Eric Murphy is a photographer, graphic design artist, independent curator and art collector. He has been supporting the Oakland arts since 1999. He was a long time former staff of Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland for over 10 years and represented bay area artists during that time. He has supported bay area galleries such as…
Pete Villaseñor
Artist Statement When I was about three years old back in my hometown of San Antonio, Texas, I remember my parents buying me my first coloring book and a giant set of crayons and I was entranced, delighted and hooked as a new world opened up for me. Making art still joyfully sustains me to…
Tahirah Rasheed
Tahirah Rasheed is a glass neon artist whose work intricately melds creativity with purpose, shedding light on the injustices faced by Black women through her abstract sculptures and luminous creations. Originating from West Oakland, CA, and a distinguished alumna of UC Berkeley, Tahirah co-founded an art collective grounded in Black feminist theory—a movement of artists,…
MsKiki
Greetings, everyone! I’m an artist living and working in Oakland, California. I embarked on my art journey in 2021, and it has amazed me to discover my passion for art in so many ways. I believe that my art is my personal treasure map, full of endless ideas and discoveries. As I learn and grow,…
Cara Goldstein
Cara Goldstein is an arts educator, cartoonist, illustrator, and writer. Her series, My Bae Area Adventures was featured in the SF Examiner in 2023. She’s a Fulbright Scholar and Yale University National Teacher Fellow on the topic of Intermediality. Her goal is to get her students to tell their own stories through comic book creation.…
Johanna Poethig
Johanna Poethig is a visual, public artist and performance artist who has exhibited internationally creating public artworks, murals, paintings, sculpture and multimedia installations for over 3 decades. She received the prestigious California Arts Council Individual Artist Legacy Award in 2022. Her multidisciplinary art practice plays between realism and abstract forms, architectural and intimate scales, historic…
Anja Borgstrom
Rich color and texture are my signature, married with imaginary land and seascapes that emerge from energetic, abstract brush work, markings, and carvings. On wood or paper, acrylic paint is my primary medium, yet often drawing, printmaking, &/or collage play a role. Central themes are: connection to nature, varied pathways in life, and darkness to…
Terry Furry
I am a figurative, gay Oakland painter.
Tatille Jackson
Born in New York, shaped by Atlanta, and based in Oakland, Tatille Jackson is a self-taught artist introduced to fiberworks by her grandmother. She weaves textiles, natural materials, and the written word to create pieces that invite people to reflect on our shared human experience. Her work is an exploration in color, perspective, and the…
Sandy Olgeirson
Sandy Wren Olgeirson is a wood and ceramic artist based in Oakland, California. With a foundation in the performing arts and experience as a theater scene shop technician, Sandy’s creative journey began in the world of theater. She studied at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, where her love for storytelling…
Eva Agus
Eva Agus is an artist and environmental engineer working in Oakland, California. Raised as a Chinese minority in Jakarta, her visual art blends modern high-precision feel from her technical training while acknowledging cultural elements from Indonesia and the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia. With family heritage in the textile trade, Eva loves exploring diaspora history…
Carolynn Haydu
Bio: Carolynn Haydu was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Her first artistic influence was her Hungarian Grandfather who was a set builder for Hollywood studios. She received her BFA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley and her MFA from NYU. She has completed a public commission from the city of Berkeley and a…
Pearl Regalado
Artist Bio: Pearl Regalado is a Filipino-American painter based in Oakland, CA. Influenced by her connection to the local graffiti scene, she works primarily in acrylic, along with ink, spray paint, and charcoal. Her art draws from personal experiences of womanhood and love, serving as a form of self-expression to explore ideas around love, lust,…
Scott R. Holloway
SCOTT R HOLLOWAY : A RETROSPECTIVE Scott started painting when his mother handed him a brush to keep him quiet so she could paint. After a chaotic and mobile childhood, he was finally able to put down roots in Oakland in 1977. His search for Meaning led him not only to painting, but also to…
Diane Komater
I call myself a WIREIST. ( purposely spelled wrong). I studied drawing and Illustration at CCAC, Oakland. Using different gauges of wire, I draw in the air figures, mostly, sometimes mobiles. My figures have ranged from 3feet to 9 feet tall. I am now interested in making a figure 15 feet tall.
Chanda Beck
Chanda Beck is the owner and designer for her functional ceramics business, Ezme Designs and is based out of the Berkeley Potters Guild. She has a BFA in Ceramic Sculpture from the California College of the Arts in Oakland. She has been working in clay for over 20 years and has a particular love for…
Jo Ann Biagini
I use image transfer, collage and painting on book pages to create an interpretation of the natural world. sometimes layering images and subtracting by painting or sanding. Jo Ann was born in Oakland California and recieved aMuseum M MFA in ceramics from the California College of the Arts in Oakland. Her work has been shown…
Meghan Shimek
Based in Oakland, California, fiber artist Meghan Shimek creates large scale woven wall hangings and sculptures. Her engaging work is ethereal, whimsical and delicate, but rooted in the warm, earthy materials she uses. Exploring organic movement, Shimek’s weaving style allows the fibers to fall into an indeterminate pattern that reveals the beauty and vulnerability of…