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2023 Salon at the Triton Museum: 2D Competition Winners Thank you to all of the artists who submitted and participated in our 2023 Salon at the Triton Museum of Art: 2D Competition. 2023 Salon at the Triton Museum Recipients Andrew Leone Andy Nguyen B. Nicole Klassen Barbara McLain Bernard Lint Bing Zhang Bismillah Iqbal Brandon Stauffer Brenda York Cathy Locke Chiachen Wang Chieko Shimizu Chris Patio Christie Marks Clark Gussin Dana Mano-Flank Dana Weigand Dave Ralston Deborah Hall Denise Howard Denise Laws Dottie Lo Bue Edi Matsumoto Elaine Heron Elena Mukhina Elizabeth Barlow Enrique Luna Eric Guan Fei Fiorenza Gorini Hadi Aghaee Hana Lock Hanh Tran Hargun M Mann Heather Capen Helen Yang Hwei-Li Tsao James Mertke Jane Yuen Corich Janet Yelner Janey Fritsche Jaya King Jeff Herman Jeff Ishikawa Jemal Diamond Jim Promessi Jonathan Crow Jonathan L. Clark Joy Broom Julia Munger Seelos Julia Woods Julie Grantz Julie Tsang Kavanagh Juliette Berman Jung Han Kim Kaaren Marquez Kanna Aoki Karen Cox Karl L Jensen Katherine Young Kendra Morrison Kevin Bjorke Laura Mchugh Leslie Landers Lin-Ching Peng Lorraine Lawson Lou Bermingham Lynne Auld Maeve Croghan Mariana Moreno-Gonzalez Marie Cameron Marise Zimmermann Marti Somers Mats Olsson Matthew Reynolds Maura Carta May Shei MeiYing Dell-Aquila Melissa Kreisa Mila Kirillova Mina Ho Ferrante Muneeba Zeeshan Ni Zhu Olivia Chen Omar Harb Pat Moseuk Patricia Jones Paul Art Lee Peter Baczek Peter Carey Peter R. Paluzzi Raja GuhaThakurta Richard Dweck Renée Switkes Robert Semans Ron Dell'Aquila Seema Gupta Sena Clara Creston Sharon Pomales Tousey Silvia Poloto Stanislava Chening Starr Davis Stephanie Gieralt Mullaly Stephen Mangum Susan Chan Susan Manchester Susie Wilson Suszi Lurie McFadden Tiffany Wan Trung Cao Youming Cate Yuliia Kolesnytska 2023 Salon Best of Show Winner! Hana Lock Guren , 2022, Ballpoint Pen, Acrylic, Watercolor, Ink and Gold Foil on Wood Panels, 24" x 72" Painting First Place Cathy Locke Tea Leaves , 2022, Oil, 25" x 31" Second Place Julie Kavanagh Girl with Dahlias , 2021, Oil on Panel, 28" x 24" Drawing First Place Tiffany Wan Serenity , 2023, Graphite, 20" x 26.25" Second Place Youming Cate Girl with Pearl Necklace , 2023, Pastel on Paper, 27.5" x 21.5" Photography First Place Elaine Heron Mongolian Hunter and His Eagle , 2022, Photography, 20" x 24" Second Place Ron Dell'Aquila Storefront Conversation , 2023, Photography, 20" x 30" Mixed Media / Printmaking First Place Peter Baczek Flying Buttress , 2022, Etching, 25" x 21" Second Place Brenda York A Conspiracy Of Happenstance And Moondust, 2023, Mixed Media on Canvas, 30" x 48" Director's & Curator's Choice Director's Choice (Preston Metcalf, Executive Director and Senior Curator): Katherine Young, The Sacred Sea Curator's Choice (Vanessa Callanta, Curator): Stanislava Chening, Sonya Curator's Choice (Bryan Callanta, Curator of Digital Programming): Chieko Shimizu, AMAVI Director's Choice Preston Metcalf, Executive Director and Senior Curator Katherine Young The Sacred Sea , 2023, Mixed Media--Oil and Gold Leaf on Wood Panel, 60" x 60"

