Abstraction NOW!

Northern CA Juried Exhibition

Juror, Ariel Garza

August 14 - September 13, 2025

Artists’ Reception: Saturday, August 16th, 1 - 4 pm

First Friday: September 5th, 5 - 8 pm

Juror's Talk: September 6th, starting at 2 pm

Erika Adkins, Javier Arizmendi, Linda Belden, Jo Ann Biagini, Gina Borg, Kristen Brown, Vibrata Chromodoris, Gary Comoglio, Chelsea Delaney, Erica Dincalci, Anthony Fashana, John Ferrell, Jonathan Gaber, Zedekiah Gonsalves Schild, Kitty Gordon, Tali Grinshpan, LuluCat Hailouros, Mair Host, Scott Idleman, Jeff Key, Brandon Larson, Abby Lawrence, Jeanne Lorenz, Nichol Markowitz, Dinah Mcfarlane, Mary Mocas, Denise Owen, Johanna Poethig, Anthony Ramsey, Robert Ross, Roxanne Schwartz, Larraine Seiden, Deborah Sibony, Sally Smith, Charles Stewart, Monica Valdez, Audrey Tulimiero Welch

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GearBox Gallery proudly presents ABSTRACTION NOW!, our 11th Annual Juried Exhibition. Each year we invite a guest juror to select work from the greater Bay Area and beyond to show in this highly anticipated annual exhibition. This year’s exhibition focuses on the depiction of Abstraction in 2025, juried by SFMOMA Curatorial Assistant of painting and sculpture, Auriel Garza.

The exhibition was open to Northern California Artists working in all mediums with work by thirty-seven artists selected for the in-person exhibition at GearBox Gallery. In addition to showing their work in Abstraction Now!, two artists will be awarded future exhibition opportunities at Gearbox Gallery.

All are welcome to join us for the Artists’ Reception, Saturday, August 16th from 1-4pm. Greet the artists, check out the exhibition and enjoy the light refreshments, with free street parking nearby.

Juror Auriel Garza will discuss her thoughts on the exhibition theme and the selection process on Saturday, September 6th, starting at 2 pm. Please join us, and bring your questions!

About the Juror

Auriel Garza is an art historian, writer, educator, and artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She currently works for SFMOMA, where she supports the research, development, documentation, and interpretation of the permanent collection, temporary exhibitions, and accessions of the Painting and Sculpture Department.

Auriel has helped organize and curate over thirty modern and contemporary art exhibitions. She is a co-author of the publications: Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection, Telling Tales: Contemporary Narrative Photography, and Raul Gonzalez: Doing Work. Her writings have been published in PATRON magazine, Fort Worth Weekly, and the Dallas Morning News.

Auriel has supported curatorial projects in several museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach, and the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio.

Abstraction NOW!

Northern CA Juried Exhibition

Juror, Ariel Garza

August 14 - September 13, 2025

Artists’ Reception: Saturday, August 16th, 1 - 4 pm

First Friday: September 5th, 5 - 8 pm

Juror's Talk: September 6th, starting at 2 pm

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