Exhibitions Archive

Null Extension – Kadet Kuhne | April 2018

Null Extension Video, Soundscapes, and Images by Kadet Kuhne 6 April – 5 May 2018 Null Extension delves into the spatial confinement of subjective perception. The line between subject and viewer, inescapability and endurance, limitations and potentiality, is stretched and pushed beyond comfort. Despite the structures that define and confine […]

Anastatica – Richard-Jonathan Nelson | February 2018

Anastatica A Textile Video Installation by Richard-Jonathan Nelson February 16 – March 24 2018 The Anastatica is a resurrection plant that retracts its leaves and lies dormant for years in the absence of water. When hydrated, however, the plant reawakens, born again to the world. Within the practice of […]

Futility – 5th Annual Open Call for Works in Video | January 2018

Futility 5th Annual Open Call for Works in Video 12 January – 3 February 2018 Aggregate Space Gallery is pleased to present this selection of video works from our annual open call for time-based media. For the 5th time, we intentionally chose to forgo a themed call so that a […]

Hymn/Hum – Ven Voisey | December 2017

Hymn/Hum An installation by Ven Voisey 8 December 2017 – 6 January 2018 With an increasingly rampant output of information, structures, rhythms, and systems, we find ourselves in the midst of densely layered realities: from the cities we construct to the ideologies we abide by. Background noise, both figurative […]

Totem – Vincent Pacheco | November 2017

Totem noun | to·tem | \ˈtō-təm\ A Natural Installation by Vincent Pacheco 6 October – 4 November 2017 A totem is a natural object assumed as the emblem of a group and serving as a reminder of ancestry. Artist Vincent Pacheco is a new settler, a non-native in an unfamiliar […]

Eleven and a Half Hours – Dionne Lee and Shirin Abedinirad | August 2017

Eleven and a Half Hours A video installation between Dionne Lee and Shirin Abedinirad 18 August – 23 September 2017 In 1687, Isaac Newton proposed his First Law of Motion, the law of inertia: A body at rest tends to remain at rest, a body in motion tends to […]

Aggregate Animated Shorts – First Annual Film Festival | July 2017

Aggregate Animated Shorts First Annual Film Festival 21 July – 5 August 2017 In our ongoing effort to present unique and challenging art experiences to the public, Aggregate Space Gallery is proud to launch this celebration of non-commercial and experimental animation. Animation, as subset within video art, is unique in […]

Orium – An Art-Making Fundraiser for ASG | May 2017

Orium An Art-Making Fundraiser for ASG 19 May – 3 June 2017 Aggregate Space Gallery is a place for a particular function. We have invited dozens of artists to come and create a small edition of artworks to be sold to benefit the continued growth and stabilization of ASG. Over […]

Fata Morgana – Dimitra Skandali, Oliver Leach, and Amelia Konow | April 2017

Fata Morgana A Site-Specific Experience Dimitra Skandali, Oliver Leach, and Amelia Konow 7 April – 6 May 2017 Dark water twisting from the depths of the sea of her memory; shimmering, swirling fortean anomalies in a clear blue sky: sun dogs, daylight constellations, ball lightning, and kaleidoscopic visions. Fata Morgana […]

Survey: Artist-run Spaces of Oakland – A Precursor to the Oakland Congress of Experience-Based Art | February 2017

Survey: Artist-run Spaces of Oakland A Precursor to the Oakland Congress of Experience-Based Art 17 February – 25 March 2017 An artist-run space is a gallery space run by artists, traditionally created to circumvent the structures of private commercial galleries. In Oakland, these spaces have shaped the art scene, generating […]

Environmental Estrangement – 4th Annual Open Call for Works in Video | January 2017

Environmental Estrangement 4th Annual Open Call for Works in Video 13 January – 4 February 2017 Aggregate Space Gallery is pleased to present this selection of video works from our fourth annual open call for time-based media. We intentionally choose to forgo a themed call so that a cohesive show […]

Five Years – Art Sale and Quinquennial Celebration | December 2016

Five Years Art Sale and Quinquennial Celebration 2 December – 17 December 2016 Aggregate Space Gallery is 5 years old and you are invited to help us celebrate! We’ve enlisted a group of past solo show artists to help outfit the gallery with artwork. Unlike our regular exhibitions of […]

Φ, Empty Set – Shisi Huang | October 2016

Φ, Empty Set A solo exhibition by Shisi Huang 7 October – 5 November 2016 Shisi Huang’s interactive spatial installations alter perceptual dimensions of time and space. Inspired by haunting personal experiences, Huang’s work presents questions and processes rather than answers and outcomes. She generates images by bending and reflecting […]

