Axis Gallery

AXIS GALLERY PRESENTS MOSAIC STUDENT ARTIST PROGRAM EXHIBITION POSTERWORKS Posterworks January 9 31, 2021 Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA... Blue Star Contemporary @bluestarart MOSAIC Student Artist Program artists have been selected for an exhibition presented by Axis Gallery in Sacramento, California. Posterworks is an exploration of traditional poster art and design, which has long been a part of modern life throughout politics, culture, and diverse industries. Posters continue to be a common printed medium for contemporary graphic artists and activists. For Posterworks, MOSAIC student artists present compelling graphic designs that capture this unique moment in time in the midst of a global pandemic. The artworks reflect on current events and the devastation the COVID-19 virus has had on our communities and personal lives. Posterworks is an exploration of traditional poster art and design, which has long been a part of modern life throughout politics, culture, and diverse industries. Posters continue to be a common printed medium for contemporary graphic artists and activists. For Posterworks, MOSAIC student artists present compelling graphic designs that capture this unique moment in time in the midst of a global pandemic. The artworks reflect on current events and the devastation the COVID-19 virus has had on our communities and personal lives. #contemporaryart #poster #politicalart #sanantonio #bayarea #sacramento #procreate #gallery #curator #artnews #sfart

Visit Axis Gallery to view "Paper Medium" by Roma Devanbu, an exhibition showcasing a new body of work that includes numerous interpretations of the tech-magic video meetings that have come to dominate our days. Other works feature objects such as heirlooms and meteorites which link us to places of origin both personal and universal. Image: "Some Hope" Roma Devanbu... 2020 Scissor Cut Paper, Acrylic Paint, 11.5 x 15.5, 2020 See more

Posterworks is an exploration of traditional poster art and design, which has long been a part of modern life throughout politics, culture, and diverse industries. Posters continue to be a common printed medium for contemporary graphic artists and activists. For Posterworks, MOSAIC student artists present compelling graphic designs that capture this unique moment in time in the midst of a global pandemic. The artworks reflect on current events and the devastation the COVID-19... virus has had on our communities and personal lives. Posterworks January 9 31, 2021 Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA #contemporaryart #gallery #sanantonio #bayarea #artnews #artcollector #curator #politicalart #procreate #digitalart #poster #sacramento

You can visit "Paper Medium," an Exhibition by Roma Devanbu at Axis Gallery until January 1st. The gallery is open Saturday and Sunday from noon-5pm, no appointment needed, masks and social distancing required. More about the show: The meaningful and complex relationships that we have with the objects which fill our homes has been a recurring theme in Roma Devanbu’s work for many years. Months of following strict shelter-at-home protocols have further focused Devanbu’s... attention on the domestic devices that serve as mediums of vital connection to the people, places and things beyond the constraints of our physical locations. This new body of work includes numerous interpretations of the tech-magic video meetings that have come to dominate our days. Other works feature objects such as heirlooms and meteorites which link us to places of origin both personal and universal. Several pieces reference the hand tatted doilies of Devanbu’s great grandmothers, Mither and Big Jo. Big Jo, was understood to be a trance medium, with the ability to communicate with souls in other realms. She was the inspiration for the interactive piece Electronic Medium. Image: "Zoom Doily - Imagining a Radical/Radial Feminist Future" Acrylic Paint on Cut Paper, 28 x 28, 2020 See more

"Strategies for Coping" is on view today from 12-5 pm in our main gallery and every Saturday and Sunday at the same time until December 27th. Artists include: Eliza Gregory, Muzi Li Rowe, Vincent Pacheco, Joanne Tepper Saffren and Dan Tran... Artwork by Joanne Tepper Saffren.

