Art I'm Looking At: Linda Yoshizawa on The Art Wall at Shige Sushi (through February 25, 2018)

Linda Yoshizawa, on the Art Wall at Shige Sushi. Through February 25, 2018. Opening reception, Monday, January 22, 2018, 5:00PM to 7:00PM (open Monday for the reception only).

I've just finished hanging the latest show on The Art Wall at Shige Sushi--evocative, layered monotype collages of botanical subjects by Linda Yoshizawa.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Linda graduated with a BA in studio art from Pomona College in 1978. She studied silkscreen printmaking at the UCLA extension and produced editions at a serigraph workshop run by Evelyn B. Johnson in Southern California. In 2007, she built a studio in San Ramon, expanding her work to include solarplate etchings, collagraphs, and mixed media prints. Her artwork is in personal and corporate collections across the country including the Library of Congress, Kaiser Permanente, Eden Medical Center, and El Camino Hospital Foundation. She shows at Valley Art Gallery in Walnut Creek and Andrea Schwartz in San Francisco. She is a member of the California Society of Printmakers and the Los Angeles Printmaking Society.

Art I'm Looking At: Exhibit Pipeline on The Art Wall at Shige Sushi

Susan Stover: Where is My Allegiance?

I'm excited about the artist line-up for the rest of 2017 and into 2018 on The Art Wall at Shige Sushi. I've now filled the next five show slots (from July 2017 through the end of April 2018).

Bob Nugent: Sementes 80

First up will be Bob Nugent: Dialogues with Nature, a show of works by Bob Nugent, inspired by the time he spends in the Amazon River Basin in Brazil. Bob's work will be on the walls from July 5 through September 3, 2017. The opening reception will be July 10, 2017 from 5:30 to 7:30.

Claude Smith: Margins 06

The September–October 2017 slot will go to Graton-based artist Claude Smith.  Claude was a participant in the very first show on The Art Wall at Shige Sushi, in December 2014. Claude is primarily a painter, but he also does mixed media and collage work.

The November–December show will feature the work of Susan Stover, known for small, wall-mounted sculptural objects and abstract mixed-media pieces and encaustics.

The first show of 2018 will be devoted to work by Oakland-based printmaker Linda Yoshizawa who does intricate stencil-based prints and solar plate etchings of mostly botanical subjects.

Linda Yoshizawa: Morning Magnolias

 The February–March slot will go to Katie McCann, also an Oakland-based artist known for her wonderfully imaginative collages.

Katie McCann: Mind Full