Non-profit, artist-run contemporary art gallery and performance space located in downtown Chico, Cal
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Tamara Murphy discussing her Tensegrity pieces at the opening reception of ‘Precious & Intelligent Self Contained Multitudes’ on Friday.
These pieces are held together entirely by string tension—no glue, no central rod. Like the earth from which the clay material was dug, they are both incredibly strong and dangerously precarious.
Second image:
Red Tensegrity, 2022
Wild clay, waxed twine
The exhibition is on view now until January 8th.
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“Functionality is an ethical choice—a decision to prioritize the energy used in creating an object that is as useful as it is beautiful.”
This statement from Tamara Murphy (), whose solo exhibition opens this Friday, reminds us of the equal importance of everyday utilitarian objects and fantastical art objects (and that sometimes they’re the same thing).
Please join us for the opening reception at 1078 Gallery on Friday December 2nd from 5-7pm.
1078 here, reminding you that we are a non-profit organization run entirely by volunteers who donate their time and labor to cultivate a space for contemporary and experimental artwork in our community. None of us take salaries and we receive no public funding.
So today, on Giving Tuesday, we’re asking you to help us keep going. Follow the link in our bio to make a quick one-time donation. You can also become a member or sign up for monthly donations, if you’re feeling extra generous.
Thank you for your support, Chico. We love you and we’re grateful that you love us back. 🧡
We are absolutely thrilled to announce our next exhibition, Precious and Intelligent Self-Contained Multitudes, with work by Chico artist Tamara Murphy ()!
The opening reception will be held this Friday, December 2nd from 5-7pm. The show runs until January 8th.
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Souvenirs from our current exhibition of work by Shirin Towfiq ().
The image on the candles is a quote written in Persian calligraphy, from the Bahá’í writings of Baha’u’llah, that reads: “Plant naught but the rose of love in the garden of thy heart.”
This is the last weekend to view the show, and to purchase one of these souvenirs.
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Shirin Towfiq, “Looking For a Sign”
Sadaf Special Blend with Cardamom tea bags and gold thread
On view as part of our current exhibition of Towfiq’s work of the same name, Looking For A Sign, which runs until November 27th.
Shirin Towfiq, “Thinking About Migration,” digital prints on gauze. On view as part of her upcoming exhibition, Looking for A Sign, opening this Friday, November 4th from 5–7pm.
“Thinking About Migration are prints of Persian rugs on gauze fabric. They blow and turn gently like ethereal spirits from a fan placed in the corner of the room that personifies the imagination of magic carpets. In old Persian stories magic carpets are woven with magic threads that are able to transport anyone to anywhere in the world instantly. The rugs and their delicate gauzy materiality suggest bodies of Iranian migrants and the precarity of migration. Their delicate motion and scale creates an ambivalent sensation—simultaneously of overwhelming vulnerability and loss while suggesting a calm freedom swaying easily in the wind. As the wind continues to blow on these rugs the gauze ever so slowly begins to unravel itself when they move.”
Towfiq will hold an artist’s talk at CSU Chico as part of the Hopper Visiting Artists series TOMORROW, Thursday, November 3 at 5:30pm in the ARTS Recital Hall in the Arts and Humanities Building (101 Normal Avenue, Room 150). This event is free to attend!
We’re so pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition Looking for A Sign with work by artist Shirin Towfiq.
The show will run from November 4–27, with an artist's reception held on Friday, November 4th from 5–7pm.
Towfiq will also hold an artist's talk at CSU Chico as part of the Hopper Visiting Artists series this Thursday, November 3 at 5:30pm in the ARTS Recital Hall in the Arts and Humanities Building (101 Normal Avenue, Room 150).
Artist Zen Du and her son play ceramic instruments made by the artist during the opening reception of Biopoiesis.
This is the last weekend to see the show, so don’t miss it! (We also heard has some special halloween treats this weekend, so that’s extra incentive! 👻)
Viewers sitting with Zen Du’s massive work, Venus’ Ass.
This weekend is your last chance to view our current exhibition of Du’s work, Biopoiesis. Come see this incredible show before it comes down!
Zen Du, “Love Seat”
fiberglass, foam, acrylic
This massive work from artist Zen Du is currently on view as part of her solo exhibition Biopoiesis, now through October 30.
