Mondo Fauna: All Creatures Weird and Wonderful opens at Wessling Contemporary in San Francisco this Sunday, January 4, 2–4 PM. 11 works from their Fantastic Encyclopedia series will be on view. These are AI-based digital artworks inspired by Amanita mushrooms.
Description:
A group invitational with creatures, real and imagined, as the subject matter, and Muttville, a senior dog rescue organization, as a beneficiary.
Featuring a furry roster of West Coast artists including (in no particular order): Phe Ruiz, Libby Mitchell, Myke Reilly, Ali Saif, Kristina Lazar, William Hooper, Tino Rodriguez & Virgo, Michael McConnell, Victoria Chaban, Connor Wright, Katie McCann, Kara Maria, Nimisha Doongarwal, Marianna Kiraly, GLISH, Sharry Wright, John Goodman, and House of Harri, among others.
In addition to the exhibition, there will be a live auction the afternoon of Sunday 04 Jan with all proceeds from the auction and partial proceeds from the show benefiting Muttville.
Opening reception: Sunday, January 4, 2026, from 2:00 to 4:30 PM.
Dates: January 4 – February 3, 2026
Address: Wessling Contemporary, 39 Grant Ave, San Francisco
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Cindy Stokes in Pulp-Paper-Book
/in Member News /by Neo SerafimidisCindy Stokes’ paper wall sculpture Mind Garden is exhibited in the show Pulp-Paper-Book, juried by Barbara Kibbe, at Sebastopol Center for the Arts in Sebastopol, CA.
This exhibition features the work of book makers, pulp wranglers, papermakers and printmakers, highlighting all forms of printmaking and pulp manipulation. Paper is one of the oldest forms of artistic medium–from parchment to books to vellum to wood products, and humans print on every surface and make inks from everything on earth. Many expressions of these processes are featured in Pulp-Paper-Book.
The exhibition runs March 14-May 3, 2026
Pulp-Paper-Book
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Sebastopol, CA
https://www.sebarts.org/exhibits
Cindy Stokes in Art in the Fold
/in Member News /by Neo SerafimidisThree paper sculptures by Cindy Stokes are on exhibit in Art in the Fold at the ACCI Gallery in Berkeley, CA, curated by Goran Konjevod. This exhibition showcases the unmeasured ingenuity of work by artists and craftspeople who rely on or use folding in shaping a work itself or its support, or through the representation of folding or folded objects. Stokes’ piece “Twirl and Swirl” was awarded Best in Show by the gallery.
The exhibition runs from February 21-March 22, 2026.
Art in the Fold
ACCI Gallery
Berkeley, CA
www.accigallery.com
Ari Salomon at KG+ 2026 “Burn Line”
/in Member News /by Ari SalomonAri Salomon will present his project Burn Line as a solo exhibition in Kyoto this spring as part of KG+, the official satellite program of KYOTOGRAPHIE.
The exhibition was selected for the 2nd GOJO+ Award, a juried recognition highlighting work that engages with the theme of fire—an idea deeply connected to the Gojo district’s history of ceramics production and cremation practices.
Burn Line is an ongoing body of work responding to the Los Angeles wildfires. The project combines photographs made in fire-affected landscapes with “pyrotypes”—images engraved into wood and transformed into charcoal through controlled burning. Many of the works originate from photographs shared by individuals who lost personal belongings in the fires, embedding personal histories directly into the material process.
The installation will be presented in the meditation room at Nohga Hotel Kiyomizu Kyoto, where Salomon will construct a skeletal house structure to hold the work. This architectural framework echoes the domestic spaces referenced in the images, creating a dialogue between memory, loss, and physical transformation.
Together, the photographs and pyrotypes explore how images persist through destruction, positioning photography not only as a tool for documentation but as a medium shaped by elemental forces.
