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UNBINDING – Stephanie Thames and Jamie Treacy

June 11 – July 17, 2021 Gearbox Gallery 770 West Grand Ave. Oakland, CA 94612 www.gearboxgallery.com | 510-271-0822 Stephanie Thames’s ceramic sculptures and Jamie Treacy’s mixed media paintings are brought together in this exhibition around the theme of “Shadow Work” or exploring the avoided and hidden parts of one’s psyche. The exhibition title “Unbinding” speaks to […]

SHAPES and SPACES – Sheila Ghidini and Irene Nelson

April 30 – June 5, 2021 Artists make things, sometimes the work matters, sometimes it doesn’t.  The ideas that set the work into motion, that bring the materials into relation are what matters.  They are the catalyst for a balancing act that sustains the mind, body and soul of each maker of things. Shapes and […]

OUTSIDE OF TIME – Chuck Potter and Diane Williams

March 19 – April 24, 2021 Making art is a solitary activity, but fully engaged with forces outside of time. Athletes know this place as the “zone”. This is the place where we are most powerful and creative. Time literally collapses as our experience creates a hyper focused state. When in the zone, or outside […]

EQUILIBRIUM – Jules Campbell and Linda Ellinwood

January 29 – March 13, 2021 Campbell’s work largely emerges from experiences living in and navigating urban environments, from London to San Francisco, with side trips to the reservoirs, wooded trails and marinas.  In this recent body of work, precision counterbalances process, as she further explores the interplay between fabricated materials and structure and inevitable […]

Lori Murphy | CANADAY REDACTED

Special Exhibition in the Inner Room at Gearbox Gallery January 29 – March 13, 2021 LORI MURPHY “Three years ago, I began dismantling and reassembling a volume set of “Metropolitan Seminars in Art” by John Canaday. I was interested in altering his narrative, writing new stories over the old. Part of my process is the […]

2020 Exhibitions

ORDINARY MATTER:STONE SOUP – Deborah Benioff-Friedman, Phyllis Lasché, Gina Telcocci and in the Inner RoomRobert Saywitz: Suspended Beliefs November 20, 2020 – January 23, 2021 Walking in the Dark: Marsha Balian & Pat Sonnino and in the Inner RoomPenelope Anstruther: The Moon is A Mirror October 16 – November 14, 2020 Omens and Observations: Harry Clewans and Arthur Gonzalez September 11 – October 10, 2020 SANCTUARY: Juror, Rene De Guzman August 6 – September 5, 2020 In the […]

STONE SOUP | ORDINARY MATTER: Deborah Benioff Friedman, Phyllis Lasché, and Gina Telcocci

Exhibit: November 20, 2020 through January 2, 2021 Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 5:00 p.m.  Stone Soup: Ordinary Matter Deborah Benioff Friedman, Phyllis Lasché, and Gina Telcocci View STONE SOUP: ORDINARY MATTER Virtual Exhibition As artists, the three members of Stone Soup are observing and working with ordinary matter – the unnoticed, the discarded, extraneous, […]

SUSPENDED BELIEFS | Robert Saywitz

SUSPENDED BELIEFS Robert Saywitz November 20, 2020 through January 2, 2021 Inner Room Project Space The idea that one can suspend the trauma of their waking lives and seek refuge in their sleep does not always hold true. These works explore the landscape where the waking life interacts with the unconscious.  Highly personal, these pieces […]

WALKING IN THE DARK: Marsha Balian and Patricia Sonnino

Walking in the Dark: Marsha Balian and Patricia Sonnino October 16 – November 14, 2020 In the gallery and virtual exhibitionwith a special exhibition in the Inner RoomPenelope Anstruther: The Moon is A Mirror VIEW THE VIRTUAL EXHIBITION Marsha Balian Jaded-Muscles, 2020, 10 x 10 mixed media: acrylic paint, assorted found papers, found 19th century […]