Involved, Socially
curated by Michelle Blade
August 7 - September 6, 2009

Artists: Amanda Curreri, David Horvitz, Mark McKnight, Jessica Williams and Christine Wong Yap



Triple Base Gallery presented Involved, Socially, a group exhibition curated by San Francisco-based artist Michelle Blade. Paralleling Blade’s own practice, the exhibition brings together five artists that create both physical works and coinciding events ... more.

Intricacies of Phantom Content
Hilary Pecis Solo Show
May 15 - July 26, 2009



Intricacies of Phantom Content is an exhibition of new work by San Francisco-based artist Hilary Pecis. This was Pecis’s first solo show at the gallery ... more.

Trickle-down: Yours for the Mining
Multi-channel video installation by Elyse Mallouk
May 15 - July 26, 2009



Triple Base’s underground project space featured a multi-channel video installation by Elyse Mallouk. Diamonds dripped from the rafters and the cracks in the walls, filling the gallery basement... more.

Out of the Flat Files II
April 3 - May 3, 2009



Triple Base Gallery is pleased to present in the main gallery Out of the Flat Files II, an exhibition of new work by over thirty Bay Area artists.

In the Triple Basement:

Bryson Gill Portraits: Mirror and Mirror, Warm Milk - Still Cream, Degrees of Separation, Shades of Blue and Throwbacks




In the backroom gallery, Triple Base presents Mirror and Mirror, Warm Milk - Still Cream, Degrees of Separation, Shades of Blue and Throwbacks, an exhibition of small works by gallery artist Bryson Gill currently living in Berlin... more.

The Colony
Rachel Kaye Solo Show
February 20 - March 22, 2009


The Colony will feature over 30 new paintings, drawings and sculptures by artist Rachel Kaye. Kaye's portraits and domestic interiors are sourced from photographs of high-profile women and their surrounds... more.

Open for Making: A Residency for Creativity
Co-curated by Joyce Grimm and Paul Butler
January 10 - February 8, 2009



Open for Making is an open residency program that will take place at Triple Base Gallery every Saturday for five weeks. Participation is open and those who choose to take part can attend one or all of the five consecutive Saturday residencies... more.

Dream With Everything That Fades Away
Guillermina Baiguera, Chris Duncan, Linda Geary & Scott Oliver
Curated by Dina Pugh
November 21 - December 20, 2008



“I move along in the tender intent of finding myself. It’s where I discover well-being in simplicity and can dream with everything that fades away while taking my time to observe the beauty of things.” - Guillermina Baiguera... more.

The Autonomous Zone
New Work by Jay Nelson
October 10 – November 9, 2008



Jay Nelson’s drawings, paintings and sculpture are created as part of his quest for individual autonomy within the modern American landscape.... more.

When Holy Were the Haunted Forest Boughs
New Work by Christine Shields
August 29 - September 28, 2008

Opening Reception: Friday, August 29th, 7-10pm
Special musical performance by Linda Hagood



For Shields’s first solo show at Triple Base, she will create an eerie yet ethereal environment, exploring the idea of psychic homelessness...... more.

Open for Business
July 10 – July 27, 2008



Throughout the month of July, Triple Base will activate the gallery with alternative art commerce. A weekly rotation of artist booths designed by fourteen contemporary artists and creative inventors will each provide an offering of goods, services or information...... more.

YOU MAKE ME MAKE YOU
Suzanne Husky Solo Exhibition
May 22 - June 29, 2008



For her ambitious installation at Triple Base, Suzanne Husky has crafted a series of soft sculptures that include Chinese factory workers, Mexican laborers, “counter-mainstream hipsters”, and a series of inventive Berkeley “eco-heroes.” The work depicts extreme labor, oppression, community, superficiality, unmindful expending of resources, and white guilt....... more.

MISFITS
New work by Todd Bura
April 3 – May 4, 2008



Triple Base Gallery is pleased to present Misfits, an exhibition of new work by San Francisco based artist Todd Bura....... more.

Starting With Blade
March 6 - March 23, 2008



The premise of this exhibition starts with Triple Base's founding intention of being one "base" of many international art spaces....... more.

An Equal Playing Field: New Work by Peter Stegall
Curated by Dina Dusko
January 17 - February 17, 2008



Triple Base Gallery and guest curator Dina Dusko are pleased to present An Equal Playing Field: New Work by Peter Stegall. This is the Sacramento painter's first Bay Area solo show and the culmination of Stegall's 30 year immersion in the “powerful playing field of color.”...... more.

