Past Exhibitions
The gallery was established in 2006, but the website did not exist prior to April of 2007.
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Tara Esperanza, Laura Malone, Monika Mayer: Rhythms and Reveries
BEYOND BOUNDARIES: A JURIED GROUP EXHIBITION
ANDREA GUSKIN, LEAH KORICAN, ABBY ZHANG: RE/NEW
ELIZABETH SHER: Bound, Unbound, Rebound
Art for the Winter Solstice: Gathering in Community
JILL McLENNAN: IMPRESSIONS
DALAR ALAHVERDI: BEYOND THE MASS
LINKED TO HOME
KC ROSENBERG: THE ABSTRACTS’ DILEMMA
LAURA MALONE: BODIES OF WATER,BODIES OF LIGHT
SYNTHESIS
RUTH TABANCAY: (un)NATURAL ORDER 2.0
SARA LISCH: MUSE
HOPI BRETON: GROUNDED
BOHDANNA KESALA: DECODING THREADS OF MEMORY
CHRISTINE MEURIS: HEARTH
TARA ESPERANZA
UNDERPINNINGS
Charlie Milgrim: Nests
Andrea Brewster: Field Notes
Time After Time
Mary Curtis Ratcliff: Aviary
A Fragile Balance
Andrea Guskin: Unfurling
PRESENCE/ABSENCE
Monika Mayer: Flow
Leah Korican: Bramble & Bloom
Jessica Cadkin: a small body
Mine the Gap
Metamorphosis
Gift Boxes
Art for the Winter Solstice
SARA LISCH: DREAM GARDEN
ELIZABETH SHER: GOOD COFFEE, BAD NEWS
PANTEA KARIMI: EULOGY
BACKROOM GALLERY: SEPTEMBER 10-OCTOBER 21 Andrea Brewster and Charlie Milgrim
JILL MCLENNAN: NATURE’S RECKONING
RAYMOND L. HAYWOOD: SURPRISE, SURPRISE: MOTHA#@?%$!
Backroom Gallery Exhibition: July 28 – September 9, 2023
Jo Ann Biagini:Botanical Imaginary
CHRISTINE MEURIS: SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
RUTH TABANCAY: (UN) NATURAL ORDER
KC ROSENBERG: SILENT REMEMBERING
JAYNE BIEHN: FOUND
TARA ESPERANZA: A BEE’S PERSPECTIVE
OPEN UP
JUSTIN TEISL: THE LIGHT TAKES US
MARY CURTIS RATCLIFF: THE MARY CURTIS RATCLIFF GROUP SHOW
ANDREA BREWSTER: ENCHANTED GARDEN
THE NATURAL OTHER curated by Ruth Tabancay
Chris Komater: THUNDERCRACK!
Charlie Milgrim: ROTATIONS
P.K. Frizzell, Kathleen King, Jayne Biehn, & Mary Curtis Ratcliff
STOPPED IN MOTION: PANDEMIC ART QUILTS
Gregory James Thomas and Oscar A. Ramirez
ART FOR THE WINTER SOLSTICE
DAWLINE-JANE ONI-ESELEH: SOTTO VOCE
ELIZABETH SHER: MARK MY WORDS
PANTEA KARIMI: cube is NOT geometric
Christine Meuris & Kristina Nobleman: IN SYMMETRY
NEOCLES SERAFIMIDIS: ABEYANT LANDSCAPE
RAYMOND L. HAYWOOD: ENVy of Desire
Johanna Poethig: GLAMORGEDDON
Sara Lisch: BITE ME
Leah Virsik: COMMON THREAD
Jessica Cadkin: PLUME
Chris Komater : 16:9
RACIEL ESPERANZA: Lyrical Language / Lenguaje Lirico
Mary Curtis Ratcliff: CASTING SHADOWS
Sara Lisch: THE MIND GARDEN
Andrea Brewster and Elizabeth Sher
CHARLIE MILGRIM: Plane Shapes
JILL MCLENNAN: Migration Altered
KATHLEEN KING: An Event in the Form of Questions
BACK ROOM: April 15–May 21, 2022