< Back Jonathan Crow JAN 10 - MAY 3 Cul-de-sac Born in Ohio in 1971, Jonathan Crow received his MFA in Filmmaking from the California Institute of the Arts in 2003. Before turning to painting, he spent many years working in the film industry—a background that continues to shape the cinematic atmosphere of his work. In 2013, following a career shift, Crow returned to his early love of drawing. His series Veeptopus—portraits of U.S. Vice Presidents with octopuses on their heads—became an online sensation and was featured in BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, and The New York Times. Since 2018, Crow has focused primarily on oil painting, developing a body of work that explores the uncanny beauty and quiet tensions of Southern California suburbia. His paintings—at once humorous, unsettling, and deeply observed—draw inspiration from Edward Hopper, Richard Diebenkorn, and the films of David Lynch. Crow’s work has been exhibited throughout the Bay Area and beyond, including Arc Gallery (San Francisco), the New Museum Los Gatos, Marin MOCA, TAG Gallery (Los Angeles), and the de Young Museum. Crow is currently based in Santa Clara, California. About the Artist: When I was a child in the 1970s, my parents drove me from our home in rural Ohio to visit my grandparents in suburban California. I was struck by the mountains, the palm trees, the dusty colors of the hills—and especially the light. Those brief visits left a lasting impression, like an image burned onto film. Nearly fifty years later, I paint those same Californian suburbs. Working in oil, I use their tidy streets and manicured yards as a stage to explore form, color, and the tension between the familiar and the strange. My background in film shapes how I compose each scene—like a still from a forgotten movie—charged with a quiet sense of story. Through these ordinary landscapes, I create images that are at once amusing and unsettling, inviting reflection on race, gender, and what it means to live in this complicated country called America. Previous Next

Triton Museum Content Here is our mini site for exhibition-related content! Futbol: The Art of the Game Group Exhibition Visual Duets Group Exhibition Cynthia Ona Innis Jacqueline Boberg Emanuela Harris Sintamarian Jonathan Crow California Society of Printmakers Qiuwen Li Priyanka Rana Mark Engel Dean Larson Gabriel Coke

< Back Qiuwen Li AUG 30 - JAN 11 Echoes in Color Born in China, Qiuwen Li moved to the United States to pursue her education in Design, earning a BFA in Graphic Design from St. Cloud State University and a MFA in Visual Studies with a concentration in Graphic Design from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Now working as an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Santa Clara University, Li’s teaching and research focuses on the integration of typography, data visualization, and graphic design. Incorporating her knowledge and expertise into her art, Qiuwen Li seeks to delineate, deconstruct, and reconstruct the assumptions of multilingual communication and reframe them as more contingent on idiosyncratic understandings. About the Artist: In my designs, graphic elements (shapes, colors, forms, and type) are constructed, deconstructed, and then reconstructed to create a richer experience and extend their meaning. As a designer, I understand the need for legibility, but I am more concerned with communicating something more visceral, expressive, and imaginative. My work engages viewers in a way that evokes playing games and figuring out puzzles; they simply can’t get enough of it, and that’s a good thing, because that’s the key to engagement. Previous Next

Established in 1965, the Triton Museum of Art has been a destination for the community, providing a venue where local artists exhibit their work alongside regional and national artists, and where students of all ages learn about art and the creative process. TRITON MUSEUM OF ART Banner Artwork: Donald Clegg, Arranging A Still Life #3 , 2016, watercolor on paper Currently On View EXHIBITION Cul-de-Sac by Jonathan Crow Through May 3 EXHIBITION Seams by Cynthia Ona Innis Through April 19 EXHIBITION Edge of Silence by Jacqueline Boberg Through April 19 EXHIBITION The Theater of Premature Truths by Emanuela Harris Sintamarian Through April 26 Upcoming Exhibitions EXHIBITION 2026 Salon at the Triton Exhibition Opening May 2 EXHIBITION Visual Duets: The Art of Creating Together Opening May 16 EXHIBITION Fútbol: The Art of the Game Opening May 16 Classes & Workshops Art Class World Waves of Color: Mixed-Media Art Camp Mei-Ying Dell'Aquila Wednesdays from April 29th through June 3rd, 2026 from 3:30PM-5:00PM ON VIEW Art Class Explorations in Drawing (Triton Online Spring 2026) Jeff Bramschreiber Friday Evenings, March 13th through May 1st, from 6:00PM-8:00PM ON VIEW Art Class Drawing and Painting in Pastels (Triton Online Spring 2026) Jeff Bramschreiber Thursday evenings, March 12th through April 30th, from 6:00PM-8:00PM ON VIEW Art Class Sketchbook Magic (Triton Online Spring 2026) Jeff Bramschreiber Wednesday evenings, March 11th through April 29th, from 6:00PM-8:00PM ON VIEW View More Interested in a Membership? JOIN TODAY Plan Your Visit The Museum provides free parking and free admission to our exhibitions, as well as many of our community events. Send us a message at tritonmuseum.org/contact if you have any questions or concerns regarding accessibility before visiting our museum. Getting Here Driving: Warburton Ave is just off of El Camino Real, accessible from Scott Blvd., Lincoln St., and Monroe St. See map below. Public Transportation: Bus: The Triton is a 5-min walk away from the Monroe & Warburton bus stop. See local bus routes for more information, Caltrain: Plan to arrive at Santa Clara Caltrain station. From there, it is a 30-min walk to the Triton. You may also take the 59 or 21 bus from the Santa Clara Transit Station (across from Santa Clara Caltrain) and it is a 5-min bus ride. Check local public transport routes for schedules as they may be subject to change. Join Our Newsletter Today! JOIN TODAY

