMISHA DOONGARWAL

Hybrid Identity no 2, 2020 Mixed media: oil, paper, stamp, oil pastel and fabric 24 x 20 in. Retail: $5,100 Reserve: $2,000

This is a painting showcasing the overlap of eastern culture onto western cultures. Overlapping identities over centuries of merger which started during colonization, bring us into the global hybrid society which we live in today.

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JOSEPH ABBATI

Celestial, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 in. Retail: $1,200 Reserve: $300

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This artwork showcases a study of skin textures and patterns. The model’s dark freckles resemble celestial stars, evoking a sense of unity with the cosmos—reminding us that we are all interconnected, woven from the same cosmic dust.

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JAMIL NASIM**

I call my brother sun cuz he shine like one (I), 2023 Charcoal, dispersed pigment, acrylic paint, & vinyl emulsion on linen 8 x 8 in. Retail: $800 Reserve: $500

In “I Call My Brother Sun..”, the artist transports us to a realm of nostalgic aesthetics, drawing inspiration from early animation and computergenerated graphics. The title draws inspiration from the Method Man lyric which plays off the homonyms of ‘son’ and ‘sun’.

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TIANNA BRACEY

Talk To Me Sweet, 2023 Oil on wood panel, foam clay frame 14 x 11 in. Retail: $1,450 Reserve: $450

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This artwork is an invitation for lovers to indulge in the beauty of both masc and femme energy. Through subject and material, this painting asks viewers to thrive in the duality that comes with being hard yet soft, assertive yet demure. As they say—get you someone who can do both.

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LEONARD REIDELBACH

sea of fags, 2022 Silkscreen 30 x 22 in. Retail: $800 Reserve: $300

I use silkscreen to create variations in matrixes. Pattern carries a history that I reconfigure physically, bringing in the infinite potential of past and future realities. New ways of seeing and relating are a way to invite a more welcoming future.

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YUNFEI REN

Hwong Fook, 2023 Acrylic on wood, railroad spikes, ropes 36 x 36 in. Retail: $500 Reserve: $200

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Hwong Fook is the name of a Chinese railroad worker that helped built the transcontinental railroad. An archival photograph of him recorded his name in the caption in this anglicized form. His Chinese name was never found in records, though Fook is likely 福, which means happiness.

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ALAN MAZZETTI

To New Heights (Big City II), 2017 Acrylic on wood panel 60 x 60 in. Gallery Partner: SLATE Contemporary Retail: $9,500 Reserve: $3,500

Alan Mazzetti’s paintings originated from his illustration work, using collage and phototransfer imagery to depict primarily urban scenes of San Francisco and from his travels. He gradually edited his imagery down to the basic shapes, colors and textures leading to geometric abstractions.

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LISA ROCK

Two Yellow Flowers, 2023 Oil on linen over panel 10 x 8 in. Retail: $1,200 Reserve: $360

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I search for overlooked gems in the everyday by examining the mundane and exploring the subtle beauty of objects in my surroundings whether it be from walks in my neighborhood or things in my home. The paintings become a way for me to explore the space between abstraction and representation.

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VIVIANA MARTINEZ CARLOS**

Corteza, 2023 Photo collage on cyanotype 9 x 6 in. Retail: $250 Reserve: $125

Viviana is a Mexican photographer and a visual storyteller. She earned her BA in Visual Arts from the University of Guanajuato, Mexico in 2014. She attended the Narrative Photography workshop taught by the Magnum agency at the University of Texas in 2016. She completed the continuing education program in Art Anthropology taught by the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS) in 2018. She recently attended a production and research-based residency in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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CHARLOTTE BECK**

April Wildflowers, 2023 Cyanotype on canvas 14 x 11 in. Retail: $300 Reserve: $125

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Tape, fishnets and wildflowers picked during a hike in April

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NAHYUN KIM

Floating, 2023 Oil on canvas 13 x 16 in. Retail: $900 Reserve: $360

In order to float, one needs to trust and relax. In this painting, I imagined a place in time and space where we can fully relax and just ‘be’. The figure represents versions of myself, my woman ancestors and friends. The female figure in this piece is purposefully taking up the entire length to symbolize comfort in taking up space.

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CAMILO VILLA**

Xochitl & Ollin, 2022 Watercolor and pen on paper 20 x 25 in. Retail: $375 Reserve: $150

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Xochitl is the goddess of beauty and love, lady of flowers, young women and fertility. Ollin represents the cyclical movement of nature with respect to the four directions. These two forces of nature hold hands and remind us to keep moving forward despite the obstacles ahead of us.

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CHICHAI**

Reciprocated Offerings, 2022 Watercolor, dried banana leaves, dried flowers, and paper on wood panel 24 x 36 in. Retail: $990 Reserve: $600

This work is from ChiChai’s first solo show “Matapang at Walng Hiya // Brave and No Shame”. Dedicated to women—especially my fellow pinays—that are continuing on their journeys of unlearning that there is no shame in standing up for ourselves what we want what we feel and know is right

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DOTTIE LO BUE

The Sun Gets Hotter All The Time, 2022 Oil and paper 24 x 20 in. Retail: $900 Reserve: $360

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My work explores anxiety and searches for gentleness within it, while acknowledging how surreal both of those things can be. I use images of figures in pause or at rest paired with collaged interruptions within strangely familiar spaces.

