35 by 35

a celebration of Arts Benicia in its 35th year

Exhibition Dates: September 24 – October 30, 2022

Arts Benicia Member and Artists Preview: September 22, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Opening Reception: September 24, 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Sponsored in part by the MNGL Fund, Olson Realty, Hamann Real Estate, and Happy Life Pottery

A invitational exhibition featuring work by regional master artists and emerging artists nominated by them, celebrating Arts Benicia’s 35-year history, and recognizing our decades-long commitment to nurturing the next generation of artists.

To purchase a work, please email info@artsbenicia.org and an Arts Benicia staff member will contact you.
Arts Benicia members receive a 10% discount on purchase of artworks.

Participating artists:

Juana Alicia | Apocalypse Art | Michael Arcega | Chester Arnold | Kelly Autumn | Nikki Basch Davis | Paula Boas | Lawrence H Buford | Gabe Campbell | Kevin B. Chen | Carol Dalton | Hedi B. Desuyo | Mia Desuyo | Fred M. DeWitt | Pam Dixon | Ximaps Dong | Mark Eanes | Ala Ebtekar | Jason Edmonds | Amir Saber Esfahani | Al Farrow | David Fitzgerald | Priscilla Flores | Drew Frazier | Deborah Benioff Friedman | Linda Gass | Bushra Gill | Michael Hall | Dennis Hare | Taraneh Hemami | Zoe Huey | Lucia Gonzalez Ippolito | Nina Katz | Jules Kobelin | Lisa Kokin | Devin Kovach | Marc Lancet | David L. Lindsay | Emmanuel Montoya | Larry Morace | Kate Moriarty | Mayra M. Muñoz | Craig Nagasawa | Delfina Piretti | Fia Pitre | Johanna Poethig | Edith Sauer Polonik | Sara Post | Lisa Reinertson | Michael V. Rios | Julio Rodriguez | Vivian Romero | Martin Segobia | Malik Seneferu | Randall Sexton | Ebtihal Shedid | M. Shemchuk | Claude Smith | Livia C. Stein | Shanna Strauss | Peter Stucky & Dana Rottler – Bay Blown Glass | Toru Sugita | Akiko Suzuki | Seiko Tachibana | Jerrold Turner | Derek Weisberg | Erin McCluskey Wheeler | Cate White | Thomas Wojak | Chelsea Ryoko Wong

Alicia_RBG Print med

Juana Alicia
Notorious RBG
Screen print
22″ x 33″
$450

Barnumyellowhead

Apocalypse Art
The long road to inner freedom
Acrylic on panel
15″ x 17″
NFS

Michael Arcega: A Scene from the Anthropocene

Michael Arcega
BABY | Corp of Re-discovery Monument
Brass plaque on plastic rock
20” x 25” x 30”
NFS

Arnold_2019 Tempest 32x40

Chester Arnold
Tempest
Oil on Linen
36″ x 44″
$18,000

Autumn_Kelly_Afterschool2022

Kelly Autumn
After School
Monotype, relief, stencil, mixed media
12″ x 18″
$325

Escaping-5_36x36_-by-Paula-Boas

Paula Boas
Escaping 5
Mixed Media
36″ x 36″
$2,900

Buford_Screenshot_20220830-161927_Yahoo Mail

Lawrence H Buford
Marcus Garvey
Clay
19” x 19” x 18”
NFS

Campbell, Gabe

Gabe Campbell
Sirius Business
Oil on Panel
24″ x 18″
$2,500

Kevin B. Chen The View From There (C1)

Kevin B. Chen
The View from There (C1)
Graphite on Digital Pigment Print
32″ x 24″
NFS

Dalton_Ruth's Gray_Print_03

Carol Dalton
Ruth’s Gray
Mixed Media on Panel
36″ x 36″
$3,800

Basch Davis

Nikki Basch Davis
The Blue Cup
Oil on canvas
36″ x 36″
NFS

Desuyo, Hedi

Hedi B. Desuyo
Brugmansia Dreaming
Photography
24″ x 13.5”
$260

Desuyo, Mia_Gianna in the Bath

Mia Desuyo
Gianna in the Bath
Photography
8” x 10”
NFS

Dewitt_Orpheus

Fred M. DeWitt
Orpheus
Sumi Ink, natural pigments, on paper mounted on wood
35″ x 72″
NFS

