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DAZED at HERONS ARTS is on view MARCH 22nd - APRIL 26th. View the work from the exhibition on ARTSY
Hot Dog, sublimation ink on organza, brass, thread, 36 x 26 x 7 inches, 2025 in Dialogues at SF Arts Education Project
Excited to show with great friends and artists in Cosmic Hypnotic curated by Pete Belkin at Gearbox gallery in Oakland! Opening Saturday 12/14/24 1-4pm, talk Saturday 1/11/25, and closing reception Saturday 2/3/25
Thrilled to have work my Bar Graphics installation in the California Jewish Open at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco until December 15, 2024
No Star Burns Forever (L) and Peace, Love, and Monkey Business (R) included in Excursions at Berkeley Art Center June 3 - July 29
My object (a framed photo I took on a trip to NYC in 2002) and my sculpture in Living Things: Artists and their Objects of Affection at SFArtsEd Gallery.
Excited to have several crystallized book sculptures in Certain Matter, curated by Tim Stark, at the Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, August 18th - October 14
Mountain Sunset, the last remaining piece from my Rods and Cones series, is now available at the TAPPAN | POP-IN@Nordstrom in NYC. The pop-in can be visited in person through October 2 or explored online
Betta Splendens in the collection of ARQ at Culumus District, LA
Untitled (Chromalith II) Sculpture in French California’s 2021 photo shoot at Mira SF (Designer: Guillaume Coutheillas, Photographer: Douglas Friedman)
Spell of the Senses, Root Division, 2021
Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today is now on view at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art though January 6, 2020. I am incredibly honored and excited to have five artworks included in this exhibition that explores the complex and varied connections between crystal and art throughout the world, spanning history and geography. Crystals in Art, curated by Lauren Haynes with guest curator Joachim Pissarro, features objects from a 5,000-year period that span the world from ancient Egyptian figurines into modern times. Other artists in the exhibition include Ai WeiWei, Olafur Eliasson, Marina Abramović, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Marilyn Minter, Albrecht Dürer, Judy Chicago, Peter Alexander, Gisela Colon, Miya Ando, and more. I look forward to returning to Crystal Bridges next month for an artist talk (Nov 9) and workshop (Nov 10).
Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today review from the Wall Street Journal (likely behind a paywall - search wsj and ‘power of crystal’ to access without subscription)
image courtesy of NWA Democrat-Gazette/DAVID GOTTSCHALK
A book based upon the exhibition Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today is available here
I have several pieces in GLOW, a three-person exhibition with Terry Hoff and Chad Hasegawa, October 19 - November 2, 2019 at The Space by the Bay (2319 Santa Clara Ave, Suite B, Alameda, CA). Contact me or the gallery to arrange a viewing.
I have work on loan from Galila's P.O.C. included the exhibition Memento Mons: Cabinets de Curisoités at Musee des Beaux-Arts, Mons, Belgium October 19, 2019 - January 26, 2020
I have a piece in Root Division's 18th Annual Art Auction on October 24th. Please help support this wonderful non-profit by attending the auction or bidding by proxy.
I am honored to be featured in A Celebration of 50 Years of Women Artists at Kenyon College
An image from my Crystallized Book Series was recently included in the cover design for The Little Crystalline Seed by Iddo Dickman.
Bar Graphs (right) on view in Reading Between the Lines at Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco, CA in April 2018. Paintings on left by MJ Sasaki.
So happy to be a part of the Tappan artist roster! I'm thrilled to announce that work from my Crystallized Book Series is included on Tappan. Check out my welcome interview and all the wonderful work of the other artists available through their website at www.tappancollective.com
I am excited to be exhibiting at Napa Valley Museum with Esther Traugot! My crystallized book series and a few other small sculptures are on display alongside Traugot’s crochet covered natural specimens from August 3 through September 18 in the Spotlight Gallery at the museum.
"In Arnold and Traugot’s work objects both natural and man-made are made precious by encapsulating them in crystal and fiber. Their coverings act as eulogies to the fading culture of hardcopy books and to the dead representative bodies of a species in crisis. In their practices each artist transforms and elevates their subject, encouraging observation and attention." - Meagan Doud, Curator, Napa Valley Museum
Material Limit brings together Bay Area-based sculptors Alexis Arnold and Mary Button Durell in the inaugural exhibition at state. These two artists’ practices center around the sustained investigation of material, and how different materials interact with space, light, and time. Material Limit will be on view through July 30th at state, 1295 Alabama Street, San Francisco. Gallery hours are Tues - Sat 12 - 5 pm or by appointment.
I am excited and grateful for the article on Material Limit in the SF Chronicle and the SF/Arts NY Times insert!
My Crystallized Book series was recently featured on Hi-Fructose and Upper Playground, as well as included in this great article about Borax on KCET and printed in Issue 29 of Uppercase Magazine.
I am excited to have my Grand Prismatic Spring Concentricretions included in the exhibition Common Ground: A Celebration of Our National Parks at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA. The show is on view from May 20th through September 8, 2016. Show press from the San Francisco Chronicle here.
Recent and Upcoming Events
August 2016 - Two-person exhibition with Esther Traugot, Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, CA, Opening Saturday, August 6th
June 18 - July 30 - Material Limit: Alexis Arnold and Mary Button Durell at state, San Francisco, CA
May 20 - September 8 - Common Ground: A Celebration of Our National Parks, David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA
April 2016 - The Alchemist, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
March 3- 6, 2016 Art on Paper, with OPEN-EDITIONS, New York, NY
February 6, 2016 Berkeley Public Library Foundation Authors Dinner, Featured Artist, Berkeley, C
Ongoing in 2016 - Crystallized Books, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
May 2015 - Light/Weight, Solo show at En Em Art Space in Sacramento, CA
July 2015 - ArtCrush 2015, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
I was thrilled to be a featured artist at the Berkeley Public Library Authors Dinner on February 6, 2016.
My Crystallized Book Series was featured in the July 2015 issue of mental_floss magazine!
Scroll down to see more recent press highlights on the Crystallized Book series.
Recent Press Highlights
Giulia Bortoluzzi, L’Officiel Italia, “Riflessioni crystalline sul fascino del libro” December Print Edition, pages 98 - 105
Caitlin Schneider, mental_floss, “Crystal Visions,” July/August 2015 Print Edition
Dan Piepenbring, The Paris Review Blog, “The Suffering of Books,” February 25, 2015
Xeni Jardin, boingboing, “Crystallized Books,” February 25, 2015
Rebecca Escamilla, Laughing Squid, “A Series of Beautifully Crystallized Books,” February 24, 2015