SERENA COLE

I'm excited to share the information about my new solo exhibition at Gallery 16 in San Francisco, CA!

Please join me for the opening on Friday, May 13 from 6-9 at 501 Third St., SF

The show will be on view until June 30, 2016

SERENA COLE // LET ME LOOK AT YOU Gallery 16 is proud to announce our first solo exhibition with Bay Area artist Serena Cole. Cole, has become well known for her work as a portraitist. As a painter, she utilizes the traditions of draftsmanship and portraiture to emphasize the idea of individual experience and alienation. She is interested in what the tropes of modern identity reveal about our collective psychology, the culture of consumption and escapism, and the complexity of fantasy. Her skills as a portraitist put her in the vanguard of artists working in the medium today. She combines watercolor, gouache and gold leaf to render opulent and disquieting portraits. “I’m fascinated by the idea that we all want to be someone else, but the person we want to be also wants to be someone else.” Cole's work has been in a numerous private collections around the country and has been included in exhibitions at Phillips de Pury, New York, NY,  Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA. For a preview of Serena's work, check out her catalog here:

I have been working hard on this beast for my upcoming show at Gallery 16! 

Please join me for the opening on Friday, May 13th from 6-9 pm http://www.gallery16.com/upcoming-exhibition/

I have many pieces in the works in my studio in preparation for an upcoming exhibition titled "Let Me Look at You". I'm thrilled to be showing alongside artist Libby Black, who will also be exhibiting a solo show concurrently at Gallery 16 in San Francisco, CA. Hope to see you in May, 2016!

I'm excited to be in a large group show curated by artist Monica Canilao titled "Alchemy" at Interstate Gallery in Detroit, MI from July 10th-August 8th, 2015. Over forty artists will each present two pieces that relate in some way to alchemy. 

I have a new piece in a fun show curated by artists Andrew Schoultz and Patrick Martinez called "Jug Life: New Contemporary Still Life" at Park Life Gallery in the Mission District of San Francisco, CA. The show features work from over 70 artists and is packed with great pieces by Libby Black, Michelle Blade, Conrad Ruiz, Hilary Pecis, Tracy Timmins, and many more! 

The show opened on May 22nd and will be up until June 28th, 2015

http://www.parklifestore.com/2015/04/28/andrew-schoultz-and-patrick-martinez-curated-group-show-jug-life-opens-at-park-life-gallery-may-22/