Joyce Nojima’s work exemplifies the capacity for paper to be both durable and vulnerable. Using a heated iron rod, Nojima carefully manipulates, burns, and marks her chosen medium to create new, emerging forms. Her process of controlled mark making – inspired by the desire to find beauty in destruction – produces a captivating constellation of […]
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Interviewees:Cynthia Loukides – Board MemberAdam O’Donnell – Board MemberRhiannon MacFadyen – Curatorial Committee Member As we gear up for Root Division’s 16th Annual Art Auction, we sat down with two of our Board Members, Cynthia Loukides and Adam O’Donnell, and Curatorial Committee Member, Rhiannon MacFadyen. The conversation ranged from recounting favorite Auction memories, their individual
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Root Division Studio Artist, Paula Lucia is fascinated by the balance between opposing forces within abstraction. Her two-dimensional work creates space that is both flat and layered; color that is simultaneously harmonious and unbalanced; and imagery that is graphic and abstracted. Lucia’s paintings form swirling worlds of geometric shapes in which the viewer is transported to
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Exhibitions Fellow, Samantha Reynolds meets with Root Division studio artist, Rebecca Simon to discuss her current installation in the Frank-Ratyche Project Space for the month of August. During their studio visit, their conversation ranges from the attempt to capture of a single moment, the portrayal of an internal, mental state and the current social-political connotations
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By repetitively visiting the same site, Natasha Carlos captures the infinite vantage points and perspectives of a singular landscape. Acting as a pseudo-explorer, Carlos inserts her own body into simultaneously specific and ambiguous outdoor environments. For the month of July, Carlos has installed a stop-motion animation piece and photographic sculpture within the Frank Ratchye Project
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Sudio Artist, Leigh Ann Coleman has developed a new, responsive body of work to the current political climate. Coleman’s installation reimagines how we simultaneously occupy space and time, as a way of coping, connecting, understanding, and taking ownership of the present.
Hello RD Blog followers! My name is Samantha Reynolds and I am thrilled to be the 2017-2018 Exhibitions Fellow. Over the past year, I have worked as the Exhibitions Intern at Root Division, so it is a real privilege to continue to work with RD’s amazing team and Studio Artists in a new capacity. Outside
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Spring has officially sprung here at Root Division. Our latest exhibition Back to the Garden–curated by yours truly–opened on April 8th and turned the gallery into a verdant landscape. Back to the Garden–which featured stunning work by sixteen local artists–explored the motivations and methods by which human beings shape the natural world into a reflection
The twenty-five artists included in Root Division’s biennial MFA Now exhibition are in the midst of a two or three year program, in which they focus on their respective development as individual artists and experiment with the possibilities of their work. While the artworks produced during this time function as extensions of specific MFA programs,
Root Division is full of fresh new energy this month. Currently on display in RD’s main gallery is their biannual MFA Now exhibition, which showcases work by current students in the top MFA programs around the Bay Area. Juried by ProArts Gallery director Natalia Mount, the work in this show covers a broad range of