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SANDRA LIU**

Black Petunia, 2022 Oil on canvas 20 x 19 in. Retail: $800 Reserve: $280

Images that surround the artist, like the flowers in their garden, movies, and animation, are all merged together seamlessly into one floral composition. This artwork is a collage of a black flower from her neighbor’s yard and an image still from Don Bluth’s animated The Last Unicorn (1982).

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YUNFEI REN

Prism, 2019 Inkjet print 30 x 24 in. Retail: $500 Reserve: $250

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In the prism’s embrace, light takes flight, Colors shimmer, a rainbow’s delight. In its fragile dance, pure and bright, Lightness and colors, a wondrous sight.

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COURTNEY GRIFFITH**

Marine Plastic Organism IV, 2022 Archival print 21 x 17 in. Retail: $220 Reserve: $100

In the series, I animate found synthetics from local beaches by photographing them like scientific studies of marine organisms, challenging the finality of trash and its categorization as separate from nature or civilization.

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REBECCA KAUFMAN**

Split Personality VII, 2023 Acrylic on canvas on panel 16 x 16 in. Retail: $1,100 Reserve: $350

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I make sight specific paintings. Everything in my field of vision, both seen and unseen, finds its way into my work. Employing elements of risk and the illusion of control, I construct disrupted optical field paintings unlike the pristine surfaces of first-generation op artists.

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CHRISTOPHER REIGER**

Field Guide : Turkey Vulture, 2021 Archival print on matte paper 25 x 19 in. Retail: $110 Reserve: $50 100% donation to Root Division

For the popular “Field Guide” project, I consider birds from one angle (in profile), then break down the bird by color (plumage, legs, beaks/bills, and eyes) to create the column. The colors are stacked according to the percentage of a given color observed.

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MARGARET TIMBRELL**

Flower Tondo, 2022 Yarn, canvas 18 in. diameter Retail: $650 Reserve: $250

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Tondo experimenting with a floral and Barcellos combination of stitches. Margaret Timbrell (b. 1979, São Paulo, Brazil) is a needlework artist. Timbrell was a National Merit Scholar at NYU where she earned a Bachelor in Studio Art. Timbrell exhibited at the De Young Museum, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Root Division and other galleries. She was featured in the Washington Post, SF Examiner, LA Times, Bust Magazine and Star Magazine. She is most known for her 15’ latch hook portrait of Minnie Pearl at The Graduate Hotel. Because of this, Timbrell’s work was profiled on Handcrafted Hotels: Nashville available on Discovery+.

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HUNTER FRANKS**

Things People Hang in their Bathrooms, 2017 Pen on paper 7 x 6 in. Retail: $50 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

365 Lists is a collection of daily creative lists made over the span of one year. Hunter Franks creates ways for people to share introspections, hear other people’s stories, and reimagine social norms. His practice encompasses community-based public art, visual work, writing, and installation. His work has been carried out in public spaces and venues around the United States including the de Young Museum, Mural Arts Program, Asian Art Museum, 111 Minna Gallery, Akron Art Museum, Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, and Detroit’s Eastern Market. His work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, Fast Company, Curbed, and Univision.

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HUNTER FRANKS**

Ways to Unshell a Peanut, 2017 Pen on paper 7 x 6 in. Retail: $50 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

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365 Lists is a collection of daily creative lists made over the span of one year.

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HUNTER FRANKS**

Power, 2017 Pen on paper 7 x 6 in.

365 Lists is a collection of daily creative lists made over the span of one year.

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HUNTER FRANKS**

When Was the Last Time You, 2017 Pen on paper 7 x 6 in. Retail: $50 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

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365 Lists is a collection of daily creative lists made over the span of one year.

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HUNTER FRANKS**

Currency, 2017 Pen on paper 7 x 6 in.

365 Lists is a collection of daily creative lists made over the span of one year.

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HUNTER FRANKS**

Spin, 2017 Pen on paper 7 x 6 in. Retail: $50 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

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365 Lists is a collection of daily creative lists made over the span of one year.

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LORENE ANDERSON

Green/Pink Oscillator 1, 2021 Acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in. Retail: $1,800 Reserve: $900

My work explores themes of shifting space which feeds & influences my work, methods ,and approach to painting. Moments are frozen in each layer of the painting as a way to process and illustrate change, metamorphosis, journey.

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MEG MORIARTY**

another fire, 2023 Acrylic ink on paper, mounted on wood panel 14 x 11 in. Retail: $600 Reserve: $250

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Rooted in the histories of abstract expressionism and the compositions of scientific photography, my paintings explore how we conceive spiritual and psychological landscapes.