Dixon

Pam Dixon
Looking for Grace
Gesso, ink, acrylic, collage
26″ x 40″
$2,200

Dong - full

Ximaps Dong
Quest
Stoneware with Palladium glaze
81″ x 16″ x 12″
$1,900

Eanes

Mark Eanes
Tristan Mad
Mixed Media on Panel
36 x 36
$7,000

Ebtekar

Ala Ebtekar
Nightfall (3) 2017
Collage: cut mat over cyanotype on found book page exposed to starlight
24.25″ x 19″
$4,000

Edmonds photo

Jason L. Edmonds
Wood-Fired Vase
Wood-Fired Porcelain
14.5″ x 8″ x 5.5″
$450

Esfahani time-arch-1

Amir Saber Esfahani
Time Arch
Wood, Monitor, Computer
10” x 16” x 10”
NFS

Farrow_Blue Helmet

Al Farrow
Blue Helmet
Gun Parts, Military Helmet, Cartridge Shells, Child’s Gas Mask, Hand Grenade, Steel
16″ x 22.5″ x 16″
$35,000

Fitzgerald_Family Portrait 2022

David Fitzgerald
Family Portrait
Acrylic on Panel
36″ x 48″
$1,000

Vulnerable_Flores_02

Priscilla Flores
Vulnerable
Alcohol Marker, Colored Pencil, and Pen
14″ x 17″
$450 — SOLD

Frazier_Andrew_REFLOW27

Drew Frazier
Reflow 27
Iron Gall Ink and Copper Oxide on Yupo
26″ x 40″
$2,000

Catwalk_side1_Deborah_Benioff_Friedman copy(1)

Deborah Benioff Friedman
Catwalk
Ledger paper, watercolor
16″ x 70″
$1,200 — SOLD

Gass_CooleyLandingLifeInWater

Linda Gass
Cooley Landing: Life in Water
Textile – Stitched Painting (Silk crepe de chine, silk broadcloth, silk Indian Doupioni, silk dyes, water soluble resist, polyester batting, rayon/viscose and polyester thread
18.5” h x 18.5” w (26″ h x 26″ w x 1.5” d framed)
NFS

Gill_Bushra_Sun Patterns_20x26

Bushra Gill
Sun Patterns
Acrylic paint, modeling paste, image transfer on canvas
20″ x 26″
$500

Hall_Dear Hung

Michael Hall
Dear Hung
Watercolor on paper stretched over panel
36″ x 48″
NFS

Hare

Dennis Hare
Good Play
Oil on canvas
12″ x 15″
$9,500

Hemami

Taraneh Hemami
Alphabet of Silence
Paper, beeswax, air-dry clay
5″ x 10.5″ x 4″
NFS

Huey

Zoe Huey
Swimming Tomorrow
Oil paint on canvas
36″ x 48″
$4,500

Ippolito

Lucia Gonzalez Ippolito
La Muerte
Screenprint
24’ x 36”
$450

Katz_UponReflectionPainting copy

Nina Katz
Upon Reflection
Oil on Canvas
16” x 20”
NFS

JulesKobelin-BurstofSpring-36x48 copy

Jules Kobelin
Burst of Spring
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″
$3,200

Kokin Rhyme or Reason

Lisa Kokin
Rhyme or Reason
Mixed Media Fiber
42″ x 34″
$12,500

Kovach_Hollow Form print documentation

Devin Kovach
Hollow Form
Silkscreen with monotype on Arches 88
22” x 30”
$750

Lancet_Quixotic cropped

Marc Lancet
Quixotic, Luminous Series
Wood-Fired Ceramic
53″ x 12″ x 11″
$8,000

Lindsay_Green Lustre Large Open Fluted Bowl

David L. Lindsay
Emerald Gold Optic Forest Bowl
Blown Glass
16.25” x 4.5” x 16.25”
NFS

Montoya, Emmanuel

Emmanuel Catarino Montoya II,
Homenaje a Leopoldo Mendez: Contra el Bendicion al Poder Nuclear
Linoleum blockprint
18″ x 24″
From the collection of Carolyn Kuali’i
unframed prints available for $400

Morace_venice.canal.4.sm_edited-1

Larry Morace
Venice Canal #3
Oil on Canvas
22″ x 28″
$3,500

Moriarty_Jays final

Kate Moriarty
Feast for Jays
Acrylic on canvas
20″ x 20″
$350

Munoz MiAlma_Cyanolume

Mayra M. Muñoz
Mi Alma
Cyanolume
11″ x 13.5″
NFS

Nagasawa

Craig Nagasawa
Gojira Contemplates the Future 2021
Charcoal on Paper
22″ x 30″
NFS

