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Unknown EXHIBITION Shifting Messages Fan Lee Warren DATES: FEB 1 - MAY 10 YEAR: 2020 Previously on view in the Unknown < Back OVERVIEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. Previous Next

Permanent Collection Gallery EXHIBITION The Punctum Void: A Miha Sarani Retrospective Miha Sarani DATES: JAN 20 - MAY 12 YEAR: 2024 Previously on view in the Permanent Collection Gallery < Back OVERVIEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. My work explores, and responds to the elements of everyday life - particularly by framing our collective existence, individual experiences, voyeuristic responses, and the idea of duality. I find playing with the formal elements helps me better visually represent these objectives. While the intention is to bring about an exploration of a dialogue with the past, I commonly engage in current issues; addressing cyclical occurrences throughout history, but with contemporary challenges. My art practice aims to create a juxtaposition of conceptual art and aesthetic value; thus visually combining what I believe to be the essence of art making as a philosophical pursuit. For this reason, reading of my work often includes both arbitrary and conventional signs, personal assumptions mixed with stylistic representation of post-modern content. My theoretical framing is to move my work beyond the hyped contemporary referent and trendy aesthetic which pay less attention to the content and more to approximation. My practice is also profoundly informed by my studies as an art historian, so I look to the old masters as well as new for inspiration. Still, I find myself most often returning to the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Marcel Duchamp, Martin Kippenberger, Anselm Kiefer, Philip Guston and Neo Rauch. Modern viewers, I believe, have become accustomed to having art dissected and served to them - which tends to devalue the work and the process. Although I enjoy contemporary art and admire many of its practitioners, I strive to create something with a deeper significance; a bridge between the ancient rituals and modern audience. Miha Sarani, One of My Turns, 2020, charcoal, coffee, acrylic, commercial paint on wood. Previous Next

Permanent Gallery EXHIBITION Tall Tales John Cerney DATES: SEPT 9 - JAN 14 YEAR: 2023 Previously on view in the Permanent Gallery < Back OVERVIEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. My work is meant for an audience that is not prepared to view art, or who may not even have an opinion about art, but people who are held captive in their cars while heading someplace. It doesn’t matter to me that they know who created the pieces or have any notion of how it came to be. I’m satisfied that for a few miles down the road they are left with some wonderment. In the rare event of showing my work in the confines of a gallery, I’m able to create little stories that invite a slower pondering of what’s taking place. I tend towards the theatrical, and I consider my pieces one act plays. I’m grateful for the generous size of the gallery so I can fill up the space with my oversized ‘actors’. John Cerney 2023 "Dance" Previous Next

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< Back Phillip Hua SEP 28 - JAN 12 You Can Never Go Home Again Phillip Hua is a South Bay Area native whose art speaks of the delicate relationship between nature and commerce. As someone familiar with the ever-changing landscape of the Silicon Valley, Hua visualizes this shift in his art using unique processes that combine creative digital and traditional techniques. His work presents a call to be aware of how we're affecting the world around us and to question what our priorities are. This exhibition will include a selection of the artist's 2D works. Artist Statement: When I was growing up in San Jose, fields, orchards and wild, undeveloped lots were abundant. In the house that I spent most of my adolescent years in, there was a small personal farm behind our backyard. I could hear crickets when I went to bed. Today, that small farm is now replaced by new housing. The nights are mostly silent. The fields and orchards that I remembered are now office parks and commercial spaces. Where the change has been an economic boon to the Bay Area, I question what was replaced. The tide of redevelopment fueled by the relentless march of tech washed away so much of the beauty of nature. My memories of San Jose no longer align with what it is today. My artistic process is a blend of traditional and digital techniques, revolving around creating photo composites that I print, rework, scan, and digitally rework again. I incorporate dots to represent printing, ink bleeds to represent painting, and squares to represent pixels, influenced by our blended digital and corporeal lives. I draw inspiration from Asian brush painting, technology, and nature. While political, my goal is to always lure the viewer with beauty and color to provoke contemplation. This exhibition draws from over 17 years of work, ranging from portraits that invoke nostalgia and childhood to works that portray the intersection of the environment with the economy. Previous Next

