Accepted Artist List for 2015 "Sexism: A Touchy Subject"

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Delivery of Artwork Accepted to the Gallery Exhibition Your work can be delivered in person or by a delivery service.

•  If you are hand-carrying your work to Arc Gallery, arrive at 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 on Saturday, June 27 - between 2 and 5PM. You may have a trusted person deliver your work for you.
•  If you are shipping your work to the exhibition, send it to the Attention of Jane Peterman SVWCA Treasurer, 891 Ithaca Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94087. You must have a return shipment label included in your art packaging.

This table is only listing the gallery artists showing at Arc Gallery in San Francisco. 
The entire juror pick for the Silicon Valley Women's Caucus for Art 2015 catalog will be re-posted shortly. _ Sorry for the inconvenience.

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	FirstName	LastName	Title	Media	Description
	Adriana	Villagran	Sweet Nothing	Polymer clay, acrylic, and peppermint candy on wood plaque	Imagined portraits that personify current media trends linking women’s bodies to candy and essentially manufacturing them into idealized sexual trophies intended for consumption. My entries anthropomorphize the damaging power of sexism to dehumanize and diminish identity.
	Adriana	Villagran	Shroud	Colored pencil on paper	Representation of myself cloaked in translucent pink and blue fabrics. The tightly wound fabrics illustrate the ability that sexism has to smother individuality, even when thinly veiled.
	Adriana	Villagran	Cottonmouth	Polymer clay, wool, and acrylic on wood plaque	Imagined portraits that personify current media trends linking women’s bodies to candy and essentially manufacturing them into idealized sexual trophies intended for consumption. My entries anthropomorphize the damaging power of sexism to dehumanize and diminish identity.
	Alice	Raymond	M-ours (Béa)	Photo print on semi matt paper	Mours is a series of double photos of friends and myself with torsos painted mutually. Research on developing evidence of gender similarities despite their physical differences. The focus is on the separation of the innate and the acquired, differentiating the body and the social culture. The merger creates a work of solidarity bodies.
	Alice	Raymond	M-ours (Gilles)	Photo print on semi matt paper	The series presents a torso that is repeated in each duo, that of the artist, associated with others regardless of gender. Yet torsos are slightly resized to inhibit size differences and place the two protagonists such a way that they support each other.
	Andrea	Borsuk	Girlstuff	Gouache paintings on handmade paper, shown in a grid.	The sun rises, the day happens, a storm may pass, and life goes on. Or not. This work is about time and place and how little control we have over events in our life. I explore how we connect through significant ceremonies or moments, or often, how we ignore each other through daily mundane activities. The 'Tarot Cards of Life' depict people and their changing status in life as they age. What is revealed is how we unconsciously repeat (gender) roles and cycles of enduring love and connection.
	Andrea	Guzetta	Something Sacrificial	Oil paint on panel	While men are often cast as the "hero" or "savior" archetype, it is women who are culturally expected to sacrifice their bodies, time, and personal desires in order to achieve happiness in romantic relationships. As the stereotypically submissive sex, we are often asked to give all of who we are in ways that men are not. Each of these works highlights the true nature of self-sacrifice in women, using classical painting techniques to reference the antiquated nature of such ideas.
	Annette	Wagner	Bemusement	Acrylic on canvas	A woman stands in ecstasy, in an orgasmic state of wonder. She bares her soul while clothing herself in metaphor. It would not do to be seen nakedly ecstatic, now would it?
	Danielle M	Gherardi	Apron/Cape	Cinefoil, photograhic tape, string and metal	Tied around the waist, a symbol of earthly work; tied at the neck, associated with royalty, spiritual or magical transformation or ascension. Do the words “apron” or “cape” conjure gender? Do “feminine” and “masculine” hold meaning anymore?
	Danielle M	Gherardi	Slip	Stainless steel and copper scrubbers, lint traps, straight pins, wire, thread	To lose one’s foothold; to become disengaged from a restraint; to evade; to release; to abort; a blunder or indiscretion; a scion; a woman’s undergarment. “Slip” is a piece about exposure in its many forms.
	Della	Calfee	Man As Plantholder	Film Photography, Pigment Print	The classical forms of my conceptual series," Men As Furniture", are intended to recall the Caryatid maidens of ancient Grecian temples; human still life used as an architectural element. Timeless ideals contrast with the modern cultural topics of gender relations and playful fantasy.
	Della	Calfee	Men As Bookshelf	Film Photography, Pigment Print	Gathered book titles provide vague references and suggestions regarding objectification and power.
	Della	Calfee	Men As Chaise And Ottoman	Film Photography, Pigment Print	Our heroine relaxes and contemplates her warm and beautifully appointed home furnished with nameless men.
	Diana	Lee	Life In A Box	Scratch board	I'd like to think that todays woman is strong, a force to be reckoned with, but that wasn't always the case. Little girls can be forced into a mold, forced to live in a box.
