I. We. They. Celebrations of Gender

Exhibition Dates: Saturday, June 1 – Sunday, July 21, 2024

1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia

Thea Quiray Tagle, Juror (Bio)

Juror Statement

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 1, 4 – 6 pm

Expressions of gender diversity and identity through art and storytelling create an environment where gender diversity becomes relatable, natural, and beautiful. I. We. They. Celebrations of Gender is a juried exhibition of artworks expressing and celebrating ideas of gender.

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Participating Artists:

I. We. They. Celebrations of Gender

Exhibition Dates: Saturday, June 1 – Sunday, July 21, 2024

1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia

Thea Quiray Tagle, Juror (Bio)

Juror Statement

Sponsored in part by Happy Life Pottery

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 1, 4 – 6 pm

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.

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Participating Artists:

Joseph Abbati (San Francisco, CA) Cameo – Ad.ian Acrylic on linen 20 x 20 x 1.5 $1800

Joseph Abbati (San Francisco, CA) Cameo – Humberto Acrylic on linen 20 x 20 x 1.5 $1800

Kevin Bacher (Eatonville, WA) You say that I am Photography 30 x 22 x 1 $350

Brandin Barón (San Francisco, CA) The Eyes of Sister Roma Digital illustration/archival print, paper with mixed media 18 x 18 x 1 $600

Pablo Bautista (Oakland, CA) Marie Archival Pigment Print 13.5 x 10.5 x 0.1 $800

Pablo Bautista (Oakland, CA) Chica Archival Pigment Print 10.5 x 13.5 x 0.1 $800

Pablo Bautista (Oakland, CA) Stars & Hearts Archival Pigment Print 13.5 x 10.5 x 0.1 $800

Pablo Bautista (Oakland, CA) Venus Archival Pigment Print 13.5 x 10.5 x 0.1 $800

Nathaniel J. Bice (San Francisco, CA) Objects of Queerness: Myself Gouache on panel 10 x 8 x 0.1 $650

Nathaniel J. Bice (San Francisco, CA) Objects of Queerness: Nic Gouache on Panel 10 x 8 x 1 $650

Nathaniel J. Bice (San Francisco, CA) Objects of Queerness: Reese Gouache on panel 10 x 8 x 1 $650

Francesca Borgatta (Berkeley, CA) Aeon, the Alien Man Sculpture-papier mache assemblage 42 x 20 x 8 $1200

Francesca Borgatta (Berkeley, CA) Alien Lady Mixed media- papier mache, wire, wood, textiles 42″ x 16″ x 6″ $950

Dani Borosh (Elkhart, IN) Body Dysmorphia and Resentment Mat board, Tracing paper, Bristol paper, Ink, Alcohol Marker 13.5″ x 10.5″ $115

Abra Brayman (Vallejo, CA) Last Day of Our Acquaintance Maniera Nera / Mezzotint 20.5″ x 18.5″ x 1.25″ $850

Jovanna Briscoe (Los Angeles, CA) But Dad I’m hot! Oil on Canvas 48″ x 36″ x 1.5″ $2250

Jovanna Briscoe (Los Angeles, CA) Let the Girls Play! Oil on Wood Panel 36” x 36” x 1.5” $2250

Dalle Pelton (Sandrah Burrier, Pueblo, CO) Dangerous Euphoria Glazed ceramic 9.5” x 4.75” x 3.25” $1120

Joyce Byrum (Benicia, CA) San Francisco City Hall Feb.12, 2004 White Stoneware clay 18” x 19” x 14” $0

Marc Chicoine (Raleigh, NC) Lefty Video $1000

Daniel Clauson (Glen Ellen, CA) Unholdableness Ceramics. Glaze. Goldleaf. 25” x 23” x 12” $2500

Lorraine Curtis (Benicia, CA) Beautiful Strong Mixed Media on Canvas 18” x 24” x 1.5” $1500

Olivia Dawson (Salt Lake City, UT) When you see me Acrylic ink on mounted watercolor paper, high-fire ceramic 25” x 16.5” x 0.75” $570

Kevin Eaton (West Hollywood, CA) Voluptuous Vessel V1 Ceramic 14.75” x 7” x 7” $1500

Melissa Felderman (Boulder, CO) Bow No. 1 Clay 5” x 5” x 2” $200

Melissa Felderman (Boulder, CO) Crown No. 1 Clay 6” x 6” x 6” $280

Sandy Frank (Sebastopol, CA) Blue Eye Shadow Stoneware, oxides, paint, wax 14” x 8” x 8” $560