Manuel Fernando Rios "Accompanied Isolation" Aerosol and Silkscreen on Paper 18 x 12 inches 2020... This print is part of our new limited edition AXIS 2020: Artists in Isolation portfolios available for purchase for $2000 each through our website at: https://axiseditions.com/pro/axis-gallery-portfolio-edition Artists in Isolation portfolio contains 14 works of art, each created in a signed edition of 6 by each of the participating Axis member artists: Omar Thor Arason, Tavarus Blackmon, Doug Dertinger, Roma Devanbu, Kenna Doeringer, Richard Gilles, Benjamin Hunt, Muzi Li, William Mead, Vincent Pacheco, Manuel Fernando Rios, Nicholas Shepard, Joanne Tepper Saffren, and Summer Ventis. About the work: Like many people in early 2020, my world was flipped upside down once Covid-19 made its way around the globe. I was forced to live in a world that I was not used to. A simple trip to the store now became a race to get my items and back to my car within a few minutes. I no longer had the freedom to see my aging parents, hug my brothers and sisters or their kids. But as quick as I was introduced to this new world, a video conferencing technology called Zoom would be my gateway to human interaction. I was now teaching art classes using Zoom, I was seeing friends and family using Zoom and I was having meetings using Zoom. Zoom here, zoom there, Zoom everywhere. It was great for a time. But as days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months, I found myself living in a world where I am physically alone but virtually accompanied.

Congratulations to Elise Weber our third Juror's Choice picked by curator Marcela Pardo Ariza. Each of the winners receives the distinction and an award of $200 for the work they have exhibited in the Competition. You can visit the gallery today from 12-5pm by making an appointment on our website. About the Artist:... Elise Weber's interdisciplinary work explores aesthetic memory through new fauvist forms and queer imagery. Connecting with her community, Weber continues her exploration of identity in her gum portraits. Interviewing her sitter about their identity she explores how art, media and literature play a roll in identity politics. Her two previous bodies of work, Bless Your Heart and Let’s Talk About Lady Stuff, use a twentieth- century aesthetic to explore the exterior (social) and interior (personal) gaze through photography and sculpture. Weber's work has been recently exhibited in Los Angeles, CA, Houston, TX, Nantes, FR, San Antonio, TX, Denver, CO, Marfa, TX, and Hudson, NY. Weber studied photography at Sam Houston State University to receive her Bachelor of Fine Arts. Awarded the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fellowship, Weber continued her education at the University of Houston as a graduate teaching fellow. Weber currently practices in Sacramento, California while teaching photography and art at Sierra College, Cosumnes River College, and American River College. https://www.eliseweber.com/

Axis Gallery is happy to announce the Juror's Choice Awards for our 15th National Juried Competition. Juror Marcela Pardo Ariza has chosen the work of Hasler Gomez, Elise Weber, and Robert Núñez (artwork pictured) to each receive the distinction and an award of $200 for the work they have exhibited in the Competition. You can still see Robert's work by going to our website to make an appointment to visit the gallery tomorrow 12-5pm About the artist:... "I was born and raised in Carson City, Nevada by Mexican immigrant parents. I am currently a student at the University of Nevada, Reno studying Atmospheric Science and Photography. I’m driven by a compulsion to capture the forgotten and overlooked moments that make up everyday life. This compulsion can be best described as an urge, an urge that I have felt since I was about 13 or 14 years old. It’s the moments that seem unremarkable that I’m most drawn to. The images I create allow me a moment to pause and concentrate, within the constant shifting state of my mind. I’m not interested in finding something profound in the mundane; my images are not meant to be anything more than what they are. My aim is to give my viewer the opportunity to consider the aesthetic value in the every day and to invite them to consider their surroundings from a different perspective." https://robertnoonez.com/

Visit Axis today to see "Strategies for Coping," a new exhibition of Axis newest members open from December 5th - December 27th, 2020 Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sunday 12-5 pm Five new Axis membersEliza Gregory, Muzi Li Rowe, Vincent Pacheco, Joanne Tepper Saffren and Dan Trancome together to show their work as Strategies for Coping, an exhibition dedicated to building connection across isolation in this particular time and place. Each artist presents work that speaks to a... particular strategy for dealing with the panoply of ills that have reared up these last few months: anxiety, isolation, personal trauma, grief, social upheaval, sickness, wildfirethe list goes on. Using a mixture of photography, sculpture and paintings the five artists present works that resonate with humor and pathos, opening a conversation for everyone to acknowledge and share their strategies for coping. Artwork by Eliza Gregory.

