Current Exhibitions

Andrea Brewster: Cross Pollination

April 25 – May 31, 2025

Artists’ reception: Saturday, April 26, 3 – 5pm
Artist talk: Saturday, May 17, 3 – 5pm
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: May 2, 5 – 9pm 

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

Gustave Carlson: Heirloom Barns and Forgotten Houses

April 25 – May 31, 2025

Artists’ reception: Saturday, April 26, 3 – 5pm
Artist talk: Saturday, May 17, 3 – 5pm
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: May 2, 5 – 9pm 

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

Andrea Guskin: Fracture Zones

April 25 – May 31, 2025

Artists’ reception: Saturday, April 26, 3 – 5pm
Artist talk: Saturday, May 17, 3 – 5pm
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: May 2, 5 – 9pm 

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

In the Backroom Gallery

Text / Texture: Patricia Guthrie, Jill McLennan, Christine Meuris

April 25 – May 31, 2025

Artists’ reception: Saturday, April 26, 3 – 5pm
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: May 2, 5 – 9pm 

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

Untitled artwork
From Left to Right, up to down Jill McLennan, Luna Story, Linoleum Print with letterpress text, 16” x 13”, 2025. Patricia Guthrie, LETTERS, 72" x 52”, Christine Meuris, Detail of Overshot and Inlay, two 60” x 24” panels. Hand woven cotton, 2024.

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