There are: humans, animals, objects, plants, fungi, lichens, bacteria, the elements, planets, stars, the four forces (of which, I am only concerned with gravity and electromagnetism) and mathematics. I make objects so that they can exist outside my brain. I make puppets so that they can be animated. I do that so that people can […]

Bill has been a painter, designer and illustrator for over 40 years. As a staff artist at the San Francisco Chronicle, he illustrated news features and visual essays, including a weekly column “The Bay Folk Sketchbook,” in which he interviewed and drew portraits of 84 unique individuals in their workplaces. This experience taught him the value and passion workers […]

As a kid, Ferris created comic books with the guidance of his two older brothers.  The three brothers would create their own stories with their own sets of characters.  Ferris found at an early age that he wanted to explore the characters that he was developing in his head. His mother was a schoolteacher who […]

Problems relating to the exploitation of natural resources, landscape use, and globalization are at the core of Husky’s multimedia practice.  From sculpture to drawings, action and photography, her work questions mainstream media in relation to its environmental, social and political agenda. Seventies ideals, contemporary “back to the land” movements, and solitary activism have been her […]

It is not until I chip a molar that I become aware of how my teeth rest against each other. It is discomforting and unsettling but I cannot help but explore the broken tooth with my tongue. My work has evolved because of a similar curiosity. I explore the possibilities of working with plywood in […]

My papermaking is a study in how we fall apart, expose our hearts, heal, and come back together. By gathering discarded fabrics, I seek to bring into relief the invisible, essential work of historical and contemporary women through my sculptural pieces. I tear, pulp and press these fabrics into hand carved molds and found surfaces […]

My films and installations mine the underlying perceptual and material properties of cinema (light and shadow, transience, flicker, incessant motion) as potential means for images to slip away from their documentary underpinnings, and manifest as experiential entities in their own right. My aim is to activate a process of re-perception; to etch an after-image on […]

My work is inspired by my surroundings. Since moving to Oakland a year ago, I’ve been photographing the things that people dump on the sidewalk. I’m interested in the narratives suggested by the contents of these piles (a teddy bear, a bolt of fabric, a suitcase, a seemingly new Ikea couch), and in the tableaux […]

My current work reflects my interest in the many forms of natural, constructed and simulated environments that exist in a technology-saturated world. I’m curious about how people interpret the basic building blocks of their lives, sorting relevance through systems both public and personal, tangible and virtual. I use 100% pure technology to mimic nature, much […]

I am an artist obsessed with creating spaces where recognizable forms paired with abstract materials can live.  My work is a process of utilizing various ingredients, carefully curating material into shape.  In turn material becomes a restraint in the process, placing rules to stay on the path of pure creation.  Each piece instructs me towards […]