True North 2024
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. Themes explored through the selected work include maximalist or additive aesthetics, playful references to craft traditions and materials, humor, and abstracted figuration and landscape.
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.
Opening Reception
Saturday, November 16
5 – 6 p.m.
Patrons & Members Hour
Free for di Rosa Patrons & Members with RSVP to development@dirosaart.org
6 – 7 p.m.
Public Reception
$10 General | Members Free
Related Programs and Events
True North Performance Showcase: Briona Hendren + Whitney Vangrin
Saturday, January 18, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Gallery 1 Patio
$25 General
$20 Seniors, Military, Students
$5 Minors Ages 5–17
Free for Teachers, Faculty, and Educational Staff; Members; and Children Under Five
Includes Gallery Admission Prior to Performance
di Rosa presents a pair of performances by True North artists Briona Hendren and Whitney Vangrin. Activating the Gallery 1 patio overlooking Winery Lake, Hendren and Vangrin’s performances build on their exhibited works, highlighting history, place, and materiality.
2025 Slide Slam
Saturday, February 8, 2 – 4 p.m.
Gallery 1
$10 Submission Fee
Attendance by non-presenters included in general admission ticket.
North Bay artists living or working in Marin, Napa, Solano, or Sonoma counties are invited to give rapid-fire presentations at di Rosa’s 2025 Slide Slam.
The first 30 artists to complete their entry will secure a spot in our 2025 Slide Slam. Artists will deliver quick presentations in rapid succession, sharing their work with audiences and each other. After the presentation, artists are invited to stay for a casual networking reception and to explore and enjoy di Rosa’s grounds and galleries.
Submission form opens Thursday, January 9, 10 a.m., and closes January 24, or when entries are full.
Submission form link to come.
True North Artists
Blake Aaseby
Chris Adessa
Cat Alden
Nicole Irene Anderson
Lexi Bakkar
Kate Barrengos
Linda Belden
Lemia Bodden
Vibrata Chromodoris
Daniel Clauson
Susan Simon Corwin
Rachel Davis
Anthony Demartini
Erica Dincalci
Holly Downing
Karyn Gabriel
Deborah Garber
Schylar Gholson
Sean Hallowell
Amy Hamley
Briona Hendren
Letisha Hill
Michelle Hirsch
Chiara Jacobsen-Sarter
Laine Justice
Mikey Kelly
Bessma Khalaf
Marsha Klein
Tom Krempa
Bonnie (Bebe) Kuhr
Bryan Locke
Mark Martin
Kristina McDonald
Doris Mitsch
Kristina Nobleman
Eden Pieper
Kate Rusek
Kala Stein
Lauren Szabo
Claudia Tarantino
Dawn Thomas
Leah Tumerman
Marie van Elder
Whitney Vangrin
Victoria Wagner
Denise Ward
Sue Weil
Julia Westerbeke
Nancy Willis
Nate Yo
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.
Photo by Lemia Bodden.
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.
Photo by Gesi Schilling.