Transmission Gallery

Transmission Gallery A contemporary art gallery featuring primarily figurative and socially engaged art

Transmission Gallery promotes primarily regional and national figurative artists with an emphasis on Expressionism, California Funk and Socially Engaged Art.

Time flies - it seems like we just celebrated the opening reception of concurrent solo shows at Transmission Gallery, So...
06/06/2026

Time flies - it seems like we just celebrated the opening reception of concurrent solo shows at Transmission Gallery, Sonia Gill: Memento Vivere/Remember to Live and Jeff Dikio: This Must Be the Place, and now Sonia's closing reception is at hand, Saturday, June 6th. Stop in 1-4 pm to greet Sonia with live guitar and light snacks on deck. Please join us!

Plus, there's one more weekend to see recent work by Jeff Dikio. Well worth seeing in person, with the last day June 13th, and more art to see in the Office and gallery showroom. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays 12- 5 pm.

Leading off the photos from the reception are Transmission Gallery Owner/Directors, Cameron Brian and Ruth Santee with artist Betsy Kluga.

Artwork shown here:
- Sonia Gill, Bedtime, paper on canvas, 24 x 18

- Sonia Gill, Oysters for Ulysses, paper on canvas, 20 x 20

- Row of Jeff Dikio's 12 x 12 pieces including Daly City Doelgers and other Sunset homes - check them out in detail on our website!

- Jeff Dikio, Mission Victorian (yellow), paint chip collage, 16 x 20 (framed 17 x 21)

First up here, Stinson Beach Sentinel #3, collage by Jeff Dikio in "This Must Be the Place" at Transmission Gallery in ...
05/23/2026

First up here, Stinson Beach Sentinel #3, collage by Jeff Dikio in "This Must Be the Place" at Transmission Gallery in Oakland. At 24" x 24" on cradled panel, Stinson Beach Sentinel is one of 22 pieces on view in our solo show of Jeff Dikio's recent paint chip collage compositions.

Dikio distills scenes from neighborhoods spanning the Sunset, Daly City, Richmond, and the beaches of Santa Cruz into kaleidoscope angles and rhythmic color. Click through to see a few and come in to see the work in person though June 13th, with the gallery open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 12-5 pm.

Also pictured, more by Jeff Dikio:

Stowe Lake #3, 20 x 20, in the gallery with Daly City Doelger (pink) in the background

Lake Merced Caravan, 11 x 14 (framed 12 x 15)

Daly City Doelger (orange), 12 x 12 (framed 13 x 13)

Jeff Dikio: This Must be the Place at Transmission Gallery through June 13th.See new work by Jeff Dikio in one of two co...
05/21/2026

Jeff Dikio: This Must be the Place at Transmission Gallery through June 13th.

See new work by Jeff Dikio in one of two concurrent solo exhibitions in the gallery focused on collage.

From Doelger homes to Victorian facades and even an RV, Dikio’s compositions distill neighborhoods spanning the Sunset, Daly City, Richmond, and the beaches of Santa Cruz into essential shapes, colors, and rhythms.

Working with repurposed paint chips, Dikio constructs his collages with a tactile sensitivity to color and structure creating compositions both grounded and unsettled. Angled planes, exaggerated perspectives, and prismatic skies create scenes that feel at once embedded in real neighborhoods yet slightly unmoored from them. What emerges is a visual language of belonging, where home is less about geography and more about resonance.

12 x 12 inch pieces seen in detail here:
Daly City Doelger (gold & teal), framed
Daly City Doelger (yellow on yellow)
Daly City Doelger (beige and green), framed, with detail image following so you can get a good sense of the architectural angles of the cut paint chips in Dikio's work

This work is great to see in person, so stop by Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 12-5 pm, or check out the work on our website.

Sonia Gill: Memento Vivere / Remember to LiveArtist's TalkSat, May 16th, starting at 2 pmAll are welcome! Please join us...
05/16/2026

Sonia Gill: Memento Vivere / Remember to Live

Artist's Talk
Sat, May 16th, starting at 2 pm

All are welcome! Please join us to hear more from Sonia about her background, collage process and her focus on the enduring moments that define human life: reading together, tending to small rituals, routine tasks and moments of reflection.

See the exhibition Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 12 - 5 pm through June 6th concurrent with solo exhibition of recent paint chip collages by Jeff Dikio in "This Must Be the Place."

One of two concurrent solo exhibitions at Transmission Gallery!Jeff Dikio: This Must Be the PlacePlease join us for the ...
04/28/2026

One of two concurrent solo exhibitions at Transmission Gallery!

Jeff Dikio: This Must Be the Place

Please join us for the Opening Reception, Saturday, May 2nd, 1-4 pm.
Stop by any time between 1-4 pm to greet the artists, check out the new work and enjoy the light refreshments and lively conversation.

Pictured here, Daly City Doelger (yellow on yellow), 12" x 12", one of more than 20 paint chip collages celebrating the colorful and quirky architecture and scenes found in Dikio's immediate surroundings, and distinctive of the surrounding Bay Area.

Sonia Gill: Memento Vivere / Remember to LiveApril 23 - June 6Please join us for these special events:​Artists' Receptio...
04/28/2026

Sonia Gill: Memento Vivere / Remember to Live
April 23 - June 6

Please join us for these special events:
​Artists' Reception
Saturday, May 2nd, from 1-4 pm

​Artist's Talk
Saturday, May 16th, at 2 pm

Closing Reception
Saturday, June 6th, from 1-4 pm

In Memento Vivere / Remember to Live, Sonia Gill invites us into a world where painting is reimagined through paper—where the brushstroke is replaced by the torn edge of a magazine fragment, and color is discovered rather than mixed in this collection of 14 collage works now on view at Transmission Gallery in Oakland.

Gallery Hours: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays 12 - 5 pm and by appointment.

More from Frank D. Cole: The House Inside.Tomorrow is the last day to see the show in real life, Saturday April 25th, 12...
04/24/2026

More from Frank D. Cole: The House Inside.

Tomorrow is the last day to see the show in real life, Saturday April 25th, 12-5 pm. Great to see in person.

Check out these gallery views and a couple of details, including Pond Studies, and Hill House (Golden), 2023, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 54.

Heavyweight whimsy, seriously light weight work, and unexpected materials deliver in an exploration of lightness in "Not...
11/30/2025

Heavyweight whimsy, seriously light weight work, and unexpected materials deliver in an exploration of lightness in "Not Heavy," with work selected by Transmission Gallery owner/director Ruth Santee, from pieces submitted by members of Pacific Rim Sculptors.

Stop by the gallery and be uplifted through the holiday season, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 12-5 pm.*

Shown here:
Kline Swonger with her work, Meadow's Eye, wood veneer and salt, 6.5 x 15 x 6. feet
Detail, Work-in-Progress by Jann Nunn, plush toys and thread, 93" x78" x 9"
Gallery view, Work-in-Progress and Elizabeth Medrano's YamComb Courier, acrylics on clay, 14" x 5" x 6"
Walter Bruszewski, Flyin' bedstead, steel, stainless steel, aluminum, alkyd acrylic paint finish, 36" x 48" x 36"
Detail and Lucy Snow, Spider Ball, paper clay, slips, glazes, glue, 12" x 10" x 10"

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770 W Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA
94612

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Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm

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