Tara Esperanza: THE SUCCULENT GARDEN
Andrea Brewster: THE FRAGILE BALANCE THAT LIES BENEATH
BACK ROOM: February 25 – April 9, 2022
Johanna Poethig: HIDEOUTS, ESCAPE HATCHES AND A SUBMARINE
Holiday Salon: AFFORDABLE ART FROM OUR GALLERY ARTISTS
XX @ XV: 15th Anniversary Group Show
Chris Komater: Allegory of Inclination
Raymond L. Haywood: Love Letters and Love Notes
BACK ROOM: October 1-November 27, 2021
BACK ROOM: August 20–September 25, 2021
Charlie Milgrim: Water in Motion
Sara Lisch: Metamorphosis
Jessica Cadkin: Rupture & Rapture
Leah Virsik: to connect, to join
Neo Serafimidis: THE SHELTERING NIGHT
Brooks Fletcher: The Intimate Vessel
Collage Variations: Raymond L. Haywood, Jessica Cadkin & Kathleen King
Pantea Karimi: ARTFUL ATTACKS
Christine Meuris: VEILED
Charlie Milgrim: BETHLEHEM RESURRECTED
Johanna Poethig: TERRESTRIAL EARTH STATION
Andrea Brewster: SLENDER THREAD
P.K. Frizzell: THE LAST TREE
Jo Ann Biagini: THICKET
Kathleen King: OTHER LIVES
Leah Korican: WHOLLY HOLEY
Jill McLennan: RISING OUT OF RUINS
Mary Curtis Ratcliff: MOTION VARIATIONS
Tara Esperanza & Brooks Fletcher: INTIMATE PERSPECTIVES
Julianne Wallace Sterling: PANDEMIC MOTHERLAND
Elizabeth Sher: SURREALITY
2020 Re:Vision
Andrea Brewster: FROZEN MOMENT
Tara Esperanza: I SEE YOU
Fernando Reyes: THIS LAND
Pantea Karimi: THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF MATHEMATICS
Chris Komater: Family Album
Christine Meuris: PERMUTATIONS
Leah Virsik: ABOVE AND BELOW
Mary Curtis Ratcliff: SCRAPWORKS
Andrea Brewster: CABINET OF CURIOUSITY
Christine Meuris: WORKS ON PAPER
Kathleen King: FOUND OUT
Neo Serafimidis: NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHTS
Charlie Milgrim: STREET CODE
Peter Honig: STILL
GALLERY GROUP SHOW: TRUTH / DARE / 20 / 20 CHAPTER 2: DARE
Truth/Dare/20/20 – Chapter 1: Truth
Fernando Reyes: LOOKING BACK CUTTING FORWARD
Johanna Poethig: IMPOSSIBLE MATTER
Jill McLennan: FROG BOG
Fernando Reyes: LOOKING BACK CUTTING FORWARD
Julianne Wallace Sterling: DETOURS
Elizabeth Sher: MOROCCO SEEN & UNSEEN
Sara Lisch: INTERWOVEN
RUTH TABANCAY: Geometricity 3.0
Chris Komater: Jack & Mack
NICK DONG: Mendsmith Project
Kathleen King + Kerry Vander Meer: DUET
Andrew Miguel Fuller + Jeremiah Jerkins: IT’S ALL BEEN SO NICE
Pantea Karimi – COUNTDOWN: BIRUNI – GALILEO – APOLLO
Carlo Fantin: PACKAGING
Jo Ann Biagini : MINGLEMENTS
CHARLIE MILGRIM: Accretion / Erosion
PETER HONIG: Wire Hum
Leah Virsik: YOU ARE SUPPORTED MORE THAN YOU KNOW
Neo Serafimidis: OBJECT/MEMORY (POWER)
GALLERY GROUP SHOW: SELF-PORTRAITS IN THE AGE OF SELFIES
20/20 VISION: Small Works Show
Julianne Wallace Sterling: SAN PABLO AVENUE
Jill McLennan: ENOUGH IS….