Confluence – Kate Lee Short | July 2016

Confluence An Installation of Sound and Space by Kate Lee Short 1 July – 6 August 2016 Kate Lee Short’s intimate acoustic installations examine the way humans subconsciously use sound to process our surroundings and explore the ability of architecture to mirror psychological space or states of mind. Inspired by […]

299792458 – SEEC Photography | August 2016

299792458 A Scientific Installation by SEEC Photography 19 August – 24 September 2016 SEEC Photography is a project by Thomas Juffmann, PhD, Philipp Haslinger, PhD, and Enar De Dios Rodríguez that investigates the way in which light moves. By using advanced camera technology, SEEC Photography allows us to see what […]

All Ways Lead to the Mill – Jamil Hellu | June 2016

All Ways Lead to the Mill A Solo Exhibition by Jamil Hellu Presented in conjunction with the National Queer Arts Festival 3 June – 18 June 2016 Jamil Hellu examines the conflicts that emerge at the intersection of Middle-Eastern heritage and queerness. Hellu claims his Syrian roots and Arab ethnicity, […]

Hypertrophic Distress – Alex Oslance | April 2016

Hypertrophic Distress An Installation of Sculpture by Alex Oslance 1 April – 7 May 2016 Alex Oslance’s sculptures are combinations of found industrial objects and fabricated biomorphic forms. This dynamic contrast reflects the artist’s anxiety-driven introversion, which stems from a complex reaction to the deep-seeded hyper-masculinity of American culture, something […]

KunstCapades in Residence – A Live Alpine / Tropical Radio Art Experience | February 2016

KunstCapades in Residence A Live Alpine / Tropical Radio Art Experience 20 February – 19 March 2016 Aggregate Space Gallery is pleased to host KunstCapades, a bi-monthly art-based variety show/podcast hosted by artists Josh Pieper, Tim Sullivan, and their trusty barkeep Marv (Robyn Carliss). KunstCapades takes place in jr. tiki, […]

Flesh and Blood – 3rd Annual Open Call for Works in Video | January 2016

Flesh and Blood 3rd Annual Open Call for Works in Video 8 January – 6 February 2016 Aggregate Space Gallery is pleased to present this selection of works from our third annual open call for time-based media. By choosing to forgo a themed call, a cohesive show was grown out […]

A Plan View – Ephemeral Works and Evidence from Cameron Hockenson | December 2015

A Plan View Ephemeral Works and Evidence from Cameron Hockenson 4 December – 19 December 2015 Cameron Hockenson (1975-2015) had a site-specific practice that engaged issues of biocultural diversity as a unique approach to questions of place, time, and coexistence. This complexity was told through materials, context, and interpretive walks […]

Again, and Again, and Again – Performance and Installation by Minji Sohn | October 2015

Again, and Again, and Again Performance and Installation by Minji Sohn 2 October – 7 November 2015 Minji Sohn lays systems upon chaos while performing within aestheticized scenarios. Her performance is based on endurance and repetition, and is formed from memories of her youth–filling buckets with unending sand, counting through […]

AlterLandEscape – Installations by Centa Schumacher, John Tronsor, and May Wilson | August 2015

AlterLandEscape Installations by Centa Schumacher, John Tronsor, and May Wilson 21 August – 19 September 2015 Aggregate Space Gallery presents an exhibition of sculpture, video, and multi-channel installation works that remap the height and depth of the gallery’s physical landscape. The three structures reflect interstitial locations, prehistoric organic forms, and […]

limen – An exhibition by Amy Rathbone | July 2015

limen An exhibition by Amy Rathbone 3 July – 8 August 2015 Video program by Phoebe Tooke Exhibition score by Wayne Grim and Suki O’Kane Aggregate Space is proud to present this evolving exhibition of cumulative response. Works have been created directly on the surface of the walls, forming a […]

OLD GROWTH – A kinetic sculpture exhibition by Terry Peterson | May 2015

OLD GROWTH A kinetic sculpture exhibition by Terry Peterson May 15 – June 20 2015 Terry Peterson’s installations include a natural mixture of fabricated and organic materials built around a masculine syntax. Part ingenious mad-scientist’s lab, part sacred space, the environment he creates is one of wonder and reflection. Raised […]

New Paintings | April 2015

New Paintings 3 April – 2 May 2015 Aggregate Space Gallery presents this collection of new works that are each one step removed from traditional painting. In New Paintings, the artists address conventional media with unconventional technology and technique – confronting the ongoing reality of making work in a digital […]

Pattern Recognition – A Solo Exhibition by Darrin Martin | February 2015

Pattern Recognition A Solo Exhibition by Darrin Martin 20 February – 21 March 2015 Darrin Martin engages the synesthetic qualities of perception by exploring tactile, audible, and visual phenomena with sculpture, video and print-based installations. Contrasting current and archaic technologies, Martin constructs sound and image through performative and mechanical systems […]

