OMA Home > Current Exhibits> Exhibits 2009 > Past Exhibits 97-08 P A S T  E X H I B I T I O N S  2 0 0 9 An American Dream August 30, 2009 – January 10, 2010 In this dramatic body of work, ceramic artist Gregg Jabs searches for The American Dream, only to find dysfunction. By questioning the reality of the dream, the myth begins to unravel with surprising results. Ultimately, Jabs explores the delicate balance between collective identity and individual response with wry humor and keen insight. September 24, 7-9pm: Gallery Walk and Talk with Gregg Jabs Click here to see the on-line exhibit The Art of Les Perhacs November 4, 2009 - January 8, 2010 San Diego artist Les Perhacs looks to nature for his inspiration, constantly discovering elements of geometry fused with the chaos of nature. Each sculpture is made from a single geometric form that Perhacs cuts apart to reveal the internal entropy. Curated by Michael C. Gross, the exhibition opens in the Parker Gallery November 4th. “Meet the Artist” Les Perhacs December 12th at 2:00 p.m., free with museum admission. San Diego NOW: Eight UCSD Visual Artists November 20 - January 3, 2010 Discover the artistic talent emerging from one of the finest conceptual art institutions in the nation. University of California, San Diego Visual Arts department was rated by U.S. News & World Report among the top 15 programs in the country. San Diego NOW presents the work of eight graduate artists: James Enos, Jesse Mockrin, Zac Monday, Omar Pimienta, Lesha Rodriguiz, Tim Schwartz, Julia Westerbeke, and Suzanne Wright. Danielle Susalla, curator of San Diego NOW, states “the accomplished artists at UCSD continue to push the envelope following in the conceptual playground of their forefathers. These eight artists blend a dynamic mixture of mediums that communicate well together.” A preview reception combined with Art After Dark: The Zodiac Lounge introduces the exhibition on Friday, November 20th from 7:00-10:00 p.m. Admission is $15 or $10 for OMA members. Cafe Con Muertos: Daniel F. Martinez October 8 - November 1, 2009 In celebration of Day of the Dead, Oceanside artist Daniel F. Martinez will install a mixture of paintings, fabrications and marionettes in the Parker Gallery on October 8th. Cafe Con Muertos introduces ancient traditions of El Dias De Los Muertos adding satire, historical fact, and social commentary. Fabric of Survival: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz June 14 - October 25, 2009 Exhibition Opening and Holocaust Memorial Service, Sunday, June 14th from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Esther Nisenthal Krinitz was a teenager in rural Poland when the Nazis invaded her quiet village, changing her life forever. Separated from their family, young Esther and her sister survived the Holocaust pretending to be Polish Catholics, eventually coming to America after the war. Several programs are planned throughout the exhibition that celebrate Jewish culture and honor Holocaust memories. The exhibition will open on Sunday, June 14th with a Holocaust Memorial Service from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. conducted by Rabbi Dorit Edut. DELAYED GRATIFICATION by Dave Ghilarducci OMA Parker Gallery, July 14 – Sept. 25, 2009 Are you sick and tired of struggling for results? Well, you’re in luck:  WE CAN’T HELP YOU. Delayed Gratification offers a stationary test drive into a world of leaking desires and technological insurgence that may be ours or someone else’s…all we know for sure is you’ll have to get a sweat on. San Diego artist Dave Ghilarducci will install a bicycle with a generator connected to the back wheel that will power an LED display. When the visitor climbs on the bicycle and takes a ride, the LED will project words of wisdom from books that discuss utopian and dystopian views of the future. Delayed Gratification, curated by Emily Phelps, will be on view in the Parker Gallery July 14 through September 25, 2009. Institutional Wellbeing: An olfactory plan for the Oceanside Museum of Art March 29 – August 9, 2009 Institutional Wellbeing: An Olfactory Plan for Oceanside Museum of Art is a site-specific installation created by conceptual artist Brian Goeltzenleuchter that explores the perception of fragrance as an art media for interior environments. It playfully exploits the language of corporate aesthetics as well as new age healing