Search
Close this search box.

Tara Esperanza

Intro
Me @ Bella 12 2019 (2)

I am deeply drawn to succulents. I love their character. How they change throughout the seasons. The abundant varieties of texture, color, and shape. I paint large canvases of small succulents. I find interesting compositions and celebrate the beauty of the plants. I love how the succulents share space. Lean on each other, or hold each other up. Succulents bring me joy and I see them as divine in nature.

I am inspired by the beauty that surrounds us everyday. The delicacies and strength of nature, the plant world, and the great expansive ocean. I have deep respect for nature and am inspired by it daily.

SOLO SHOWS

 


 

05-22-23
– 07-22-23

A Bee’s Perspective

A Solo Exhibition

Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA

 


 

06-08-22
– 07-21-22

THE VIRTUAL SUCCULENT GARDEN

A Solo Exhibition

 


 

03-25-22
– 04-30-22

The Succulent Garden

A Solo Exhibition

Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA

 


 

10-23-20
– 11-28-20

I SEE YOU

A Solo Exhibition

Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA

 


 

GROUP SHOWS

 


 

11-28-23
– 12-30-23

Art For The Winter Solstice

A Group Exhibition

Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA

 


 

10-28-23
– 01-28-24

Shape + Form

A Group Exhibition

Sturt
Haaga Gallery, La Canada Flintridge CA

 


 

05-12-23
– 06-17-23

OPEN UP

a group show curated by Kathleen King

Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA

 


 

04-22-23
– 06-22-23

Alchemy Exhibition

A Group Exhibition

 


 

11-29-22
– 01-28-23

Art for the Winter Solstice

A Group Exhibition

Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA

 


 

09-25-22
– 11-02-22

REVELATIONS

A Virtual Exhibition

 


 

05-12-22
– 05-15-22

Art at Bioneers

Palace
of Fine Arts , San Francisco CA

 


 

01-10-22
– 01-01-22

4 x 8 Bridges

Plants, Portraits, Filters, &
Fibers

Mercury
20 Art Fair, Online

 


 

11-13-21
– 12-19-21

Pure Paint

Arts
Benecia, Benecia CA

 


 

09-29-21
– 11-07-21

The Autumn Exhibition

 


 

07-15-21
– 10-15-21

I’m Speaking: The Language of Art

PxP
Contemporary Gallery, online

 


 

06-29-21
– 07-30-21

Verdant

All Bay Area Artists Juried Exhibition

San
Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco CA

 


 

06-08-21
– 08-08-21

International Online Artists Guild
Summer Exhibition

San
Diego Museum of Art, San Diego CA

 


 

06-05-21
– 08-10-21

SH1FT

Jennifer
Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette CA

 


 

12-04-20
– 01-10-21

2020 RE:VISION

Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA

 


 

09-16-20
– 12-11-20

California Dreaming

 


 

09-01-20
– 09-30-20

Botanicals Art Show

Merit Award for Velour 1982

Grey
Cube Gallery, online

 


 

02-06-20
– 02-29-20

Artist’s Vision 2020

Marin
Society of Artists, San Rafael CA

 


 

11-01-19
– 12-01-19

SeaScapes

Awarded Special Recognition in the
Painting & Other Media Category

Light
Space & Time Gallery, online

 


 

10-18-19
– 11-16-19

Day of the Dead – Dia de los Muertos

Sun
Gallery, Hayward CA

 


 

09-01-19
– 09-30-19

9th Annual “Open” Art Exhibition

Light
Space & Time Gallery, online

 


 

06-27-19

Solano Ave ArtWalk

Flowerland,
Albany CA

 


 

02-10-19
– 06-09-19

Unusual Views

A Botanical Art Exhibition

Sturt
Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens, Lanada Flintridge CA

 


 

12-01-18
– 12-31-18

Leaves and Petals

Fusion
Art Gallery, online

 


 

10-19-18
– 11-22-18

Day of the Dead Exhibit

Sanchez
Contemporary Art Gallery, Oakland CA

 


 

06-06-18
– 07-15-18

No Mud No Lotus

A Botanical Exhibition Inspired by
Buddha Nature and Mother Nature | Curated by Candace Loheed

Orangeland
Gallery, San Francisco CA

 


 

05-31-18
– 07-15-18

Persistence

Museum
of Northern California Art, Chico CA

 


 

PRESS &
PUBLICATIONS

 


 

2024

Santa Fe Gallery Association Juried Catalog

 Santa
Fe Gallery Association Juried Catalog, March 2024   website 

 


 

2024

Visionary Visits with Tara Esperanza

by
Victoria J Fry    New Visionary Magazine, March 2024 Issue
9   website 

 


 

2023

An Essay on A Bee’s Perspective

by
Kathleen King    Art Essay, June 2023   website 

 


 

2023

New Visionary Podcast

by
Victoria J. Fry    New Visionary Podcast, March 2023
Episode 11   website 

 


 

2023

The Magic Issue

 Create
Magazine, February 2023 Issue #34   website 

 


 

2022

2 Close 2 the Sun

by
Elizabeth Sher    2 Close 2 The Sun Podcast, September 2022
Episode 6   website 

 


 

2022

Art Seen Magazine

by
Gita Joshi    Art Seen Magazine, Summer 2022 Issue #4

 


 

2021

All She Makes Magazine

by
Svitlana Martynjuk    All She Makes Magazine, Summer 2021
Issue 11

 


 

2021

Interview with Gita Joshi

by
Gita Joshi    The Curator’s Salon, February 2021   website 

 


 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 


 

2020

Merit Award for Excellence in Art.
Grey Cube Gallery

2019

9th Annual Seascapes Art Exhibition –
Special Recognition in Excellence

1998

Espanola Valley Arts Festival Award –
3rd Place for Acrylic Painting

1995

Neugerbauer Scholarship Award – High
Honors in Fine Art at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

EDUCATION

 


 

1995

University of Massachusetts at
Dartmouth Bachelors of Fine Arts, Cum Laude Dean’s List

1994

Pont-Aven School of Art, Pont-Aven
France Landscape Painting Summer Program

 

 

Exhibitions

Mercury 20 Gallery

475 25th Street, Oakland CA 94612

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