Witch’s Market is this Saturday! 🔮
Some local witches—ahem, artisans—will be setting up shop at the gallery this weekend. We can’t wait to see what magic they have in store. Vendors include:
wise gems
See you there, friends ✨
We’re delighted to share our upcoming exhibition, Biopoiesis, with work by artist Zen Du.
The artist’s reception will be held Saturday, October 8th from 5-8pm. The show will run from October 7 through 30, 2022.
Zen Du received her MFA from SFAI, San Francisco, CA, her BFA from ASU, Boone, NC, and her Bachelor of Linguistics from VSU, Voronezh, Russia. Zen has been engaged in art making all her life. Trained as a classical painter during her stay in Russia, she was introduced to abstract painting when she moved to the US. Painting has been a means for her to explore immanent information that goes beyond limitations of language and conventional logic. The study of unconscious impulses and the exploration of authentic qualities of materials have been stimulating her interdisciplinary approach to art making and led to her desire to create environments or sequences of artworks rather than individual artworks. Zen makes sculptures, installations, paintings, textile designs, and utilizes found objects.
In recent years, Zen’s interests have concentrated on the recognition of the ordinary dignity rooted in practices permeating people’s daily life. Zen’s work emerges from her interest in rewriting the narrative of passive cultural consumerism. In her visual creative practice, she utilizes irony to undermine the existing causal processes, and abstraction to strip off iconic elements of culture from its fabricated value by assigning it a new unequivocal beauty. She believes that there is no uniform accessibility of objects of any kind, no matter how ordinary they may seem, and that art’s primary occupation is to evade the knowing grasp.
We hope you can join is this Saturday evening to view Zen Du’s collective work.
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Image 1: Exhibition promotional made by the artist featuring ceramic and felted work.
Image 2: Photo credit T.C. Moore via Lucid Art Foundation.
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We are STOKED to celebrate our friends ’s anniversary this weekend! One year ago, they moved in with us, and they’ve been the best roommates an art gallery could ever ask for. We love you, Equilateral.
Please join us for food, music, art, vendors, and a mystery raffle. We don’t even know what the mystery is but we know we’re excited.
Tell a friend, see you there!
It’s that time of year again! 1078’s Annual Members Show. This year is our 41st Invitational and we’d love for you to join us.
The Members Show is open to all current members of 1078 Gallery, so if you’re not a a member, this is the perfect time to sign up! Memberships cost as little as $25 per year. Click the link in our bio for more information.
The Members Show will be on view from September 16 through October 2, 2022. The Artists' Reception + 41st Birthday Celebration will be held on Saturday, September 17th from 6-8pm.
Artwork Drop Off Days:
Sunday September 11, 12-2pm
Monday September 12, 3:45pm-5:45pm
Artwork Guidelines: Each member gets 2x2' of wall space or 2×2x2' of floor space for sculptural work. Work must be for sale. Sales are divided 50/50 between artist and gallery. All current or renewal member submissions accepted. You may join or renew at time of submission.
We can’t wait to see what all of our members have been working on. This is such a special part of the Chico art scene and we’re happy to be a part of it.
The artists’ reception for Perpetual Motion, our current exhibition featuring work by Sara Bernson and Zach Cross, is tomorrow Thursday August 25th from 6-8pm. We hope you can join us!
About Perpetual Motion: “A multi-medium event exhibiting the complex experience of dissociation. The images in the gallery represent the way in which living in a withdrawn state can encourage repetitious movement, perpetual motion.”
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There will be a screening of
‘Nobodies! Heroes!,’ an art documentary by on Tuesday August 23 at 1078. Doors open at 7, film begins at 7:30pm. $3 suggested donation.
‘Nobodies! Heroes!’ is about “eccentric creative play, tall bikes, film as a medium of expression… This film leaves you feeling inspired to create with whatever skills and materials you have, and to cultivate a supportive community while you do it!”
After the screening, stick around for a facilitated discussion about visions for the Chico creative community and collaboration on ideas for an upcoming short film fest in Chico!
Note: seating is limited (and uncomfortable!) so you might want to bring your own chair or cushion.
Please share!
⚠️TUESDAY NIGHT⚠️
It’s our first show in a long, long time!! What a thrill! So come on out and bring your pals, let’s boogie.
7pm, $7, 1078.
It’s almost here! Slumberspeak Technologies opens this weekend at 1078.
Oops! Our last post had the wrong date for the opening reception! Saturday July 9th so the correct date.
