ACQUISITION ANNOUNCMENT

 

 

I'm delighted to announce the acquisition of my recent drawing, dateline: (08-07) 16:22 PDT Trona, CA (AP)- by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's Achenbach Foundation for the Arts. This piece as well as a second artwork were chosen to be exhibited in, the de Young Open October 10- January 3, 2021

Thank you to all my supporters. There is nothing better than recognition from curators, fellow artists, friends and patrons.

 

The de Young Open

October 10, 2020 – January 3, 2021

De Young Museum, San Francisco, California

In celebration of the de Young museum’s 125th anniversary, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are hosting The de Young Open. The de Young Open continues the museum’s long-standing tradition of engaging the local community and showcasing the talent of Bay Area artists. 

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The Beginning of Everything : An Exhibition of Drawings

The Beginning of Everything : An Exhibition of Drawings

Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota
Regis Center for Art, January 21 - March 28, 2020
Public Reception and Program : January 25, 6 - 10pm

 

When I see a white piece of paper, I feel I’ve got to draw. And drawing, for me, is the beginning of everything. - Ellsworth Kelly

dateline: (07-08) 11:28 CST Winona, MN. (AP)--

Drawing is, in many ways, the most versatile of all artistic mediums. It can serve as the beginning of an idea, the beginning of a more ambitious project, or the beginning of a completed artwork unto itself. Because drawing is so elemental, so direct, such a primary means of expression, it is cherished by artists and audiences for its immediate and intimate access to the possibilities of creative expression.
Howard Oransky, Director, Katherine E. Nash Gallery 

Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota presents The Beginning of Everything: An Exhibition of Drawings, January 21 – March 28, 2020. This group exhibition surveys a broad range of approaches to drawing, and includes works from a wide variety of geographies, time periods, and esthetic perspectives. 
The exhibition includes works by Francis Alÿs, Edgar Arceneaux, Wendy Artin, Deborah Aschheim, Melanie Baker, Leslie Barlow, Will Barnet, Circle of Federico Barocci, Harriet Bart, Frank Big Bear, Robert Bechtle, Kim Beck, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Hazel Belvo, Melissa Cooke Benson, Judith Bernstein, Judith Braun, Rachel Breen, James Boyd Brent, Andrea Carlson, Paula Champagne, Leona Christie, Christo, Rebecca Clark, Sean Connaughty, Patricia Coonrod, Robert Cottingham, Bryan Cotton, J.M. Culver, Stephanie DeArmond, Jim Denomie, Amy DiGennaro, Emily Donovan, Jean Dubuffet, Mary Esch, David Feinberg, Carole Fisher, Tia-Simone Gardner, Alice Gauthier, Sheila Ghidini, Mauro Giaconi, Justin Gibbens, Michela Griffo, William Gropper, Karen Gustafson, Maiya Lea Hartman, Annie Hejny, Carmen Herrera, Jenny Herrick, Jim Hittinger, Katsushika Hokusai, Nick Howard, Larassa Kabel, Brad Kahlhamer, Donna Anderson Kam, Shana Kaplow, Michael Kareken, Caitlin Karolczak, Käthe Kollwitz, Wanbli Koyake (Francis Yellow), Fay Ku, Alexis Kuhr, Anne Lindberg, Kristen Lowe, Joyce Lyon, Kevin Martin, Henri Matisse, Lynda Monick-Isenberg, Clarence Morgan, Nyeema Morgan, George Morrison, Reuben Negron, Stuart Nielsen, Gwen Partin, Max Pechstein, Alex Petersen, Lamar Peterson, Sonja Peterson, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Dave Reed, Diego Rivera, Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez, Kristen Sanders, Megan Scheffer, John Schuerman, Lauren Seiden, Amy Sillman, Joe Sinness, Laura Stack, Emily Swanberg, Priya Thoreson, Jonathan Thunder, Tonja Torgerson, Amanda Valdez, Aaron Van Dyke, Paolo Veronese, Megan Vossler, Russ White, Dyani White Hawk, Cosmo Whyte, Jody Williams, Diane Willow, Judith Yourman, Mathew Zefeldt.
GALLERY HOURS
Gallery hours are 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM | Tuesday - Saturday

“Fall-out Shelter” Gallery 60six annex

This 60SIX group show of paintings, drawing, sculpture, photography and video, features work around the theme of art as “fall-out shelter”... A place to contain or release energy. The exhibition takes place in an actual yoga studio housed in a historic artist live/work space. Notable musicians and artists have lived and worked in 455A Valencia, such as 60SIX artist and composer, Peter Whitehead, violinist, singer, Carla Kihlstedt and performer, comedian Whoopi Goldberg.

In Leigh Barbier’s drawing, “The Watcher” a cyclops-like woman observes the room, a quiet but powerful presence. She is exposed but modest. Both victim and heroine, she has balls…for hands. Suppression of power, containment of power, forces reaching in to steal or heal are illustrated in Barbier’s surrealistic work. Sally Smith’s drawings contain cathartic alchemy. In the large drawing “Golden Shower” she concocts the charcoal by burning pages from Trump’s “Art of the Deal”and Playboy magazine, mixed with urine, and uses a template of a drain cover to create a rhythmic vibrating field.  Donna Anderson Kam’s drawings juxtapose her subjects’(young girls) delicacy and innocence with a graphic toxicity, speaking to our living with a large level of daily denial.  Oliver DiCicco’s kinetic sculptures are styled in a purist modernist form, which contrasts with  the unpredictable randomness of their sound and motion. German artist Jürgen Trautwein’s video piece called “gif me a break” gives a nod to philosopher Jean Baudrillard’s ideas, questioning (among other things) whether humans will eventually become machines. Brent Willson presents a large abstract painting, “Entropica,” reminiscent of the painter Albert Oehlen’s energetic, automatic painting style.