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LISA SOLOMON

Color Meditation: Dots, 2019/23 Watercolor, crochet, pins on paper on board 8 x 8 in. Courtesy of Walter Maciel Gallery Retail: $900 Reserve: $250

This is a Color Meditation piece—a part of my practice that I do as warm up, color study, a means to ease into the studio, exploration, etc. Sometimes I finalize these pieces more by mounting them, adding thread, or in this case bits of crochet that mimic the mark making in the piece.

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HOLLY WONG

Amulet, 2023 Collaged fabric and film on wood panel 13 x 13 in. Gallery Partner: SLATE Contemporary Retail: $800 Reserve: $250

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This work is titled amulet as I was thinking of creating jewel-like works as spirits of protection for the home. Materials include collaged cellophane, dichroic film & vinyl with tulle, foil and thread, mounted on 4 wood panels.

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AMBER JEAN YOUNG

A Bunch of Blue, 2020 Acrylic, acrylic gouache on paper 19 x 14 in.

This painting is part of Young’s ‘Pegi’s Garden’ series, which celebrates her deceased mother’s love of flowers and patterned textiles.

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KATHRYN DUNLEVIE

Whirling, 2023 Photo collage on panel 12 x 12 in. Courtesy of Hooks-Epstein Galleries Retail: $1,200 Reserve: $700

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This artwork is from the series “Femmes Futuristes” which encourages bold authenticity and a sense of adventure, so that we may all piece together the best fragments of our lives and proceed with flair and without apology.

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JESSICA SNOW

Minoan Stories 4, 2022 Oil pastel and acrylic on paper 25 x 32 in. Courtesy of Pastine Projects Retail: $3,400 Reserve: $1,800

This artwork is inspired by preclassical Minoan art, the land, and the ancient myths of the island of Crete. The narrative in my imagination goes beyond the figurative, and one can decipher my forms much like an archeologist deciphers artifacts, where meaning and mystery is in constant play.

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DYANNA DIMICK

Body 4, 2020 Acrylic and fabric on wood panel 16 x 13 in. Retail: $500 Reserve: $200

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I explore human relationships and the natural world. In this piece, wood represents the natural element, the grain shows through the paint, becoming one. The fabric, representing humanity, changing in light, the sun creates a sheen. I think of it as an aura. The tiny marks show that small things have a large impact.

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GINA TUZZI

Sweet Jane, 2022 Acrylic on panel 11 x 11 x 2 in. Retail: $1,200 Reserve: $600

This sculpture is a portrait of Jane Goodall painted onto a cut out of my own silhouette. The quilted fabric blocks are reminiscent of wildflower meadows in the Upper Klamath Mountains near my home in Northern California.

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ELIZABETH RYONO

Fraught II, 2018/2023 Acrylic on board 11 x 14 in. Retail: $350 Reserve: $150 100% donation to Root Division

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I paint daily, trying to lose myself in the process, often failing. I’m not normally worried about a finished product. I usually know when a painting communicates to me. For me, painting is not therapy, nor work, but rather a creative, oftentimes playful act that sometimes in its process, rewards.

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LINDSAY STRIPLING**

Nightlife, 2023 Gouache on paper 20 x 16 in. Retail: $1,750 Reserve: $550 100% donation to Root Division

This series comes from my own extended exploration of memory and story telling and pushing myself to challenge who the story is about, what the story is and why it matters. I like the idea of questioning how we assemble information to build a narrative.

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JOHN CASEY

Cable Knit, 2018 Pencil on paper 18 x 14 in. Retail: $900 Reserve: $300 100% donation to Root Division

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Sweater weather for Mr. Pug. John graduated with honors from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston with a BFA in Painting His work is included in the collections of de Young Museum in San Francisco, the di Rosa Preserve in Napa, California, and the Artothèque de Caen in France. John has shown in galleries in Boston, Portland, Los Angeles and the Bay Area, as well as international venues in France, Germany, and Denmark. He currently lives in Oakland, California with his wife, artist Mary Kalin-Casey.

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LUCY STARK**

Spring, 2022 Hardground etching with aquatint 21 x 21 in. Retail: $250 Reserve: $100

Lucy Stark is a painter and printmaker living in Oakland, CA. In her art practice, she documents food and dishes with personal significance as a way to capture and celebrate the fleeting moment right before a meal commences.

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PABLO MANGA

Lives and Breathes, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 16 x 20 in. Courtesy of Hang Art Retail: $1,800 Reserve: $600 100% donation to Root Division

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I use geometric abstraction, optical dynamics and the interaction of color to make work about the possibility of joy, happiness, and freedom. This piece is part of a new body of acrylic paintings that builds on my use of tape as a painting medium.

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ANJELICA COLLIARD

Flower Shape, 2022 Color pencil on paper 24 x 18 in. Retail: $900 Reserve: $340

I am inspired by the magic of plants and the movement of their shapes. My works read like tapestries, soft on the edges with patterns that tell a story, like windows into the worlds I imagine. My intention is to tickle a sense of wonder and inspire us to look towards a brighter blooming future.