KERRY VANDER MEER: The Shape of It
RUTH TABANCAY: Stitch
PK FRIZZELL: Humpty Dumpty
Fernando Reyes: THE FIGURE PROGRESSES
Kathleen King: SO THIS
SARA LISCH: BITE ME
CARLO FANTIN: Bad Business
Nick Dong: Matter / Antimatter
ELIZABETH SHER: Icelandscapes
Chris Komater: Study for a Series, Love
Nick Dong: Matter / Antimatter
CHARLIE MILGRIM & JOHANNA POETHIG: c.a.t.a.c.l.y.s.m. i.n.c.
Johanna Poethig: Phyllotaxis and Parastichy in a Time of Love and War
Charlie Milgrim: hallucinatory participation: see art, be art
MARY CURTIS RATCLIFF | Circumference
ANDREW MIGUEL FULLER | Thin Skins
Eric Bohr: invocation
Melting Point
20/20 Vision
Fernando Reyes: Making the Cut
Terry Dunn: Garden 2
Julie Alvarado: A Nice Place to Visit
Jo Ann Biagini: Pentimento
Jill McLennan: Dwelling
ROCOCO: The Hearing
Kathleen King: Around + About
KC Rosenberg : Nearby She Calls
Ruth Tabancay: The Structure of Cloth 1.1
Carlo Fantin: synesthesia
Julianne Wallace Sterling: repose
Charlie Milgrim: Ruins
Mary Curtis Ratcliff : What Goes Around Comes Around
Eric Bohr : altar
M20 Political Pop Up Art
Chris Komater: Stavros at His Bath
Nick Dong: Spiritual Fluid
The Surface of Things
Positional Vertigo
Julianne Wallace Sterling: the digital camo
Fernando Reyes: Paper Dolls
Terry Dunn: Garden
Jill McLennan: Garage Sale
Kerry Vander Meer: Constructing the Plate
KC Rosenberg: Washed Away: The Bachelorette’s Ballad, Rather
PK Frizzell: Junkyard Dog
David Maxim: Moments
Joanna Salska: Masks and Mirrors
Ruth Tabancay: Igneous Systems
Leah Markos: gLITTER
Carlo Fantin: Mimicking Technology
Eric Bohr: Tending the Bones
Chris Komater: Sexting
Mary Curtis Ratcliff: Full Circle
Kathleen King: Square Peg
Jo Ann Biagini: And Again
Charlie Milgrim: Bethlehem
Nick Dong: Cosmic Dance
Mercury 20 @ 10
Group Show: Small Works
Fernando Reyes: Dance-Dream-Drama
Terryl Dunn: under pressure
Jill McLennan: Transformation
Julianne Wallace Sterling: unmoor
Ruth Tabancay: Geometricity 2.0
Polly Frizzell: Moments of Grace
Julie Alvarado: True Adventures
Jann Nunn: Cadence & Rhythm
Chris Komater: Scylla & Charybdis
Joanna Salska: Landscapes
KC Rosenberg: Casserole Night Series 2008-2015
Carlo Fantin: U Have 2 Name Him Jesus #Annuciation
Leah Markos: Standard Indications
Peter Honig: Dark Matter
Group Show: A Common Thread OAKLAND
Manifold: Mills College Book Art and Creative Writing MFA program
Group Show: Collective Stories
Charlie Milgrim: Utility Access
Jo Ann Biagini: Into the Wild
Kerry Vander Meer: syzygy
Chris Komater: A Bouquet of Bears & A Dozen Little Roses
Jill McLennan: Industrial Resolution
Kaya Fortune: Innerboogieology
Kathleen King: Wood Vibrations
Ruth Tabancay: Geometricity
Jann Nunn: Breathing Space, New Sculptural Installations
PK Frizzell: La Sombra
Julianne Wallace Sterling: For and Against You
Mary Curtis Ratcliff: Eye to Eye
Eric Bohr: frontiers
Nick Dong: Be-Longing-En-Lightening
