Montalvo Arts Center | Exhibitions

ON VIEW THROUGH THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 2010 (Park Grounds)
David Middlebrook: Sculpture on the Grounds

David Middlebrook is an artist who traces his roots to ceramics and who has evolved to become a professional sculptor specializing in site-specific work, public and private commissions, and smaller sculptural elements. He was born and raised in Jackson, Michigan and went on to earn his M.F.A from the University of Iowa in 1970. He burst into the art world and quickly became ...

ON VIEW THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31 2010 (Park Grounds)
Ann Weber: Ode to Montalvo

In June 2010, Montalvo collaborated with East Bay sculptor Ann Weber to create a series of new commissioned works. Weber created large-scale, site-specific impermanent sculptures constructed of recycled cardboard. The concepts for the 8'-10' sculptures originate from tiny seeds, pods, cocoons, or cones the artist found on the grounds. Translated into sculptures they are transformed; Weber states, “The resulting sculptures create a dialogue with ...

ON VIEW THROUGH THURSDAY, JUNE 30 2011 (Great Lawn)
Ali Naschke-Messing: From Within, So Without

Bunya Pine, laser-cut mirrored plexiglass, galvanized nails and screws, washers, adhesive.Upon arrival, Naschke-Messing, a Lucas Artists Residency Program Fellow, was immediately drawn to the enormous Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) on Montalvo’s front lawn and was inspired to create a site-specific work. The tree’s outer bark is characterized by multiple bulbous whorls that form around holes where branches once grew. The artist proposed ...

ON VIEW THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 2010 (Project Space Gallery)
Human Nature

On August 27, Montalvo Arts Center will open Human Nature, a new exhibition that examines the human condition through the relationships humans have with animals. On view in the Project Space Gallery and running through October 17, Human Nature features work by internationally recognized artists Tim Hawkinson; Céleste Boursier-Mougenot and Ariane Michel; and Lucas Artists Residency Program Fellow Misako Inaoka and former Lucas Fellow Dana ...

ON VIEW THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 2010 (Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery at SJSU)
01SJ Biennial Exhibition with Miguel Palma

Miguel Palma, a multi-media artist who lives in Lisbon, Portugal, will be in residence at the Lucas Artists Residency Program at Montalvo for the month of August working on his exhibition for the 01SJ Biennial. Palma has been exploring matters related to the world's rapid technological development since 1989. His works propose alternative - and often ironic - paths to confront this hunger for the new ...

BEGINNING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 (Project Space Gallery)
Rachel Sussman: The Oldest Living Things On Earth

Rachel Sussman's landscape-based photography is rooted in a subtle exploration of humanity's complex relationship with nature and, by extension, with itself. Sussman employs formal devices such as restricted color palates, careful consideration of the tensions between grounds, and selective use of lines and shapes to further the dialogue between aesthetics, content, and form. What results is a unique visual system, imbued with cultural ...

BEGINNING FRIDAY, JANUARY 28 (Project Space Gallery)
Post-Consumer Cast-Offs/Wastes

In the wake of post-holiday glut, this group exhibition features artists whose whimsical work is created from post-consumer cast-off materials: excess packaging materials from children's toys, wrapping paper, nets and bags that hold our gifts, etc.An Opening Reception for this exhibition will be held on Friday, January 28 at 7pm in the Project Space Gallery.

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