Come for the Soul Digitization Technology, stay for the company tshirts (and screenprinted posters and interactive digital art).
Slumberspeak Technologies opening reception will be held one week from today! Saturday July 9th. Come dream with us.
Last weekend to see Chikoko's POD! Open Saturday and Sunday until 2pm. Can't make it in person? Check out this 360º walkthrough of the show! Drag with your mouse or move your phone to look around.
Come for the Soul Digitization Technology, stay for the company tshirts (and screenprinted posters and interactive digital art).
Slumberspeak Technologies opening reception will be held one week from today! Saturday July 9th. Come dream with us.
We are so pleased to announce our next exhibition: Slumberspeak Technologies.
Welcome to Slumberspeak Technologies with new cutting edge Soul Digitization technology.
Come visit our office and take the first step into joining a community where your safety is considered. After adding your soul to the Slumberspeak Digital Cloud Ecosystem, special employees will be invited to our Digital Cruise Experience Corporate Retreat. You may also get a firsthand glance into the inner workings of our Alternate Timeline Maintenance Crew (be careful which buttons you press.)
Come work for us. Come dream with us!
Enjoy interactive installations surrounding the satirical corporate universe of Slumberspeak.
Special Reception with live performances on July 9th from 7pm-10pm.
Join us TONIGHT for a special evening viewing of our current exhibition POD.
See the primordial fiber jungle installation as the sun sets, shifting the perspective of these mysterious alien specimens.
Bring a friend and share this post if you’re able. We appreciate your support!
Chikoko presents “Pod,” an interactive primordial installation of fiber/textile art.
This show is absolutely wild, a definite must-see, and a must-listen: the show playlist is available on Spotify here: tinyurl.com/chikoko-pod-playlist
The works in “Pod” were created by Nel Adams, Muir Hughes, and Sara Rose Testman.
On view now at 1078 Gallery. An artists’ reception will be held on Friday June 24 from 6-8pm.
We are ecstatic to share our next exhibition: Chikoko presents “pod”, an interactive primordial installation of fiber/textile art.
Abstracted themes of the beauty of solitude, the shared grief of isolation and the nod to transition from stasis are explored. Audiences are invited to participate in a journey through a familiar jungle like landscape with unrecognizable specimens. Pods unfold to reveal mysterious interiors to visitors.
“pod” will be on view at 1078 Gallery from June 3 through July 3, with an artist's reception held on Friday, June 24 from 6–8pm.
We hope to see you there! Please share this post if you’re able to help us with that ever-elusive engagement.
This is the last weekend to see our current exhibition “Matter/Regeneration” with work by Nanxi Jiang () and Carla Resnick ().
Image 1: Untitled installation by Nanxi Jiang. The way the shadows project and dance on the wall behind Jiang’s woven forms is brilliant to watch.
Image 2: Collages by Carla Resnick. The fine craft work on these is incredible to see in person.
On view at 1078 through this Sunday, May 15. If you visit the gallery, please tag us in your stories/post so that we can share!
Installation view of our current exhibition “Matter/Regeneration” with work by Nanxi Jiang () and Carla Resnick ().
On view at 1078 through May 15.
We’re so happy to announce “Matter/Regeneration”, our upcoming exhibition featuring work by Carla Resnick & Nanxi Jiang, opening this Friday, April 15th from 5-7pm.
On view through May 15, 2022 at 1078.
“Board Choice”, our current exhibition featuring over 20 artists, will be on view during special evening hours tomorrow THURSDAY APRIL 7th from 6-8pm. Come out, have a drink, and peek inside the personal collections of 1078 Gallery board + committee members.
Image 1 (from left to right): Wei Hsueh, Jeffrey Cheung, Ajit Chauhan, Kristy Moreno.
Image 2: Michael Davis
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Board Choice: Selections from our personal collections. On view now through April 10.
🔔The gallery will be open for special evening viewing hours this Thursday April 7 from 6-8pm! 🌙
Members of the gallery board of directors and exhibitions committee share artwork from their personal collections for this short (but sweet) group show, including work by:
Michelle Ott
Carla Resnick
Wei Hsueh
Sean Corkery
Garett Goodwin
J.A. Nice
Bob Garner
Janice Porter
Richard Baker
Wyatt Hersey
Maria Navarro
Ashley Penning
Susan Silvester
Jeffrey Cheung
Ajit Chauhan
Kristy Moreno
Mabrie Ormes
Lola
Christine Fulton
Carole Wade
Jason Tannen
Michael Davis
and more!