Piretti Emergence oil on canvas 30 x 30 (1)

Delfina Piretti
Emergence
Oil on Canvas
30″ x 30″
$1,395

Pitre_Deepwater Horizons cropped

Fia Pitre
Deepwater Horizons
Oil paint on Canvas with restored antique wood frame
33″ x 39.5″
$6,350

Poethig_Sunflower Portal_30 x 40 _acrylic on wood

Johanna Poethig
Sunflower Portal
Acrylic on Wood
30″ x 40″
$3,200

Anima-2000px - Edith Sauer Polonik

Edith Sauer Polonik
Anima
Driftwood, casein, thread, oilstick, coldwax, metal base
53” x 4”, base 12”
NFS

Post 3LivingInHouses300

Sara Post
Neighborhood
Oil and Wax Mixed Media
36″ x 24″
NFS

Reinertson_Mother Arrested, Ceramic, life size, 2020.jpg 01 copy

Lisa Reinertson
Mother Arrested
Ceramic with wood base
71″ x 32″ x 22″
$22,000

MICHAEL RIOS SUPERNATURAL #1

Michael V. Rios
Supernatural #1
Gouache
14″ x 18″
$17,520

JRodriguez_Cruzar

Julio Rodriguez
Cruzar
Acrylic, Ink, paint marker on canvas
36” x 36”
$1,200

Romero, V _ A Tree Blows in the Wind

Vivian Romero
A Tree Blows in the Wind
Clay and Wire
9″ x 16″ x 10″
$250 — SOLD

Segobia_BadAssNurse

Martin Segobia
Badass Nurse
Acrylic and Ink on US Bank Note
12″ x 12″
$501

Segobia_MuhammadAli

Martin Segobia
Muhammad Ali
Acrylic and Ink on US Bank Note
12″ x 12″
$501

Seneferu LatashaHarlins

Malik Seneferu
Remembering Latasha Harlins 2022
Acrylic on canvas
36” x 36”
$10,000

Sexton

Randall Sexton
Flight and Abundance
Oil on Cradled Wooden Panel
30″ x 24″
$3,500

Shedid_Studio 14 window 92721_

Ebtihal Shedid
Studio 14 window 92721
Digital Photography
17″ x 26″
$800

Shedid_Studio 14 window 72122

Ebtihal Shedid
Studio 14 window 72122
Digital Photography
17″ x 26″
$800

Shemchuk

M. Shemchuk
Surface Tension/Watermark 05.22
Collage/color transfer on paper
28″ x 24″
$1,000

Smith, Claude

Claude Smith
Cultural History: Erase & Replace
Graphite and House Paint
30″ x 36″
NFS

Stein_Alligator

Livia C. Stein
Orange Alligator
Oil on Panel
36” x 36”
$2,500

Shanna Strauss -Guardians

Shanna Strauss
Guardians
Linoleum block print with chine-collé on Kraft Stonehenge paper
30″ x 22”
$500

BayBlownGlass_Sunflower1

Peter Stucky and Dana Rottler – Bay Blown Glass
A Sunflower for You
Glass, Ceramic, Steel
19” x 19” x 6”
$6,500

Sugita_Yurameki

Toru Sugita
Yurameki
Etching and aquatint
22″ x 44″
$2,100

Suzuki_RainySeason 34x59framed

Akiko Suzuki
Rainy Season
Paint on paper and cotton fabric with sumi ink, Sewing machine stitches
34″ x 59″
$5,000

Tachibana_connection-blossom 7-8(1)

Seiko Tachibana
connection-blossom e-7.8
Acrylic, Ink, Paper on Panel
36” x 48”
$6,500

Turner

Jerrold Turner
Unidentified Foreign Trojan Horse
Oil on Canvas
40” x 30”
Collection of Loralee Chapleau

Weisberg

Derek Weisberg
Fake Flowers VII
Acrylic, graphite, ink, marker, pastel, drawer liner, found paper on paper
24″ x 18″
$3,700

Wheeler

Erin McCluskey Wheeler
An ocean, a mountain, most of the sky
Mixed media
20″ x 60″
$2,500

Cate White _ Mama

Cate White
Mama
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 18″
NFS

Wojak_Monet, Manet

Thomas Wojak
Monet/Manet
Screenprint with oil pastel on panel
33″ x 55″
$5,500

Wong tibetlarge300

Chelsea Ryoko Wong
Tourist in Tibet
Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
27” x 34”
NFS

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