Along with several other BAPC members, I have work in the Center for Photographic Art’s 2025 Members’ Juried Exhibition.
Juror: Allie Haeusslein, Director, Pier 24 Photography
Exhibition Dates: March 29 – May 4, 2025
Opening reception: Saturday, March 29, 4:00 – 6:00pm
Reception, walk-through, and awards with Juror Allie Haeusslein
My image 6 Feet Apart: X Sampler Grid is included in the online portion of the show. See catalog.
See you at Room #323.
BAPC is an official “non profit partner” of the event. Thank you Ray Beldner and team for inviting us.
April 18-20, 2025
BUY TICKETS ONLINE
(contact me before you buy tix)
This is very fun, festive event with many happy art lovers/buyers roaming from room to room in this open-courtyard motel.
FAIR HOURS
Friday April 18, 2–10pm
Saturday April 19, 12–9pm
Sunday April 20, 12–7pm
HOTEL DEL SOL
3100 Webster St, San Francisco, CA 94123 (map)
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Bay Area Photographers Collective will present Collective Visions:
Collective Visions highlights the power of artistic collectives as a strategy for resilience and connection, revealing how collaboration fosters individual creativity. Through diverse imagery, viewers are invited to explore how collective belonging shapes expression, uncovering themes of trust, shared vision, and inspiration. From personal narratives to broader stories of place and identity, the works celebrate artistic community as both anchor and launchpad—proving that creativity thrives through connection, dialogue, and shared exploration
ABOUT STARTUP ART FAIR
Bypassing the traditional gallery system, Startup connects art buyers to curated up-and-coming artists. Over 60 artists – selected by art world experts – transform hotel rooms into individual exhibition spaces at the fun and funky Hotel del Sol, a 1950s motor lodge in the Marina District. stARTup is held the same weekend as the SF Art Market gallery fair at Fort Mason (within walking distance) so lots of art to see (and buy).
IMAGES FROM MY PARTICIPATION IN 2019
PROMO VIDEO
LINKS
I’m excited to present a solo exhibit of my 6 Feet Apart series at Birdhouse Gallery in the Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco. It’s a new gallery that shares a storefront space with the office of an architectural services company called bcooperative.
Birdhouse Gallery
2548 Judah Street, San Francisco, CA 94122 (map)
(415) 359-5187
@birdhousegallerysf
The exhibition includes new installations that leverage my archive of 1000s of images gathered around the world of the ubiquitous social-distancing marks that told us all to stand apart during the pandemic. Works include concrete sculptures, murals, framed and unframed photos on the walls, windows and floors, publications and more.
The groupings delve into a wide variety of metaphors, encompassing themes of transformation, the fragility of health, the rigorous yet uncertain nature of scientific exploration, and the visceral, often overwhelming experience of emotional panic. Through these layered associations, they invite the viewer to reflect on the interconnectedness of personal and collective responses to uncertainty and upheaval.
They are visually compelling abstractions but also stark reminders of the anxiety that led to their widespread presence. Once symbols of the pandemic’s intensity, they now fade into routine, unnoticed as we navigate the city.
I am doing a instagram “takeover” at Float Magazine from March 2-5, 2025.
Founded in 2014 by Dana Stirling and Yoav Friedlander, Float Photo Magazine aims to showcase diverse contemporary photography from emerging to established artists worldwide. Through online platforms, themed magazine issues, and various opportunities like exhibitions, interviews, and collaborations, Float fosters a welcoming and inclusive community. They have partnered with numerous art spaces and publications, including Littlefield Art Space, Subjectively Objective, and others, to provide artists with exposure and create unique visual experiences. Embracing all photographic styles and genres, Float serves as a home for photographers of all backgrounds.
I have one image in this unusual group show.
The Curated Fridge is an art gallery in Somerville, Massachusetts – well not a full gallery but literally one fridge in one apartment! it’s a fun idea and has grown into a bigger project over the last 10 years with a wide range of influential curators involved and remote exhibits in a variety of other galleries.
Leftovers features prints from previous submissions that were given a second chance to shine. Curated by Yorgos Efthymiadis @yorgosphoto, founder of TCF, the exhibition consists of 93 photographs.
An opening party is scheduled for January 18th (3-5pm)
Location: 281 Medford St, Somerville, MA 02143
I have one of my 6 Feet Apart images in the show:
see the full show at: thecuratedfridge.com
Nov 21, 2024 – Jan 11, 2025
curated by Cameron Brian and Ruth Santee
After working with the San Francisco branch of this gallery in 2023 for my small solo show I will now participate in a group show with Bay Area Photographers Collective. I’ll be showing a 2’x3′ lightbox from my Motion Studies series.
Transmission Gallery
770 West Grand Ave, Oakland CA 94612 (map)
Thursdays – Saturdays, 12-5 pm
Opening: Nov 23, 1-4pm
Meet the artists: Dec 7, 1-4pm
Meet at the gallery for a brief talk and informal gathering
featuring: Ari Salomon, Chad Amory, Ingo Bork, Tim Glinin, Anastasia Shubina, Rusty Weston
Chad Amory
Maria Budner
Ingo Bork
Anthony Delgado
Tim Glinin
Anastasia Shubina
John Martin
Ari Salomon
Neo Serafimidis
Chris Stevens-Yu
Alison Taggart-Barone
Rusty Weston
Nick Winkworth
Opening reception:
more info:
This is the 16th Annual 50|50
Sept 6 – Oct 6, 2024
This is an annual fundraiser where the gallery invites 50 artists to each create a grid of 50 artworks. Each artwork is 6″ square. My Interface series suits the format nicely. Last year I showed my 6 Feet Apart series. The exhibition fills all three galleries at Sanchez Art Center and has a big local audience. It’s a very festive event and part of the fun is seeing the art disappear off the wall as it is purchased.
