Author Archives: Satri Pencak

About Satri Pencak

Independent Curator, art writer

Best Bets in the visual arts for the week of February 12 – February 18, 2014

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Satri Pencak

Here are my Best Bets in the visual arts for the week of February 12 – February 18, 2014. The current exhibition at RiskPress Gallery, in Sebastopol, is The Poetry of Printing featuring letterpress works by sixteen artists who are members … Continue reading →

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Form & Finish: Sculptures by Michael Cooper & John de Marchi

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Satri Pencak

I’m pleased to share with you my newest curatorial project on display at the Petaluma Arts Center through March 16, 2014. Form & Finish: Sculptures by Michael Cooper & John de Marchi features the work of two distinguished sculptors. Michael … Continue reading →

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Bob Nugent: Dialogues with Nature @ Art Works Downtown

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Satri Pencak

The new project that I have recently curated at Art Works Downtown, in San Rafael, CA, is Bob Nugent: Dialogues with Nature. The exhibition brings together work from four different series by the artist, Bob Nugent, that are being shown together for … Continue reading →

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Brooke Holve: Cuttings @ RiskPress Gallery

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Satri Pencak

The new exhibition opening at RiskPress Gallery in Sebastopol is called Cuttings. This solo exhibition includes drawings, mixed-media constructions, and artist books by Brooke Holve. While considering the changing role of books in our ever-increasing digital reading delivery systems, Brooke … Continue reading →

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Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years @ de Young Museum and a Look at the influence of Matisse

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Satri Pencak

Much well-deserved attention has been paid in recent months to Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, which is closing Sunday September 29. Many very good reviews have been written about the exhibition, so … Continue reading →

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Claude Smith — Words Fall Away

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Satri Pencak

Human language and its many forms of expression, i.e. spoken, unspoken, and written, are wrought with layers of complexities. In the current exhibition at Risk Press Gallery, in Sebastopol, the work of Claude Smith poses philosophical questions about language. Called … Continue reading →

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Linda Connor; From Two Worlds @ di Rosa

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Satri Pencak

The amazing thing about experiencing locations with deep or powerful histories is realizing that you are also there in the present living, breathing moment. While you contemplate the stories of the past you notice their influence is still very present, … Continue reading →

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Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang @ Gallery Route One

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Satri Pencak

Currently showing at Gallery Route One, in Point Reyes Station is an exhibition of work by Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang. The show, titled The True Cost of Plastic, is part of a larger, ongoing collaborative project by the … Continue reading →

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Hung Liu: Offerings @ Mills College Art Museum

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Satri Pencak

A taste of the Bay Area’s East-West cultural fusion can be seen at Mills College Art Museum in Oakland, where the current exhibition, Hung Liu: Offerings, is on view. The exhibition consists of two large-scale mixed media installations along with … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Island: Tales of Cuban History and Culture @ Sonoma Valley Museum of Art

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Satri Pencak

Cuba, a small island nation located in the Caribbean, is just 200 miles South of Miami across the Straits of Florida. Yet the name alone conjures up so many things, from food and music, to cigars and baseball, as well … Continue reading →

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