Galleries & Attractions
Past Exhibits
Past Exhibits
All exhibits curated by Alessandra Moctezuma, Gallery Director and Museum Studies Professor, unless otherwise noted.
You can find details about each exhibit in our Mesa College
Art Gallery Facebook page, under EVENTS.
Fall 2019
April Rose and Katie Ruiz: Chromatic: Grounding with Color
August 19 - September 11, Reception: Thursday, August 29.
Spring 2019
Looking Forward, Looking Back. Alumni Exhibition
January 28 - February 13, Reception: Thursday, February 7.
Mario Torero: Artivismo Loko
February 27 - March 21, Reception: Thursday, March 7.
Mesa College Museum Studies Class Presents: Subterranean
April 10 - 25, Reception: Thursday, April 11.
Spring 2019 Student Art Exhibition
May 9 - 21, Reception: Thursday, May 9.
Fall 2018
Scarred For Life: Every Scar Tells A Story
Ted Meyer
August 27 - September 20, Reception: Thursday, September 6.
Fall 2018 Faculty Exhibition
October 8 - Novemeber 7, Reception: Thursday, October 11.
Fall 2018 Student Art Exhibition
November 29 - December 11, Reception: Thursday, November 29.
Fall 2015
San Diego Mesa College Fall 2015 Student Art Exhibit
November 19 - December 9
Transpoiesis: Artwork by Jose Hugo Sanchez.
October 13 - November 4
Cathy Breslaw: Macro Views, Micro Wonders
September 8 - 30
Spring 2015
San Diego Mesa College Spring 2015 Student Art Exhibit
April 30 – May 14
Helen Redman: The Other Side of Birth
March 10 - April 14
Reshaping the 2%: Contemporary Ceramics
February 2 - 26
Featured artists: Brian Benfer, Ianna Frisby, Joanne Hayakawa, Rebecca Manson, Brad
Schweiger and Julie York.
Fall 2014
San Diego Mesa College Fall 2014 Student Art Exhibit
November 20 -
Encoded Histories: Doris Bittar and Qais Al-Sindy.
October 13 - November 16
Fall 2014 Faculty Exhibition
September 2- 25
Spring 2014
San Diego Mesa College Spring 2014 Student Art Exhibit
May 1 – 15
Richard A. Lou, "Stories On My Back" and James Luna, "I CON"
March 17 - April 16
LURE: all is not what it seems
February 3 - 27
Curated by Susan Myrland
Participating artists: Dan Allen - Bret Barrett - Jon-Loren Bazán- Stephanie Bedwell
- Curtis Bracher - Miri Chais - Angella d'Avignon - Moya Devine - Kim Garcia - Dave
Ghilarducci - Richard Gleaves - Alexander Jarman - Savannah Jarman - Mannlicher Carcano
- Mid-Air Trio - George Pritzker - Barbara Sexton - Perry Vasquez - Julie Weitz -
Rhonda Weppler
Fall 2013
San Diego Mesa College Fall 2013 Student Art Exhibit
November 21 - December 10
Acerca de la Cerca: Carmela Castrejon, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Paul Turounet.
October 10 - November 6
POKE: A series of Provocations - Debby and Larry Kline.
August 26 - September 26
Spring 2013
San Diego Mesa College Spring 2013 Student Art Exhibit
May 2 - 16
"GIFT" Women as Givers: Installation and Performance by Feminist Image Group.
March 14 - April 18
Curated by Anna Stump.
Dynamic Gestures: Larry Caveney, Silfredo La O, Chris Warr.
February 7 - 28
Fall 2012
San Diego Mesa College Fall 2012 Student Art Exhibit
November 29 - December 12
agitPop: Protest Becomes Graphic
October 11 - November 6
An exhibit of political posters by Lalo Alcaraz, Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes,
Chikle and Favianna Rodriguez.
Seven Deadly Sins
September 6 - October 1
Curated by Beate Berman-enn.
Artists: Phyllis Davidson, Marianela de la Hoz, Gene Flores, Doug Sutherland, Henning
von Berg and Peter Zokosky.
