Dualities: Animals Surviving Shared Moments, A Solo Exhibit by Joshua Coffy

Scheduled to run: July 9, 2016 - August 6, 2016

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 9, 2016 *6p-9p

Join us for this exhibit which explores the predator and prey relationship. All works were created with the intent of exposing that all beings are fighting to survive in the same instance.

Music provided by La Gente ~ www.lagentemusicsf.com

See the complete show and purchase directly at our online shop:

http://cactusgalleryla.com/collections/dualities-animals-surviving-shared-moments-a-solo-exhibit-by-joshua-coffy

The gallery is open to installment plans to help you grow your collection.

Contact Sandra Mastroianni at semastroianni70@yahoo.com for information on installment plans, cash and check sales, additional images, and any questions regarding purchases.

Symphony of Wings

Scheduled to run: June 11, 2016 - July 2, 2016

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 11, 2016 *6p-9p

For "Symphony of Wings" artists will focus on wings and their symbolism. Throughout time, whether in nature, mythology or folklore, wings have been associated not only with power, speed, elevation, flight and freedom, but with the qualities of aspiration, protection, departed souls or intellectual thoughts.

Participating artists: Douglas Alvarez, Joe Alvarez, Patrizia Ambrosini, Ulla Anobile, Lea Barozzi, Terri Berman, Denise Bledsoe, Andrea Bogdan, Lioba Brückner, Lacey Bryant, Adriana Carranza, Olivier Castillon, Rosie Garcia, Valency Genis, Leonard Greco, Raul Guerra, Sarah Hage, Annette Hassell, Dianne Hoffman, Liz Huston, Anita Inverarity, Rasa Jadzeviciene, Patricia Krebs, Malathip Kriheli, Mavis Leahy, Candace McKay, Lesley McKenzie, Anna Magruder, Marcelo Molina, Tammy Mae Moon, Catherine Bursill Moore, Roger O'Leary-Archer, Janet Oleink, Corine Perier, Sarah Polzin, Olga Ponomarenko, Jen Raven, Lena Sayadian, Kelly Thompson, Consu Tolosa, Ingrid Tussel, Yishu Wang, Michelle Waters, Lauren Wilde and Gabriela Zapata. 

See the complete show and purchase directly at our online shop:

http://cactusgalleryla.com/collections/symphony-of-wings

The gallery is open to installment plans to help you grow your collection.

Contact Sandra Mastroianni at semastroianni70@yahoo.com for information on installment plans, cash and check sales, additional images, and any questions regarding purchases.

Beastly Beings

Scheduled to run: May 14 - June 4, 2016

RECEPTION: Saturday, May 14 * 6p-9p

Featured artist: Lena Sayadian

Some seem to have formed an illusory view of nature and are blind to the true reality of it. Nature is something so powerful and yet simultaneously so fragile in our hands. This show focuses on the powerful yet beautiful connectedness of animals, the outside world and the harsh realities that are the core of human nature.

Maria Abagnale, Donna Abbate, Jaclyn Alderete, Douglas Alvarez, Joe Alvarez, Ulla Anobile, Julie B, Daniela Barbani, Lea Barozzi, Terri Berman, Denise Bledsoe, Emily Blythe Jones, Andrea Bogdan, Simona Candini, Joe Carrion, Olivier Castillon, Joshua Coffy, Cora Crimson, Encarni Diaz, Ashley Fisher, Eden Folwell, Jenga Garcia, Rosie Garcia, Valency Genis, Bryan Holland, Anita Inverarity, Grace Kim, Kellan King, Patricia Krebs, Malathip Kriheli, Mavis Leahy, Luciano Martinez, Ashley Mistriel, Marcelo Molina, Nichol Norman, Roger O’Leary-Archer, Daisuke Okamoto, Janet Olenik, James Ortiz, Corine Perier, Jessica Perner, Sarah Polzin, Olga Ponomarenko, Johnny Quintanilla, Jen Raven, Meghan Ritchey, Bobby Rojas, Salvage Art Sweetheart, Carolina Seth, Carisa Swenson, Kelly Thompson, Ingrid Tusell, Christopher Umana, Kelly Vetter, YiShu Wang, Michelle Waters, Lauren Wilde, Holly Wood, Carla Wyzgala, Gabriela Zapata

See the complete show and purchase directly at our online shop:

http://cactusgalleryla.com/collections/beastly-beings-at-cactus-gallery

The gallery is open to installment plans to help you grow your collection.

Contact Sandra Mastroianni at semastroianni70@yahoo.com for information on installment plans, cash and check sales, additional images, and any questions regarding purchases.

April 9 - May 7, 2016
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 9, 2016 * 6p-9p

For this exhibition, 'Over the Moon and Under the Stars,' featured artist Ulla Anobile and 12 female artists explore what these concepts mean to them personally, or in their own background and cultures. The interpretations can be literal, symbolic, spiritual, humorous, questioning, wondering, awe-filled ... and most importantly, inspired and personal, bringing into visual form how the Moon and the Stars resonate in one's art and one's psyche.