Cringe – 2nd Annual Open Call for Works in Video | January 2015

Cringe 2nd Annual Open Call for Works in Video 9 January – 7 February 2015 Aggregate Space Gallery is pleased to present this selection of works from our second annual open call for time-based media. By choosing to forgo a themed call, a cohesive show was grown out of individual […]

MobileInTent: Alta California + Parts Close By | December 2014

MobileInTent: Alta California + Parts Close By Re-mapping Forms, Trees, Rivers 5 December – 20 December 2014 A collaboration of Ann Schnake / MobileInTent, and Ursula Maria Berzborn / Theater Grotest Maru / Kunsthaus KuLe, Berlin and Víctor Figueroa Infante, Marlet Torres Martínez / la compañía de artes vivas A […]

Experimental Space – An Exhibition of Evidence in Collaboration with BAASICS | October 2014

Experimental Space An Exhibition of Evidence in Collaboration with BAASICS Featuring an Essay by Laura Cassidy Rogers 3 October – 8 November, 2014 In their search for evidence of theories that better explain our physical reality, scientists often discover unexpected and beautiful phenomena. The researchers who created the images and […]

tug • gut – Alyssa Lempesis | August 2014

tug • gut A Solo Exhibition by Alyssa Lempesis 15 August – 20 September 2014 Alyssa Lempesis creates work inspired by the qualities of mysterious organisms and imagined insides. Tugging at the grotesque, these lumpy, foamy hunks and fragments unfold into a fantastic place, somewhere between unknown and familiar. Aggregate […]

Survival Adaptations – A Root Division exhibition | July 2014

Survival Adaptations A Root Division exhibition in conjunction with Adobe Books Backroom Gallery 4 July – 2 August 2014 Aggregate Space Gallery is pleased to be a part of this multi-venue exhibition exploring responses to the current economic climate of the Bay Area. Adobe Books Backroom Gallery will focus […]

Fact and Fancy – Featuring Jana Rumberger and Danielle Schlunegger | May 2016

Fact and Fancy A Pair of Installations Featuring Jana Rumberger and Danielle Schlunegger 16 May – 21 June 2014 Aggregate Space Gallery is pleased to present Fact and Fancy, a coupling of artists who rewrite, as well as aestheticize history. Danielle Schlunegger will present interactive works from The Marcus Kelli […]

April 11th, 1954 – The Most Boring Day in History | April 2014

April 11th, 1954 The Most Boring Day in History 4 April – 3 May 2014 In late 2010, programmer William Tunstall-Pedoe determined the most boring day since 1900 to be this titular day. His “True Knowledge” search engine used complex algorithms and the input of over 300 millions facts that […]

Broadcast Standards – Doug Garth Williams | February 2014

Broadcast Standards A Solo Video Show by Doug Garth Williams 21 February– 22 March 2014 Doug Garth Williams is a filmmaker and video artist who specializes in creating imagery that is both bizarre and self aware. Displaying new and existing digital video works that incorporate opposing but overlapping narratives, Broadcast […]

Full Frame – 1st Annual Open Call for Works in Video | January 2014

Full Frame 1st Annual Open Call for Works in Video 3 January – 8 February 2014 Aggregate Space Gallery is pleased to present this selection of works from our inaugural open call for time-based media. By choosing to forgo a themed call, a cohesive show was grown out of individual […]

Not Each, But All | November 2013

Not Each, But All A Collective Celebration of Immersive Work 15 November – 21 December 2013 Now entering its third year, Aggregate Space Gallery reflects on the core individuals that started it all. Each artist in the show has not only played a pivotal role in the physical construction of […]

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE – Brynda Glazier | October 2013

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE An Installation by Brynda Glazier 4 October– 2 November 2013 Aggregate Space Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Bay Area artist Brynda Glazier. Glazier’s full-size ceramic figures and elaborately conceived environments shepherd viewers into an alternate reality of seemingly […]

The Missed-Adventures of Br’er Rabbit – Christopher Burch | August 2013

The Missed-Adventures of Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Death in the Land of Shadows A new project by Christopher Burch 16 August – 21 September 2013 Within the folk stories of the American South the trickster figure is championed as an embodiment of ambiguity and ambivalence, calling into question fundamental assumptions […]

Cinderscape – New Work by Jaime Lakatos | July 2013

Cinderscape New Work by Jaime Lakatos Featuring a video by Tara de la Garza 5 July– 3 August 2013 Aggregate Space Gallery is pleased to present this new collection of sculptural works by Oakland artist Jaime Lakatos. Offering a series of odd artifacts from a future that doesn’t exist, Lakatos creates […]