Alyson Fraser Diaz (Newark, NJ) Mountains Name Me (Misfit) Textile, screen printing, embroidery 17” x 13” $415

Michael Gaines (Greenville, NC) Binaries Digital Photograph 10.5” x 16” $350

Michael Gaines (Greenville, NC) Debunking Phallacies Digital Photograph 10.5” x 16” $350

Michael Gaines (Greenville, NC) False Simplicity of Expectation Digital Photograph 10.5” x 16” $350

Michael Gaines (Greenville, NC) Subtle Embellishments Make Me Feel Pretty Digital Photograph 10.5” x 16” $350

Gordon Gray (Benicia, CA) Austann Digital Photo/Collage 20” x 16” x 1” $400

Beth Grimm (Benicia, CA) Reflection Photo/Digital on Dye Infused Metal 16” x 21” x 0.5” $265

L.A. Hyder (Mendocino, CA) Warning Photograph with text – printed on heavy rag 36” x 28.5” $290

L.A. Hyder (Mendocino, CA) Ivy & Acey, NYC Digital print from film 24” x 24” x 1.5” $250

Artemis Jones (Oakland, CA) Gay! The Mallards Graphite / gouache / ink 17.5” x 21.5” x 1” $400

Artemis Jones (Oakland, CA) Gay! The Whiptails Graphite / gouache / ink 21.5” x 17.5” x 1” $400

Artemis Jones (Oakland, CA) Gay! Velvet Horns Graphite / gouache / ink 21.5” x 17.5” x 1” $400

Artemis Jones (Oakland, CA) Gay! Female Spotted Hyenas Graphite / gouache / ink 17.5” x 21.5” x 1” $400

Artemis Jones (Oakland, CA) Gay! The Damselflies Graphite / gouache / ink 13” x 16” x 1” $250

Betsy Kendall (Berkeley, CA) Inky’s Witness Gouache on paper 22” x 30” x 1” $1200

Betsy Kendall (Berkeley, CA) Feather Hat Honey Gouache on paper 22” x 15” $900

Anne Magratten (Corvallis, OR) Lovers in the Church Garden Acrylic on panel 14” x 11” $1000

Anne Magratten (Corvallis, OR) Fecundity Acrylic on panel 14” x 11” $1000

Gary Miller (San Francisco, CA) Chad and Drake Pen, Pencil, Metallic Jacquard Applique and Rhinestones on Panel 13” x 10” $200

Kate Moriarty (Benicia, CA) New dress Photography 21” x 17” x 0.5” $150

Jim Mullen (Grass Valley, CA) Mask #16 Assemblage 23” x 18” x 4” $396

Timna Naim (Sunnyvale, CA) Lillie Elbe Ceramics 20” x 13” x 16” $2000

Timna Naim (Sunnyvale, CA) Marsha P. Johnson Ceramics 24.5” x 13” x 13” $5000

Sally Nicholson (Agoura Hills, CA) Eagle’s Flight Textile, silk, satin, sequins 45” x 38” x 1” $5000

Jing Qin (Norfolk, VA) I remember as you were Oil on canvas 50” x 40” x 2.5” $4500

Jennifer Roberts (Oakland, CA) Blood and Bone Madonna Watercolor on flax/cotton blend paper 22” x 30” $1800

Jack Ruszel (Benicia, CA) If a woman falls in the forest… Sculpture, walnut with pine pedestal 84” x 18” x 18” $14,000

Jack Ruszel (Benicia, CA) I am Sculpture, oak with stained pine pedestal 83” x 20” x 20” $14,000

Masumi Sakagami (Little Torch Key, FL) Blue Story ヒダリ Sumi ink Japanese organic piguments on paper 13.5” x 11” x 2” $1200

Masumi Sakagami (Little Torch Key, FL) Blue Story ミギ Sumi ink Japanese organic piguments on paper 17” x 14” $2000

Masumi Sakagami (Little Torch Key, FL) The eyes チュウオウ Sumi ink and Japanese organic pigments 16” x 14” x 1” $1500

Abhijna Shetty (Irvine, CA) Duality Acrylics on framed canvas 20” x 20” x 1.5” $820

Richard P Stevens (Tallahassee, FL) Mask of Gender Identity Digital photographic art on canvas 43” x 24” x 2” $500

G. E. Vogt (San Diego, CA) Post Roe Collage – magazine, charcoal, gesso, mat board, canvas 16” x 24” $1000

G. E. Vogt (San Diego, CA) Ready To Be Plucked Collage – magazine, chain 10” x 8” x 1” $300

Sara Wilkerson (Greenville, MS) Unmasked Video

Erin Zerbe (Lakewood, WA) Fluid Reflections: A Dialogue of Gender Glass Sculpture 7” x 8” x 5” $420

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.

