The Triton Museum of Art is a vital community resource that provides accessible exhibition and education programs, which promote a broad range of contemporary California art. Through our multi-faceted programs, we bring together the culturally diverse population of the Greater Bay Area. The Triton's Vision The Triton Museum of Art is a vital community resource that provides accessible exhibition and education programs, which promote a broad range of contemporary California art. Through our multi-faceted programs, we strive to bring together the culturally diverse population of the Greater Bay Area to foster a better understanding of art and its role in building a strong community. Mission Statement The mission of the Triton Museum of Art is to generate community dialogue, enhance cultural understanding, and increase creative and critical thinking through innovative programs and the vocabulary of art. Our Core Values ART Through its exhibitions and collections, the Triton Museum of Art showcases works by California artists that are aesthetically and historically significant to our region and which demonstrate the rich diversity of cultural traditions, influences, and ideas that make up our community. EDUCATION Education is central to the vision of the Museum and integral to the development and design of each exhibition. The Museum offers a learning environment in which curiosity, experimentation, and spirited dialogue are encouraged. Our aim is for each visitor to experience the Museum with enthusiasm, empowered by new perspectives and ideas. COMMUNITY The community is the life force of the Triton Museum of Art. Each exhibition and program is developed with the visitor's experience as a compass. The museum serves as a resource for the community through collaborations with local arts and service organizations, academic institutions, as well as local civic and corporate partners. CAREERS BOARD & STAFF CONTACT FAQ IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Official wine of the Triton Museum of Art

Uknown EXHIBITION Spellings of Gravitas Jeff Alan West DATES: FEB 1 - OCT 11 YEAR: 2020 Previously on view in the Uknown < Back OVERVIEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. Previous Next

Rotunda Gallery EXHIBITION Breaking Free Sculpture Exhibition Various Artists DATES: OCT 2 - NOV 28 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

Unknown EXHIBITION Trees Kalani Engles DATES: FEB 5 - MAY 8 YEAR: 2022 Previously on view in the Unknown < Back OVERVIEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION "If you look at nature closely, you can see things that elude the casual observer. You can see geometric shapes - like the angle at the point of a thorn or the roundness of a thicket of leaves. You can see patterns - like the alignment of tree trunks in a stand or the veins of a leaf. And vou can see color - not just the obvious greens and golds and browns, but blue and red and purple hues revealed by the interplay of diffused light and shadow beneath dense canopy. In my work I try to surprise the viewer by highlighting aspects of nature that they may not recognize as real and to challenge them to look more carefully so that they can appreciate more of what nature has to offer." Kalani Engles Previous Next

Digital Gallery EXHIBITION Collage in a Digital Age Datamosh DATES: JAN 29 - MAR 27 YEAR: 2022 Previously on view in the Digital Gallery < Back OVERVIEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Previous Next

Unknown EXHIBITION Pop, Funk, and Just Plain Fun! Various Artists DATES: MAR 13 - MAY 2 YEAR: 2021 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

Who We Are For 60 years, 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. Located across the street from the Santa Clara Civic Center, the Triton Museum of Art collects and exhibits contemporary and historical works with an emphasis on artists of the Greater Bay Area. Our Roots The Triton Museum of Art was founded by rancher, lawyer, and art patron W. Robert Morgan and his wife June in San Jose, California, in 1965. It was the first non-university art museum in the county. Less than two years after its opening, the Triton Museum moved to its current location within the City of Santa Clara. Exhibitions and programs were held in four pavilions surrounded by a seven-acre park. Due to the tremendous economic and population growth of the Santa Clara Valley during the 1970s, a new facility was built to serve the changing needs of the community. Construction for the current facility was completed in October 1987. The 22,000-square-foot space features high ceilings, pyramidal skylights, and dramatic lighting. The spacious design of the building was created for versatile exhibition presentation as well as an aesthetically pleasing experience for museum visitors.

