Events and Press
AUGUST 7 FROM 5-8PM.
Gallery 1202 is proud to present (Self)LOVE, a group show featuring artists from all over the world, who answered our call for art. The theme for this show centers around the importance to self-care, self-awareness, and mental health during not only the pandemic, but also the political upheaval of 2020 and beyond. The pieces selected for this exhibition represent, embody, or otherwise realize self-care lessons learned during the last 18 months, and the importance of self-preservation in times of unrest in whatever form that presented itself to the artist. This show will include a wide variety of mediums, ranging from sculpture to body jewelry to photography to painting.
We will also include a room dedicated to featuring local, Bay Area artists!
Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, August 7th. We will have wine, hors d’oeuvres, and live music featuring Sej Miles from 5-8pm.
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AUGUST 1 FROM 3-5PM.
Gallery 1202 presents Paper & Fiber, an annual group show celebrating contemporary artworks using paper and fiber as the medium. Paper & Fiber showcases Adele Deloris Riley, Natalie Ciccoricco, Amy Hibbs, Lucha Rodriguez, and Dani Vinokurov, each who highlight and elevate the mediums of paper and fiber in their work. These artists captivate their audiences through bright colors and intricate textures, while incorporating natural elements or subjects.
Come join us at our Closing Reception on August 1st! We will be open from 12-5pm.
Two of the featured artists will be in attendance at the Closing Reception on August 1st, 2021 from 3-5pm to discuss their artworks and processes!
Click here to reserve your free tickets to the Closing Reception!
JUNE 26 FROM 5-8PM.
Gallery 1202 presents Paper & Fiber, an annual group show celebrating contemporary artworks using paper and fiber as the medium. Paper & Fiber showcases Adele Deloris Riley, Natalie Ciccoricco, Amy Hibbs, Lucha Rodriguez, and Dani Vinokurov, each who highlight and elevate the mediums of paper and fiber in their work. These artists captivate their audiences through bright colors and intricate textures, while incorporating natural elements or subjects.
Come join us at our Opening Reception on June 26th! We will be open from 12-8pm. Enjoy wine, hors d'oeuvres and live music on our patio from 5-8pm!
The Closing Reception will be August 1st, 2021 from 3-5pm.
Click here to reserve your free tickets to the Opening Reception!
JUNE 4 FROM 12-8 PM
Closing Reception for The Power of Vulnerability.
Gallery 1202 presents a group show, curated by the Tessera Arts Collective, featuring six California-based LGBTQ BIPOC artists who answered our call for art and were selected by a jury.
The Power of Vulnerability showcases Jay Katelansky, Brannon Rockwell-Charland Cook, Calvin Coloma, Lee Oscar Gomez, T. Jay Santa Ana, and Vanessa Wallace-Gonzales. Each artist, in their own styles and mediums, seek to explore what it means to reject the myth of vulnerability as a weakness. The Power of Vulnerability takes a nuanced approach to exploring the role of personal vulnerability as a site for love, growth, liberation, and transformation.
The Closing Reception will be June 4th from 12-8pm. Masks and timed entry are required.
From 6-8pm enjoy complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres on our front patio!
Click here to reserve your free tickets!
MAY 1 FROM 12-8 PM
Opening reception for The Power of Vulnerability.
Gallery 1202 presents a group show, curated by the Tessera Arts Collective, featuring six California-based LGBTQ BIPOC artists who answered our call for art and were selected by a jury.
The Power of Vulnerability showcases Jay Katelansky, Brannon Rockwell-Charland Cook, Calvin Coloma, Lee Oscar Gomez, T. Jay Santa Ana, and Vanessa Wallace-Gonzales. Each artist, in their own styles and mediums, seek to explore what it means to reject the myth of vulnerability as a weakness. The Power of Vulnerability takes a nuanced approach to exploring the role of personal vulnerability as a site for love, growth, liberation, and transformation.
The Opening Reception will be May 1st from 12-8pm. Masks and timed entry are required.
From 6-8pm enjoy complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres on our front patio!
Click here to reserve your free tickets!!
Closing reception for Linda Frueh: Echoes and Traces.
Gallery 1202 presents a solo show featuring Linda Frueh's encaustic paintings. Echoes and Traces document movement through life, the marks we make on people, our imprints; the traces of our existence in the memories of our kin, and how our physical nature affects the world around us.
Frueh's mastery of the encaustic medium results in sensuous surfaces, luminous colors, and textures that create depth and pique curiosity in her audience.
The closing reception will be April 17th from 12-8pm. Masks and timed entry are required.
From 6-8pm, we will have complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres to enjoy on our front patio. Click here to reserve your free ticket to the closing reception!
Check out our 3D tour online here!
Opening reception for Linda Frueh: Echoes and Traces.
Gallery 1202 presents a solo show featuring Linda Frueh's encaustic paintings. Echoes and Traces document movement through life, the marks we make on people, our imprints; the traces of our existence in the memories of our kin, and how our physical nature affects the world around us.
Frueh's mastery of the encaustic medium results in sensuous surfaces, luminous colors, and textures that create depth and pique curiosity in her audience.
The opening reception will be March 20th from 12-8pm. Masks and timed entry are required.
From 6-9pm, we will have complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres to enjoy on our front patio. Click here to reserve your free ticket to the closing reception!
Check out our 3D tour online here!
Press
ART & ANTIQUES
On this page from the March 2021 edition of the Art & Antiques magazine, the bottom left contains a small piece about Gallery 1202 and our exhibition, Linda Frueh: Echoes and Traces.
ART & ANTIQUES
On this page from the October 2020 edition of the Art & Antiques magazine, the top half, "New Perspectives" contains a segment on Gallery 1202 and our powerful Women (Un)Silenced exhibition. This exhibition went on to travel to the Black Wall Street Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The gallery focus is to be a landing spot for the community to relax, view artwork, and to bring together the cultural assets we already have here.
by Emily McEwan-Upright in GMH InterviewSouth valley magazine
Emily McEwan-Upright envisioned a space where creative mothers and mid-career artists can display their work without the pressures and demands of a traditional fine art gallery. The result is Gallery 1202, which recently moved from the Pixley House on Fifth Street in downtown Gilroy to The Neon Exchange at 7363 Monterey St. and celebrated its grand opening in October. The gallery, named after McEwan-Upright’s first child’s birthdate of Dec. 2, was founded in 2017 to complement McEwan-Upright’s tax accounting office that she purchased from her mother. McEwan-Upright, who had recently completed an artist residency in Texas, used the gallery to display her own work for the first year. In April, Gallery 1202 began showcasing other artists on a rotating basis.... Read More
Emily McEwan-Upright envisioned a space where creative mothers and mid-career artists can display their work without the pressures and demands of a traditional fine art gallery.
by Erik Chaloub, South Valley Magazine