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Cowell Gallery EXHIBITION An Ode to Planets Yunan Ma DATES: JAN 13 - APR 28 YEAR: 2024 Previously on view in the Cowell Gallery < Back OVERVIEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. Yunan Ma was born and raised in Taiyuan, China. She grew up learning fine arts, and was accompanied by a diverse talents of family members. Yunan came to the United States at the age of 17. After graduating from Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in Fashion Marketing and Management, Yunan worked at a well-known leather handbag company, where she mastered leather weaving techniques. Throughout the work experience, Yunan was fascinated about weaving and knitting subjects and discovered her passion in this field. To pursue her interest, she returned to school. In 2018, Yunan graduated from Academy of Art University with a MFA in Knitwear Design, where she was mentored by the famous knitwear designer Midori Sergent. Yunan was the only knitwear designer to attend the New York Fashion Week graduation runway; in addition, she was selected for 2018 CFDA+ Design Graduates Program. In the same year, the first pieces of Yunan Ma Fiber Art was created in her living room in San Francisco Bay Area with leftover materials from the knitwear collection. Yunan Ma Fiber Art is executed with the finest natural fibers including merino wool, alpaca wool, mohair, silk, cotton, and novelty accent, that are carefully selected from top yarn mills around the world. With a fine arts and knitwear design background, Yunan believes fiber art is more than beautiful textures and exquisite craftsmanships. Every piece depicts a storytelling experience by interpreting energy and emotion in a cheerful way. A complex universe can be discovered inside of her fiber creatures, big or small, quiet or loud. Through the vision in her art, unlimited enthusiasm shines through from the creative manipulation of materials and techniques. In “An Ode to Planets”, Yunan invites you to embark on a sensory odyssey inspired by the ethereal beauty of the galaxy, creating an immersive environment where the boundaries between the celestial and the terrestrial blur. The installation in this exhibit is crafted with an intentional embrace of organic forms, as well as playing the contrast between the organic warmth of matte wool and the cool sophistication of sleek surfaces. The swirling textures on the circular pieces tribute to the planets that have ceaseless activity in the universe. The reflective surfaces interact to form a dynamic composition that invite flow and exploration. This contrasting illustrates the harmonious coexistence of busy constellations and empty space. It is a visual metaphor for the dualities inherent in the cosmos. “Blossom in the Moonlight” captures the essence of growth, transformation, and the undiscovered excitement in the universe. It depicts delicate flowers bloom in the vast expanse of space during the enigmatic hours, and evokes a sense of wonder and elegance. It unfolds a transition between the phases of day and night, vitality and stillness. All of the elements in “An Ode to Planets” encapsulates the reverence admiration for the space and human emotions. Yunan invites you to this visual dialogue thread the rhythmic oscillation of vibrancy and calm, and allows yourself to gallivant around the planets and the space, to feel the interplay of lights and shadows, and to embrace the roaming imagination. Yunan Ma, Blossom in the Moonlight 9, 2023, merino wool, copper hoop. Previous Next

< Back Tamera Avery SEP 21 - JAN 5 Tamera Avery: Slipstream The Triton Museum of Art presents Tamera Avery: Slipstream by Bay Area Artist, Tamera Avery. At once surreal and sublime, Tamera Avery's monumental paintings feature masked and costumed figures situated in liminal spaces. From glacial edges to post-nuclear bunkers, these environments are imbued with both potential and uncertainty: within them, young individuals navigate unconventional paths, transforming everyday objects into symbolic armor. Tamera Avery: Slipstream will be showcased in the Permanent Collection Gallery. Artist Statement: My work is a celebration of youth, where the young are the champions of change in flawed social, political, and environmental landscapes. Faced with ever-mounting global change, the young have the knowledge to understand what is at stake and—with their increasingly powerful voices—the ability to rearrange the balance of power. To shift this balance visually, my subjects wear masks and costumes that augment their agency and the space they take up. Originally prompted by folk carnivals celebrating the arrival of spring, I employ found images and objects along with homemade costumes to portray figures modest in composition but heroic in execution. Through a process starting with collage, isolated images function as vocabulary, deconstructing visual truths and reconstructing them into stories that call for action. Using imagery from the White House to Chernobyl, icebergs to abandoned ships, I work at the intersection of the current reality and the possibility of change to tell a story of hope in a landscape of despair—with armor-clad youth standing in the path of destruction. Previous Next

Rotunda Gallery EXHIBITION Seasons of Change Robert-Jean Ray DATES: SEP 18 - JAN 16 YEAR: 2021 Previously on view in the Rotunda Gallery < Back OVERVIEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. Previous Next