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ANJELICA COLLIARD

Fruit Forest, 2022 Oil pastel on paper 18 x 24 in. Retail: $900 Reserve: $340

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PETER FOUCAULT

Untitled, 2023 Recycled museum wall text vinyl on MDF 6 x 8 in. Retail: $750 Reserve: $100

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Recycled museum wall text vinyl on MDF. Peter Foucault creates works on paper, videos, and installations that are fueled by his love of drawing and mark making. He has created a series of Drawing-Projects, which utilize systems developed by the artist that produce complex abstract compositions. At the root of these projects is a constant tension between control and the loss of control. Viewer interactivity plays an integral part in his drawing installations, large-scale artworks in which participants influence the outcome of a drawing that is created by a small robot over the duration of an event or exhibition. His work is concept driven, and often utilizes objects that reference printmaking and multiplicities.

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LIZZY BROOKS**

sense and system 1 (diptych), 2023 Unique photogram 14 x 11 in. each (diptych) Retail: $400 Reserve: $150 100% donation to Root Division

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I am interested in the relationship between natural and algorithmically generated forms. I write a software script to generate a mathematical image. Then, I cut that image from a variety of materials (cardboard, acrylic, wood, fabric) and layer the cuts onto photo paper in a traditional darkroom.

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AMY LANGE

TMI: burnout, 2023 Wooden stretcher bars, yarn 32 x 8 in. Retail: $600 Reserve: $200 100% donation to Root Division

This work was created on the heels of a much larger interactive installation piece I made in the spring. I used the leftover yarn from that piece and channeled my excess energy into this one while coping with intense burnout at my job.

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LEAH KING**

ROSES, 2021 Digital print of handcut collage, 1 of 5 42 x 32 in. Retail: $2,300 Reserve: $600

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The limited edition print on archival paper features a handcut paper collage from a series on Black and Brown beauty.

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CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS**

Black is Light Part 2, 2023 Oil on canvas 44 x 40 in. Retail: $8,500 Reserve: $2,800 Gallery Partner: Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery

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To my Black skin—my strongest ally, I was inspired by the reading of Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. “It was awful to be a Negro and have no control over my life. It was brutal to be young and already trained to sit quietly and listen to charges brought against my color with no chance of defense.” With each brush stroke of this painting, Maya Angelou made me realize that my skin is not darkness or void of light. But yet my skin, my blackness is light. I am a reflection. I am the reason the stars light up at night. I am what you are willing not to understand. I am light. Black is light. As seen on the L Word Generation Q, Season 3, Episode 2.

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VALERIA OLGUÍN*

Una Guajolota pal' Susto, 2023 Gouache on wood 16 x 16 in. Retail: $675 Reserve: $350

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This artwork is a nod to my Mexico City roots, it’s people, and the layers of inside jokes they hold. A complex place, so vibrant it’s almost comical; with a love for bread and the power to make anything into a sandwich.

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NICKI AQUINO*

49 Mile Drive, 2023 Acrylic on wood 18 x 13 in. Retail: $300 Reserve: $100

“49 Mile Drive” is a love letter to San Francisco and the Bay Area. Amidst the bleak ramifications of gentrification and displacement, the beauty and resilience of the Bay Area’s dynamic culture and communities prevail.

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CHAD ABBLEY*

Every Dog, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 38 x 25 in. Retail: $1,200 Reserve: $400 100% donation to Root Division

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This artwork is inspired by the phrase, “Every dog has its day.” It was made when I was a prep cook in San Francisco, after moving here six years prior with art aspirations. In a job that wasn’t fulfilling, this painting symbolized hope, reminding me to persevere, believing my artistic goals would manifest.

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CAROLINA CUEVAS*

Un Clavo Saca Otro, 2023 Cotton and rusty nail 18 x 8 in. Retail: $1,200 Reserve: $500

Part of a series created during my time at the ICA SF, Un Clavo Saca Otro directly translates to “one nail removes another”. The phrase has many interpretations, most of them surrounding relationships, but my favorite use of it is in reference to new beginnings.

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ALEXIS JAVELLANA HILL*

Green Cloud, 2023 Oil on canvas 25 x 25 in. Retail: $1,000 Reserve: $450

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Green Cloud is part of a series of paintings centering nature in urban space, architectural abstractions and the visual notations of a daily practice of dérive.

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NIBHA AKIREDDY*

Makhani, 2020 Oil on wood 36 x 36 in. Retail: $1,000 Reserve: $450

Makhani, the Punjabi word for “butter,” is also the name of a Bhangra dance move, named for the way the dancer’s arms reflect the motion of churning butter. This painting was created from reference photos pulled from video footage of a Bhangra teammate dancing.

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ALMA LANDETA*

No Me Mientas (diptych), 2023 Acrylic, pastel, and charcoal on Arches rag paper, diptych 19 x 15 in. Retail: $480 Reserve: $175 100% donation to Root Division

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No Me Mientas (Don’t Lie to Me) is a reflection on the ways our body can be our greatest teacher. The title is inspired by James Baldwin’s novel Another Country, “One lies about the body but the body does not lie about itself...” The piece was made using an intuitive process and mixed media.

