Current Exhibitions

Charlie Milgrim: Urban Refuge

March 14 – April 19, 2025

Artists’ reception: Saturday, March 15, 3 – 5pm
Artist talk: Saturday, March 22, 4 – 5pm
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: April 4, 5 – 9pm 

Open Friday & Saturday: 12 – 5pm (and by appointment)

Emily Shepard: A Luminous Current

March 14 – April 19, 2025

Artists’ reception: Saturday, March 15, 3 – 5pm
Artist talk: Saturday, March 22, 4 – 5pm
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: April 4, 5 – 9pm 

Open Friday & Saturday: 12 – 5pm (and by appointment)

Abby Zhang: An Enormous Breath Being Held

March 14 – April 19, 2025

Artists’ reception: Saturday, March 15, 3 – 5pm
Artist talk: Saturday, March 22, 4 – 5pm
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: April 4, 5 – 9pm 

Open Friday & Saturday: 12 – 5pm (and by appointment)

In the Backroom Gallery

Booby Trap

Gallery Hours: Fri and Sat, 12 – 5 pm
Artists’ Reception: Saturday, March 15, 3 – 5 pm
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: April 4, 5 – 9 pm

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1.(Left) Mary Curtis Ratcliff, Success Cake, 1996, 9.25 x 12 x 12in., Hardware cloth, plaster gauze, copper, permaice, acrylic, $500 2.(Center) Jessica Cadkin, Dirty Pillow #1, 2025, mixed media (nylon pantyhose, pompoms, fiberfill, thread), 11"x11"x4", $450 3. (Right) Caity Salamanca, She Has A Tropical Glow, 2024, 24”x30”x2”, Mixed media on canvas, $1550

Poetry in the Gallery with Collapse Press

Saturday, November 16, 5 pm Mercury 20 is excited to host Collapse Press in its first live reading event on the West Coast; The Collapsatarians. The press is

Founded in 2006, Mercury 20 is a contemporary art gallery established, supported and operated by San Francisco Bay Area artists. Mercury 20 maintains a gallery space in Oakland, CA as well as an online sales platform. Our collective operating structure supports our ability to experiment, develop, exhibit, advance our work and to sustain our arts community.

Mercury 20 Gallery

475 25th Street, Oakland CA 94612

Gallery hours: Friday + Saturday: 12-5pm and by appt