Sep
20
to Dec 14

GROW at Palo Alto Art Center

So honored and delighted to have work included in an exhibition GROW titled curated by Marianne McGrath at the Palo Alto Art Center this fall. Opening reception is Friday September 20.

Exploring the gardens from our memories and the green spaces we share, to the gardens that grow us towards a better future, Palo Alto Art Center presents GROW. The group exhibition features works from diverse mediums to consider history, sustainability and climate adaptation, as well as our connections with the natural world and each other, our well-being and pleasure. 

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Jul
6
to Sep 15

Cut, Paste, Create: The Art of Collage

“Cut Paste Create: The Art of Collage” opens July 6th in the @bedfordgallery at @leshercenter in Walnut Creek, CA.

I am excited to be showing these two collages in this exhibition celebrating the versatility and beauty of collage! For me, the layering possible through collage offers a way to describe the structure of marching through time, digesting sensations, storing, sorting, summoning memories.

Thank you to jurors @rangsook, Senior Curator at the @sarasotaartmuseum and @kimbr, Co-Executive Director at @berkeleyartcenter for including my work in this show!

The exhibition will be on view through September 15th and there will be an opening party on July 6th from 12-2pm. I hope you can see the show!

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May
18
to Jun 1

Residency at Montello Foundation Retreat

I am excited to announce that I’ve been selected for a residency with the @montellofoundation in the Great Basin Desert in Nevada!

I am so grateful for this wonderful opportunity to deeply immerse myself in the landscape, with no expectation of production, only the trust that I will remain open and listen and allow myself to be moved by the sagebrush ocean and the vast sky.

Here’s an excerpt from my proposal to give you a sense of how I plan to spend my time:

“At Montello, my goal is to listen deeply to the inhabitants of the sagebrush steppe surrounding the cabin…. I will observe the biocrust without disturbing as much as possible but will enjoy small samples under my microscope, and sit in communion through daily drawing practice…I anticipate floating in a calm and peaceful respite for those two weeks, which is a feeling that, through my work, I intend to share with future audiences.”

Thank you to the Montello Foundation for your vision and support. I feel deeply heartened to be a part of the lineage of like-minded creatives who have passed through this same place with a shared goal of honoring our natural world through our work.

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Apr
12
to Apr 14

1890 Bryant Spring Open Studios

Join me (and 100+ other artists!) on April 13th & 14th at 1890 Bryant Street Studios in the Mission district of San Francisco for a weekend of collective art discovery in this wonderful creative community. I’m excited to be sharing my work and some of my process.

I participated in this event back in 2019 and there was such great energy. I’m so happy to have this opportunity again.

I will be on the second floor, in studio 211, showing with a great group of talented artists including one of my favorite people and artists, @sarahmnewton.

I hope to see you there!

More info here: https://www.1890bryant.com

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Mar
8
6:00 PM18:00

Lost Wild: NCWCA Curatorial Tour

The Northern California Women's Caucus for Art (NCWCA) will be offering a curatorial tour of the exhibition, “Lost Wild” at Whitney Modern in Los Gatos. This exhibition, curated by Marie Cameron, features ten Bay Area artists sharing work that is full of mystery, reverence, beauty and tenuous hope for our delicate world at a time when soulful reflection, contemplation, and change are so desperately needed.

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Feb
10
3:00 PM15:00

Lost Wild: Reception and Artist Talk

I have work included in an upcoming group exhibition “Lost Wild” on view Whitney Modern in Los Gatos, CA from February 1-March30, 2024. I hope you can join us for the reception and artist talk on Saturday, February 10 from 3-5pm. The exhibition is curated by Marie Cameron and features work by Tamera Avery, Dean Bensen & Demetra Theofanous, Marie Cameron, Theresa Giammattei, Melissa Mohammadi, Karen Olsen-Dunn, Keith Petersen, Marcia Stuermer, Sheila Metacalf Tobin.

Here is the statement about the show:

The exhibition is curated by Is there anything truly wild anymore?


As people have altered nature in often irrevocable ways, we may be experiencing solastalgia at what we are about to lose or indeed, have already lost. In Lost Wild, ten Bay Area artists share work that is full of mystery, reverence, beauty and tenuous hope for our delicate world at a time when soulful reflection, contemplation, and change are so desperately needed.