Thirteen artists were chosen because it ties into the 13 moons that many alternative spiritual traditions suggest/recommend; 13 months, each 28 days long rather than what we have now.

Featured artist: Ulla Anobile
Participating Artists: Donna Abbate, Denise Bledsoe, Andrea Bogdan, Adriana Carranza, Ashley Fisher, Rasa Jadzeviciene, Patricia Krebs, Mavis Leahy, Ann Lim, Anna Magruder, Janet Olenik and Gabriela Zapata

See the complete show and purchase directly at our online shop: https://cactusgalleryla.com/collections/over-the-moon-and-under-the-stars

The gallery is open to installment plans to help you grow your collection. Contact Sandra Mastroianni at semastroianni70@yahoo.com for information on installment plans, cash and check sales, additional images, and any questions regarding purchases.

LOTERIA II! Group Show
March 12 - April 2
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 12, 2016 * 6p-9p

Cactus Gallery is pleased to present our first exhibit of 2016 -- LOTERIA II!

La Loteria is a game of chance played like Bingo, only with pictures instead of numbers. The Loteria deck uses 54 images, including characters, instruments, flora, animalia, and objects which have become iconic and synonymous with Mexican culture.

Our LOTERIA II! exhibit will feature 54 paintings and mixed media works by 52 artists who used their assigned card as a springboard for their modern interpretation and the results are delightful. For context, displayed alongside the interpretations, will be the most commonly recognized standard deck by Pasatiempos Gallo, S.A.

Please join us for this charming show and play La Loteria with us during the reception for a chance to win a signed original from one of the participating artists and other prizes!

The complete exhibit will be online on Friday, March 11 at 12p at www.cactusgalleryla.com 

Here are the 54 LOTERIA cards and the artists depicting them; such an awesome group! The art is going to be wonderful!

1 El gallo ("the rooster") Douglas Alvarez
2 El diablito ("the Devil") Kathie Olivas
3 La dama ("the lady") Tammy Mae Moon
4 El catrín ("the dandy") Walt Hall
5 El paraguas ("the umbrella") Rasa Jadzeviciene
6 La sirena ("the mermaid")Ulla Anobile
7 La escalera ("the ladder") Consu Tolosa
8 La botella ("the bottle") Vera Paras
9 El barril ("the barrel") Lalo Alcaraz
10 El árbol ("the tree") Gabriela Malinalxochitl Zapata
11 El melón ("the melon") Nichol Norman
12 El valiente ("the brave man") Patricia Krebs
13 El gorrito ("the bonnet") Janet Olenik
14 La muerte ("Death") Roger Art Trivinos
15 La pera ("the pear") Christina Forster- Ramos
16 La bandera ("the flag") Jamie Chavez
17 El bandolón ("the mandolin") Lea Barozzi
18 El violoncello ("the cello") Edgar Humberto Alvarez
19 La garza ("the heron") Jorge Bernal
20 El pájaro ("the bird") Jaxie Jax
21 La mano ("the hand") Jerry Montoya
22 La bota ("the boot") Terri Berman
23 La luna ("the moon") Ruth Barrera
24 El cotorro ("the parrot") Denise Bledsoe
25 El borracho ("the drunkard") Lalo Alcaraz
26 El negrito ("the Negro") Brooke Kent
27 El corazón ("the heart") Brenda Paola Gómez
28 La sandía ("the watermelon") Joe Alvarez
29 El tambor ("the drum") Bobby Rojas
30 El camarón ("the shrimp") Holly Wood
31 Las jaras ("the arrows") Lena Sayadian
32 El músico ("the musician") Simona Candini
33 La araña ("the spider") Cenya Eichengreen
34 El soldado ("the soldier") Ronald J. Llanos
35 La estrella ("the star") Ann Lim
36 El cazo ("the billycan") Angela Maria Ortiz S
37 El mundo ("the world") Gregory P. Rodriguez
38 El apache ("the Apache") Alea Ahwahnee Bone
39 El nopal ("the prickly pear cactus") Joe Alvarez
40 El alacrán ("the scorpion") Sarah Rose
41 La rosa ("the rose") Catherine Bursill Moore
42 La calavera ("the skull") Jaclyn Alderete
43 La campana ("the bell") Rosie Garcia Artist
44 El cantarito ("the water pitcher") Eden Folwell
45 El venado ("the deer") Johnny Quintanilla
46 El Sol ("the sun") Candace McKay
47 La corona ("the crown") Valency Elise Genis
48 La chalupa ("the canoe") Julie Zarate
49 El pino ("the pine tree") Lacey Bryant
50 El pescado ("the fish") Mavis Leahy
51 La palma ("the palm tree") Bill Wheeler
52 La maceta ("the flowerpot") Miriam Diaz Martinez
53 El arpa ("the harp") Andrea Bogdan
54 La rana ("the frog") Joshua Coffy

Also:
Loteria inspired bottle cap magnets and pendants by Beth Penalty
Loteria themed aprons and hand towels by Los Lover Dovers

Email Sandra at semastroianni70@yahoo.com or 323.801.8669 for pre-sale information.