Visual Duets: The Art of Creating Together David Einstein and Judith Cook Era and Donald (Aldo) Farnsworth Ellen Konar and Steve Goldband Tandem Painting (Suzette McDonough and James Whitehouse) MAY 16 - AUG 16 Will be on View in the Marquee: Mathias Gallery < Back Overview To many, art may seem like a solitary activity – a way for us to pour our individual souls into whatever we choose to create while commenting on or escaping the world around us. But for others, the process of creating art is a collaborative effort – one where we can find joy in experiencing it with others. The Triton Museum of Art is proud to present Visual Duets: The Art of Creating Together. This group exhibition features the works of four significant and talented artist couples: David Einstein and Judith Cook – painting, mixed media Era and Donald (Aldo) Farnsworth - printmaking Ellen Konar and Steve Goldband - photography Tandem Painting (Suzette McDonough and James Whitehouse) - painting Each of these couples creates artwork in connection and conversation with each other. In their practices, they have learned the delicate balance of working with another creative to produce not only something that is unique to the pair, but something that also carries their individual voices. About the Artist All the information on the artists can be found in the link below! Artist Information Previous Next

< Back Katherine Young MAY 3 - AUG 3 What Do You Treasure? Katherine B. Young, MD, MFA fell in love with the ocean when she was a small child. She spent a lot of time on the water before going to medical school to train in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. After working for 10 years as a plastic surgeon in San Francisco, she fulfilled her dream of becoming a full time artist. She specializes in drawing and painting vast spaces of ocean and sky. Her work has won numerous awards and has been exhibited and collected throughout the United States. She is currently creating an exhibition for the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, CA which addresses the ocean plastic pollution problem. The following galleries represent her artwork: HANG ART in San Francisco, Claire Carino Contemporary in Boston, and The Gallery at Tree’s Place in Cape Cod. She maintains a studio at 1890 Bryant Street in San Francisco, and lives in the city with her husband and daughter. Her artwork and creative process are featured in creativity expert Tina Seelig’s book, Insight Out. About the Artist: My connection to the ocean and art-making began in childhood, growing up in the Tidewater region of Virginia near the Atlantic. Though I initially pursued science—studying engineering and medicine at Duke University and training as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Stanford—I ultimately returned to my artistic roots. After a decade of surgical practice in San Francisco, I earned an MFA and committed to a full-time career as an artist. The ocean is both majestic and meditative, a force of awe and tranquility. My paintings and drawings capture its vastness, immersing viewers in its beauty. However, my relationship with the ocean was profoundly altered when I learned about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—an immense collection of plastic waste polluting the waters I love. This realization compelled me to confront this crisis through my art. 'What Do You Treasure?" emerged from my reflections on our paradoxical relationship with nature. We revere the ocean and its life, yet contribute to its degradation through rampant plastic consumption. This exhibition invites you to examine this contradiction and reconsider the choices we make daily. The paintings and drawings lining the walls evoke the ocean’s sublime power. Many incorporate genuine gold, referencing early Renaissance religious icons and illuminated manuscripts—symbols of reverence and contemplation. The sculptures interspersed throughout the space, however, disrupt this serenity. Cast from discarded plastic and gilded in gold, they serve as objects of reflection, mimicking sacred artifacts yet exposing the false idol of consumerism. These pieces also nod to the economic forces that sustain our dependence on plastic, making change feel daunting but necessary. As you move through the exhibition, allow yourself to experience the ocean’s grandeur, then confront the unsettling reality embedded in the sculptures. What do you treasure most—nature or convenience? The answer to this question carries weight beyond this space. If you choose nature, let that commitment extend into action. Even small steps—reducing plastic use, supporting sustainable initiatives, advocating for systemic change—can have a profound impact. This exhibition is not just a reflection; it is a call to action. The choice is yours. Previous Next

