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ECHOES AND DEVIATIONS
LATE SUMMER/AUTUMN NEWS
My Summer months were full of activity within my studio and without—from old friends and reminiscing to adopting fresh creative modes and travel. It also marked an important transition. Since 2019, I have immersed myself in socially and environmentally engaged curatorial work as Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art’s Exhibitions Chair. After six fulfilling years, I passed the baton to my amazing colleague, artist Christine Cianci. During my tenure, I formed the NCWCA Exhibitions Committee to support the organization’s growing exhibition ambitions. I will continue to serve on the committee.
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This transition makes room for a new passion, The Roots International Art Project. It’s a global art initiative co-founded by sculptor Marguerite Elliot and me. The Roots International Art Project connects women, nature, science, and art—bringing together women, women-identified, and non-binary artists from diverse backgrounds. Our collective focus rests on the intrinsic beauty of the natural world and the imperative to safeguard our environment. Please check it out!
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~Elizabeth Addison, September 15, 2025
exhibitions & events
October 11-November 7, 2025
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS 2025: WE LOVE YOU
Curated by Rio Yañez and Bridgétt Rex
South of Market Cultural Arts Center, San Francisco​
Friday, October 10, 6–9 pm: Unveiling and Opening Reception
Friday, November 7, 6–9 pm: Closing Reception & Drag Show
Meeting the Moment, my installation created in collaboration with Juliet and Dean MacCannell, honors René Yañez’s masterwork—more than two decades of curating Day of the Dead exhibitions at SOMArts. I am honored to be included in this year’s curated line-up with a project so close to my heart and the hearts of my colleagues—long-time SOMArts Día de Los Muertos exhibitors and friends of René.
Enter a Mayan arch guarded by Ix Chel and Kulkulkan, deities of creation and transformation. The interior contains a tribute to René Yañez and the creative community he nurtured. Continue to three panels presenting a timeline (c. 2000–René’s passing), where René’s Día de los Muertos themes are placed in dialogue with local and global events—revealing his deep attunement to the moment within the larger arc of time ​
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For details, click HERE
Check out KQED article HERE
Photography by Claire S. Burke/KQED
October 11 & 12, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO OPEN STUDIOS AT ARC GALLERY
Preview Reception: Friday, October 10, 7-9 PM, 2025
Arc Gallery, San Francisco
I’m thrilled to be back for my third year at Arc Gallery’s SF Open Studios! This year I’ll be debuting fresh mixed-media 3D works, my Hills series hybrid prints, and new water-inspired dimensional mandalas. Stop by to say hello, linger a while, and explore both new creations and longtime favorites. I’ll also have gift-ready small works, note cards, and a print bin—perfect for collectors and art lovers alike.​
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For details, click HERE
Stillpoint, Wabi Sabi series. Mixed media: driftwood and serpentine sourced from the Smith River, pearl, acrylic paint, copper chain, original digital imagery. 13.25 x 13 x 9 inches, 2025.
My Soul, Resilience series. Original digital imagery on 100% cotton rag paper, iridescent mylar, and acrylic paint. 10 x 10 x .75 inches, 2025.
September 24-November 20, 2025
BIG FEELINGS: THE CALLING
Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA​
Reception: Saturday, September 27, 1-3 PM
Artist Talk & Circle Making: Saturday, October 18, 11 AM–1 PM
Two of my Smith River series mandalas are featured in Big Feelings! Please join me at the reception on September 27.
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"In a world newly buzzing with AI, Big Feelings offers art powered by lived experience, intuition, and consciousness… 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.”
For details, click HERE​
Day and Night Shall Not Cease. Mixed media: found objects (bird cage, repurposed artwork), original Smith River imagery printed on 100% cotton rag paper, paint, filament, 15 x 8.5 x 8.5 inches, 2025.
June 14-July12, 2025
MENDINGS & MARVELS
AN NCWCA MEMBERS' EXHIBITION
Curated by Elizabeth Addison and Christine Cianci
Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco​
Reception: Saturday, June 14, 7-9 PM​
In-person Curatorial Tour: Sunday, June 22, 1:30-3:30 PM
Online Artist Talk: Thursday, June 26, 7-8 PM
Mendings & Marvels features artwork created by the Northern California Women's Caucus for Art's membership. The 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. Day and Night Shall not Cease, one of my new mixed media 3D works, is featured along with the artworks of my talented colleagues. Mendings & Marvels is my final curatorial project as NCWCA's Exhibitions Chair. After six fulfilling years, I'm passing the baton to my amazing colleague and Mendings & Marvels' co-curator, Christine Cianci.​​
Covenant with Noah, Smith River series. Mixed media hanging sculpture: Found objects (wooden boat, bible passage), original Smith River imagery printed on 100% cotton rag paper, acrylic paint, laserprint of bible passage, wire, fishing wire, balsa wood, 18.5 x 18 x 14 inches, 2024.
