exhibitions & events

​

November 18 through December 17, 2023

PROPERTIES OF WATER

Arts Benicia

Katrina Bello, juror

I’m honored to have Release - Smith River series, juried into this beautiful and important exhibition about our most essential natural resource. For details, click HERE.

​

November 18 through December 16, 2023

THE SPACE BETWEEN

Project Gallery at Arc Studios & Gallery

Karen M. Gutfreund, curator

Inception - Smith River series, was selected by curator Karen M. Gutfreund to be included in this intriguing exhibition. “‘The Space Between’ showcases artwork that records our passions, memories and dreams with images of the ephemeral, a space where the personal becomes the universal.” For details, click HERE.

 

OPEN STUDIOS AT ARC

Arc Studios and Gallery

11 am-5 pm on Saturday, November 11th & Sunday, November 12th
Preview Reception: Friday, November 10th, 6-9 pm

I will be a guest artist at Arc Gallery for SFOS 2023! Please come by to see my latest dimensional collages and mixed media works, to schmooze, and to meet my amazing co-exhibitors. For details, click HERE.

​

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 6-9 pm

ARTLAUNCH: THE SFOS OPENING CELEBRATION

SOMARTS Cultural Center, Main Gallery

934 Brannan Street, San Francisco

Featuring over 300 works of art by local artists, the SFOS Exhibition honors the artists responsible for our region's unique artistic landscape that attracts admirers from all over the world.

​

Order your copy!

BAY AREA WOMEN ARTISTS' LEGACY PROJECT - The Eighties

I’m excited to announce the third publication in this important series with an introductory essay by Tanya Augsburg. This beautiful volume chronicles the work and lives of 23 artists through the 1980s. I’m proud to be a part of this extraordinary project and extend my deepest gratitude to Jan Wurm, the project’s fearless leader, and Carol Benioff, my co-designer. Order your copy HERE.

​

June through January 2024

ADDISON ON ADDISON

Solo Exhibition at Bandwidth10

Curated by Leitha Thrall

Addison on Addison features 22 artworks from three of my favorite series: The Crater Project, Pandemania Days, and the Smith River series. Sculptor Leitha Thrall curated my solo show in Bandwidth10’s elegant open office environment. Visitors are welcome by appointment through September. Reach out to me to schedule a date!

​

curatorial projects

​

November 1-30, 2023

DEVASTATING LOVES & TRANSCENDENT HATREDS 

Reception: Saturday, November 11, 3-6 pm

Elizabeth Addison, Exhibition Director & Curator

Robert Abrams & Leah Andrews, Jurors

Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany CA

I’m proud to present my latest curatorial project for NCWCA (Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art), opening soon! Devastating Loves and Transcendent Hatreds features artwork created by 27 women (including those who identify as female and non-binary) in various media and materials that tell stories of our most extreme emotional states - of passion and obsession, devastation and transcendence. Preview the exhibition HERE.

​

June 17 - August 12, 2023

PORTALS 

Elizabeth Addison, Exhibition Director

Karen Gutfreund, Juror

Arc Studios and Gallery & Online

Portals can be openings into new realities. They conjure images of liminality, shimmering lights, whirling openings to otherworldly realms, gateways that allow energy to pass between dimensions or doorways for the world of matter to commune with spirit. In our day-to-day lives, portals can have magical or disorienting effects, perhaps causing us to forget why we entered in the first place. Or, a portal might signify personal growth, self-actualization, or transcendence.
View the Online Gallery HERE

Gallery Exhibition Details HERE

Order your Catalog HERE

​

June 18 - August 13, 2022

THE WILD SIDE: CALIFORNIA WOMEN CELEBRATE THE UNTAMED

Elizabeth Addison, Curator & Cynthia Brannvall, Juror

Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco

You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you. 

~Isadora Duncan
To view artwork and catalog, click HERE.

We all have a wild side, whether we stride boldly there or keep it under the radar. Women, traditionally, have been taught to keep their “wildness” under wraps – raucous, adventurous, risk-taking, bold & brave, sometimes licentious, or living outside traditional moral codes. For THE WILD SIDE, California women artists evoke drama, awe, and strong emotions with works that excite visually… and celebrate the untamed! 

 

April 1-May 3, 2022

SHIMMER 

Curated Invitational & Regional Juried Exhibitions in two locations.
Abrams Claghorn Gallery - Curated Invitational Exhibition

Laney College’s June Steingart Art Gallery - Regional Juried Exhibition

Curators: Elizabeth Addison & Robert Abrams

Perched at the edge of the Pacific Ocean, the West Coast is extremely dynamic and complex. We experience water in its absence, fury, and spiritual significance – from crashing waves and rushing rapids to gurgling flows and gentle splashes. 63 West Coast artists have taken a dive into the deep for Shimmer with works in a wide range of media that inform, inspire, and refresh.

​

videos, talks & panels

 

Interview on CanvasRebel!

MEET ELIZABETH ADDISON

I'm proud to share this new CanvasRebel.com interview. It sums up where I'm at these days and the satisfaction derived from an unanticipated fork in my creative path. Read full interview HERE.

​

Saturday, April 29, 2023, 10am on Zoom

ARTIST TALK! INQUESTigation: Women at the Intersections of Art + Science

This Zoom talk featured women at the intersections of art and science, Part of the WCA National Exhibition at Monmouth Museum in New Jersey. I am one of the invited artists who spoke about sustaining a creative practice that engages in science at varying levels. 

​

  Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 6pm on Zoom

ARTISTS' EXCHANGE
Gallery Route One

Pamela Blotner hosted a lovely installment of Gallery Route One's Artists' Exchange. Vicki Gunter and I enjoyed answering your questions about our art practices and methods. View the recording HERE!