Onward! di Rosa’s Young Collectors Host Scavenger Hunt
Guests enjoyed a delectable feast of street food from Chairman Bao, Cochon Volant, and Soul Cocina while sampling wines from El Molino, Kristine Ashe Vineyards, Saunter Wines, Toolbox Wine Co., Westwood Wines, bubbles from Domaine Chandon, and mocktails with The Perfect Purèe of Napa Valley. Junkyard blues by 5 Cent Coffee played while teams formed […]
POMP: New Work by Deborah Oropallo
POMP featured a range of new work by Deborah Oropallo, including pieces from her Guise and Wild Wild West series where she addresses the issue of adornment, pageantry, and costume. The Guise series is focused on 17th century portraits of aristocrats, emperors, and kings mingled with erotic costumes found on the web, while her Wild […]
MFA Selections : A Salute to Bay Area Master Emerging Artists
di Rosa’s Biennial MFA exhibition presented a juried selection of artists who recently completed their Master’s of Fine Art degrees at Bay Area art schools and colleges, featuring Carina Baumann, Joanne Hashitani, Aaron Maietta, Leigh Merrill, Sandra Ono, S. Patricia Patterson, Josh Short, Gina Tuzzi, Jina Valentine, Andrew Witrak. (image: Andrew Witrak, Everything Passing Over […]
Altered States: The Collection in Context
An exhibition of artworks related to the mystical, the transcendent and the transformative. Among the many themes embedded in the di Rosa’s extensive collection, featuring artists Lynne-Rachel Altman, Jim Campbell – Bruce Conner, Linda Connor, Lewis deSoto, Robilee Frederick, David Ireland, Keira Kotler, Thérèse Lahaie, Richard Misrach, Robert Moon, David Simpson, Travis Somerville, Elisabeth Sunday, […]
Mike Henderson: New Work
Mike Henderson shares new expressive, gestural abstract paintings that, like the blues and jazz music he also creates, fully engage viewers both physically and intellectually. Working both with and beyond the tradition of Abstract Expressionism, Henderson improvises with oil paint in a visual equivalent to the musical improvisations he crafts with his guitar…read more
(un)Natural
An exhibition of works of art interpreting nature and created by Bay Area artists responding to the natural environment, whether in detailed studies of plants and animals or lush paintings of the land or sea. Featuring Jessica Cadkin, Ross Campbell, Misako Inaoka, Carrie Lederer, Kathryn Spence, Lucrecia Troncoso, Tara Tucker.
After the Age of Reason: New Work by Maria Porges
The exhibition presented new drawings, some of which incorporate fragments of actual books; wall-hung sculpture cast in a variety of materials, including wax backed with plaster, bronze, and cast lead crystal. Accompanied by color brochure.
There! New Art From Oakland
An exhibition exploring the creative talent exploding in Oakland today featuring artists Adam Air, Eric Araujo, Monica Canilao, Alika Cooper, Zach Houston, Obi Kaufmann, Keba Konte, Michael Meyers, Faviana Rodriguez, Mark Inglis Taylor, Matt Volla, Adam Air Williams, Gabrielle Wolodarski.
Lewis deSoto: Tales of Power
Tales of Power showcases deSoto’s two thematically customized automobiles as sculptures, Cahuilla (2006) and Conquest (2004). Power takes many forms—the transformation of energy, the reality of presence, and the metaphors of money, politics, and war.
Collection in Context: Bay Area Ceramic Sculpture
The Bay Area has long been known for its innovative ceramic artists. Artists such as Robert Arneson, Clayton Bailey, David Best, Squeak Carnwath, Stephen De Staebler, Viola Frey, David Gilhooly, Marilyn Levine, Michael Llucero, Jim Melchert, Ron Nagle, Richard Shaw, Irv Tepper, and Peter Voulkos have been at the forefront of testing the limits of […]