Past Exhibitions 1990–1999
In the 1990s, young artists flocked to the San Francisco Mission District and began producing work that integrated street culture, music culture, and folk art. BAC expanded its programming to include artist salons, installations, and exhibitions curated by world-renowned curators.
ARCHIVE HIGHLIGHTS
The 1995 exhibition 10 x 10: Ten Women / Ten Prints featured the work of JUANA ALICIA, KIM ANNO, CLAUDIA BERNARDI, MILDRED HOWARD, HUNG LIU, YOLANDA M. LÓPEZ, RUTH MORGAN, MARY LOVELACE O’NEAL, FAITH RINGGOLD, and CARRIE MAE WEEMS, whose three-color print Untitled (Trees with Mattress Springs), is pictured.
See the 10 x 10 exhibition page
Read “Womxn’s Work & Power Objects: 25 Years After 10 x 10”
1990
National Juried Exhibition Part I, January 18 – March 4
Bridges: Artist Response to Disaster Part I, March 17 – April 15
Architectural Perspectives, April 22 – May 27
1991
Composite Images, January 20—February 24
Behind the Scenes, Collaborative, April 28—June 2
California Society of Printmakers Exhibition, December 15, 1991 – January 15, 1992
1992
Annual Members Show, January 22 – February 2
Nao Bustamante Performance, February 11 – February 29
National Juried Exhibition Part I, May 19 – June 10
Sachiko Nakamura, June 19 – June 20
Food for Thought, June 28 – August 9
National Juried Exhibition Part II, August 20 – October 4
Forged by Fire, October 11 – November 4
Textures of Nature, November 29, 1992 – January 10, 1993
1993
Annual Members Exhibition, January 24 – February 21
Wayne Corbitt, Performance, April 30 – May 1
Youth Arts Festival, May 16 – June 20
Performance, Dyke Word, June 25 – June 26
9th Annual Exhibition, Part II, July 8 – August 22
Chain Reaction, Berkeley High School Celebrates the Arts, August 29 – October 3
The Berkeley Art Scene: Years of Changes, October 21 – November 27
Asian Roots, Western Soil, December 5, 1993 – January 23, 1994
1994
Annual Members Exhibition, January 30 – February 27
National Juried Exhibition, Part I, March 13 – April 17
Arbie Williams Transforms the Britches Quilt, April 24 – June 5
Performance Series: Action Theater Ensemble, June 10 – June 24
National Juried Exhibition, Part II, July 10 – August 21
Bodies and Souls: Three Humanist Photographers, September 8 – October 30
1995
10 x 10: Ten Women/Ten Prints, March 5 – April 23
Abstract Expressionism: The Enduring Tradition, October – November
National Juried Exhibition, Part II, November 19 – December 23
1996
Annual Members Showcase, January 7 – January 28
Innocence/The Promise of Life, February 4 – March 17
12th Annual National Juried Exhibition, September 1 – October 6
Science Imagined: An Exhibition of the Book as Art, October 27 – December 29
1997
Annual Members Showcase, January 12 – February 9
Katherine Aoki: Big Tools and the Women Who Use Them, February 19 – March 29
Youth Arts Festival, April 13 – May 25
Viva! A Celebration of Three Decades at the Berkeley Art Center, June 8 – July 12
Trash to Treasures, July 15 – July 28
13th Annual National Juried Exhibition: Works on Paper, August 6 – September 14
Sidney Gordin: An Artist's Journey 1918 –1996, September 24 – November 2
Crossings: Installation by Mildred Howard, November 12 – December 21
1998
The Other Self, February 25 – April 5
Youth Arts Festival, April 16 – May 17
Kino Eshima: Photography, May 27 – July 3
14th Annual National Juried Exhibition, July 19 – August 30
Art Wear: The Body Adorned, September 16 – November 1
1999
Annual Members Showcase, January 17 – February 21
Winners of 1998 Members Showcase, February 28 – March 28
Youth Arts Festival, April 14 – May 23
On the Edge of the Century: Printmaking & Social Commentary in the 1990s, June 2 – July 11
15th Annual National Juried Exhibition, July 18 – August 29
Collective Narratives, September 9 – October 30
Stay Tuned: The Revolution Will Be Broadcast, November 14 – December 18
Textures of Nature featured work by ALAN FIRESTONE, ANGELA LIM, BARRY McGEE, SUSAN PARKER, KIYOKA SARADA, ANN SIBERELL, and THET WIN. Curated by ROLANDO CASTELLON, one of the founders of Galería de la Raza in San Francisco, the show highlighted artists who explored the use of nontraditional artistic materials.
Asian Roots, Western Soil featured works by 33 artists influenced by Japanese art and culture, including RUTH ASAWA, SAM FRANCIS, TOM MARIONI, ISAMU NOGUCHI, and JOHN TOKI.
ARBIE WILLIAMS, recipient of an NEA National Heritage Fellowship, is a renowned quilter. As quilts faded from widespread use in contemporary culture, Williams allowed herself “relaxed standards of execution” and “leeway for experimentation.” Her “britches quilts” were made from over-worn overalls and pants, and were exhibited at BAC in 1994.
Bodies and Souls: Three Humanist Photographers showcased photographs that posed important questions about the ethics of photography. Accepting the challenge of sensational subject matter, KENNETH WILKES, RUTH MORGAN, and GAYLE TANAKA avoid explanation in their work, each taking a different approach to issues of aging, disenfranchisement, and prejudice. Pictured: Photograph by Kenneth Wilkes.
On the Edge of the Century: Printmaking & Social Commentary in the 1990s was curated by RENÉ YAÑEZ, who was widely recognized throughout the Bay Area for projects that promoted greater awareness of local social and political issues.