Joanna Salska: Recent Paintings
Peter Honig: A Nervous System
Group Show: Transformation of Connectivity: Conversation, Confluence, Collaboration
Group Show: Small Works: Delectable/Collectible
Leah Markos: Pennants
Terryl Dunn: Works of Paper
Charlie Milgrim: Secret Fields
Jill McLennan: Trespass
Kerry Vander Meer: In the Grid
Joan Weiss: This Tilting World
Julie Alvarado: Urban Hunting – Squirrel Season
Ruth Tabancay: Microcosmos
Hadley Williams: Organic Abstraction
Kathleen King: Out Here
Jody Medich: Stories They Told Me
Julianne Wallace Sterling: Plural
Jann Nunn: Arc of Atlas
Mary Curtis Ratcliff: Charismatic Fauna
Jo Ann Biagini: Nature in Translation
Julie Alvarado, Charlie Milgrim: Pet Peeves
Dave Meeker: Lucky
Eric Bohr: Ritual
Jody Medich, Jill McLennan: Histoire Noir
Peter Honig: Glendessary
Group Show: After the Fall
JoAnn Biagini, Margaret Chavigny, Maya Kabat: Cartographies
Kerry Vander Meer: Red in the Interlude
PK Frizzell: Evidence of Things Unseen
Jill McLennan: Glimmer in the Grit
Abstraction: Pull and Sway
Alumni Show: Transits and Returns
Eli Geiser: Spilt Milk
Eric Bohr, Jody Medich, Mary Curtis Ratcliff, Kerry Vander Meer: Michigan
Paul Mueller: Along These Lines
Leah Markos: conveyance
Terryl Dunn, Jill McLennan, Mary Curtis Ratcliff: From Here to There
Charlie Milgrim: Dark Alliances
Julianne Wallace Sterling: this body
Peter Honig, PK Frizzell, Dave Meeker: Object Lessons
Eric Bohr: Variations
Terryl Dunn: Megathrust
Group Show: smARTphone
Mary V. Marsh: Just Waiting for You to Look
Jody Medich: Chairs
Mary Curtis Ratcliff: Mary Curtis Ratcliff Performance at M20
Mary Curtis Ratcliff: DIVINE, A Miscellany of Timeless Works
Dave Meeker: Landscapes
Group Show: Interlocking Terrain
Julie Alvarado, Eric Bohr, Jill McLennan: Outdoors
Maya Kabat: Infinite Expansion Inward
Jo Ann Biagini: Unbound
Julianne Wallace Sterling: New Work
Charlie Milgrim: Stealth Reverie
Kerry Vander Meer: The Space Between
Peter Honig, Mary V. Marsh: Recent Work
Jill McLennan: City Strokes
Julie Alvarado: Camp
Terryl Dunn, P.K. Frizzell, Mary Curtis Ratcliff: Mississippi Rising
Eric Bohr: Levant
Paul Mueller: Blood on the Church Hall Floor
Group Show: Mercury Rising
Group Show: Less Than Large
Julianne Wallace Sterling: Pushing Fairy Tales
Group Show: Multiples + Small Works
Kathleen King, Dave Meeker, Laura van Duren: The Gyre
Charlie Milgrim: On the Precipice
Julie Alvarado, Mary V. Marsh, Joan Weiss: Singular Sensations
Terryl Dunn: Travels and Dreams
Margaret Chavigny: Family Ties
CCA Artists: The Water Is Fine
Mary Curtis Ratcliff: Encounters with Light
P.K. Frizzell: Inside Out
Eric Bohr, Maya Kabat, Jill McLennan: True Paint
Joan Weiss: Deep Roots
Peter Honig: The Fabric of Night
Group Show: Mercury Multiples: Artist’s Editions
Chela Fielding: La Fe
Dave Meeker: Beacons
Andrew Werby: Juxtamorphs
Jamie Morgan: Night & Day