Unknown EXHIBITION A Recipe for Brown Skin Rupy C. Tut DATES: MAR 5 -MAY 1 YEAR: 2022 Previously on view in the Unknown < Back OVERVIEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Previous Next

Unknown EXHIBITION City Views Various Artists DATES: MAR 13 - MAY 2 YEAR: 2021 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

< Back Sieglinde Van Damme AUG 29 - JAN 10 - futility in three acts - Sieglinde Van Damme is a multi-disciplinary artist based in California, although she used to be an economist with European roots. Focused on abstraction as an open, undefined potential to new interpretations, her work reflects on the deep layers of our individual past histories and the complex dynamics behind big life choices. Her message:"re-imagine what else is possible.”™ Sieglinde holds both an MS Economics from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and a Master in Fine Arts from San Jose State University. As an award-winning artist, she participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions spanning the US, Europe, Russia, India, and Japan. Sieglinde’s art and writings have been published in various catalogs and media publications both in the US and in Europe. Her art is included in private and corporate collections around the globe, including Sotheby’s International Realty in France - Monaco. Award highlights include the Lorenzo il Magnifico Award for video art in Italy; the Belle Foundation Grant for artistic merit as well as the Leigh Weimers Artist Award in Silicon Valley, CA; a Grant from the San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs' Creative Industries Incentive Fund through the Center for Cultural Innovation; both a 2021 & 2022 Certificate of Artistic Merit from the jury at the Luxembourg Art Prize; and a 2024 Opulent Art Global Art Award. About the Artist: While currently focused on painting and mixed media, my broader interdisciplinary practice includes photography and video installation. Across all mediums, my work explores identity, adaptation, memory, and the ways we continually negotiate who we are as we move through life. Having immigrated from Belgium to California in 1998, I became interested in how identity is continually negotiated between personal history and social context. I realized that adapting to a new situation with intention asks us to consider what stays, what can be let go of, and what new choices become available in response to changing circumstances. The three videos presented in this exhibition approach these questions from different perspectives. Through image, sound, and movement, they explore what happens when life changes course. What remains? What evolves? And how do we stay connected to who we are while allowing new possibilities to emerge? Although these works were created during a period when my practice expanded beyond painting into video and photography, they reveal many of the ideas that continue to shape my work today. Whether through video, photographic traces, or abstraction, I am interested in creating spaces where multiple interpretations - and new possibilities - can coexist and where uncertainty opens the door to curiosity. At its core, this exhibition reflects a belief that life itself is a creative act. That identity is not fixed. That meaning is not singular. And that we often have far more freedom, possibility, and authorship in shaping our own lives than we realize. The thread connecting it all remains the same: “re-imagine what else is possible”™ - futility in three acts - What happens after something breaks? Structured in three movements - destruction, reconstruction, and re-imagination - this work examines the human impulse to create meaning from irreversible change. Empty wine bottles are shattered, gathered, reorganized, and painstakingly reassembled into new forms. Yet despite every effort, the original object can never fully return. The work reflects on transformation itself. Whether imposed from the outside or chosen from within, there are moments in all our lives when change carries a point of no return. We may attempt to repair what was lost or restore what once felt familiar. Instead, something else emerges: not restoration, but a new relationship with what remains. More than a collection of broken glass, the work asks what kind of meaning can be created from fragments. It suggests that value does not arise from returning to what was, but from engaging with what is and deciding what comes next. Viewed today, the piece feels especially relevant. We are living through a time of rapid change, uncertainty, and constant disruption. Old assumptions are being challenged, familiar structures are shifting, and many people find themselves navigating circumstances they never anticipated. In that context, - futility in three acts - becomes a reflection on our capacity to discover new possibilities and choose what to build from here. - futility in three acts – video with sound, total playtime: 22min 53sec visuals by Sieglinde Van Damme music/sound by Cole Ingraham & Sieglinde Van Damme 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

Check out our most recently posted videos below, including our last recorded Book Club lecture! Click here to see our past lectures! VIDEOS Last Lecture: February 4th, 2026 Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer Presented by Preston Metcalf Norman Mailer’s dazzlingly rich, deeply evocative novel of ancient Egypt breathes life into the figures of a lost era: the eighteenth-dynasty Pharaoh Rameses and his wife, Queen Nefertiti; Menenhetet, their creature, lover, and victim; and the gods and mortals that surround them. Journey down the ancient Nile with Executive Director and Art Historian Preston Metcalf explores the high watermark of art in the 18th Dynasty Egypt.