During his 30-year-career in the Bay Area, Kal Spelletich has been a pivotal figure in the machine art and robotics community. He frequently collaborates with scientists, engineers, musicians and audiences to realize projects. His machines address the poetic nature of technology, scientific discovery and metaphorically illustrate how, just as movement, light and sound waves can […]
Through performance, sculpture, and video my objects and narratives reference historic and speculative visual technologies, science, and science fiction. With materials and aesthetics from industrial design, I posit visual technologies that are unnecessarily mechanically complex, yet technologically simple. My narrative videos and performances feature a cast of fantastical characters—including an astronaut, scuba diver, narwhal, unicorn, […]
My practice explores the various factors associated with assimilation narratives, particularly as they pertain to language, labor and notions of visibility. I am interested in communicating how these components have contributed to the formation of my family’s identity as it transitions into a second and third generation of U.S. citizens. Inspired by first-hand experiences and […]
Kathy Aoki’s work addresses gender and pop-culture issues through approachable visual formats spiked with humor. Her most recent series, “The Museum of Historical Makeovers,” has roots in art history, beauty trends, feminism, and museology. Presented in a simulated museum setting, the project features immersive installations, ersatz historical prints, sculpture, photos, and mockumentary videos, providing a […]
Hello, my name is Mansur Nurullah and I am 46 years old. The work I create is the result of my struggle to understand, interpret, and inhabit the complex landscape of the world that I find myself in. My works are constructions that are informed by the natural environment, architecture, memory, history, imagination, and process. […]
Frequently objects, especially ubiquitous ones, overwhelm individuals. Ubiquitous things can quickly become so overwhelming that they become unseen, rejected from conscious thought because of their power. In my projects, I reclaim mundane everyday items and elevate them to fragile forms. These forms reorient space, which allows for confusion that enables the viewer to explore the […]
Martin Olivares, (aka Rabbit Garcia), is an interdisciplinary artist working in drawing, painting, and sculpture. Recent work involves the use of found objects that he recontextualizes to call attention to foreign histories that are in the process of being forgotten. Olivares is interested in giving new meaning to old physical memories that have been disconnected […]
Artist Statement – Things, whether newly bought or recently discarded, are ambiguous until we assign value and meaning. I am fascinated by the liminal space between those things that we hold onto forever and what we thoughtlessly toss out. When do the things that were once comforting, affirming, or desirable, somehow lose their luster? I […]
Artist Statement – I focus on process and material exploration, with a fondness for stone. My hope is that my artworks serve as a subtle point of reflection for how multiple, and even contradictory meanings, can coexist in symbolic language. All language is less clear than it first appears, particularly in the United States where […]
Artist Statement – Boats are storied human objects, culturally ubiquitous, recognizable forms rife with association. They are vessels that carry us, and their recognizable form and implied transitional narrative combine in sculptural objects to tell stories that are both individual and highly relatable. Pairing skin-on-frame boatbuilding—where cloth skins a skeletal armature—with found, historied textiles creates […]