< Back Stephanie Metz SEPT 14 - DEC 29 In the Glow Stephanie Metz is an accomplished Bay Area fiber arts sculptor. She has an affinity for the natural world, which is often echoed through her artistic creations. Her artwork is created through a sense of curiosity and her desire to explore the meaning of things around her. The Triton is pleased to present a new body of Metz's work in her exhibition In the Glow which will combine smaller works with a large scale immersive installation, specially created for the Cowell Room gallery. About the Artist: I use fiber media to sculpt solid, freestanding forms that embody the complex experiences of womanhood within contemporary American culture. Created from wool fibers needle-felted into intricate, robust, writhing shapes or meticulously stitched from pieces of thick, smooth wool felt, my sculptures evoke the female form rendered in soft, tactile media to engage viewers on multiple sensory and intellectual levels. Current works incorporate subtle reflections of intense pink pigment, a color laden with cultural significance long associated with femininity. The organic forms I create are seductively approachable yet mildly alarming; they serve as vessels for exploring the multifaceted nature of living in a female-identifying body—a spectrum encompassing strength and vulnerability, the beautiful and the grotesque, pain and resilience, control and the lack of agency. "Soft power" refers to persuasion through indirect or non-confrontational means; it captures the way I learned to navigate my world as a girl growing up in 1980s America, as well as my visually alluring approach to feminist topics in a world that still undervalues women. I want to be part of the dialog that ushers in a future in which gender equality, positive body images, reproductive rights, and sexual empowerment are the norm. My sculpture invites audiences to reconsider their preconceptions and assumptions, fostering a sense of shared connection within the larger human experience through a visceral, visual language. Previous Next

< Back Futbol: The Art of the Game Group Exhibition MAY 16 - AUG 2 Fútbol: The Art of the Game Athletics and sports have been a part of human history for thousands of years. As time has passed, the games have changed but one thing remains constant – community. Sports provides us with another means to come together, to collaborate, to share something exciting and meaningful with each other. Art has also been around for thousands of years, and to celebrate the upcoming FIFA World Cup* soccer games coming to Santa Clara this summer, the Triton Museum of Art is hosting a special exhibition combining both sports and art – Fútbol: The Art of the Game. Soccer, also known as fútbol, is a sport played by millions of people around the world. It’s also a sport that combines passion and community. This special exhibition features one-of-a-kind artwork from a talented group of diverse Bay Area artists. The exhibition is also a special fundraiser for the Museum. These skilled artists have given their time and talents to provide the Museum with donated works that corresponds with the soccer theme – their art, in their style, will either incorporate an actual soccer ball or a recreated one. All works will be for sale through the Museum, starting at the artists’ reception on May 16, 2026 at 12:00 pm, and through the duration of the exhibition.** All funds received from the sale of these works goes directly back to the Triton Museum of Art to help support our mission of art, community, and education. We wish to thank all of the participating artists – it is because of you, our community, that we exist and thrive. *The Triton Museum of Art is not affiliated with FIFA or any professional soccer or sports association. ** Artwork will be sold on a first come, first served basis. We will not be reserving works for anyone; they must be purchased directly from the Museum in person starting at the artists’ reception. If artwork is not sold at the reception, it will remain for sale through the duration of the exhibition. Any sold works will remain on view in the Triton Museum for the duration of the exhibition and may be picked up by the buyer from the Museum once the exhibition has concluded. About the Artist: • Boyles, Sean • Cao, Trung • Crow, Jonathan • Dell’Aquila, Mei-Ying • Dell’Aquila, Ron • Dellicarpini, Steve • Diamond, Jemal • Engel, Mark • Foley, Donny • Harris-Sintamarian, Emanuela • Itzhak, Hila • Jimenez, Pancho • Larson, Dean • Lawson, Lorraine • Lock, Hana • Lost San Jose • Machuca, Miguel • Mertke, James • Metcalf, Preston • Owen, Jeff • Paluzzi, Peter • Perea, Jonathan • Ramirez, Francisco • Rana, Priyanka • Rezaei, Alieh • Samdani, Ayesha • Tandem Painting (McDonough, Suzette and Whitehouse, James) • Thompson, Kori • Vu, Cedric Artist Information PDF Previous Next