Exhibition Details
Burn Line
Nohga Hotel Kiyomizu Kyoto (Meditation Room)
April 18 – May 17, 2026
Open daily, 11:00–17:00
Event
Meeting Point Discussion
May 3, 2:00–3:00 PM
Gojo Green Tea Stand (next to the hotel)
Map showing the BAPC group exhibition and Ari’s solo exhibition:
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Luminous (KG+ Japan)
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Dohjidai Gallery, Kyoto
Curated by Deborah Klochko
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Anastasiia Nelen Solo Exhibition at Foothill College
/in Member News /by Neo SerafimidisAnastasiia Nelen’s solo exhibition “Slavic San Francisco” has recently opened in the Photography Department Gallery at Foothill College in Los Altos. This is a long-term project Anastasiia has been working on for the past three years, documenting the Slavic community in San Francisco. It was curated by Judy Walgren, and will remain on display through March.
An artist talk and reception (with some traditional Russian salads ) will take place on February 7 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.
For more information, message Judy Walgren – walgrenjudith@fhda.edu
Here are the public open hours of the gallery:
W26 Photography Building & Gallery 6100
Mondays – by appointment
Tuesdays – 12:00–9:00 pm
Wednesdays – 12:00–9:00 pm
Thursdays – 12:00–9:00 pm
Fridays–Sundays – by appointment
Allyson Ely in LACP Incubator “Reservoir”
/in Member News /by Neo SerafimidisAllyson is among the participating artists in Los Angeles Center of Photography’s photographic incubator Reservoir that opens this month at their Downtown Los Angeles headquarters.
Opening Reception
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 6pm to 8pm @ LACP, 252 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Exhibition Run Dates
Thursday, January 29, 2026 – Saturday, March 14, 2026 @ LACP, 252 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Reservoir, a new photographic generator by LACP, offers a shared repository of responses to the global crisis of loneliness through visual storytelling. Over 40 artists and mentors that represent a wide array of geographies, approaches, ages, nationalities and lived experiences, create new work and creative response that will be featured in a publication and traveling exhibition that will launch at LACP’s DTLA gallery.
Timofey Glinin and Anastasia Shubina in “Mondo Fauna” at Wessling Contemporary
/in Member News /by Neo SerafimidisMondo Fauna: All Creatures Weird and Wonderful opens at Wessling Contemporary in San Francisco this Sunday, January 4, 2–4 PM. 11 works from their Fantastic Encyclopedia series will be on view. These are AI-based digital artworks inspired by Amanita mushrooms.
Description:
A group invitational with creatures, real and imagined, as the subject matter, and Muttville, a senior dog rescue organization, as a beneficiary.
Featuring a furry roster of West Coast artists including (in no particular order): Phe Ruiz, Libby Mitchell, Myke Reilly, Ali Saif, Kristina Lazar, William Hooper, Tino Rodriguez & Virgo, Michael McConnell, Victoria Chaban, Connor Wright, Katie McCann, Kara Maria, Nimisha Doongarwal, Marianna Kiraly, GLISH, Sharry Wright, John Goodman, and House of Harri, among others.
In addition to the exhibition, there will be a live auction the afternoon of Sunday 04 Jan with all proceeds from the auction and partial proceeds from the show benefiting Muttville.
Opening reception: Sunday, January 4, 2026, from 2:00 to 4:30 PM.
Dates: January 4 – February 3, 2026
Address: Wessling Contemporary, 39 Grant Ave, San Francisco
Allyson Ely in Rfotofolio
/in Member News /by Neo SerafimidisAllyson Ely’s series A Place Out of Time that was recently featured in Rfotofolio.
Ingo Bork at the Center for Photographic Art 2025 International Juried Exhibition
/in Member News /by Neo SerafimidisIngo Bork’s photograph CONTRAPUNCTUS, from the portfolio Skin of the Earth appears in the Center for
Photographic Art 2025 International Juried Exhibition in Carmel.
On view: December 6, 2025 – January 4, 2026
Opening Reception and Juror Awards: December 6, 4:00 – 6:00pm
Juror: Cig Harvey, British-born artist and writer, living in Maine, USA, and working in large-scale color
photography and poetry.
Contrapunctus
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Ari Salomon at the Magnes Collection
/in Member News /by Ari SalomonAri Salomon will participate in a one-day-only exhibition and performance at the Magnes Collection in Berkeley. This event is the culmination of his year-long LABABAY art fellowship. He will feature photos made of charcoal from his new Burn Line series.
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