Current Exhibitions

Patricia Guthrie: Not Your Grandmother’s Quilts

June 6 – July 12, 2025

  • Artists’ Reception: Saturday, July 19, 3 – 5 pm
  • Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: August 1, 5 – 9 pm
  • Open Friday & Saturday: 12 – 5pm (and by appointment)

Dalar Alahverdi: Almost Real

July 18 – August 23, 2025

  • Artists’ Reception: Saturday, July 19, 3 – 5 pm
  • Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: August 1, 5 – 9 pm
  • Open Friday & Saturday: 12 – 5pm (and by appointment)
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Dalar Alahverdi, Carried and Carrying, Mixed media, 24"x30"

Sara Lisch and Mary Curtis Ratcliff: Emotional Landscapes / Internal Atmospheres

July 18 – August 23, 2025

  • Artists’ Reception: Saturday, July 19, 3 – 5 pm
  • Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: August 1, 5 – 9 pm
  • Sunday & Saturday: 12 – 5pm (and by appointment)

In the Backroom Gallery

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