Joseph Abbati (San Francisco, CA)
Cameo – Ad.ian
Acrylic on linen
20 x 20 x 1.5
$1800

Joseph Abbati (San Francisco, CA)
Cameo – Humberto
Acrylic on linen
20 x 20 x 1.5
$1800

Kevin Bacher (Eatonville, WA)
You say that I am
Photography
30 x 22 x 1
$350

Brandin Barón (San Francisco, CA)
The Eyes of Sister Roma
Digital illustration/archival print, paper with mixed media
18 x 18 x 1
$600

Pablo Bautista (Oakland, CA)
Marie
Archival Pigment Print
13.5 x 10.5 x 0.1
$800

Pablo Bautista (Oakland, CA)
Chica
Archival Pigment Print
10.5 x 13.5 x 0.1
$800

Pablo Bautista (Oakland, CA)
Stars & Hearts
Archival Pigment Print
13.5 x 10.5 x 0.1
$800

Pablo Bautista (Oakland, CA)
Venus
Archival Pigment Print
13.5 x 10.5 x 0.1
$800

Nathaniel J. Bice (San Francisco, CA)
Objects of Queerness: Myself
Gouache on panel
10 x 8 x 0.1
$650

Nathaniel J. Bice (San Francisco, CA)
Objects of Queerness: Nic
Gouache on Panel
10 x 8 x 1
$650

Nathaniel J. Bice (San Francisco, CA)
Objects of Queerness: Reese
Gouache on panel
10 x 8 x 1
$650

Francesca Borgatta (Berkeley, CA)
Aeon, the Alien Man
Sculpture-papier mache assemblage
42 x 20 x 8
$1200

Francesca Borgatta (Berkeley, CA)
Alien Lady
Mixed media- papier mache, wire, wood, textiles
42″ x 16″ x 6″
$950

Dani Borosh (Elkhart, IN)
Body Dysmorphia and Resentment
Mat board, Tracing paper, Bristol paper, Ink, Alcohol Marker
13.5″ x 10.5″
$115

Abra Brayman (Vallejo, CA)
Last Day of Our Acquaintance
Maniera Nera / Mezzotint
20.5″ x 18.5″ x 1.25″
$850

Jovanna Briscoe (Los Angeles, CA)
But Dad I’m hot!
Oil on Canvas
48″ x 36″ x 1.5″
$2250

Jovanna Briscoe (Los Angeles, CA)
Let the Girls Play!
Oil on Wood Panel
36” x 36” x 1.5”
$2250

Dalle Pelton (Sandrah Burrier, Pueblo, CO)
Dangerous Euphoria
Glazed ceramic
9.5” x 4.75” x 3.25”
$1120

Joyce Byrum (Benicia, CA)
San Francisco City Hall Feb.12, 2004
White Stoneware clay
18” x 19” x 14”
$0

Marc Chicoine (Raleigh, NC)
Lefty
Video
$1000

Daniel Clauson (Glen Ellen, CA)
Unholdableness
Ceramics. Glaze. Goldleaf.
25” x 23” x 12”
$2500

Lorraine Curtis (Benicia, CA)
Beautiful Strong
Mixed Media on Canvas
18” x 24” x 1.5”
$1500

Olivia Dawson (Salt Lake City, UT)
When you see me
Acrylic ink on mounted watercolor paper, high-fire ceramic
25” x 16.5” x 0.75”
$570

Kevin Eaton (West Hollywood, CA)
Voluptuous Vessel V1
Ceramic
14.75” x 7” x 7”
$1500

Melissa Felderman (Boulder, CO)
Bow No. 1
Clay
5” x 5” x 2”
$200

Melissa Felderman (Boulder, CO)
Crown No. 1
Clay
6” x 6” x 6”
$280

Sandy Frank (Sebastopol, CA)
Blue Eye Shadow
Stoneware, oxides, paint, wax
14” x 8” x 8”
$560

Alyson Fraser Diaz (Newark, NJ)
Mountains Name Me (Misfit)
Textile, screen printing, embroidery
17” x 13”
$415

Michael Gaines (Greenville, NC)
Binaries
Digital Photograph
10.5” x 16”
$350

Michael Gaines (Greenville, NC)
Debunking Phallacies
Digital Photograph
10.5” x 16”
$350

Michael Gaines (Greenville, NC)
False Simplicity of Expectation
Digital Photograph
10.5” x 16”
$350

