The Drawing Room SF
ART IS LIGHT
7 years. 70+ shows. 7 spaces.
A retrospective of activating space through art & community
599 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA
Reception: Saturday, September 27, 4-9 pm
Exhibition: September 27-November 2, 2025
Hours: Saturday – Thursday-Sunday, 11-5
Permanent Residence, screen-print on acrylic, 18x24in, 2024
Inspired by an old Japanese passport, this artwork reimagines the photograph as a portrait of a young woman carrying a symbolic samurai sword. She embodies courage as she leaves Fukuoka, Japan, and steps into an uncertain new life in San Francisco. Behind her, teal blue suggests the ocean crossing and the hope of new beginnings, while sepia tones hold the weight of memory, connecting her to the struggles and resilience of Japanese immigrants in the late 1950s.
Richmond Art Center
Big Feelings: The Calling
In a world newly buzzing with AI, Big Feelings offers art powered by lived experience, intuition, and consciousness. The exhibition showcases a collaborative map of Richmond told through BIPOC cultural narratives and materiality; a large-scale print installation that is a personal exploration of friendship, sharing real advice from real people; and a participatory work of over four hundred circles radiating feminine energy. These projects employ mechanized and technical processes – letterpress printmaking, cartography, and the disciplined repetition of the circle – yet at their core, each transforms emotion into a material for making art.
Sept 24 – November 20
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 27, 1pm-3pm
Richmond Art Center
2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804
ARC Gallery
MENDINGS & MARVELS
Mendings & Marvels' theme not only centers around the reuse/repurposing of materials and the reimagining of older artwork, but also includes themes around mending — whether literal, spiritual, or reacting to the present moment.
On view from June 14 - July 12, 2025.
Artists’ Reception at ARC Gallery on Saturday, June 14, 7:00-9:00 PM
1246 Folsom St. SF CA
Tiger in a Box, mixed media assemblage, 10” x 7 x 3.5, 2024
Tiger In The Box—part offering, part memory capsule, holds a tiger behind bars—caged but still full of potential. In front of it, a cherry blossom—a symbol of fleeting beauty and the passage of time. Covering this box is a screen-printed image of my mother’s reimagined passport and my birth certificate. Passports dictate access and identity; birth certificates mark a beginning, a claim to existence. By collaging them onto the box, I’ve turned these official documents into something more personal—an artifact of lineage, migration, and inherited stories.
SOMArts
BROWN PALMS, YELLOW BALMS: REINVENTING CAREGIVERS OF COLOR
What new narratives might honor their sacrifices while reframing these stories as ones of empowerment and reinvention? What ancestral wisdom and cultural practices do we accept or violently reject to form contemporary identities?
April 24, 2025 through May 24, 2025
Opening Reception April 24 2025, 6-9p
934 Brannan St. SF
Co-presented by AAWAA and Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center as part of the 28th annual United States of Asian America Festival 2025: Critical Refuge and curated by O.M. France Viana.
Ruth’s Table
ROOTED
Rooted is a group exhibition curated by artist Jun Yang that explores themes of healing, joy, immigration, family history, cultural heritage, and identity— features Bay Area Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) artists.
On view at Ruth’s Table, April 10 - Jun 6, 2025.
Join us for an Artists’ Reception in our gallery on April 25th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
3160 21st ST | SF CA 94110
“As an immigrant queer artist, I am honored to curate this inaugural exhibition at Ruth’s Table, celebrating the vibrant voices of Bay Area AANHPI artists, as well as queer and women artists.”
—Jun Yang, Artist
A visual manifesto of survival and resistance, ROOTED reveals how displacement, resilience, and transformation continually redefine home.
Excelsior, screen-print on acrylic, 3/25, 11 x15in, 2024
Work on paper. Pink acrylic painted background with a splash of neon pink and yellow with stark black screen-printed halftone image of the siblings-- Filipinx queer youth pose in front of dad’s 67 Dodge Dart on Naples Street.
Hospitality House
THHE AUCTION
In 1985, Hospitality House proudly held its very first art auction to benefit our Community Arts Program (CAP) the only free fine arts studio and gallery in San Francisco specifically designed for artists and community members facing various economic challenges. Each year, more than 3,500 neighborhood artists take advantage of the free materials and ample space, using it to create, display, and sell their remarkable artwork. In addition, CAP organizes a variety of regular exhibitions at its gallery located at 1009 Market Street, as well as at other venues around the city. Notably, artists retain all the money earned from their sales making the program a unique social enterprise..
THHE AUCTION 2025
"HONORING ARTISTS: NOW MORE THAN EVER”
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
at saint joseph’s art society
1401 Howard St. at 10th St, San Francisco
Doors open at 5:30 PM
Museum of Northern California Art
FAMILY PORTRAITS
Family Portraits, an upcoming juried exhibition that celebrates the complex and personal concept of “family”, a tapestry of stories that reflect the variety of familial bonds that shape us as individuals and communities in today’s world.
900 ESPLANADE, CHICO CA 95926 530.487.7272
Reception: Friday, March 28, 6-8 pm
Exhibition: March 20-May 11, 2025
Hours: Saturday – Thursday-Sunday, 11-5
Whispers of Departure, screen-print on acrylic, 18x24in, 2024
In Japanese tradition, the eldest son is expected to care for aging parents. This piece reflects on the tension between that duty and the pursuit of one’s own dreams. Akihiko’s life was cut short by a brain aneurysm, leaving his own aspirations unfulfilled. His story speaks to a universal struggle—how memory, identity, and obligation shape who we are and the lives we carry forward.
The Drawing Room
SAN FRANCISCO ON PAPER
Jan 11, 2025 through March 2, 2025
Opening Reception January 16 2025 5-8pm
210 Clement St. SF
As a native San Franciscan, my art is deeply rooted in the city’s unique tapestry of cultural diversity, resilience, and transformation. Through mixed media monoprints, I explore themes of identity, memory, and belonging, weaving personal narratives with the collective history of San Francisco.
The works presented in SF on Paper reflect my connection to the city’s neighborhoods and their layered histories. Each piece draws upon familial stories and cultural heritage to illuminate the intersections of the personal and the universal. From the resilience of Japanese immigrants in "Permanent Residence" to the fragility of home in "Home," my art seeks to honor the struggles and triumphs that shape our sense of place.
San Francisco, with its ever-shifting skyline and enduring spirit, serves as both muse and backdrop. In "Court Ordered [Weekends in the Excelsior]," I reflect on the complexities of familial relationships, while "Whispers of Departure" delves into the tension between tradition and modernity. These narratives are deeply personal yet resonate with the broader human experience of navigating change and finding meaning in our roots.
Through this collection, I invite viewers to engage with the stories embedded in the paper’s textures and layers, to reflect on their own connections to place and heritage, and to celebrate the enduring spirit of San Francisco.