Making beautiful art from broken pieces of glass is very compelling for me. The transformation from broken to beautiful inspires and moves me. Although I have done flat mosaics, making dimensional mosaic sculptures, primarily of imagined creatures, has formed my current work. The creatures are made from my welded skeletons, covered with concrete, then finished…
Kim Thoman
Artist Bio Kim Thoman has been exhibiting nationally and receiving grants for more than 35 years. She has art degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco State University and was an art professor in the Peralta Community College District for over 30 years. Selected grants include the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of…
Bushra Gill
Bushra Gill is interested in finding order within the chaos of everyday life through art. She was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and emigrated to Houston, Texas, with her family as a small child. Drawn to art from a young age, she graduated from Pratt Institute in 1994, with a BFA in sculpture. She spent many…
Jeffrey Kessel
I am a self-taught woodworker making Bowls, Boxes, Lamps, Sculptures, Music Stands and other items primarily from recycled wood. Most items displayed along sidewalk and are accessible. Some items are in an adjacent garage separated from sidewalk by 2″ high x 4″ wide threshold.
Cyd Burk
Cyd Burk is a revolutionary queer artist based in Oakland, Ca. Cyd do espaintings ( mostly abstract) sculpture, card making, photography, scratch boards, and multi-media work. We have been creating for over 50 years… we are not mainstream… we are in West Oakland. We have been showing our work in SF and East Bay since…
Sarah Merola
For the past few years, my work has revolved around the human condition. An unromantic view that looks at vulnerability and distress. To me, we are all fragile and porous, soaking in the bad as well as the good. Life is a wonderful and hopeful thing, but also, often painful and unfair. We might be…
Charlie Sullivan
Charlie Sullivan re-purposes found and discarded items, combining them with lenses and mirrors and furniture parts to create emotionally inspired freestanding sculptures and hangings. Everyday items are rearranged in a playful balance and are built to be viewed in the round to encourage shifting perspectives.
Fernanda Martinez
Fernanda MartÃnez is an Oakland based painter and muralist; In her work, she incorporates nature elements as themes, organic shapes, bold textures, and deconstructed patterns to develop intrinsic narratives. Recently her practice expanded to sculptures, where she experiments with different materials to translate her distinguishable shapes and mastery in color into delightful 3D pieces. With…
Susan Brooks
Susan Brooks: Drawing on Metal/ Building with Clay/ Painting my Thoughts I move freely between my mediums of non-traditional fine jewelry in sterling silver and gold, figurative layered paintings and drawings, and miniature ceramic and mixed media anthropomorphic sculpture called 1000 Objects of Desire and Mirth. I work mostly with the face and figure, decorative…
Shelley Gardner
I moved to Oakland in 1976 to attend the graduate program in sculpture at California College of Arts and Crafts. I have had solo exhibits at Stanislaus State University, SFMOMA cafe, Blue Line Arts in Roseville, Michael Warren Gallery in Denver, Morris Graves Museum in Eureka, Merced College, The Lesher Center for the Arts in…
Wilma Wyss
Bio Wilma began creating abstract sculptures in concrete and mosaic in 2007. Her art practice takes her in two complementary directions: fine art mosaics and commissions for public and private spaces. Wilma’s award-winning mosaic sculptures and wall hung work have been shown nationally. Site specific mosaic artwork has been commissioned by Kaiser Hospital in Oakland,…
Dave Kwinter
After years of painting with acrylics and digital art software, I have discovered the delights of assemblage. Working in three dimensions is much more fun than being confined to two. The components of my sculptures come from thrift stores, flea markets, and eBay. More than once, something I picked up from the sidewalk has ended…
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…
Sara Frucht
Sara Frucht is an artist, programmer and mathematician who has been working in a variety of media for many years. She has always had a fascination for geometry, and when she was in high school, she won a regional award for a presentation on visualizing in four dimensions. She started making generative art in the…
Kitty Muntzel
Kitty Muntzel has her BA in Printmaking and Sculpture and her MA in Creative Arts Education. She spent 10 years teaching in the schools and then discovered a love for costuming. She spent over 30 years as a Costume Draper, her last 25 years at Berkeley Repertory Theatre as their Women’s Draper. She is very…
Salma Arastu
As a woman, artist, and mother, I work to create harmony by expressing the universality of humanity through paintings, sculpture, and calligraphy. At birth, I was given the life-defining challenge of a left hand without fingers. Seeing the unity of an all-encompassing God, I was able to transcend the barriers often set-forth in the traditions…
Robert Temple
Reclaimed Luminosity is a collection of lamps and light sculptures, made by hand using reclaimed materials and found objects. After years of collecting and salvaging interesting items, I started to experiment with creating lamps as I love exploring the combination of light, form, and function. My vision is guided by balancing logic and structure with…
Mark Lightfoot
I have been a practicing artist, teacher and gallery director and owner for many years. A few years ago, I began creating wall sculptures and functional pieces using fused glass, which is glass artwork formed in a kiln. Glass allows me new ways to create with color and light and has opened up a whole…