Juror: Andra Norris. Andra Norris Gallery exhibits contemporary works of art in downtown Burlingame, California, which is situated on the Bay Area’s Peninsula. The gallery mounts 10 exhibitions annually, featuring and selling paintings, photography, sculpture, and mixed media from established and mid-career international artists with Bay Area ties. Since opening its doors in 2012, this mid-Peninsula gem has sought to bridge artists, collectors, and enthusiasts, by providing exceptional visual arts experiences and exhibitions of artwork from around the globe, while placing a special emphasis on California’s own rich Bay Area
I’ll be there Friday, Sept 6: 5pm and
Sunday, Sept 29, 1-3pm (free)
Ticketed opening weekend:
Free After the Opening Weekend Fundraiser:
Screenshot
Video Tour 2023
ABOUT SANCHEZ ART CENTER: The mission of Sanchez Art Center is to create community through art. Sanchez Art Center was established in 1996 when artists and community members repurposed a former elementary school into a multi-use arts complex that now includes 3 galleries, 19 art studios, arts education spaces, and the Mildred Owen Concert Hall.
I had a solo exhibition of my Interface series at the “Face House” in Kyoto in April 2024. Having my images of my “faces” in the “Face House” was a special synergy that tickled my brian in fun ways!
The gallery is part of the “creative studio & shop OOO” and includes a store with handmade goods and DIY craft kits on one side and a pop-up gallery on the other side. This will be the 3rd time I am participating in this amazing city-wide photo festival that includes more than 100 exhibitions. This year I am part of the KG＋ pick up portion of the festival.
Read my artist’s statement and bio in English or 日本語
Exhibition Tour:
Installation photos by Yoshitaka Orita:
Visit kgplus.kyotographie.jp
design-in-progress:
A sampler of some new images that are on their best behavior and hoping they will be picked to be in the show
Presenting this work at a BAPC Peer Review
My show was featured in the “Closing Report“. Only 12 of the 125 exhibitions in KG+ were featured (page 69).
MEMENTO MORI | MEMENTO VIVERE
A joint exhibition by the Bay Area Photographers Collective and Samurai Foto Yokohama, Japan); Curated by Trisha Lagaso Goldberg
I created a new floor-based installation of “concrete photos” for this group show as a continuation of my series 6 Feet Apart. I led the first exchange BAPC did with Samurai Foto in 2018 in Yokohama (my first show in Japan!) and we’ve been trying ever since to find a way to host the group here in the Bay Area. After many Covid-related delays, we are so excited to have this show at the beautiful art center in Ross.
Caption for this installation:
6 Feet Apart: Memorial
Adhesive Pigment Prints & Concrete Sculptural Prints as Installation on Floor
90” DiameterThis typology investigates the ubiquitous ground markers directing people to stand 6 feet apart to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These markers are often just a single piece of tape adhered to a sidewalk, distressed from months of being stepped on.
The sculptural photographs reference mysterious structures like Stonehenge – or tombstone-like memorials. My photographic method of collecting. sorting, and classifying mirrors the scientific processes employed to fight the pandemic.
The documentary style offers a chance to reflect on how the pandemic changed us individually and as a society. it also highlights the irony of working together by staying
On View March 9 – April 21, 2024
Fridays & Saturdays 10 am–4 pm
Sundays 12-4 pm
In The Studio at Marin Art and Garden Center, Ross, CA (map)
Opening Reception: March 10 (Ikebana demonstration, 1–1:30pm; Reception, 1:30–3:30pm)
“Meet the Artist” series: Come ask the artists questions in this informal gallery setting. I’ll be there on Sunday, March 24, 1-4pm
Reception photos:
Curator’s Statment: The artworks in Memento Mori | Memento Vivere reflect the full spectrum between life and death and are as varied and complex as the seen and unseen forces active in the natural world around us. The exhibition is designed to highlight the intrinsic way of things—from tenuous beginnings, to a middle life that is pedestrian and glorious in equal measures, and an end that may be tragic or magical. As the viewer makes their way through each space, my hope is that these works serve as a reminder for all to embrace this moment as the unknown on the horizon draws near.
Artists talk
Video Tour
you can also see the full 17min video where I give a tour of the whole show. Or the 5 minute version showing just my work.
LINKS
The Size Matters exhibition is a group show of small images associated with the wonderful “Medium festival of photography” in San Diego.
The exhibition will be on view from April 2 through April 27, 2024. A closing reception for the artists will be held from 6:00 – 8:00pm on Saturday, April 27.
Size Matters will be on view at the Athenaeum Art Center inside Bread & Salt, 1955 Julian Avenue, 92113 (map)
I will have one image from my series 6 Feet Apart. This is a new exploration taking these images of sidewalk COVID marks and transforming them into unique objects. I call these Artifacts: they are prints of my images that were placed on the sidewalk outdoors for a month or two during my exhibition in March 2023. The images became faded, scratched, stained, and torn. Now they are framed: protecting and commemorating the time they represent. They were captured from the sidewalk, put back on the sidewalk and then removed again — making a full circle. They stand as a metaphor for the pandemic and how it has changed us.
EVENT: Barrio Art Crawl on Saturday, April 13, 11am-8pm.
A self-guided tour with gallery/exhibit showings, open studios, outdoor murals, music, dining, and shopping highlighting Chicano art and culture.
Juried by Crista Dix
Atheneaum Art Center
1955 Julian Ave, San Diego, CA 92113 (map)