Abidin Travels
Installation by Adel Abidin
November 17, 2007 - January 5, 2008

Organized by Montalvo Art Center
Presenting partner: Graduate Program of Fine Arts at California College of the Arts



Previously at the Venice Biennale and now in San Francisco. Artist Adel Abidin created an installation that has transforms Triple Base gallery into a travel agency promoting vacation trips to Baghdad.... more.

The Clouds Carved the Mountains: A Dialog Between Sound and Space
October 18 - November 11, 2007



The Clouds Carved the Mountains is a solo exhibition and collaborative music project by San Francisco-based artist Drew Bennett. Bennett's project confronts the traditional anti-social nature that can often exist in visual art practice... more.

DOUBLE BLIND: New Work by Bryson Gill and Jay Nelson September 7 - October 7, 2007

Triple Base Gallery is pleased to announce Double Blind, a two-person exhibition featuring Bryson Gill and Jay Nelson. San Francisco-based artists and long-time friends, Gill and Nelson will present new paintings that illustrate both of their common sensibilities and recent divergences....... more.

KYLE MOCK
DO NOT DISTURB
July 13 - August 26, 2007



Triple Base Gallery is pleased to announce Kyle Mock’s first solo exhibition, Do Not Disturb. Perhaps you have wondered what it would be like to step into one of your favorite paintings or even into the mind of an artist you admire. This is your chance to do just that... more.

From Mind to Hand: Artists and Graphology
April 7 - May 20, 2007



What is graphology? Graphology is the analysis and interpretation of a person's character traits through handwriting. Triple Base Gallery has invited Los Angeles-based graphologist and musician Susanne Shapiro to interpret the handwriting of a varied group of contemporary artists... more.

Noise Pop and FREEDM present:


a n t s y:
portraits by alissa anderson
February 28 - April 1, 2007


Alissa Anderson, Espers- Big Sur - 2006, C-print

Alissa Anderson has heavily documented the contemporary San Francisco music scene with her images gracing the records of Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom and The Coachwhips.... more.

Frank Prattled
November 18 - December 10, 2006
Frank Prattle-a-thon Live from Triple Base: Sunday, November 19th, 11am-7pm

San Francisco is a hornet's nest of art activity...what surprises me is the lack of critical dialogue that transpires here," says Zefrey Throwell describing the impetus behind his radio show... more.

Give Me a Simple Life
Installation by Tara Lisa Foley
October 19 - November 10, 2006


Triple Base is pleased to present San Francisco-based artist Tara Lisa Foley's first solo show "Give Me a Simple Life." The installation is a drastic departure from Foley's regular practice of painting and drawing... more.

In the Valley of the Sun
New Work by Kottie Paloma
September 8 - October 1, 2006

Kottie Paloma, On a Day Like This, 2006 Recycled wallpaper and graphite A new exhibition by Kottie P. Including: Books on Tape Vol.II KQED The Writers' Block
Video Collaboration with Liz Walsh and a 23 Track Compilation album called "Kottie and Friends!" download music... more.

Todd Bura: Mighty Pretty Rain Crow
August 17 – 20, 2006


Todd Bura, Untitled, 2006, watercolor on paper
At noon on Thursday, August 17, 2006, Triple Base will present “Todd Bura: Mighty Pretty Rain Crow” a four-day exhibition which will showcase the intimacy of Todd's miniature works of minimalist complexity, memory, and music....... more.

Cosmic Satellites
July 12 – July 30, 2006
Opening Night performance by Usun (Mark Borthwick, Hisham Bharoocha and David Aron)


Mark Borthwick, Untitled C-print, 2005; Sam Gordon, The Muster, 2005; Arik Roper, Cat Tree, 2005; Josh Petherick, page from Nieves Books & Zines

"Cosmic Satellites" celebrates the intimate, handmade, the beloved souvenir and the special gift. Guest curator and art director Betty Nguyen will set up a temporary shop at the Triple Base gallery carrying limited edition art works, merchandise, clothes and media by an international roster of artists... more.

Chris Cobb: Everything in a Drawing and Nothing in a Drawing
March, 2006



With the assistance of 30 people San Francisco artist Chris Cobb has made a series of drawings that are as messy as they are colorful... more.

Switchback: Matt Gerring and Jay Nelson
January-February, 2006



Jay Nelson, The Joy of Nature (detail), 2006, graphite on paper
"Switchback: Matt Gerring and Jay Nelson" presents two emerging San Francisco-based artists who explore spirituality as seen through the popular California pastime—camping... more.