Our gallery is open by appointment on Saturdays from Noon-5pm. Click the link below to make an appointment. http://axisgallery.org/appointments/ Currently on view: Axis 15th National Juried Exhibition Juroried by Marcela Pardo Ariza... August 8th - 29th, 2020 Artists included: @zachj.angeles @cody_arnall @jennyebalisle @wesley_bell_miller @jnnybean @dizziest_dezi @carmeldor @haslergomez @clgimages @whaackart @pamelahartvig @iamishmael/ @jcjacobs5/ @marinakassianidou @stelamandel @robert.jpeg @lrayburn @gretty_vee @elise.weber @cryweiwei

The gallery is open tomorrow and the day after from 12-5 pm. No appointment necessary. Current exhibition: "Strategies for Coping" featuring the newest members of Axis Gallery. December 5th - December 27th, 2020... Hours: Saturday and Sunday 12-5 pm Artists: Eliza Gregory, Muzi Li Rowe, Vincent Pacheco, Joanne Tepper Saffren and Dan Tran We limit the number of visitors in the gallery and require all visitors to wear a mask. We ask that all Visitors enter the Gallery by the S street entrance. Artwork by Daniel Tran

Visit our Gallery by making an appointment for Saturday noon-5pm and see Axis Gallery's 15th National Juried Exhibition titled "Con Cariño, Tenderly" On view August 8th - 29th, 2020 http://axisgallery.org/appointments/... About the Juror: Marcela Pardo Ariza (b. Bogotá, Colombia) is a visual artist and curator that explores transhistorical and intergenerational kinship, alternate forms of representation through photography and site-specific installations. Marcela has organized public programs and exhibitions at Southern Exposure, CTRL SHFT Collective, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Noroof Gallery, Knockdown Center and Root Division. Ariza is the recipient of the Tosa Studio Award 2017, an Alternative Exposure grant (2019, 2020), a Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Award, a finalist for the 2017 San Francisco Artist Award and an Alternative Exposure grantee (2018, 2019). Ariza holds an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, is a co-founder of Art Handlxrs and a former member of the Curatorial Council at Southern Exposure. @zachj.angeles @cody_arnall @jennyebalisle @wesley_bell_miller @jnnybean @dizziest_dezi @carmeldor @haslergomez @clgimages @whaackart @pamelahartvig @iamishmael/ @jcjacobs5/ @marinakassianidou @stelamandel @robert.jpeg @lrayburn @gretty_vee @elise.weber @cryweiwei

Joanne Tepper Saffren "blue for you" cyanotype chemicals, sunshine, 100% cotton paper Edition of 6 Dimension: 16 x 12... 2020 This print is part of our new limited edition AXIS 2020: Artists in Isolation portfolios available for purchase for $2000 each through our website at: https://axiseditions.com/pro/axis-gallery-portfolio-edition Artists in Isolation portfolio contains 14 works of art, each created in a signed edition of 6 by each of the participating Axis member artists: Omar Thor Arason, Tavarus Blackmon, Doug Dertinger, Roma Devanbu, Kenna Doeringer, Richard Gilles, Benjamin Hunt, Muzi Li, William Mead, Vincent Pacheco, Manuel Fernando Rios, Nicholas Shepard, Joanne Tepper Saffren, and Summer Ventis. About the work: I began this year making work from the clothes belonging to my husband’s side of our closet. Robert died in November of 2018. With our grown children out of the house, I was still learning to live on my own. When he was alive, Robert was my extra set of hands helping make my work. Creating with his clothes kept us working together. As an artist I have always coveted my alone time. When the pandemic took over our world, I felt embarrassingly grateful for the quarantined isolation and the excuse to be totally focused on my art practice. In March I left Robert’s memory-infused clothes hanging where they had been for three decades and I began making ephemeral work like I thought the virus would be. Then, in July, I was diagnosed with a slow-growing form of cancer. I spent three surreal nights in a Bay Area hospital. My community expanded as I felt a solidarity with the other patients. Our health issues, hospital stay, and road to recovery united us as we suffered through an uncanny escalation of sickness, prejudice, and hatred in a world needing tenderness and urgent care. I have never felt so isolated and alone. I feel grateful for the freedom to visually express and share my worry-filled longing that is bonding many of us together in empathy and in hope for a safe tomorrow. While I enjoy occasional outdoor visits with my children and grandchildren there is still a barrier of isolation. We wear masks, keep our distance and long for hugs. Blue for You shows the critical nature of experimentation, materiality and process in my art practice. In this work, the blue color is from the light of day. I made small India ink paintings on transparent film. These paintings were arranged, without touching, in a zoom like format on paper painted with cyanotype chemicals and exposed with daylight. The black ink blocked the suns’ rays like an X-ray reversing it to white and bathing them in blue. A way to connect from afar.