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JOSIE LICAVOLI*

memoirs of a friendship, 2022 Oil and bart ticket on canvas 20 x 20 in.

Dedicated to long lasting friendships, and mourning the loss of those that didn’t.

Retail: $400 Reserve: $160

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ANISA KARIM ESMAIL*

Here Now, 2019 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 in. Retail: $1,625 Reserve: $500

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After a 7-year hiatus from painting, and a personal crisis, I sought solace in creating this painting. I explored themes of impermanence, fragility, femininity, and vulnerability in this piece.

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VICTORIA 程*

For my mother, 2022 Linocut print on paper 10 x 13 in. Retail: $200 Reserve: $100

In chinese mythology, there exists a colony of rabbits: they are asexual, all of one gender, all considered to be mothers, birthing the next generation by throwing them up from their mouths, literally breathing life into existence.

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CHANEL CHORANAY KIM*

Tomorrow when the farm boys find this freak of nature, they will wrap his body in newspaper and carry him to the museum., 2023 Giclée print on canvas 20 x 20 in. Retail: $650 Reserve: $190 100% donation to Root Division

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200 DOMINIQUE BIRDSONG*

Ecstasy of Liberation, 2023 Acrylic paint, acrylic mirror, yarn on monks cloth 40 x 42 x 7 in.

Having recently become unemployed, this piece embodies the paradoxical dance of liberation and doubt, a testament to my new found creative freedom.

Retail: $5,000 Reserve: $1,500

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MAYA SALCIDO WHITE*

simplemente amigos, 2023 Linocut 18 x 24 in. Retail: $320 Reserve: $280

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Inspired by Ana Gabriel’s song “Simplemente Amigos,” this print is a part of a series that explores the (oftentimes hidden) queer themes that are present within selected Mexican songs from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

202 ILEANA TEJADA*

In order to become the 1% you must do what the other 99% won't do, 2019 Silverpoint and graphite on prepared paper 19 x 16 in.

Weightlifting trophy drawn in silverpoint and graphite.

Retail: $300 Reserve: $150

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203 RACHEL DEAN*

A study on breaking and mending, 2023 Hand-dyed and quilted cotton 20 x 15 in. Retail: $320 Reserve: $150 100% donation to Root Division

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I was compelled to cut one of my miniature quilt studies into pieces and re-sew it into something else. I am particularly interested in the echos of distortion that are highlighted by this process.

204 NATHALIE O’BRIEN*

Orbs and Sparks, 2022 Watercolor and oil pastel on paper 10 x 7 in. Retail: $100 Reserve: $40

My current body of work explores color, shape and texture through mixed media painting. I work with watercolor, acrylic paint, oil pastel and glitter on paper. My creative process is improvised, creating different shapes as I paint.

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205 CHASE IRVIN*

take time, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 10 x 8 in. Retail: $400 Reserve: $175

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take time is the last piece of the ‘Intimacies at Home’ series which focused on the mundane and intimate moments of Chase’s early pandemic rituals. take time removes the background context to represent her body outside of the containment of her personal space, as a reaction to her time protesting.

206 GRACE JIN*

The Study, 2018 Oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. Retail: $360 Reserve: $120

This painting is a time capsule from a class I took with Sam Messer at Yale, where we painted at a hotel across the School of Art called The Study. Grace Jin is an artist and medical student born in Ohio but raised by her grandparents in rural Zhejiang, China. Using oil painting, Chinese calligraphy, installation and bookbinding, she creates altars for healing in the Sino-diaspora, drawing wisdom from Taoist cosmology, traditional Chinese medicine, and decolonial literature. Her work has been exhibited at Coulter Gallery, SOMArts, and Yale on York. Grace received a BA in Global Affairs from Yale University, is currently at Stanford School of Medicine, and will be pursuing a MFA at California College of the Arts.

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STUDIO ARTISTS Chad Abbley

Chase Irvin

Nibha Akireddy

Chanel Choranay Kim

Nicki Aquino

Grace Jin

Dominique Birdsong

Josie Licavoli

victoria 程

Alma Landeta

Carolina Cuevas

Cinthia Marisol Lozano

Rachel Dean

Nathalie O’Brien

Salome El

Valeria Olguin

Anisa Esmail

Lyn Patterson

Dillon Gardner

Lonnie Taylor

Audrey Herrera

Ileana Tejada

Alexis Javellana Hill

Maya Salcido White

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EDRIC, 1ST GRADER

Corazón de Colores, 2023 Mixed media on paper 16 x 13 in. Bryant Elementary Retail: $40 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

Made using crayon and watercolor, each section of this heart is painted with different colors such as blue, black, orange, yellow, brown and green. This work is from a class taught by Alexis Javellana Hill, the 2022–23 Blau-Gold Teaching Artist Fellow. She taught grades K–2 at Bryant Elementary—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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LUCAS, 3RD GRADER