to create and brand a scent for the museum using the latest in scent engineering technology. A preview reception introduces the exhibition on Saturday, March 28th from 5:00- 7:00 p.m. OMA’s receptions are known for their party atmosphere complete with wine and scrumptious hors d’oeuvres prepared by OMA’s own Culinary Arts Council. Admission to the reception is $10. Members of the museum enjoy complimentary admission as a benefit of membership. This is an ideal time in the museum’s history to present Institutional Wellbeing… which will open one year after a dramatic expansion that quadrupled the size of the museum. Goeltzenleuchter will examine the shifts that have occurred in the dynamics of the staff, board members, and visitors, and address the importance of their wellbeing by creating a fragrance for the museum to stimulate consistent degrees of positive energy and creativity, encouraging high levels of productivity and enthusiasm. Careful observation and personal interviews will provide the identity that becomes the fragrance known as “OMA” representing the olfactory experience of Oceanside Museum of Art. The fragrance “OMA” will accompany the exhibition as both a scent presented in the installation and as a retail product available in the museum’s store so that visitors can purchase the fragrance for use in their own interiors, incorporating the museum experience into their personal environment. Goeltzenleuchter is skilled in merging architectural interiors with their inhabitants. He established Contraposto Home Décor Co. in 1998, a purveyor of fine home accents inspired by global culture. An interactive installation such as Institutional Wellbeing . . . invites surprising reactions from the museum audience. The project uses ironic humor and droll commentary to draw together the multiple narratives and experiences of the participants in an attempt to reveal the organizational and social dynamics surrounding the business of culture. The exhibition will include an immersive scent-based meditation room; a gallery featuring photographic documents of the Institutional Wellbeing process; and an educational station featuring interactive smelling stations, web and video works, and reading room with literature on the Contraposto project, olfaction and art, environmental psychology, and the Oceanside Museum of Art. Born in San Diego in 1976, Brian Goeltzenleuchter was raised in a culture that placed great value on consumption, display, and performance. His artwork opens theoretical questions about the role of criticism, museums, academies, journals and web sites and how they contribute to the cultural, historical and economic value of "art" objects. Goeltzenleuchter earned his MFA at the University of California, San Diego. His work has been exhibited and performed nationally and internationally. Solo projects include: “Institutional Wellbeing: An Olfactory Intervention for the GAU,” Grafisch Atelier Utrecht, The Netherlands (2006); “Stoicism and Other Character Flaws,” Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma WA (2006); “Exchange Value(s),” Gallery 500, Portland, OR (2004); “Re:Sushi, A Retooling,” Sushi Performance and Visual Art, San Diego, CA (2001). CELL MEMORY by Valentyna Roenko Simpson May 4 – July 12, 2009 Artist Valentyna Roenko Simpson has created a fiber installation that addresses the potential that DNA holds for unlocking the secrets of human ancestry. Roenko Simpson’s fiber media portraits appear individualized, yet they are also universal, suggesting a link reaching back to the origins of human history. Themes of identity, ancestry, science and memory permeate her artistic vision. Cell Memory will be on view in the Parker Gallery May 4th through July 2, 2009. “Meet the Artist” Valentyna Roenko Simpson on Saturday, June 20th at 2:00 p.m. and hear her talk about the universal thread of humanity that lies within our DNA. “Meet the Artist” is free with museum admission and complimentary for members of Oceanside Museum of Art as a benefit of membership. “Each face is a symbol of mother eve” according to Roenko Simpson whose portraits are embroidered with wrinkles to symbolize the story that lies deep within the lines of a person’s face. Each portrait will be graphically designed by Roenko Simpson, hand felted with merino wool and machine embroidered. Roenko Simpson was born in the Volyn Region, Ukraine and