Digital Gallery EXHIBITION SLVN MCHN Miha Sarani DATES: JAN 20 - MAY 12 YEAR: 2024 Previously on view in the Digital Gallery < Back OVERVIEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. I have always been enamored with music. For as long as I can recall, music play a significant part in our household. My father had an essential collection of record, which captured many various music styles - from Pink Floyd, Queen and Led Zeppelin, to Isaac Hayes, Cat Stevens and Rod Steward. I always loved the impact music could generally be within each of us. Naturally, I eventually began my own record - or rather CD - collection, and quickly incorporated my own musical tastes, such as Lou Reed, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Roxy Music and Radiohead. Unlike with my painting practice, I never received any formal training. My wife Tomitha gave me a synthesizer as a Christmas gift one year, and I mostly began arranging sounds that intrigued me. About 10 years ago, while struggling to complete a painting I vented my frustration on the synthesizer keyboard. I was struck by a juxtaposition of sound and image. This fascination eventuality lead to my first exhibition “Trojan Soul,” where I created a soundtrack to help expand the viewer's temporal span. This became a watershed moment for me. For this project particularly, I focused on revisiting some influential concept albums of the 70’s era - such as Pink Floyd’s The Wall, Lou Reed’s Berlin and David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy. I also reexamined The Smile’s A Light for Attracting Attention, and Jonny Greenwood’s You Were Never Really Here. I have always found that music communicates emotions in a more direct manner and can be more effective than painting because it unravels temporarily. With painting the audience experiences the aesthetic all at once, while with music the audience has to wait for what comes next - revealing itself over a course of time, thus allowing the audience to be moved, and captured by the unexpected. Still both artistic endeavors share commonalities as well. Where painting uses line and surface - or space - music employed sound and silence. Arrangements of either line/sound are both very intriguing to me as a maker, and painting with sound provides me with new opportunities and sets of challenges. I hope you enjoy this latest sonic exploration. Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 8 are currently on view. Chapters 5 and 6 will be added on February 20th. Chapters 1 and 7 will be added on March 19th Previous Next

