
Curated by Rohan DaCosta
Image by Naima Green
Open Call:
The Night Is Young
The night offers a different energy than the day. Most of us tend to dedicate our daytime hours to the labor it takes to sustain our lives and all of the miscellaneous chores that it takes to maintain order in our lives. Often, we look to the night hours for a sense of relief from this labor. It is for this reason that the night presents boundless opportunity for excitement, stimulation, partying, and debauchery. We gasp when we hear that a heinous crime was committed in "broad daylight". The night offers cover. The night is a cloak. The night is a mask. A person could assume a totally different personality by night. The night holds the potential for lawlessness, a recklessness, unfiltered human expression. Some might say that all of this is consistent with a youthful energy, an energy that throws caution to the wind, because consequences tend to arrive in the morning.
This exhibition, curated by Rohan DaCosta, features 41 artists and their relationship with creatures of the night.

A LUCKY LATE NIGHT IN OSAKA BY ADRIAN ACU

ECLIPSE BY AIDAN HARPER

GREAT HORNED OWL IN PALM BY ALAN KRAKAUER

MIDNIGHT SPIN BY ALDO JORDAN

LATE NIGHT SNACK BY ALEX WU

SPARKLERS BY ALEX WU

NIGHT RIDERS BY MATTHEW KRUPOFF

DANCE WITH THE DEVIL BY PHILIP KRAYNA

WEDDING, TEL AVIV BY GEOFF HOUSE

BOOTY POPPIN' BY DANIEL DANZIG

DAY OF THE DEAD BY MARILYN CITRON

MOON RING TRIPTYCH, 12/26/2020 BY KIMBERLEY CAMPISANO

I HAVE EVERYTHING YOU WANT BY SHARON WICKHAM

3 FATES BY ROHAN DACOSTA

HOUSE SHOW BY VIVIEN QIAN

MOY'S CANTINA AND COZY MOTEL BY HERNANDO CONWI

UNTITLED BY JEREMY AUSTIN DE LEON

BIRTHDAY, SAN FRANCISCO BY GEOFF HOUSE

PARTY AT THE BETAS BY HERNANDO CONWI

CROSSING LIGHTS BY BEATRICE THORNTON

U.S LIQUOR (OBSCURITY OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE) BY EDGUARDO CERVANO SOTO

SKYLINE BLVD, OAKLAND BY DEAN SNODGRASS

1AM ON W 86TH BY KAITLYN ZORILLA

NERVOUS ENERGY BY CHAD AMORY

LUCHADORES LOCOS BY SCOTT AARON BULLEIT

INTAKE BY RUSTY WESTON


BURNING AWAY BY KAITLYN ZORILLA

DOWNTOWN OAKLAND WALGREENS UP FROM THE ASHES BY CARL W. LANTZ

WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY BY SUSAN HARDING

TAKE OUT BY RUSTY WESTON

DISQUIET BY SAM MAC ADAMS

TURKEY LEG BY RAMI LEVINSON

OUTSIDE OUTSIDE, SUNSET AFTER SUNSET BY VISHESH VIKRAM SINGH

END OF THE NIGHT, END OF THE ROPE BY PAIGE LE

A NIGHT ON THE TOWN BY KATHY WALTON

UNTITLED BY NAIMA NAZ

US BY HEIDI KNEZ

ALL MY FRIENDS BY JAMES GROSSI

MIDTOWN BLUES BY LUCAS YAN

SWING LOW BY MILISA COLEMAN

MIDNIGHT WALK BY STEPHANIE WILLIAMSON

FALSE IDOL BY STUART BASS

DANCING ON EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS BY PAUL KESSINGER

AMBER BY SAM MAC ADAMS

UNTITLED BY JEREMY AUSTIN DE LEON

MIDNIGHT HOT DOGS BY SHERRY KARVER

BEFORE THE PARTY, TWILIGHT IN MORCOM ROSE GARDEN BY VICTORIA REMLER

MIDNIGHT RODEO BY SCOTT AARON BULLEIT

PALM SPRINGS BY CALDER ANDERSON

NO CAPTAINS BY BOB SHONKOFF

UNTITLED BY JEREMY AUSTIN DE LEON

RIGHT DOWN MY ALLEY BY VISHESH VIKRAM SINGH

APPARITION BY GENE DOMINIQUE