Mariposa de la Noche, 2022 Ink on paper 17 x 13 in. Mission Education Center Retail: $50 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

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Youth Artwork

This butterfly uses hearts to construct the wings. This work is from a class taught by Alma Landeta and Rebeca Flores, the 2021–2022 Latinx Teaching Artist Fellows. They taught K–5th grade at Mission Education Center--one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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ENZO, 1ST GRADER

Swirly Rainbow, 2023 Mixed media on paper 16 x 13 in. Bryant Elementary Retail: $40 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

Painted with watercolor to resemble a rainbow, this artwork features a swirl starting in the center of the page, working its way to the outside. This work is from a class taught by Alexis Javellana Hill, the 2022–23 Blau-Gold Teaching Artist Fellow. She taught grades K–2 at Bryant Elementary—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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Ensalada Verde, 2023 Collaged colored pencil drawings on board 22 x 20 in. Bryant Elementary Retail: $80 Reserve: $40 100% donation to Root Division

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Youth Artwork

This artwork features a selection of different green fruits and vegetables with their words in Spanish. This work is from a class taught by Alexis Javellana Hill, the 2022–23 Blau-Gold Teaching Artist Fellow. She taught grades K–2 at Bryant Elementary—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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Ensalada Roja, 2023 Collaged colored pencil drawings on board 22 x 20 in. Bryant Elementary Retail: $80 Reserve: $40 100% donation to Root Division

This artwork features a selection of different red and pink fruits and vegetables with their words in Spanish. This work is from a class taught by Alexis Javellana Hill, the 2022–23 Blau-Gold Teaching Artist Fellow. She taught grades K–2 at Bryant Elementary—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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MAJA, 5TH GRADER

Cherry Bomb, 2023 Plastic collage on paper 10 x 8 in. Bessie Carmichael Retail: $40 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

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Youth Artwork

This artwork features two mosaic-like cherries surrounded by a collaged background that includes penguins, flowers, a house, mushrooms and a dog. This work is from a class taught by Nicki Aquino, the 2022–2023 Filipinx Teaching Artist Fellow. She taught 3rd–8th grade at Bessie Carmichael & Filipino Education Center—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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AMARIZ, 4TH GRADER

Rosa, 2022 Pastel on paper 11.5 x 9 in. Buena Vista Childcare Center Retail: $40 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

This artwork features a rose with clouds in the background. This work is from a class taught by Charlotte Beck, one of our 2022–2023 Teaching Artists. She taught 2nd–4th grade at Buena Vista Children’s Center—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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NICKY, 4TH GRADER

Jar of Joy, 2023 Plastic collage on paper 10 x 8 in. Bessie Carmichael Retail: $40 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

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Youth Artwork

This illustrated jar contains small plastic sparking pieces in front of a collaged background. This work is from a class taught by Nicki Aquino, the 2022–2023 Filipinx Teaching Artist Fellow. She taught 3rd–8th grade at Bessie Carmichael & Filipino Education Center—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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CAROLINA, 3RD GRADER

My Favorite Colors, 2018 Assorted colored yarn 7.5 x 3 in. Mission Education Center Retail: $30 Reserve: $20 100% donation to Root Division

The artwork is a four-colored hanging weaving. This work is from a class taught by Liz Anderson and Camilo Villa, the 2017–2018 Latinx Teaching Artist Fellows. They taught K–5th grade at Mission Education Center—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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220 LISA, 2ND GRADER

Opposites, 2018 Assorted colored yarn 7 x 5 in. Mission Education Center Retail: $30 Reserve: $20 100% donation to Root Division

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Youth Artwork

The artwork is a seven-colored hanging weaving. This work is from a class taught by Liz Anderson and Camilo Villa, the 2017–2018 Latinx Teaching Artist Fellows. They taught K–5th grade at Mission Education Center—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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ROBERTO, 3RD GRADER

Beach Colors, 2018 Assorted colored yarn 7 x 3 in. Mission Education Center Retail: $30 Reserve: $20 100% donation to Root Division

The artwork is a three-colored hanging weaving. This work is from a class taught by Liz Anderson and Camilo Villa, the 2017–2018 Latinx Teaching Artist Fellows. They taught K–5th grade at Mission Education Center—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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222 ADRIANNA, 6TH GRADER

Scorpio, 2021 Ink rubber stamp on paper 11 x 9 in. Bessie Carmichael Retail: $40 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

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Youth Artwork

Using an eraser as a rubber stamp, this artwork artwork features 19 replicas of the scorpio horoscope sign. This work is from a class taught by Nicki Aquino, the 2022–2023 Filipinx Teaching Artist Fellow. She taught 3rd–8th grade at Bessie Carmichael & Filipino Education Center—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

223 MARTIN, 4TH GRADER

Frida & Yo, 2021 Colored pencil on paper 11 x 9 in. Mission Education Center Retail: $40 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