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Feb
1
to Mar 30

Exhibition: "Lost Wild"

LOST WILD: Art of the Edge of the Anthropocene

Curated by Marie Cameron

February 1 - March 30, 2024

Whitney Modern

Los Gatos, CA

I’m excited to be included in an upcoming group exhibition that brings together ten Bay Area artists to consider — is anything truly wild anymore?

I hope you can check out and enjoy the beautiful works of Tamera Avery, Dean Bensen & Demetra Theofanous, Marie Cameron, Theresa Giammattei, Karen Olsen-Dunn, Keith Petersen, Marcia Stuermer, and Sheila Metacalf Tobin as well as this incised line drawing in watercolor on panel, which I call Silver Drift.

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Silver Drift, incised lines in watercolor on panel, 16x16 inches.

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Jan
25
to May 16

Exhibition: "Artists of the Norton Factory Studios"

Curated by Kerri C. Hurtado of Artsource Consulting

January 25 - May 16, 2024

The Mills Building

220 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, CA

I will have five works on view in the lobby exhibition space at the Mills Building and Tower alongside seven other artists from the Norton Factory Studios. Exhibitors from our community include: Yameng Lee Thorp, Keith Peterson, Jenn Doyle Crane, Joe Gegan, Kim Cardoso, Michelle Hou, and Alex da Silva.

The building is open Monday through Friday from 8am to 6pm with weekend access by appointment. If you find yourself in the area, check it out!

Napping with my Love: Field Notes (after Ferdowsi), watercolor, pastel and pencil on paper, 56 x 45 in

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Nov
18
to Nov 19

SF Open Studios

  • Natasha Tsozik Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come visit me in the Dogpatch neighborhood in San Francisco with my dear friend Natasha in her light-filled studio with The Hag Hut, tarot card readings and locally sourced flowers offered by The Flowerpress. Check out Artspan’s Guide for Weekend 4.

Euphoric Cache, cut and layered intaglio prints, pastel and watercolor on paper, 20 x 19 in, 2023

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May
13
to May 14

East Bay Open Studios | Oakland, California

  • Norton Factory Studios (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Please come join us at Norton Factory Studios on May 13th and 14th from 11am-5pm! We’ll have 10+ open artist studios, live jazz on Saturday, free coffee from our delicious neighbors Red Bay Coffee, discounts for beer at our bioenergetic brewhouse neighbors Ale Industries, and you can participate in Oakland Art Murmur’s VibeMap Treasure Hunt.

Tunnel book (open, illuminated) : etchings, paintings, drawings and cut paper, 4” x 6” x 5”, 2022

‘Under Which Light Do You Grow’, 22'“ x 30”, ink, watercolor, pastel and pencil on paper, 2022

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Feb
15
to Feb 17

STARTUP Art Fair / Los Angeles

The Kinney Venice Beach

737 West Washington Blvd

Venice, CA 90292

stARTup presents over 60 artists – selected by art world experts – who transform individual rooms at The Kinney into exhibition spaces.

Lisa Kairos and Melissa Mohammadi will create a multi-sensory environment evocative of the West Coast.

‘Our work is inspired by California flora and landscape. Place-based reflection and meticulous studies of natural forms and spaces are at the heart of our approaches to drawing and painting. We share a subject, but work at different resolutions-- Lisa paints expansive, tesselating panoramas, while Melissa dives in to explore and document the life-forms that inhabit the landscape.’

Sweetfish, incised lines in watercolor and oil on cradled panel, 8” x 10”, 2018 $500

Sweetfish, incised lines in watercolor and oil on cradled panel, 8” x 10”, 2018 $500

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Oct
27
to Oct 28

SF Open Studios / Weekend 3

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Sawyer Street Studios   515 Sawyer Street, San Francisco, CA

Artspan's SF Open Studios 2018 / Oct 27 & 28 / Visitacion Valley

SF Open Studios, the oldest and largest open studios program in the country, is an annual, month-long art event in October and November that showcases over 800 emerging and established San Francisco artists in their studios. The event connects collectors with artists for engaging dialog and a glimpse into the life of the working artist. The SF Open Studios Guide, 200-page magazine, includes artwork and contact information for over 400 SF artists, as well as a map of each weekend to help you plan your route.

DASHA MATSUURA, SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTOR AT SPOKE ART GALLERY included my studio in her TOP FIVE STUDIOS TO VISIT this year!

David Willburn

Lisa Kairos

Melissa Mohammadi

Natalia Tsozik

Skyler McGee

Float, watercolor on panel, 36” x 48”, 2018

Float, watercolor on panel, 36” x 48”, 2018

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