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SUMMER INVITATIONAL: GESTURAL EXPRESSIONs
SLATE presents Gestural Expressions, an exhibition which brings together five accomplished women artists working in gestural abstraction: Maria Burtis, Amy Donaldson, Nicole Mueller, Karen Silve, and Joanne Fox.
Exhibition runs JuLY 17–18 & JULY 23–AUGUST 29
Hours: Tues –Sat 11am–5pm, SLATE Contemporary Gallery, 5510 College Ave
Join us for two special events:
ARTISTS WALKTHROUGH WITH NICOLE MUELLER
SATURDAY JULY 25, 4–6PM
RSVP to the Artists Walk Through here
ARTISTS RECEPTION WITH MARIA BURTIS, AMY DONALDSON, & JOANNE FOX
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 4–6pm
Also featuring a tasting of specialty drinks from Rue de Rêve—a local women-owned apéritif producer.
RSVP to our reception here.
Amy Donaldson at the northblock hotel
North Block Hotel, 6757 Washington St, Yountville, Napa County, CA
North Block Restaurant becomes a living canvas. Join us for the unveiling of a new ongoing art series and retail partnership at North Block Hotel & Restaurant, launched in collaboration with SLATE Contemporary Gallery and Erica Tanov Atelier. This evolving creative partnership will bring a rotating roster of artists and makers into the space over time, with the latest being SLATE Artist Amy Donaldson.
Amy Donaldson’s passion for painting comes through in every brush stroke. Her influences span the centuries, including European Romanticism, Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism, and contemporary street art. Nonetheless, she has created a signature style that connects the past with the present with a vibrant sense of immediacy and freshness. Many paintings burst with joy and light from the heavenly realm, while others are cloaked in a more intimate softness, a sense of history, or an indefinable mystery.
UPCOMING
slate contemporary gallery will be closed 7/21–7/22
SLATE Contemporary Gallery will be closed Tuesday, July 21 through Wednesday, July 22. We will re-open on Thursday, July 23 at 11am.
artist walkthrough: nicole mueller
Join us for an opportunity to hear from one of the five participating artists in Gestural Expressions about her work and creative process as a contemporary painter working in gestural abstraction.
SATURDAY, july 25, 4–5PM
RSVP here.
We look forward to seeing you there!
SLATE Contemporary
5510 College Ave
Oakland, CA, 94618
Open Tues–Sat 11-5pm
gestural expressions: artist's reception
Join us for an opportunity to hear from Gestural Expressions exhibiting artists Maria Burtis, Amy Donaldson, and Joanne Fox.
We will also feature a tasting of specialty drinks from Rue de Rêve—a local women-owned apéritif producer.
SATURDAY, august 8, 4–6PM
Please RSVP here.
We look forward to seeing you there!
SLATE Contemporary
5510 College Ave
Oakland, CA, 94618
Open Tues–Sat 11-5pm
AUTUMN SOLO EXHIBITION: HANNAH FRANCO
Visit the gallery to see new paintings by Hannah Franco.
SLATE Contemporary
5510 College Ave
Oakland, CA, 94618
Open Tues–Sat 11-5pm
OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 4–6PM
EXHIBITION RUNS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4–SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3
NOTE: Pre-sales will begin Wednesday September 2nd. Email us at info@slateart.net to receive an advance exhibition checklist.
AUTUMN SOLO EXHIBITION: ANGELA JOHAL
Visit the gallery to paintings by hard-edge painter and master of color, Angela Johal, from her new Intersecting Colours series.
SLATE Contemporary
5510 College Ave
Oakland, CA, 94618
Open Tues–Sat 11-5pm
OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY OCTOBER 10, 4–6PM
Exhibition runs Friday, October 9–Saturday, November 14
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SLATE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY INTRODUCES 5 NEW ARTISTS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ART FAIR AT FORT MASON APRIL 16–19
SLATE Contemporary Gallery is thrilled to be working with several new artists who will be introduced to Bay Area audiences at the San Francisco Art Fair at Fort Mason from April 16-19.
- Oakland artist Jet Martinez is well-known for dozens of hand-painted murals he has created across the Bay Area, done in his unique signature style that draws on Mexican folk art traditions. SLATE is delighted to bring his studio painting practice into focus, featuring two works at the fair from his Arbolito series—paintings on panel originally created for a solo show at MACLA in San Jose last year.
- Rubeena Ratcliffe is an abstract painter based in Vancouver, Canada. Her work will be featured in a solo exhibition at SLATE Contemporary Gallery from April 09-May 30, with one piece concurrently on view at the fair. Trained originally as an architect, Rubeena’s paintings on canvas focus on compositional relationships between shapes, color, values, and the dynamics of space.
- Austin photographer Stephanie Duprie Routh had her Bay Area debut last summer in a solo exhibition at Minnesota Street Projects, produced by Fox Projects. She has since joined SLATE Contemporary, and has two works from her Daydream in Memories of Youth series in A New Day, currently on view in Oakland through April 4. A large-format figurative photo titled Julia Fierce will be on view at the fair.
- Improvisational San Francisco painter Jen Garrido will be represented with an abstract painting on canvas from 2024 as a precis to her upcoming innaugural solo exhibition, which will feature a new body of 2026 work at SLATE Contemporary Gallery from June 5–July 4.
- Last, but not least, SLATE is pleased to present Fort Worth, TX, artist Aubree Dale’s work to Bay Area audiences for the first time. A self-described “Maximalist painter,” Aubree builds her paintings up in layers, fluctuating between abstraction and representation to create both simple and complex worlds for exploration.
SLATE will also present work by several artists who have been working with the gallery for some time, including Hannah Franco, Patrick DeAngelis, Peter St. Lawrence, Suzanne Frazier, and Holly Wong.
Image left: Aubree Dale's Sowing Good Seeds Inhumed
APRIL EVENT: SLATE CONTEMPORARY AT SAN FRANCISCO FINE ART FAIR, FORT MASON
SLATE Contemporary is pleased to present work by gallery artists at the San Francisco Art Fair at Fort Mason.
OPENING EVENT
Thursday April 16, 6–9pm
PUBLIC HOURS
Friday April 17, 11–7pm
Saturday April 18, 11–7pm
Sunday, April 19, 11-6pm
Fort Mason, Festival Pavillion
2 Marina Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94123