This artwork features a photograph of Frida Khalo on one side, mirrored by a reinterpretation from the student on the other side. This work is from a class taught by Alma Landeta and Rebeca Flores, the 2021–2022 Latinx Teaching Artist Fellows. They taught K–5th grade at Mission Education Center—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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224 NICO, 6TH GRADER

Space Explorer, 2021 Ink rubber stamp on paper 11 x 9 in. Bessie Carmichael Retail: $40 Reserve: $30 100% donation to Root Division

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Youth Artwork

Using an eraser as the rubber stamp, the image has 19 prints showing the scorpio horoscope sign. This work is from a class taught by Nicki Aquino, the 2022–2023 Filipinx Teaching Artist Fellow. She taught 3rd–8th grade at Bessie Carmichael & Filipino Education Center—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

225 YANEISSY, KINDERGARTEN

Mini Mariposa, 2022 Pastel on paper 8.5 x 8.5 in. Mission Education Center Retail: $30 Reserve: $20 100% donation to Root Division

A small drawing of a butterfly using different red tones. This work is from a class taught by Alma Landeta and Rebeca Flores, the 2021–2022 Latinx Teaching Artist Fellows. They taught K–5th grade at Mission Education Center—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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226 MATIAS, KINDERGARTEN

Cuatro Manos, 2023 Colored pencil on paper 9 x 11 in. Bryant Elementary Retail: $30 Reserve: $20 100% donation to Root Division

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Youth Artwork

This artwork shows various traced hands connecting to one another. Each finger is a different color such as blue, orange, grey, green and red. This work is from a class taught by Alexis Javellana Hill, the 2022–23 Blau-Gold Teaching Artist Fellow. She taught grades K–2 at Bryant Elementary—one of eight education sites where Root Division provides free after school art enrichment classes.

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INDEX OF ARTWORK #s

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Joseph Abbati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Natasha Carlos*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Chad Abbley*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

John Casey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Pilar Agüero-Esparza . . . . . . . . . 52

Kellen Chasuk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Amy Ahlstrom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Victoria 程* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Nibha Akireddy*. . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Jeffrey Cheung. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08

Inas Al-soqi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

ChiChai**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Lorene Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Windy Chien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Gale Antokal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Kim Cogan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Nicki Aquino* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Tom Colcord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Michael Arcega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Holly Coley**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Irman Arcibal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Anjelica Colliard. . . . . . . . 182–183

Alexis Arnold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Jodi Connelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Annie Artell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Lynse A. Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Roger Ballen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Arleene Correa Valencia . . . . . . 04

Charlotte Beck* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Carolina Cuevas*. . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Ana Bedolla**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Scott B. Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

JD Beltran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Rea Lynn de Guzman**. . . . . . . . 37

Tamara Berdichevsky. . . . . . . . . 98

Rachel Dean* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Dominique Birdsong* . . . . . . . 200

Laura Lani DeAngelis. . . . . . . . . 72

Ross Bleckner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Reniel Del Rosario. . . . . . . . . 51, 58

Tianna Bracey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Nykelle DeVivo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Pegan Brooke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Dyanna Dimick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Lizzy Brooks* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Patrick Dintino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Natalya Burd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Nimisha Doongarwal. . . . . . . . . 142

Adrian L. Burrell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07

Kathryn Dunlevie. . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Rachelle Bussières . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Ebti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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Dave Eggers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Melissa Hutton**. . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Amy Ellingson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Mitch Iburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Anisa Esmail* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Clint Imboden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Rhiannon Evans MacFadyen. . . 77

Chase Irvin*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Rodney Ewing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Alexis Javellana Hill*. . . . . . . . . 193

Roni Feldman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Jeremiah Jenkins**. . . . . . . . . . . 46

Brett Flanigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Grace Jin* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Matthew A. Floriani**. . . . . . . . . . 91

Kacy Jung**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Peter Foucault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Maya Kabat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Hunter Franks**. . . . . . . . 162–167

Rebecca Kaufman**. . . . . . . . . . 159

Maya Fuji. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Nahyun Kim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Michael Gabrielle. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Chanel Choranay Kim* . . . . . . . 199

Linda Geary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Leah King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Nimah Gobir**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02

Susan R. Kirshenbaum. . . . . . . 120

Rebecca Goldfarb. . . . . . . . . . . 128

Sasi Kladpetch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Casey Gray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Andrew Kleindolph. . . . . . . . . . 118

Courtney Griffith**. . . . . . . . . . . 158

Nathan Kosta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Payal Gupta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Alma Landeta* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Laura Hapka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Kris Lang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Makiko Harris**. . . . . . . . . . . 47, 135

Noah P. Lang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Mercy Hawkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Amy Lange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Victoria Mara Heilweil. . . . . . . . . 60

Danielle Lawrence. . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Taraneh Hemami. . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Evelyn Leder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Liz Hickok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Ahn Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Kiana Honarmand**. . . . . . . . . . 106

Josie Licavoli*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Shao-Feng Hsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Sandra Liu** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

