Past

Past Exhibitions

Michael Powell, Myth/Medium, 2011, Wood, digital print, paint, and plastic, 42 x 42 in. Courtesy the Artist

Call for Entries 2011

August 7, 2011 - October 9, 2011

Desiree D'Alessandro, Elizabeth Kunath, Luke Matjas, Michael Powell, and Leighton Collier RouxCAF showcases five stand-outs from the tri-counties in our annual Call For Entries (CFE)…

Jennifer West, Dawn Surf Jellybowl Film (16mm film negative sanded with surfboard shaping tools, sex wax melted on, squirted, dripped, splashed, sprayed and rubbed with donuts, zinc oxide, cuervo, sunscreen, hydrogen peroxide, tecate, sand, tar, scraped with a shark's tooth, edits made by the surf and a seal while film floated in waves- surfing performed by Andy Perry, Makela Moore, Alanna Moore, Zach Moore, Johnny McCann - shot by Peter West - film negative sanded by Mariah Csepanyi, Andy Perry and Jwest), 2011, 8 minutes, 15 seconds, Courtesy MARC FOXX

Home Show, Revisited

May 22, 2011 - July 17, 2011

Piero Golia, Evan Holloway, Bettina Hubby, Florian Morlat, Kori Newkirk, Jennifer Rochlin, Ry Rocklen, Kirsten Stoltmann, Stephanie Taylor, and Jennifer West Alongside Michele O’Marah’s Video…

Michele O’Marah, Pattern Piece, 2011, Mixed media installation, Dimensions variable, Commissioned by Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Courtesy the Artist. Photo: Wayne McCall

Video Portraits

May 21, 2011 - July 17, 2011

Michele O’Marah presents her well-known video portraits of Los Angeles-based artists, musicians, and friends, inspired by Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests (1964-66). At CAF, O’Marah will…

Penelope Gottlieb, Antignon Leptopus, 2010, Acrylic and ink over Audubon print, 14 x 12 in.

Eating Apples in Paradise

March 6, 2011 - May 1, 2011

Macduff Everton, Elizabeth Folk, Nancy Gifford, Penelope Gottlieb, Saul Gray-Hildenbrand, Kimberly Hahn, Cyndee Howard, Hank Pitcher, Warren Schultheis, Steven Soria, Jonny Troyna, and James Van…

Sarah Cain, Ray Bans with Slits, 2010, Unknown dimensions, Courtesy the Artist

Bloom Projects: Sarah Cain, Santa Barbara

March 6, 2011 - May 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based artist Sarah Cain takes painting outside of its traditional canon by using man-made and natural materials to create a tension between abstract, geometric…