Exhibitions

Present Exhibition

CHROMA - December 2, 2011 – January 25, 2012

chro·ma
noun
1. the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
2. intensity of distinctive hue; saturation of a color.

Join us for this vibrant show of color and texture, abstraction and
whimsy. Paintings by San Diego artists Susan Synder and Mark Jesinoski
and works in glass by Rumanian artist Ioan Nemtoi: CHROMA.

Susan Snyder's paintings are juicy with streaks of bold color and the
introduction of something sweet, something silly, something
out-of-place: a rose, a dog, paper dolls, an ad showing pretty legs...
The hot-earth colors of Ioan Nemtoi's works in glass play off Susan's
paintings with the look of paintings themselves: bubbles of color and
streaks of line conduct you through the forms that are a sensual
delight of color and texture. Mark Jesinoski's abstract paintings
feel like glass: sand melted and made solid again. The metaphor of
transformation through adversity, fragility, and the result: character,
color, and the juice of life. Join us!

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Upcoming Exhibitions

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Past Exhibitions

Celestine: In Darkness and Light - October 7 – November 15, 2011

Pulse Gallery presents new paintings by San Diego artist Celestine. Her paintings explore the dark side of beauty and sensuality.  The artwork is sexy, painful and worldly. In her work she indulges the reckless pursuit of life’s decadence. Attempting to immortalize these fleeting pleasures, she challenges us with her daring subject matter.  Her works are rich in color and lavish with meticulous attention to detail.  Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the sensual delight of her world.  It doesn’t matter how beautiful the moon is, it always has a dark side.

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Father: A Mentor Program Exhibition

Join us August 5th for a very special exhibition of the artists of the Artist Mentor Program on the theme of “father.” Artists from the past three groups of the Program have been asked to explore what the theme means to them – fatherhood, a father figure, a domineering father, a loving father, an absent father, God the Father… what does it mean to you? What do you hear when you hear “father?”

The universe could not exist without the creative power of masculine potency and yang energy – and the tender, human side of what it is to be a man is rarely explored. Join us Friday, August 5th for this very personal exhibition and learn more about the mentees, their work, and their journey through the Artist Mentor Program. Local art dealer Alexander Salazar was the mentor of Group 3 of the Program, and will be present to say a few words. Artists exhibiting are:

• Ansley Pye
• Fred Briscoe
• Jeff Steorts
• John McDavid
• Duke Windsor
• Dani Dodge
• Daniel Ketelhut
• Nathalie Davis
• Roxanne Grooms
• Manuelita Brown
• Anna Guillotte

Silfredo La O – June 1 – July 25, 2011

With unstretched canvas on the floor and splashing the paint, Silfredo La O dancesthrough color with socked feet. As the viewer spends time with the work representational elements often peek out from behind kinetic fury where brushes are sparingly used.

Silfredo left a rough, sometimes violent life growing up in Cuba before traveling to the United States as a professional dancer. Five years ago he settled in San Diego and is raising a son, teaching dance and beginning his career as an artist. The paintings are full of the fire of being painted in movement and dance.

Silfredo practices the traditional Cuban religion of Santeria (“the way of the saints”). These saints are called Orisha, spiritual beings or presences each interpreted as one of the manifestations of God. Oghun is the orisha of war, technology, creativity, and art. The passion and aggression of his youth are channeled into his artwork where, invoking Oghun, he enters a dance that helps him explore ideas in paint about literal and metaphoric slavery, risk, the development of civilization and his life in San Diego.

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Persistent Illusion – December 9 – 24, 2010 A group exhibition of the artists who have passed through the Artist Mentor Program. This group show was created to help celebrate the three year anniversary of SDFAS.
Xiaoye Sun- January 4 – February 25, 2011 San Diego, CA, January 14, 2011. San Diego Fine Art Society (SDFAS) launches Pulse with an international exhibition in partnership with Alexander Salazar Fine Art to feature Master Sculptor Xiaoye Sun.

Xiaoye’s outstanding artistic sensibility and creativity originates from his thinking and reflections about life. To search for the essence of the art of sculpture, he studied many books on philosophy to draw upon themes. Artistic inspirations and ideas that come through diligence and hard work are sure to transform into amazing works of art through the hands of Xiaoye.
“Xiaoye’s caliber of talent is an example of what the art world can expect from Pulse,” said April Game, founding executive director of SDFAS. “Our goal is to expose San Diegans and our visiting art lovers to superlative works of art without having to travel the world to international art fairs. We will be seeking the unique hidden jewels from the far corners of the globe who have mastered the preservation of time and places through their work.”

His works express his understanding of the world, love, the human race and the self. Much of Xiaoye’s work reflects the human behaviors that mirror an animal like nature: searching for friends, searching for food, playing, and having an attraction to one another. He believes that many of these behaviors can be understood by animals. In a piece titled “Suicide”, Sun depicts the understanding by animals why people smoke, self-mutilate, and even commit suicide. In this work, the dog represents the animal nature with his eyes fixed on a man committing suicide. His head is tilted, showing clearly that he does not understand but is curious. Maybe he is waiting for his master to finish doing this and take him out to play.

“When I was first exposed to Xiaoye’s portfolio, I was taken aback by the complex content of the subject matter,” said Alex Salazar, owner of Alexander Salazar Fine Art. “There is instant rapport with each piece and a deep curiosity for what is really taking place. It is thrilling to see this caliber of work represented in our city.”

More About Xiaoye Sun:
Born in Beiging in 1979, Xiaoye displayed a strong desire and love for art at a young age, and exhibited great artistic creativity. His talent was recognized by his teachers as young as age five, he made with clay the heads of a human and a goat, which were considered as good as college works by an professor who participated in the designing and sculpting of the Monument to the People’s Heroes at Tian’anmen Square in Beijing.

In 2004, Xiaoye received his Master’s Degree from the Ilya Repin St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Fine Arts, Sculpture And Architecture.
Since 2010, he has been employed as an artist by the Jiangsu Wuxi Modern Art Research Institute, and his works have been on display in the Changshu Museum and the Dachun Art Gallery in the Beijing’s 798 Art Zone. His work is currently on display in the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center. In the United States, he is represented by Alexander Salazar Fine Art. Major clients include the St. Petersburg Concert Hall and the City of Shanghai.

Wandering the Dreamfield - March 1 – April 25, 2011
A group exhibition exploring dreams and the subconscious featuring the art of Pamela Wilson of the Sarah Bain Gallery. Other artists include:

• Pamela Wilson
• Aron Wiesenfeld
• Autumn Sky
• Fred Briscoe
• Kevin Kao
• John Brockley
• Jay Larkins

George Hurrell: The Golden Age of Glamor – May 1 – 23, 2011
Between 1920 and 1950, George Hurrell and other notable Hollywood movie studio photographers, captured iconic portraits of some of the greatest actresses to ever grace the silver screen.

Per their contractual agreements with the movie studios such as Columbia Pictures, MGM Studios and Paramount Pictures, every actress was obligated to have their portraits taken to be used in promotions and marketing.

These headshots have since become timeless treasures and truly one-of-a-kind photographic prints with all of the fascinating history printed on the back including the date and studio.

The most famous photographer of this era is unquestionably George Hurrell whose contribution to the image of glamor has appreciated in value since his death in 1992 and is continually sought after as fine art by astute collectors.

During his expansive career as a portrait photographer, Hurrell amassed an unrivaled archive as a result of having worked for MGM Studios, Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures and Playboy.

His work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and will be on display through the month of May at Pulse Gallery as an exhibition on loan from Symbolic Collection San Diego which currently holds one of the largest private portfolios of vintage Hollywood photographs.