June 3-26, 2025
BITS AND PIECES: THE ART OF COLLAGE AND ASSEMBLAGE
Juried by Colin Talcroft
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley CA​
Reception and Artist Talk: Tuesday, June 3, 4-7 PM​
I’m honored to have two works, Covenant with Noah and Within/Without, included in Bits & Pieces at one of my favorite Bay Area creative hubs, The O’Hanlon Center for the Arts.
Covenant with Noah (shown here) came to life during last November’s biblical atmospheric river. A rough-hewn wooden toy boat was my inspiration. Hanging out in my studio for years, it waited for the right moment. I wrapped its hull with an incomplete print from my Smith River series. The most fortuitous element comes from a tattered free library Bible. On a particularly dark day, with rain hitting my window like a firehose, I held the Bible, and it flopped open to the Covenant with Noahpassage in Genesis. The wings and deck are adorned with excerpts. “Would a boat with wings fare well in a biblical deluge?” I pondered.
April 11-May 3, 2025
SCRAPS OF TIME: Collage-a-rama Group Exhibition
Reception: Friday, April 11, 2025, 7-9 PM
Closing Reception: Saturday, May 3, 2025 12-3 PM
Arc Project Gallery, San Francisco
Curator: Dianne Hoffman
The medium of collage explores how our perceptions can constructively change over time. It’s a practice of synthesis where images and materials from the past are placed together to create a new whole - manifesting our present and pointing ideas towards the future.
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Featured Collage-a-Rama Artists: Laura Abrams, Elizabeth Addison, Carrington Arredondo, Glenn Bachmann, Susan Birnbaum, Valerie Harris, Dianne Hoffman, Mary Kecskemeti, Maureen Letton, Stephen Lewis, Priscilla Otani, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Clare Schmehl, Steve Sweetser, Anna Walters, Airy Waters, and Tanya Wilkinson
*Logo artwork by featured Collage-a-Rama artist Elizabeth Addison
*This exhibition coincides with 'The Birds & The Bees' group exhibition in Arc's main gallery.​
November 9, 2024-May 3, 2025
SPOTLIGHT: THE PRINTMAKERS IV
Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco​
Reception & Trunk Show: Saturday, March 22, 12-3 PM​
Curated by Michael Yochum
I have fresh new prints, collages, and longtime favorites for sale. Light refreshments—come for the art, stay for the fun!
My new Hills series and Balance series will be premiered at the Reception & Trunk Show on Saturday, March 22, 12-3 PM. You’re invited!
For details, click HERE​​
Plenitude, Hills series. Original digital imagery, stencil, and monotype on 100% cotton rag paper, 16 x 16 inches framed, 2024.
Flow/Counterflow, Balance series. Dimensional mixed media collage: original imagery on 100% cotton rag paper, monotype, iridescent mylar, 16 x 16 inches framed in shadowbox, 2025.
Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 1 PM
INK & FLOW: EXPLORING NATURE THROUGH THE CREATIVE PROCESS
Art Demonstration and Talk​ on Zoom
Sponsored by the Fremont Art Association​
On February, 5, 2025, I presented a live demo of my creative process. I was delighted and honored by the invitation to kick off the Fremont Art Association's first virtual General Meeting and Demo for 2025. I focused on concept development, planning, and crafting my dimensional collages and sculptural works using printmaking, digital composition, paper cutting, and mixed-media techniques.
View the recording HERE​​
January 3-30, 2025
ANNUAL MEMBERS' SHOW
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts​, Mill Valley CA​
Reception: Saturday, January 11, 2-4 PM​
Stop by and visit this inspiring annual event. Nestled into a Mill Valley hillside, the O'Hanlon Center for the Arts is always a great outing.
For details, click HERE​​
Chalchiuhtlicue II-Aztec Goddess of Fresh Waters, Mixed media: original imagery on 100% cotton rag paper, glass and gold beads, acrylic paint, art papers. 13 x 13 x 1.75 inches framed in shadow box, 2024.
Messengers, Mixed media dimensional collage: Original digital imagery printed on 100% cotton rag paper, acrylic paint, vellum. 12 x 12 x 1.75 inches mounted on a round cradled panel, 2024.
November 2-24, 2024
HABITATS
Curated by Laura Abrams
Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany CA
Reception: November 9, 3-6 PM​
Featuring work by artists Laura Abrams, Salma Arastu, Marguerite Elliot, Vicki Gunter, and myself—who share a passionate interest in making art that explores nature’s living landscapes.
For details, click HERE​​​
