Reese Bullen Gallery - Cal Poly Humboldt

11/29/2023

We are open this week Wed/Thurs 12pm-6pm, Fri 11am-5pm, & Sat 11am-2pm!

11/22/2023

Want to check out the exhibitions Signs of Passage: Nostalgia and New Beginnings works by Dave Young Kim, but haven't made it to the gallery yet? Virtual Tour is now up and ready to view!

Matterport 3D Showcase.

11/22/2023

We are open for special hours this week, closed through Friday, and open Saturday 11am-2pm. Regular hours resume Wed 11/29.

11/20/2023

We are open today at 12pm! Come by to see the Reese Bullen Gallery exhibition "Signs of Passage: Nostalgia and New Beginnings" by Dave Young Kim, as well as head up the hill for Robert Benson's "Tintah: Amongst The Trails" at the Goudi'ni Gallery!

We are open this week:
Mon 11/20 12pm-3pm
Tues 11/21 12pm-3pm
Sat 11/25 11am-2pm

Two for the price of none! Our admission is always free.

11/09/2023

We will be closed Friday 11/10 in observation of Veteran's Day, and campus will be closed. We will reopen Saturday 11/11 11am-2pm at both galleries.

Thank you,

11/09/2023

We are open to the public for Dave Young Kim's exhibition here at the Reese Bullen Gallery!

Los Angeles based artist Dave Young Kim is back in Humboldt County with a newly created body of work for his solo exhibition at the Cal Poly Humboldt Reese Bullen Gallery. Kim is a fine artist, born and raised in Los Angeles. He received a BFA in Studio Art from the University of California, Davis and an MFA in Studio Art from Mills College where he worked closely with renowned painter Hung Liu.

His current body of work engages with the intangible quality of home and explores themes of nostalgia, war, conflict, and displacement. By interpolating cultural motifs into personal and larger histories of struggle, Kim explores the unifying search for belonging across disparate conditions. In 2020, he co-founded the Korean American Artist Collective (KAAC), a group of artists building community around work rooted in the Korean American experience. In 2021 he was a selected muralist for the Eureka Street Art Fest and in connection with the Eureka Chinatown Project to paint a mural, entitled Fowl, for the newly dedicated Charlie Moon Way area. (Located at Charlie Moon Way and E st Eureka near the backside of the Coast Central Credit Union)

This exhibition features light boxes, referencing storefront displays, with detailed portraits below. Kim states: ”My work plays with that idea of manufacturing nostalgia as integrated with my family history, memory, and identity. My artistic approach is drawn from a sense of loss or longing, looking for a place to belong.”

The exhibition Signs of Passage: Nostalgia and New Beginnings will run from November 8th through December 9th at the Reese Bullen Gallery. We will hold an Opening Reception with Kim on Thursday November 16th from 4:30pm-6pm at the Reese Bullen Gallery, with light refreshments.

09/18/2023

Emily has traveled back to Oregon, it that doesn’t mean the artwork creation in the gallery is over! We are open for regular gallery hours starting Wed 9/20: Wed/Thurs 12-6pm, Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 11am-2pm. closed Sun/Mon/Tues, also open by appointment, [email protected]

Help us make more art out of ocean trash!

Ghost Net Landscape Humboldt, 2023 exhibit - artwork by Artist Emily Miller

09/07/2023

Opening Monday September 11th, Ghost Net Landscape Humboldt with Emily Jung Miller here at the Reese Bullen Gallery! Week of engagement with Emily, you are invited to creatively reuse ocean detritus to help create a public artwork that will live here on campus! No skills neccesary!

Exhibition runs through October 14th, and regular open hours are Wednesday/Thursday 12pm-6pm, Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday 11am-2pm. Closed Sunday-Tuesday. Also open by appointment, contact [email protected] or 707-826-3629 to schedule an appt.

05/03/2023

We are open for the last 2 weeks of the exhibition, open through Saturday May 13th. We are open Wed/Thurs 12pm-6pm, Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 11am-2pm. Closed Sun/Mon/Tues. Also open via appointment, please contact the Gallery Director at [email protected], or call 707-826-3629. We will also be open immediately following the 9am CAHSS Commencement ceremony, from ~10am-12pm.

Missed the exhibition, but want to see it virtually?

Matterport 3D Showcase.

04/14/2023

Opening next Thursday! We celebrate our Art Department Graduates in our annual Art Graduates Exhibition here at the Reese Bullen Gallery. With 30 participating graduating Art Majors and Minors, featuring work across photography, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, painting and more.

Join us for the Awards Ceremony and Opening Reception on the Art quad steps Thursday April 20th from 5pm-7pm, awards starting promptly at 5pm, with light refreshments to follow.