	Emily	Maddigan	Impala	Taxidermy, mink, sequins, beads, and pins	I use mounted animal trophy heads to navigate the waters of masculine and feminine materials and identity. The trophies are all male animals exhibiting sequin shells blending the two , creating moments of mesmerizing exuberance. Caught in the middle of power, domination, death, and beauty.
	Gerri	Russell	Her Face	Plaster cast material, box, fabric, acrylic--wall hanging	In my series of body and facial casts, I merged the themes of ageism, sexism, and mortality. The casts are set in white boxes on white fabric. At first startling, the casts then take on a precious and gift-like quality. They speak to sacredness, mortality and timelessness. Color and detail is stripped away, only the raw essence remains.
	Gertie	Mellon	#11. Invasion	Graphite- frottage	Sexism is so deeply rooted in our culture we may never be completely free from it.  My art reflects how our surroundings can affect our physical and emotional selves.  The violation of personal and mental space is not just a physical act but so subtle as sometimes we may not be aware when it happens.
	Jan	Brandt	Disco-Balled	Fiber art mixed media hung with monofilament	This piece addresses the seemingly disparate feminine worlds of quiltmaking and overt sexuality, homemaker and disco queen. In answer to the questioning of women's roles brought into question, this work blends an erotic sensibility within the commonplace trope of quiltmaking.
	Jane	Peterman	Battle Lines	Acrylic on Canvas	My 'word' paintings contain messages I'd like to send out into the world.  'Battle Lines' concerns the importance of gender equality which is at par when we are born but steadily diverges throughout our lives.  Sexism, coined for the phenomena in 1968 or so, describes the divergence.  I long for the pendulum swing so far that it's men who suffer intolerance.
	Janet	Morrow	Weaker Vessels	This sculptural grouping is composed of sugar cast in the form of urns and orbs.	As a conceptual artist I use whatever medium is appropriate to communicate my insight. I explore using sugar to represent female embodiment. Sugar carries metaphorical weight; its essential sweetness, its fragility, the fact that we crave it while knowing it is not good for us.
	Janet	Morrow	Going, Going, Gone	This sculptural grouping is composed of sugar cast in the form hearts	My work examines themes of female embodiment. There's a perception sweet things are weak, but I believe there is a great unappreciated strenth in sweet things.
	Jennifer	Weigel	Sexist Art Show Entry (Diptych)	Collaboration by Jennifer Weigel & Jonathan Stangroom (Diptych)	Open call to all self-identified women artists'...  I cannot begin to state how much it bothers me that the Women's Caucus for Art continues to perpetuate sexism by exploring themes of feminism and sexism while only allowing those who identify as women the right to enter and participate. These topics are not exclusionary! All genders are affected by sexism, albeit in different ways, and all deserve the chance to comment on those influences. We are all in this together, and we all deserve to voice our opinions.
	Jill	Andre	Support Change	Acrylic on canvas	This painting reflects the performative quality of being a woman. Each figure interacts  with ordinary objects and confines herself tightly within her space. Her vulnerability and strength are amplified by the spare composition and confident rendering.
	Katie	Morton	Tree of Knowledge	Oil on canvas	From Greek mythology and the Bible, though religious in origin, have taken on their own art historical significance. I am struck by the contemporary and personal resonance of these stories, but also troubled by their gender dynamics.Women in the canon are incidental, not allowed to live and feel within the narrative. This imbalance is one of the most important issues a woman artist can address. For me, this means re-envisioning these stories.
	Lidija	Ristic	Icon #6	Each Icon is a collage of materials	This piece talks about the clashing between the necessity for a woman’s youth and purity and her use as an ornamental sex object. I find hair to be a great metaphor for this idea
	Lynne	Todaro	Slow Journey	Bronze and brass	is the survival of the human spirit. I believe a sense of humor is an important survival tool. "Slow Journey" is a humorous look at the long struggle for equality.
	Malika	Crutchfield	Progression #56	black and white photography	Is the sexuality or gender of the subject of this photograph obvious? Is it relevant? Why does it matter? Is the idea of genderbending based on assumptions or facts?
	Monica Neiman	Sotomayor	Will We Ever See Clearly	Sculptures in Glass: glass-blowing, fused and slumped glass, as well as kiln-cast glass	Accountability vs. Invisibility: Gender-based violence such as honor crimes, female-genital-mutilation, domestic violence and rape are violations of a woman's fundamental human rights.
	Morgan	Green	Morgan Green Shaves Her Head Backwards	Self-portrait. Digital technology to record and manipulate a video of myself shaving my head.	My work speaks to the challenges women face in fabricating a sense of personal agency. In a society that discourages women from choosing pleasure even as it obliges is to provide it, this fabrication often dictates the synthesis of trauma. Because trauma is by definition insoluble, the challenge is total. The beautiful part is that we do, somehow, move forward.