Enough Already. | May 2013

Enough Already. 24 May – 22 June 2013 Featuring works by Jennie Lennick, Mitsu Okubo, Joshua Pieper, and Daniel Yovino Aggregate Space Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of works that are too cute, too normal, too violent, too sexual, and too boring. Instead of isolating and aestheticizing the […]

A TRAPPED IN YOUR MIND FEELING | April 2013

A TRAPPED IN YOUR MIND FEELING An exhibition about anxiety organized by Lucy Puls with essay by Heidi De Vries. To be held concurrently at Transmission Gallery and Aggregate Space. A TRAPPED IN YOUR MIND FEELING looks at the pervasiveness of anxiety in our everyday world. Sometimes it does feel […]

A Tempting Fate | March 2013

A Tempting Fate: Inevitability and Scientific Fortune 1 March – 16 March 2013 Featuring works by Kate Gilmore, Chris Kennedy, Ranu Mukherjee, Erika Staiti with AVaspo (Gabriele Labanauskaite and Antanas Dombrovskij), Gail Wight, and Doug Garth Williams. Aggregate Space Gallery presents a group show featuring time-based media surveying our ever-unfolding […]

Backwash – New Work by Pete Hickok | January 2013

Backwash New Work by Pete Hickok 4 January – 2 February 2013 In association with his 6 month residency, Aggregate Space Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of sculpture and video work by Pete Hickok. Celebrating theatricality, excess, and corporality, Hickok’s newest work aims a keen eye at […]

Brusha Brusha Brusha! – Curated by Sophia and Lowell Darling | November 2012

Brusha Brusha Brusha! New Paintings by Sea Lions Curated by Sophia and Lowell Darling 2 November – 8 December 2012 “To curate animal paintings hints at comparisons with, and satire toward, human painting with a capital P. However, when an animal produces beautiful brush strokes, their relationship to human art […]

Shifting Margins – Curated by OFF Space | September 2012

Shifting Margins A show about marginalization curated by OFF Space held at Aggregate Space and Red Poppy Art House With Shifting Margins, OFF Space will bring together works that inspire deliberation, consideration and argument as we grapple with the location, meaning and use of the edge, outsider-ness, privilege and what it means to […]

Ian Treasure – Red Carded | August 2013

Red Carded Ian Treasure | New Work 3 August – 8 September 2012 Ian Treasure’s kinetic sculpture and installations are influenced by his interests in modern mechanics, specifically the devices that we have become so reliant upon during the post-industrial age. To draw attention to this excessive reliance on modern […]

HYPNAGOGIC | June 2012

HYPNAGOGIC 15 June – 21 July 2012 MARYA KROGSTAD featuring videos by REBECCA PARKS-RAMAGE and JONATHAN SAJDA …”hypnagogic” is a term coined by Alfred Maury for the transitional state between wakefulness and sleep (i.e. the onset of sleep). Marya Krogstad exhibits ambitious room-sized installations that engage the viewer’s perception and […]

E.S.P. LAB | June 2012

E.S.P. LAB Scott Kiernan and Victoria Keddie 1 June – 2 June 2012 E.S.P. LAB is the hallucinatory sibling brain to E.S.P. TV, a Manhattan cable access program and live taping event which showcases NYC based artists and performers. Hell bent on breaking switches and mixers with the power of […]

Ryan Jones – New Works | March 2012

Ryan Jones | New Works Aggregate Space Resident Artist 23 March- 21 April 2012 In association with his 6 month residency at Aggregate Space, we are pleased to devote a solo show to the work of Ryan Jones. With Jones’ transmutational sculptures and installations, we can see carefully selected materials […]

Descending the Staircase | February 2012

Descending the Staircase: Six Female Artists Redefining Portraiture 3 February – 3 March 2012 Featuring works by Nicole Crescenzi, Brynda Glazier, Ashley Harris, Stephanie Inagaki, Cathy Lu, and Marta Spurgeon. Aggregate Space presents a group show in which portrait is undone. Standard effigy is abandoned as the subjects become secondary […]

Ostrananie | January 2012

OSTRANENIE: Reconsidering the Known Featuring Works by Kim Anno, Beige, Rachel Clarke, Brook Hinton, Chris Kennedy, Lynn Marie Kirby, Robbie Land, Sarah Wylie A VanMeter, and Laura Zaylea. December 16, 2011 – January 21, 2012 Curated by Jennifer (Rarick) Zaylea Opening Reception Friday December 16th, 6-10pm First Friday Event January […]

Paolo Salvagione | November 2011

Paolo Salvagione Aggregate Space is pleased to present a new solo show by artist and engineer Paolo Salvagione, exhibiting a recent collection of masterfully crafted objects of varied material and scope, fabricated between 2009 and 2011. Salvagione’s kinetic and often participatory works present each viewer with the stark formal qualities […]

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