Michael Gaines (Greenville, NC)
Subtle Embellishments Make Me Feel Pretty
Digital Photograph
10.5” x 16”
$350

Gordon Gray (Benicia, CA)
Austann
Digital Photo/Collage
20” x 16” x 1”
$400

Beth Grimm (Benicia, CA)
Reflection
Photo/Digital on Dye Infused Metal
16” x 21” x 0.5”
$265

L.A. Hyder (Mendocino, CA)
Warning
Photograph with text – printed on heavy rag
36” x 28.5”
$290

L.A. Hyder (Mendocino, CA)
Ivy & Acey, NYC
Digital print from film
24” x 24” x 1.5”
$250

Artemis Jones (Oakland, CA)
Gay! The Mallards
Graphite / gouache / ink
17.5” x 21.5” x 1”
$400

Artemis Jones (Oakland, CA)
Gay! The Whiptails
Graphite / gouache / ink
21.5” x 17.5” x 1”
$400

Artemis Jones (Oakland, CA)
Gay! Velvet Horns
Graphite / gouache / ink
21.5” x 17.5” x 1”
$400

Artemis Jones (Oakland, CA)
Gay! Female Spotted Hyenas
Graphite / gouache / ink
17.5” x 21.5” x 1”
$400

Artemis Jones (Oakland, CA)
Gay! The Damselflies
Graphite / gouache / ink
13” x 16” x 1”
$250

Betsy Kendall (Berkeley, CA)
Inky’s Witness
Gouache on paper
22” x 30” x 1”
$1200

Betsy Kendall (Berkeley, CA)
Feather Hat Honey
Gouache on paper
22” x 15”
$900

Anne Magratten (Corvallis, OR)
Lovers in the Church Garden
Acrylic on panel
14” x 11”
$1000

Anne Magratten (Corvallis, OR)
Fecundity
Acrylic on panel
14” x 11”
$1000

Gary Miller (San Francisco, CA)
Chad and Drake
Pen, Pencil, Metallic Jacquard Applique and Rhinestones on Panel
13” x 10”
$200

Kate Moriarty (Benicia, CA)
New dress
Photography
21” x 17” x 0.5”
$150

Jim Mullen (Grass Valley, CA)
Mask #16
Assemblage
23” x 18” x 4”
$396

Timna Naim (Sunnyvale, CA)
Lillie Elbe
Ceramics
20” x 13” x 16”
$2000

Timna Naim (Sunnyvale, CA)
Marsha P. Johnson
Ceramics
24.5” x 13” x 13”
$5000

Sally Nicholson (Agoura Hills, CA)
Eagle’s Flight
Textile, silk, satin, sequins
45” x 38” x 1”
$5000

Jing Qin (Norfolk, VA)
I remember as you were
Oil on canvas
50” x 40” x 2.5”
$4500

Jennifer Roberts (Oakland, CA)
Blood and Bone Madonna
Watercolor on flax/cotton blend paper
22” x 30”
$1800

Jack Ruszel (Benicia, CA)
If a woman falls in the forest…
Sculpture, walnut with pine pedestal
84” x 18” x 18”
$14,000

Jack Ruszel (Benicia, CA)
I am
Sculpture, oak with stained pine pedestal
83” x 20” x 20”
$14,000

Masumi Sakagami (Little Torch Key, FL)
Blue Story ヒダリ
Sumi ink Japanese organic piguments on paper
13.5” x 11” x 2”
$1200

Masumi Sakagami (Little Torch Key, FL)
Blue Story ミギ
Sumi ink Japanese organic piguments on paper
17” x 14”
$2000

Masumi Sakagami (Little Torch Key, FL)
The eyes チュウオウ
Sumi ink and Japanese organic pigments
16” x 14” x 1”
$1500

Abhijna Shetty (Irvine, CA)
Duality
Acrylics on framed canvas
20” x 20” x 1.5”
$820

Richard P Stevens (Tallahassee, FL)
Mask of Gender Identity
Digital photographic art on canvas
43” x 24” x 2”
$500

G. E. Vogt (San Diego, CA)
Post Roe
Collage – magazine, charcoal, gesso, mat board, canvas
16” x 24”
$1000

G. E. Vogt (San Diego, CA)
Ready To Be Plucked
Collage – magazine, chain
10” x 8” x 1”
$300

Sara Wilkerson (Greenville, MS)
Unmasked
Video

Erin Zerbe (Lakewood, WA)
Fluid Reflections: A Dialogue of Gender
Glass Sculpture
7” x 8” x 5”
$420