ATTENTION ALL ARTISTS, friends of artists, and our arts community! It is time once again for the Triton Museum of Art’s Annual 2D Art Competition & Exhibition: Salon at the Triton 2024! This fan favorite is a wonderful showcase for some of the best talent around. In addition to place awards presented in five categories (painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and mixed media), a Best of Show award winner will be selected and will receive a solo exhibition at the Triton Museum of Art!  Salon at the Triton 2024 Winners 2024 Salon at the Triton Selected Artists Abel Manalo Alicia Murphy Andrew Jackson Andy Forrest Anna Gelman Annette LeMay Burke Annie Haines Beth Fein Bibby Gignilliat Bing Zhang Brian Bounds Brigitte Carnochan Caren Wynne Catie O'Leary Chiachen Wang Christie Marks Christopher Newhard Cynthia Brannvall Dan Alcaxzar Daniela Schweitzer Darren Sears David Ruiz David Stonesifer David Stubbs Dawn Tower Dean Larson Debbie Dicker Deborah Sibony Deirdre White Diane Abt Diane Warner-Wang Dobee Snowber Dora Duan Eileen David Elaine Heron Elizabeth Geisler Elizabeth McKinne Ellen Brook Ellen Konar and Steve Goldband Evelyn Wester Fiorenza Gorini Frances Wren Gabe Narciso GayLynn Ribeira Hadi Aghaee Howard Hersh Irena Kononova James Groleau James Whitehouse Janey Fritsche Jenifer J Renzel Jennifer Anderson Jim Promessi Jonathan Crow Julie Carcione Julie Grantz Julie Kavanagh Julie Weaverling Karen Benioff Friedman Karen Cox Karen Mason Karen White Katherine Filice Kathleen Mitchell Kathryn Wills Kathy Dana Ken Fowkes Kim Smith Lei Min Leslie Landers Lonnie Zarem Louis Chan Lucy Beck Luiza Maia Magué Calanche Maria Kazanskaya Maura Carta Melissa Mandegarian Michael Acker Michael Endicott Michael Welch Michelle Mongan Mihail Kivachitsky Mitchell Johnson Ni Zhu Pablo Villicaña Lara Patricia Jones Patricio Jimenez Patrick Samuels Peter Carey Philip Rosenthal Rachel Davis Renée Switkes Robyn Freedman Rosalinda Taymor Roston Johnson Sabin Filip Samuel Price Sandra Speidel Scott Johnson Shirley Manfredi Sriharsha Annadore Stanislava Chening Stanley Peterson Stephanie Thwaites Susan Costes Susan Friedman Suzette McDonough & James Whitehouse Vivian Patton Ward George Yen Yen Tay Youming Cate Best in Show Winner Dean Larson Urban Light , 2023, oil, 42 x 50. Category: Painting 1st Jim Promessi The Fourth in Sonoma, 2023, Oil, 38 x 32. 2nd Julie Kavanagh Abundance , 2024, Oil, 24 x 24. 3rd Ni Zhu The Woman Who Sells Fish , 2019, Oil, 32 x 32. Category: Drawing 1st Vivian Patton A Perfect Moment, 2024, Pastel, 20.5 x 29.5. 2nd Julie Grantz Wishbone Study , Charcoal Drawing, 2024, 24 x 16. 3rd Gabriel Narcisco Lost in Ikea, 2023, Ink, 11.5 x 14.5. Category: Photography 1st Stanislava Chening Portrait Of a Youth Through Time, 2022, Photography, 18 x 22. 2nd Dora Duan Away, 2024, Photography, 24 x 18. 3rd Ellen Konar & Steve Goldband Across, 2022, Photo Encaustic Pigment Print, 20 x 30. Category: Mixed Media & Printmaking 1st Magué Calanche Doblando La Realidad, Bending Realities, 2021, Mixed Media, 48 x 36. 2nd Christie Marks Mekong Sojourn, 2020, Mixed Media, 26 x 38. Sabin Filip Ends & Begins, 2023, Mixed Media, 34 x 55. 3rd Category: Watercolor 1st Peter Carey Chartres Cathedral, 2024, Watercolor, 22 x 26. 2nd Pablo Villicaña Lara Silver Heart, 2022, Watercolor, 31 x 25. 3rd Louis Chan Prayer, 2016, Watercolor, 21 x 31. Honorable Mentions Eileen David Green Hillside, 2022, Oil on Canvas, 31 x 51. Abel Manalo Allure, 2019, Watercolor Handwoven, 21 x 17. Lonnie Zarem Truckee River Raging, 2024, Encaustic Monotype, 36 x 60. Diane Abt Breakthrough, 2024, Painting, 44 x 32. Daniela Schweitzer Thriving, 2023, Acrylic on Canvas, 60 x 60. Stanley Peterson Mystery Girl, 2020, Oil, 30 x 24. Patricio Jimenez Evening Light, 2024, Oil, 26 x 32. Janey Fritsche Ocean Light, 2023, Ink & Oil, 30 x 30. Elizabeth Geisler Radiance, 2024, Acrylic, 28 x 28. Rachel Davis That's The Goddess, 2022, Painting, 40 x 36. Roston Johnson Roston Cremes (after Thiebaud), 2022, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36. Director & Curator's Choice Curator’s Choice: Vanessa Callanta, Curator Deirdre White, Summer Had Inhaled And Held Its Breath Too Long , 2021, Oil on Panel, 30 x 36. This painting stands out to me as beautiful and, at the same time, horrifying. There’s this sense of dread and heaviness I feel while viewing it, but it has this morbid allure that keeps me hooked. I want to know what shape the deflated balloon once took, but am afraid to ask. The bold colors, while simultaneously grotesque and attractive imply a sense of illness and unrest. I love it and cannot look away. Director’s Choice: Preston Metcalf, Executive Director and Senior Curator Suzette McDonough James Whitehouse, Paparazzi Portrait #2, Mitch Huitema & Tim Holmes, 2022, acrylic, 36 x 48. I am often intrigued by partners who paint together. How does one project their vision in concert with another? It is an exercise in trust, and valuing the creativity of each. Suzette and James have made tandem painting one of their trademarks. Sometimes they will each paint the same subject, to be shown side-by-side, while at other times — as in this painting — they will each contribute to the same canvas. I am intrigued not only by the decisions each make in composing the overall whole, but in the daringness they take as a team in portraying some parts in completion, while others are left to our imagination, as if in fleeting visions captured by paparazzi’s cameras. Curator’s Choice – Bryan Callanta, Curator of Digital Programming Bounds, Float , 2023, Acrylic, 24 x 12. I enjoy this painting for its subject matter, it’s creativity, and uniqueness. I am intrigued as to why the whale is floating on the surface of the water. There is a heart on fire above the creature which may represent a passion or feeling of love. There are also scars on the whale’s head and body. What is it that the whale is ultimately seeking outside of its home? 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