earned a Masters of Art and Design from Lviv Academy of Decorative Art in 1978. She has experimented in many different fields of fiber art including silk tapestries and silk paintings. Since 2000, Roenko Simpson has been living and exhibiting in California discovering the amazing possibilities of quilt and felt art. VORTEX PLASTIQUE BY PEGGY ANN JONES A Collaboration of MiraCosta College and Oceanside Museum of Art May 3, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Vortex Plastique is a collaborative exhibition organized by artist Peggy Ann Jones who has brought together sculptor Jennifer Miller, as well as friends and students to create sculptures of and about plastic that is in our lives and our environment. This exhibition sponsored by the Oceanside Arts Commission will be on view during “Free Family Art Day” at Oceanside Museum of Art, Sunday, May 3rd from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The sculptures on view include a carpet Jones constructed of approximately 3420 braided shopping bags over 13 feet in diameter, and five life-sized, figurative sculptures constructed of discarded consumer plastics representing themes of environmental concerns. This will be a unique experience for people to view artwork made of plastic recycled materials and have the occasion to make their own sculptures and wearable recyclables. Materials will be provided but you are encouraged to bring your recyclables. Artist Peggy Jones will give a talk about the Vortex Plastique project and sculptures of and about plastic from 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Commesso Made in America,“Gemstone Fine Art” OMA Parker Gallery, March 3 – May 1, 2009 Commesso Made in America,“Gemstone Fine Art” is the first museum exhibition of the American made fine art of creating commesso di pietre dure e tenere, stone mosaic pictures. The artwork is made from precise placement of hand cut rocks and gemstones, with an occasional shell or other hard material. Pietre Dure means hard stone, such as agates, jades, jaspers, and chalcedony. Pietre Tenere means softer stone such as marble, lapis lazuli, malachite, and turquoise. Each stone has to be hand cut and placed into the mosaic painting without grout, requiring countless hours of intense concentration and skill. Guest curator and artist Dennis Paul Batt will discuss the process and history behind Commesso during an informal “Meet the Artist” on Saturday, April 25th at 2:00 p.m. “Meet the Artist” is free with museum admission and complimentary for members of Oceanside Museum of Art as a benefit of membership. The American style of Commesso was initiated by a group of dedicated artists beginning in the 1930s who developed their own techniques using whatever tools and machinery were available and reached its peak in the late 1960s – 1980s. Today Commesso is a nearly extinct art form with few American practitioners and is rarely exhibited. Assembled for this exhibition are some of the finest contemporary Californian Commesso artists such as the late William Grundke, one of the most celebrated Commesso artists; his son Conrad Grundke, an award winning Commesso artist who currently teaches Lapidary and Intarsia at Saddleback College; Charlotte Burk; Anne Timmins; Amy Spencer; and San Diego artists Dennis Paul Batt and the late Jonny Johnson. LOWBROWart: Nine San Diego Pop Surrealists January 25 – May 24, 2009 With origins in pop culture, comics and hot rod street culture, Lowbrow Art reaches beyond the conventional art world to include a visual feast of pop surrealism created by the finest alternative culture artists from the San Diego region. Guest curators: Jerry Waddle and Michael C. Gross. Click here to see the on-line exhibit Weather Series by Sally Pearce Jan. 5 – February 27, 2009 Meet the Artist, Sat. Feb. 21, 2pm Weather Series provides an intimate exploration of the changing face of weather through a colorist’s eyes. After earning her degree from the Art Institute of Southern California in Laguna Beach, Sally Pearce settled in Oceanside where she has enjoyed teaching at Mira Costa College for the last ten years. Primarily an oil painter, Sally excels at subtle color drama, this time linked to the skies. Click Here to See Our Past Exhibits 97-08 Programs | Calendar | Museum Store | Newsletters | Membership | About OMA | Volunteer  © 2005 Oceanside Museum of Art Contact Us