	Orly	Ruaimi	Wear the City Earrings	Steel, paint sculpture;  earrings	As a female artist, I work with materials that tend to be viewed as masculine because of the difficulty in manipulating them, such as steel and concrete. By using feminine forms such as jewelry, I subvert the tendency to only consider the metal object as a masculine form
	Patrushka		Camille Caged	Gouache on wood, varnished	General concerns affecting women and their place in society. Whether it be an accomplished female artist who is only acknowledged through her husband’s fame, or  the roles which limit, discourage and bind women. Women's live matter.
	Rachel	Tirosh	From The Inside Out- Our Bodies Ourselves	Reconstruction cello pieces.	In this piece I wanted to be able to look at the object from the inside out. I left the cello as is with the marks of time and the original color, while the inside I painted with pure white. As a woman I feel the pressure to change my outside to a certain shape and color. Is this sexism? I say the inside is more important and it's my body my decision!
	Samantha	Dorgan	Wish FulFillment	Animation, rotoscope	This simple trick of the tongue, commonly performed by females, is read as a sign for sexual aptitude and is absurd at the same time. In this animation, she expresses ownership of a sexual power only through her mouth with no personal identification. The viewer is lulled into submission by the dance of the lips and in anticipation of the knot. The act of tying a cherry stem is evocative of sexual desires and wishes. The function of the mouth and the food it chews slips between the levels of Maslow's hierarchy.
	Sarah	Putnam	Naturally Superior	Needle Work and Illustration on Fabric	Illustrative needle work to make a statement about gender and start a dialogue. I incorporate illustration with needle work and botanical imagery with gender neutral figures. My figures are gender neutral, but tend to have masculine traits. However, why are we so quick to call these figures male? What does that say about us, and how we view each other? If there is no factual basis for our assumption, why are we so stubborn and stuck in our out dated mind set?
	Stella	Zhang	Viewpoint-09	Mixed Media	My ideas are based on my identity. As a result, my work is very personal. It embodies my inner conflicts and struggles. I utilize images to provide hints leaving the viewer to his or her own conclusion.
	Susan	Hensel	I Dwell in Impossibility #12	Photograph of a private performance	I dwell in the creative impossible, choosing to depict the transgression of gender role interacting with age; to create a poetic representation of both diminishment and power, neither male nor female, impossibly pregnant...liminal in all possible ways. This suite of photographs is a collaboration of the performer and sculptor, Susan Hensel, and the photographer, John Hensel. When collaborating, Susan sets the parameters of costume and objects to be manipulated and then allows the collaborator to direct the action.
	Susan	Kraft	Secret Life Of Women	Encaustic painting on wood panel box	Statement for womens rights as human rights; despite suppressing half of the human race, women continue to create life and families.The golden spiral represents universal truths abrading against our artificial social constraints which are seen as high truths. I believe this power structure will stay in place as long as the love of power overshadows, the power of love.
	Susan	Kraft	Hedy's Song	Encaustic painting on wood panel box	Depicting Hedy Lamarr, the co-inventor of "frequency hopping" technology, at first dismissed and now used world-wide for cellular phone communication.  My work explores the relationship between modern civilization and archetypical patterns. I juxtapose common images to bring out underlying tensions we witness everyday.
	Theresa	Devine	My Body Is A Fundamental Problem Over Which We Fight For Control	Assemblage/sculpture	This body of work manifests as a series of series. The work submitted is from a series of games and one of toys. 'In Pursuit of a Happy Middle' is a series of dice games explore the chances we take in relationships and how we gamble our lives on these relationships. 'Unspoken' is A series of noisemaker blow toys explores the thoughts that we don't say to each other.
	Tiffany	Tang	Post-Sexism Series, #4	Slip casted porcelain, brass nails	Post-Sexism Series, #4 is about my personal experience as a woman. The viewer is invited to choose a speech bubble and write their idea of a sexist phrase. Throughout my daily life I hear comments that are sexist in one way or another. I have come to realize how much of a common occurrence this is for women. The fantasy of being in a post-sexist society is a contradiction to what our material reality is. I aim to bring attention to this fact and expose more people to these issues.
	Xuan	Ho	Zurie	Mosaic; Stained glass, ceramic, mirror,fused glass, mini tiles, beads	Sculpture of a woman sporting a pair of classic denim jeans and a designer jacket forging forward her own path, knowing the undeniable challenges that lie ahead, but confident in her inner strength and identity as a woman. Working on this piece made me feel connected, supported, and especially inspired to create work that interpreted this conversation about sexism in my own way.

 

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