Works on Paper!
Line Shape Color Shape Line at Kala
I’m having a show of my ongoing series of acrylic gouache paintings. This is the first time I’ve been invited to exhibit these! The opening is this Saturday, November 22, 12-4pm at Kala Art Institute. I look forward to seeing you.
Line Shape Color Shape Line highlights the interdisciplinary and playful nature of Alice’s practice with a presentation of compact gouache paintings alongside textile-based sculptures created over the past five years. The selected works reflect Alice’s process-driven and meticulous yet intuitive and exploratory artmaking approach. The geometric, pattern-like paintings, all on uniformly-sized kraft paper, demonstrate Alice’s linework and dramatic chromatic vocabulary. She composes vibrating color relationships that pulsate with energy. Certain motifs such as a particular kind of zigzag, a loop, a curl, a wave, reappear throughout multiple paintings, and then again in sculptural form, each occurrence opening up the possibility of new readings. The sculptures, alternately free-standing and wall-hung, are made with reclaimed upholstery textiles. As with Alice’s paintings, the sculptures initiate their form from simple drawings. The sculptures are stitched and stuffed, then painted to highlight texture and shape. The results invite touch. Alice constructs a visual language to design new and liberating self-mythologies.
Line Shape Color Shape Line at Kala Art Institute
On View November 22, 2025 - February 11, 2026
Opening Reception with “Bookness” and Fall of Freedom activities on
Saturday, November 22, 12-4 pm
Kala Gallery, 2990 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley, CA 94702
Gallery Hours: Tue-Fri, 12-5 pm, Sat 12-4 pm
Purchase Inquiries: Sonya Castillo, Kala Art Sales & Collections Manager sonya@kala.org (510) 841-7000
What is Fall of Freedom?
“Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. Our Democracy is under attack. Threats to free expression are rising. Dissent is being criminalized. Institutions and media have been recast as mouthpieces of propaganda.
This fall, we are activating a nationwide wave of creative resistance. Beginning November 21–22, 2025, galleries, museums, libraries, comedy clubs, theaters, and concert halls across the country will host exhibitions, performances, and public events that channel the urgency of this moment. Fall of Freedom is an open invitation to artists, creators, and communities to take part—and to celebrate the experiences, cultures, and identities that shape the fabric of our nation.
Art matters. Artists are a threat to American fascism.”
At Kala Art Institute, on Saturday, November 22, 12-4pm, visitors can participate in a hands-on screen printing event in Kala’s community classroom, as part of this nationwide wave of creative resistance. Participants can screen print an image of artist Mary V. Marsh’s artwork with the quote: “Read the message, hold the knowledge, create the story, send the message on—long may we wave.” Prints can be taken home by attendees.
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