Spring 2012
San Diego Mesa College Spring 2012 Student Art Exhibit
May 3 - 15
Domestic Disobedience: Redefining the Feminine Space
March 15 - April 19
Curated by Nuvia Crisol Guerra.
A group exhibition with Juana Alicia, Claudia Alvarez, Carolyn Castano, Ana Teresa
Fernandez, Esther Hernandez,
Amalia Mesa-Bains, Delilah Montoya, Angelica Muro, Viviana Paredes, Isis Rodriguez,
Sonia Romero.
Atara Baker: Layering Time and Place, An African Memoir
February 9 - March 1
Fall 2011
San Diego Mesa College Fall 2011 Student Art Exhibit
December 1 - 13
Faculty Plus One
October 13 - November 9
Art faculty invite guests to exhibit artwork alongside their own.
Disappearing Landscapes
September 6 - 29
Featuring photographs by Monique Verdin and cartographic illustration Anthony Fontenot.
Spring 2011
Raw and Exposed: San Diego Mesa College Spring 2011 Student Art Exhibit
May 5
Becky Guttin, Above Us Only Sky
March 10 - April 13
Armando Romero, Parody and Plunder
February 1 - 28
Curated by Danielle Susalla Deery.
Fall 2010
San Diego Mesa College Fall 2010 Student Art Exhibit
November
Unearned Intimacies
October 14 - November 9
Curated by Barbara Sexton.
Artists: David Fobes, Michele Iversen, K.V. Tomney.
Industrial, Nicolas Gadbois
September 9 - 30
Curated by Beate Berman-enn.
Spring 2010
Now We Can't Forget: Judith and James Christensen
Faculty Exhibition 2010
Fall 2009
Public Art / Private Works: Judith F. Baca
October 15 - November 12
www.judybaca.com or www.sparcmurals.org
Expanding-Eel-Devourer: Alexander Lee
September 3 - October 1
Spring 2009
Echoes in the Ice: Collages by Rik van Glintenkamp
Shadows and Light in the Niger Delta: Photographs by Ed Kashi
January 29 - March 3
Fall 2008
Premeditated: Meditations on Capital Punishment by Malaquias Montoya
October 9 - November 6
enTangoed Memories: Paintings by Alfredo Antognini
September 2 - 30
A visual journey from the streets of Buenos Aires to the beaches of La Jolla.
Spring 2008
Fall 2007
Spring 2007
Student Exhibition - Art Corridor, second floor of the LRC
Menagerie
Showcasing the works of Gloria Torres, Kathi McCord, Artemio Rodrigues, Brent Wear,
and Angela Miles.
Fall 2006
Gloria Torres: Memories From the Rolling Hills of Old San Diego
Jeffrey Clark: Fleeting Moments
Spring 2006
Gail Schneider: Assembly of the Wondrous Head
Fall 2005
La Nueva Grafica, political posters by Favianna Rodriguez and Jesus Barraza from Taller Tupac Amaru
www.favianna.com
Michael Barton Miller: XXXL (Extreme Extra Extra Large)
Spring 2005
Borders of intimacy: Patricia Frischer Cheryl Tall Drawings and Ceramics
www.drawscrowd.com www.cheryltall.com
Faculty Exhibition 2005
Fall 2004
Stand and Deliver: Engineering Sculpture into a Book Format
Spring 2004
Southern California: A Cinemuralby Louis Hock
www.louishock.info/
Marcos Ramirez ERRE: The Multiplication of Bread
Fall 2003
Kaoru Mansour, Iro: Color
www.freshpaintart.com
Suda House: Under the Skin of Grace & Cheryl Tall: Twins
Spring 2003
Blue: An Invitational Ceramics Exhibit
Michael Jones McKean: The Rainbow, Quasar, Roller Coaster Divide
In the Spirit of Tina Modotti: Photographs by Vincent Vigil
Fall 2002
Faculty Exhibition 2002
Lynda Frese: Reconstituting the Vanished
www.lyndafrese.com
Spring 2002
Ruben Ortiz Torres: The Adoration of the Magi
Sheila Pinkel: Site/Unseen
Fall 2001
Sharon Allicotti: Destination Solitude
Maryann Luera: Himself Beheld
Spring 2001
Faith Ringgold: Quilts, Prints and Story Books