Other artists include Heike Liss, Isabelle Maynard, Steve Molnar, Anne and Laina Terpstra, Dave King and Peter Whitehead.

Gwen Terpetra, gallery owner

16th Annual Art Auction, Root Division,

(07-08) 03:07 CST Winona, MN. (AP)--

October 26, 2017 San Francisco

Commision Completed!

I MUST say, it feels very good to tell you all "it's finished"!
all 45"x90"

Now..."back to work"

American Institute of Architecture, San Francisco (AIASF) Exhibition

During the annual "Architecture and the City" Festival at the AIASF offices San Francisco,  An exhibition curated from the Recology San Francisco Residency Collection will be installed and open to visitors. The exhibition focuses on the issues of sustainability.

The Offices are located at 130 Sutter Street, Ste. 600.  The show will be up until  November 18.

For a full list of artist's and their work: 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/artatthedump/sets/72157654798162723

 

2016 Archive Project / MFA NEVER

Root Division San Francisco, Publication: "MFA NEVER, 2016 Archive Project"

MFA NEVER at Root Division, San Francisco

MFA Never

Root Division, San Francisco, Feb. 10-27

 












Review:  Sarah Hotchkiss, KQED Arts:

 MFA NOW,  an annual juried exhibition of work by current Bay Area MFA candidates, has been a staple of Root Division's program for the past four years. But in the "age of $120,000 art degrees, what about those who opt out of the academic machine? Juried by Rhiannon Evans MacFadyen, Donna Napper and Brion Nuda Rosch. MFA Never includes artists who's names might surprise some, considering how established they are within the Bay Area art scene. But then that's the whole point - an MFA is not a sure path towards success, or even a sign of artistic accomplishment. Bravo to Root Division for entering this ongoing and vital conversation.

2nd Sat Reception:

Saturday, February 13, 2016 - 7:00pm to 10:00pm

Exhibition Dates:

Feb 10, 2016 to Feb 27, 2016

Gallery Hours (or by appointment):

Wednesday-Saturday, 2-6pm

Participating Artists:

Jizell Albright
Donna Anderson Kam
Melissa Bolger
George-Ann Bowers
Michelle Brandemuehl
Craig Calderwood
Randy Colosky
Kerri Conlon
Art for a Democratic Society
Lauren DiCioccio
Lisa Espenmiller
Georgia Hodges
Michael Ifland
Rudy Lemcke
Stephanie Metz
Midori
Jeff Morris
Joel Daniel Phillips
Alice Raymond
Roz Ritter
D.B. Ryan
Ron Moultrie Saunders
Andy Vogt
Ven Voisey
Aaron Wojack 

MFA Never was conceptualized by Rhiannon Evans MacFadyen, to create opportunity for underrepresented artists, those who are unaffiliated with alumni networks, and may have not had the debut opportunity offered by the MFA Thesis exhibition. MacFadyen is the founder of A Simple Collective, a contemporary arts organization dedicated to, "access, equality, ingenuity, creativity, and independence."

Every artist who submitted to MFA NEVER will be featured in the MFA NEVER archive catalogue. The book includes information about each contributing artist and a compilation of essays by Root Division staff, and the panel of exhibition jurors, serving to unpack some of the issues surrounding decisions to not pursue higher education.

"HERE" Exhibition, THE MUDROOM AT OCEAN BEACH, San Francisco

Curated by Georgia Hodges & Leigh Barbier

Here is an exhibition featuring 20 Bay Area artists celebrating place and process in an unconventional setting. 

1379-1381 43^rd Ave @ Judah, Outer Sunset District, SF

Friday, October 2 – Sunday, October 24^th.

CERAMIC SCULPTURE & FUNCTIONAL WARES

PAINTINGS

INSTALLATIONS

PERFORMANCE

ART HAPPENINGS:

(Rough Schedule of Events)

OPENING PARTY:  FRIDAY EVENING, October 2^nd 6-9pm

MUSIC:  FRIDAY EVENING, October 9^th, 7-9pm

SPOKEN WORD/READINGS:  THURSDAY EVENING, October 15^th 7-9pm

CLOSING PARTY:  SUNDAY AFTERNOON, October 24^th  2-5pm

Visitation/Tour Hours:  Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 11am-6pm

And by appointment.

http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/100315.html

The Mudroom at Ocean Beach: Here

Artists: Donna Anderson Kam, Leigh Barbier, Leo Bersamina, Milan Blackwell, Charlie Callahan, Julie Cloutier, Frances England, Homer Flynn, Alicia Guckenheimer-Harrell, Georgia Hodges, Doug Jacuzzi, Henrik Kam, Elizabeth Medrano, Michael Nicholas, Johanna St. Clair, Dan Stingle, Gwen Terpstra, Linda Trunzo, Emilie Valentine, Peter Whitehead.

Comment by AB: You wouldn't think a place like this could still exist in San Francisco-- a completely bombed-out house, the facade looking like something out of a grade B horror film. But it's really kinda kicky inside, existing for the time being as some kind of an "art compound" complete with chickens in the backyard. The atmosphere is warm and convivial with artistic oddities on display everywhere.