Jo Ann Biagini, Margaret Chavigny, Mary V. Marsh, Julianne Sterling: Surface & Subtext
Kathleen King: Tongue & Groove
P.K. Frizzell: Floodplain Series
Maya Kabat, Charlie Milgrim, Joan Weiss: Strange Nature
Laura Van Duren: Not for Sale
Mary V. Marsh: Everyone Needs a Story
Eric Bohr, Chela Fielding, Julie Alvarado: Diverse Directions
Mary Curtis Ratcliff: Small Worlds…& Large
Jill Mclennan: Cycles of the City
Group Show: Mercury Rising
Maya Kabat: This Living Process
Group Show: Small Works
Julianne Sterling: The Mommy Assassins
Eric Bohr: Ember Days
Jamie Morgan, Mary Curtis Ratcliff, Laura van Duren, Joan Weiss: Gallery Group Show
Charlie Milgrim: Spiral Jetsam
Margaret Chavigny, Kathleen King, Jill McLennan, Charlie Milgrim: Don’t Look Back
Group Show: Works on Paper
Dave Meeker: Plugged In, 1978-2009
Patricia Gillespie, David Meeker: Special
Group Show: Elemental
Jo Ann Biagini, Chela Fielding, Tarra Lyons, Charlie Milgrim: Swan Song
Kathleen King: The Last Waltz
Peter Honig: The Last Waltz
Eric Bohr, Margaret Chavigny, Maya Kabat, Laura van Duren: Two by Two
Tarra Lyons: New Work
Joan Weiss: Reckless Blooms
Peter Honig, Mary V. Marsh, Jamie Morgan, Anna Vaughan: Encounter
Julie Alvarado: Heads and Tails
Jo Ann Biagini: New Work
Julie Alvarado, Aaron Geman, Kathleen King, Joan Weiss: Forecast
Mary Curtis Ratcliff: Wood and Water
Anna Vaughan: Wood and Water
David Seiler: eWork/Muwekma
Aaron Geman: Five to Nine Thoughts and Some Shit that Sells
Jill McLennan: Intimate Observer
Jamie Morgan: Speed and Ecstasy
Laura van Duren: Confluence
Margaret Chavigny: Confluence
Eric Bohr: Vexing History
Charlie Milgrim: Vexing History
Ce Ce Iandoli: Evidence of Love
Chela Fielding: Collections from Within
Group Show: Retrograde
Anna Vaughan: Reverie
Tarra Lyons: Reverie
Catherine Perillo: New Work
JoAnn Biagini: New Work
Mary Curtis Ratcliff: Chosen Terrain
Jamie Morgan: Chosen Terrain
Ce Ce Iandoli, Jill McLennan, Mary Curtis Ratcliff, David Seiler: Foursite
Maya Kabat: Cities and Desire
Mary V. Marsh: Everyday Readers
Kathleen King: Slipping (Into Something)
Julie Alvarado: Accordion Dreams
Ce Ce Iandoli: Lilacs in Somerville
Jill Mclennan: Cuentas de Mexico
Laura Van Duren: The Dress Form Dialogues: Meditations on Beauty
Joan Weiss: Fields of Disturbance
Chela Fielding: Misremembering You
Mary V. Marsh: Reading History: Reconstructed Books
Peter Honig: Homeland
Charlie Milgrim: Homeland
David Seiler: New Sculpture/Drawing/Painting
Judith Hoersting: Color Studies
Antonio Vigil: Invisible Cities
Maya Kabat: Invisible Cities
Group Show: Big Bang
Joan Weiss: Natural Impulse
Kathleen King: Natural Impulse
Ce Ce Iandoli: Beautiful Disasters
Peter Honig: Still Life After Death
Cathy Perillo: New Work
Mary V. Marsh: Theories
Arthur Huang: Reading, Not Reading, Coffee
Shelia Metcalf Tobin: New Works
Margaret Chavigny: New Works