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What a wonderful write-up about our backyard neighbor !
“What [Sherri Scott, owner of Harvests & Habitats] loves most about plants, though, especially edibles, is their capacity to create cultural connections, to bridge differences, and to serve as ambassadors that can tie us together as a community.”
Click the link in our bio to read the full story, and swing by 1710 Park Ave to see the plants (and art and coffee) in person!
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The art supplies to which prisoners have access are limited. Artists may rely on simple pen and paper, or use more nontraditional materials like wrappers from chips and ramen bags, kool-aid, toilet paper, or soap.
Here is an example of artwork made using prison stationary mail envelopes and colored pencil, on view as part of our current exhibition Arts in Corrections: Images From Behind The Wall.
Closing reception will be held this Friday March 25th from 6-8pm. We hope to see you there!
Rene Richard
“Untitled”
52 x 26in.
acrylic on wood
“Life is a journey made of winding roads. For some of us we perceive the spiritual interactions within the physical. People lose themselves yet you can still see the light within them. The soul is still impacted. The simplest things such as words from a child, interactions with an animal, understanding of betrayal, or the knowledge of the long road ahead make an impact which pushes us forward. This painting is just a small clip of my journey and my spiritual interpretation of the events that occurred.” -Rene Richard
On view as part of our current exhibition, Arts in Corrections, a collection of work from currently or formerly incarcerated artists. Closing reception will be held Friday, March 25.
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Rene Richard
“Untitled”
52 x 26in.
acrylic on wood
“Life is a journey made of winding roads. For some of us we perceive the spiritual interactions within the physical. People lose themselves yet you can still see the light within them. The soul is still impacted. The simplest things such as words from a child, interactions with an animal, understanding of betrayal, or the knowledge of the long road ahead make an impact which pushes us forward. This painting is just a small clip of my journey and my spiritual interpretation of the events that occurred.” -Rene Richard
On view as part of our current exhibition, Arts in Corrections, a collection of work from currently or formerly incarcerated artists. Closing reception will be held Friday, March 25.
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We are happy to announce ARTS IN CORRECTIONS: Images From Behind The Wall, opening this Friday, February 25th
and running until March 27th.
This exhibition, curated by Greenhouse Studio, features work by currently and formerly incarcerated artists. The closing reception will be held on Friday, March 25th from 6-8pm.
This Sunday at 1078: The 12th Annual Seed Swap!
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Bring your spare seeds and cuttings if you’ve got ‘em, no worries if you don’t! It’ll be a beautiful warm almost-spring day and we’re so excited for this community event. Take this opportunity to explore Harvests & Habitats Nursery and grab a bevvie from Equilateral. (I’m going with an iced oat orange cardamom latte, how about you?)
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Link in bio for event page.
Happy Valentine’s Day! What better way to celebrate this day of love and affection than to share in artistic community at Word Church, a spoken word open mic night held at 1078.
Sign up begins at 6pm, speakers begin at 6:30. We hope to see you tonight.
Love, 1078
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KYRIANNA (.art)
ultimum sacrificium
artist’s hair, mixed media
“After shaving her head of long hair for the performance piece “Do I Look Fine Now?” last year—a sacrifice done in the name of making a point about our stereotypes of what disabled people should look like—the artist examines the sacrifice and the martyrdom required for many artists (especially women and POC) that seems obligatory in the art world today.”
On view as part of The Women Within Me Are Tired, a joint exhibition with Isabella K. Saavedra () at 1078 Gallery until February 13th.
Image courtesy Sharon DeMeyer ().
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We are so pleased to announce our next exhibition: Slumberspeak Technologies. Welcome to Slumberspeak Technologies with new cutting edge Soul Digitization technology. Come visit our office and take the first step into joining a community where your safety is considered. After adding your soul to the Slumberspeak Digital Cloud Ecosystem, special employees will be invited to our Digital Cruise Experience Corporate Retreat. You may also get a firsthand glance into the inner workings of our Alternate Timeline Maintenance Crew (be careful which buttons you press.) Come work for us. Come dream with us! Enjoy interactive installations surrounding the satirical corporate universe of Slumberspeak. Special Reception with live performances on July 9th from 7pm-10pm.
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