< Back Nathan Oliveira JAN 11 - APR 19 Nathan Oliveira: Variations on Form Born in Oakland, California, Nathan Oliveira was a leading artist in the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Oliveira earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in fine art from the California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts) in San Francisco. He was a professor of art at Stanford University for 32 years. About the Artist: Oliveira’s invented forms live just outside the realm of possibility. The artist Nathan Oliveira (1928-2010) liked to say that he thought of himself as an abstract artist whose work “had to be about something.” That “something,”—most often a human figure, but sometimes an animal, wing, head or mask—was the physical manifestation of Oliveira’s poetic imagination; an invented form that lives just outside the realm of possibility. Over the long span of his career Oliveira worked in a variety of media including painting, drawing, lithography monotype and sculpture, challenging himself to create forms with an air of mystery that allowed room for his viewers to find their own meanings. “I set it up to the degree that it gives you something recognizable to interact with,” he once offered, "and if you’re creative, you create your own metaphor.” The works on view at the Triton, selected from the artist’s estate by him son Joseph, will present examples of Oliveira’s evocations of form in both two and three dimensions. In the Cowell Room Gallery oil paintings ranging from small studies of faces to a monumental canvas from the "Windhover" series will demonstrate the artist’s engagement with the flexibility of the oil medium. A selection of bronzes—including masks and figures—will show how Oliveira’s painterly sensibility remained tangible in the sensitive surfaces of his three dimensional works. In the Triton’s Rotunda, where works on paper will be featured, examples of the artist’s "Imi" and "Santa Fe" watercolors of female figures will join a series of lithographs from the 1960s. Olivera’s fluid watercolors, in which he allowed the paint to form rivers and pools that soak into the paper then coalesce into figures, are among his most distinctive inventions. Committed to the idea that making art involved finding unique forms Nathan Oliveira: Variations of Form will offer a fresh opportunity for viewers to encounter the myriad forms of his personal universe and appreciate them on their own terms. Collaborations: In tandem with this exhibition, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto will also be showcasing another exhibition of Nathan Oliveira’s work - Origins of Flight: The Windhover Studies by Nathan Oliveira (February 7 - March 25, 2025). Previous Next

< Back Hana Lock SEP 14 - JAN 5 Anatomica Hana Lock is the Best of Show winner for the 2023 Salon at the Triton. Her work is an intriguing mix of bizarre and sublime, depicting in great detail our delicate anatomy alongside or combined with other wonderful creatures such as rabbits, frogs, mice, snakes, wolves, beautiful plants and flowers - our connection to the natural world. Her work displays our vulnerability and forces us to confront what is inevitable - that, along with all over living beings, we will all die and decompose. However, this fate is not portrayed as something to be feared, but rather embraced as part of the natural rhythm of life and death. This exhibition will include a selection of 2D works by the artist. About the Artist: Anatomica is a collection of paintings and drawings that draw inspiration from my love of anatomy and fascination with the transience of life, the inevitability of death, and the mystery of what lies beyond. My work offers a holistic view of the body by highlighting the beauty of its internal structures without shying from the grotesque. Referencing visual and philosophical concepts from Buddhism and European medieval funerary art, my art often features anatomized bodies being strewn across the composition as their viscera intertwines with flora and fauna. In my practice, I primarily use ballpoint pen, watercolor, and acrylic to create intricate and precise line work and vibrant, flat colors reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints and Art Nouveau. I strive for precision and detail, and I believe that in addressing the formal and conceptual qualities inherent in line, I am effectively capturing the delicate intricacies of the natural and imaginative world. Previous Next