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Dottie Lo Bue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Nathalie O’Brien*. . . . . . . . . . . 204

Lola. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Valeria Olguín*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Cathy Lu**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09

Kari Orvik. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Kija Lucas**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Yulia Pinkusevich. . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Pablo Manga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Carrie Ann Plank . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Michelle Mansour. . . . . . . .114–115

carissa potter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Kara Maria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Helia Pouyanfar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Vanessa Marsh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Mel Prest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Christopher Martin. . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Marilet Pretorius. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

viviana martinez carlos** . . . . . 150

Tana Quincy Arcega. . . . . . . . . . 50

Shara Mays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Amanda Quiroz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Alan Mazzetti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Hadley Radt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Jenna Meacham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Lucky Rapp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Stephanie Metz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Rachelle Reichert**. . . . . . . . . . . 32

Christine Meuris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Leonard Reidelbach . . . . . . . . . 146

Robert Minervini**. . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Christopher Reiger**. . . . . . . . . 160

Marco Minetti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Yunfei Ren. . . . . . . . . . 141, 147, 157

Mary Mocas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Stephanie Robison . . . . . . . . . . 112

Yvette Molina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Lisa Rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Jessica Monette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Julio Rodriguez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Vince Montague. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Blanca Estela Rodríguez**. . . . 132

Meg Moriarty**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Blaise Rosenthal . . . . . . . 104, 122

Bonny Nahmias**. . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Byron Ryono. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Michael Napper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Elizabeth Ryono. . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

jamil nasim**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Leyla Jamil Rzayeva . . . . . . . . . 119

Amy Nathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Maya Salcido White*. . . . . . . . . 201

*Current Root Division Studio Artist

Laura Sanford*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Ven Voisey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Courtney Sennish . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Catherine Wagner. . . . . . . . . . . . 06

AJ Serrano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Christopher Williams** . . . . . . . 188

Jenn Shifflet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Margo Wolowiec . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05

Meghan Shimek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Adrian Kay Wong. . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Brian Singer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Holly Wong. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Hassel Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Amber Jean Young. . . . . . . . . . 172

Corey Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . 109–110

Wanxin Zhang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Jessica Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Haoyun Erin Zhao . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Christine So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Minoosh Zomorodinia. . . . . . . . . 29

Selby Sohn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Lisa Solomon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Piero Spadaro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Lucy Stark**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Lindsay Stripling**. . . . . . . . . . . 178 Jennifer B. Stuart. . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Ileana Tejada*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Tallulah Terryll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Tracy Piper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Margaret Timbrell**. . . . . . . . . . 161 Kieu Tran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Angélica Turner**. . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Gina Tuzzi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Isaac Vazquez Avila. . . . . . . . . . 113 Katherine Vetne**. . . . . . . . . . . . 03 Camilo Villa** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

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ABOUT ROOT DIVISION BOARD OF DIRECTORS John-Mark Ikeda**, Chair Sharon Tanenbaum, Vice Chair; Chair, Governance Committee Lisa Olson, Secretary Ry Sullivan, Treasurer Jonathan Carver Moore, Chair, Development Committee Tavarus Blackmon, Chair, DEI Committee Shannon Atlas Andrea Crow Hakki Cacekli Kate Fritz Chase Irvin*, Studio Artist Rep Kacy Jung**, Alum Artist Rep Alma Landeta*, Studio Artist Rep Tom Loughlin Ancel Martinez Taura Null Ellen Oh, Recruitment Lead Erica Sandler Lisa Spivey Ry Sullivan Amy Ellingson, Emeritus Member Cynthia Loukides, Emeritus Member Nathan Suter, Co-Founder & Emeritus Member Mitch Temple, Co-Founder & Emeritus Member

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STAFF Michelle Mansour, Executive Director Rachel Welles, Managing Director Frances Fleetwood, Art Programs Manager Tianna Bracey, Communications & Development Manager Tamara Berdichevsky-Ovseiovich, Education Programs Manager Helena Gonzalez Martinez, Operations Coordinator FELLOWS & INTERNS Janie Perez-Radler, Exhibitions Fellow Amelia Martinez, Exhibitions Fellow Eunnuri Lee, Adult Education Intern Tej Greenhill, Youth Education Intern ABOUT ROOT DIVISION Root Division is a visual arts non-profit in San Francisco that connects creativity and community through a dynamic ecosystem of arts education, exhibitions, and studios. Root Division’s mission is to empower artists, foster community service, inspire youth, and enrich the Bay Area through engagement in the visual arts. The organization is a launching pad for artists, a stepping-stone for educators and students, and a bridge for the general public to become involved in the arts. OUR SUPPORTS Root Division is supported in part by a plethora of individual donors and grants from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Grants for the Arts, California Arts Council, California Humanities, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Kimball Foundation, Redtail Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, Foundation for Quality Housing Opportunities, Fred Craves Family Foundation, Violet World Foundation, Deutsche Bank, and Bill Graham Memorial Fund.

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