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Press Release - A solo exhibition by John Martin

pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by John Martin. Martin is known for his vibrant and whimsical interpretations of vehicles and tools, which are often anthropomorphized to a degree in which personality outweighs functionality.

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Press Release - Holding by Lena Gustafson, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, and Maria Paz

Pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to present Holding, an exhibition of new work by Lena Gustafson, Maria Paz, and Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo. The mixed media exhibition brings together Gustafsonʼs paintings on canvas and paper, Pazʼs painted ceramics and new charcoal drawings, and Branfman-Verissimoʼs works on mylar and site-specific installations.

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Press Release - Pathways by Olivia Nevins-Carbins

pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to announce Pathways, a solo exhibition of new paintings by the San Francisco based artist Olivia Nevins-Carbins. Inspired by the arte nouveau forms that grace the gates of San Francisco’s Victorian houses, Nevins-Carbins pays homage to the history and architectural landscape of native city, telling stories of those who inhabit such houses along the way.

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Press Release - Nikichyu ‘ok’w ‘w-ewolek’ ”Everything has a name” by Saif Senussi Azzuz

pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to present Nikichyu ‘ok’w ‘w-ewolek’ ”Everything has a name”, a solo exhibition by Saif Azzuz.

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Press Release - Represented group exhibition

pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to announce our Represented Group Exhibition featuring new works by the fifteen artists represented by the Oakland-based gallery. While the represented artists and their exhibited works vary greatly in terms of media, scale, and concept, the artists themselves are related thanks to the community that brings them together.

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Press Release - "Cielo's Gate #42" by Isaac Vazquez Avila

pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to present Cielo’s Gate #42, a solo exhibition of paintings and sculptures by the San Francisco-based artist Isaac Vazquez Avila. For his first exhibition with the gallery, Avila will present new paintings and sculptures that commemorate people, places, objects, and times in his life - both real and imagined.

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Press Release - "I Wake To Sleep" by Soumya Netrabile

pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to present I Wake to Sleep, a solo exhibition of new paintings by the Chicago-based artist Soumya Netrabile. Netrabile’s paintings for the exhibition detail two new bodies of work, a series of imagined botanical arrangements, and Requiem, a series of paintings that examine a non-physical space where the soul, energy and nature coexist.

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Press Release - "A Series of Meditations on the Complexities of Life" by Wardell McNeal

pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to present A Series of Meditations on the Complexities of Life, a solo exhibition of new work by Wardell McNeal. In McNeal’s first exhibition with the gallery, the painter expands his distinctive form of stylized figurative painting. The paintings exhibited represent a journey in the artist’s spiritual growth through knowledge and discovery and in formal properties of texture, color and perspective.

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Press Release - "Poetry, After all" by Chelsea Wong

pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to announce Poetry, After All, a solo exhibition of new paintings by San Francisco based artist Chelsea Ryoko Wong. For her first exhibition with the gallery, Wong presents scenes of social interaction and peaceful meditation through the use of vivid colors and layered compositions.

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Press Release - "Sweeping" by Rachel Kaye

pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to announce Sweeping, a solo exhibition of new paintings by the San Francisco based painter Rachel Kaye. Sweeping is Kaye’s first exhibition with the gallery. Known for her experimentation in color and texture, Kaye’s newest paintings explore the formal elements of shape and color on a large scale.

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Press Release - "Slow Tide" by Kelly Ording

pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to present Slow Tide, a solo exhibition of new works by the Oakland-based artist Kelly Ording. Slow Tide expands Ording’s oeuvre of dyed and methodically painted works through deep investigations in both landscape and abstraction.

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Press Release - "Drawings and Pictures and Time" by Jordy Kerwick

pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to present Drawings and Pictures and Time, a solo exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by the France-based Australian artist Jordy Kerwick. Concentrated on Kerwick’s small-format drawings, the exhibition depicts Kerwick’s vast imagination and evolving subject matter. Created during the ever-lengthening Covid-19 pandemic, these drawings lay the groundwork for Kerwick’s latest paintings, depicting a new lexicon of animal busts, the human form in varying poses, and mythical, and imagined entities.

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Maria Paz represented by pt.2

pt.2 Gallery is very happy to announce its representation of Oakland based artist Maria Paz. Read more after the jump.

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Press Release - "Talismán" by Liz Hernández

pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to present Talisman, a solo exhibition of new sculpture and painting by the Oakland based artist Elizabeth Hernandez. For her second solo exhibition with Pt. 2 Gallery, Hernandez incorporates ceramics and embossed aluminum into her oeuvre, using these media to explore the religious, familial, and spiritual ties in her upbringing in Mexico.

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Press Release - "Snail Shell" Maria Guzmán Capron & Rachel Hayden

pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to present Snail Shell, a collaborative exhibition of new work by Maria Guzmán Capron and Rachel Hayden. The exhibition juxtaposes Hayden’s acrylic paintings with Guzman Capron’s textile wall sculptures to investigate the relationship between physiognomy, emotional state, and the idea of home.

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