Join us for Root Division’s 19th Annual Art Auction! As we traverse the last leg of 2020, this is the perfect opportunity to directly support artists and Root Division during these unprecedented times. A plethora of new original artwork created by prominent emerging and established Bay Area artists are now physically on view in person at […]

Palija Shrestha’s practice is a world in an of itself. A world that presents as a portal between the past and present while negotiating the nuances of being and becoming. This September, I was fortunate enough to see Shrestha’s studio in person wherein which I was able to experience the scale of these large form

By Alicia McDaniel, Exhibitions Fellow Root Division Studio Artist Sophie Feuer’s Sending to the Land is an intimate memoir of her late grandmother Ilse. Images of her day-to-day life are tenderly juxtaposed with retellings of her childhood in a war-ridden Germany. Feuer’s haunting paintings also depict a vulnerability, power, and seek to reveal what is hidden beneath

By Alicia McDaniel, Exhibitions Fellow The Frank-Ratchye Project Space Gallery presents a new body of work by Studio Artist Sandra Liu. Saturated in color and rendered with careful attention to shape and pattern these abstractions represent the artist’s emotions of love, pain, and frustration. Visions functions as a personal documentation and reflection of Liu’s abrupt new life

By Alicia McDaniel, Exhibitions Fellow Studio Artist Kacy Jung’s interdisciplinary practice is concerned with social constructions of identity. Her recent body of work The Weight of Souls is a collection of testimonials from other artists who have sacrificed past professions to pursue their current artistic passions. Concerned with consumption, privilege, and class inequality Jung’s exploration of the

By Alicia McDaniel, Exhibitions Fellow Camilo Villa is a queer Colombian artist who is concerned with dismantling heteronormative, binary constructions of gender and identity. He strives to create spaces for queer Latinx dancers within his mixed media depictions. Villa skillfully combines his background in social action and public forms with his art making practice to

By Alicia McDaniel, Exhibitions Fellow Alyssa Aviles is a visual artist and educator whose teaching and artmaking practices stem from her exploration of post-colonial identity. Aligning with her Latinx heritage the artist seeks to dismantle colonial oppression through her subversive, dynamic imagery of supernatural landscapes and figures. Aviles encourages her students to find meaning and

By Alicia McDaniel, Exhibitions Fellow Danielle Nanni is an artist and educator whose projects are centered around reflection and personal meaning. She creates whimsical visual narratives informed by the lived experiences of her family and herself. Nanni is the Blau-Gold Studio Teaching Fellow and a Studio Artist at Root Division. Her teaching methods and art

Hello Root Division Talks readers, We hope that you are all safe and well. Our team has been adjusting to this virtual shift and working remotely to provide you with original art and stories about all that we do at Root Division. For the month of May we will be showcasing the works of Root

By Alicia McDaniel, Exhibitions Fellow For the month of March, the Frank Ratchye Project Space will be showcasing Studio Artist Zach Searcy’s stimulating paintings. Concerned with class difference, accessibility, exclusivity, and societal complacency Searcy’s work challenges viewers to engage in critical self reflection.The artist has cleverly repurposed material objects of value working them into frames,