Exhibition: True North

True North is di Rosa’s biennial juried exhibition celebrating the work of North Bay artists. Selected by a panel of artists and art workers, this second iteration of True North presents a diverse array of work by artists living or working in Marin, Napa, Solano, or Sonoma counties.

Submissions were juried by Lisa Crallé, artist, curator, and Founder & Director of Personal Space in Vallejo, CA; Reniel Del Rosario, artist; and Justin Wyckoff, art conservator and writer.

Jurors

Lisa Rybovich Crallé

Lisa Rybovich Crallé is an interdisciplinary artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her drawings and sculptures explore the relationship between body language, memory, and material history. In addition to her studio practice, Lisa runs Personal Space gallery in Vallejo, CA and Heavy Breathing, a series of experimental artist-led movement seminars. She also teaches sculpture and drawing at Berkeley City College.

Justin Wyckoff

An art conservator and author from Oakland, CA, Justin Z. Wyckoff was trained in San Mateo in private practice and has an MFA from SF State University. He has worked with many collectors, galleries and museums around the Bay Area, and his writing has appeared in magazines such as Hypertext, The Hong Kong Review, The Santa Clara Review and Art Practical. He spends much of his free time parrying attacks from two little pirates also known as his children. They live in Mill Valley.

Reniel Del Rosario

Reniel Del Rosario (b. Iba, Philippines) is an artist that primarily uses ceramics, quantity, and satire to discuss themes of commodification and value. His projects range from interactive mimicries of consumer establishments, reimaginings of artifacts, and imperfect copies of already-existing objects. He holds a BA in Art Practice from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a 2019 recipient of the Center for Craft’s Windgate-Lamar fellowship, a 2022 SFMOMA Artists Soapbox Derby racer, and has been featured in writings such as ARTFORUM and Bon Appetit. His work has been exhibited internationally through traditional and alternative venues such as West Coast Craft, Meta Open Arts, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Catharine Clark Gallery, Other Places Art Fair, Load Na Dito, Praise Shadows Art Gallery, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Jane Lombard Gallery, and simply on the public sidewalk.