Sally Kristina Smith

I create both abstract and representational oil paintings. I paint wet into wet and often mix colors on the canvas to blur the boundaries between objects. My intent is to create a feeling of interconnectedness and ambiguity so that we can experience the world a little differently. I also create charcoal from unique materials such as money, food, documents and plants. These materials have meanings that I can integrate into a drawing or painting.

Stanford University, Bachelor of Arts
University of Utah, Juris Doctor

Solo Exhibitions
2024 Turning to Salt, Icarus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2023 As an Arrow, Carl Hansen & Søn, San Francisco, CA
2022 Entanglement, Icarus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2021 Memory Imagined, Moss Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2019 Burn Rate, Gallery 60SIX, San Francisco, CA
2018 American Institute of Architects East Bay Gallery Tour, Berkeley, CA
2017 Calorie Project, Gallery 60SIX, San Francisco, CA


Group Exhibitions
2025 Left Coast Award Winners Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2024 MarinMOCA Inaugural Open, Marin, CA. Juried by Lawrence Binder
2024 Metamorphosis, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA. Juried by Elena Gross
2024 Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, CA. Juried by Janna Keegan
2024 Joy, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Juried by Karen Gutfreund
2024 Series and Repetition, Site Brooklyn Gallery. Juried by Yulia Topchiy
2024 Blue, O'Hanlon Gallery, Mill Valley, CA. Juried by Sarah Shepard
2023 Black & White, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Juried by James Bacchi
2023 Art & Ecology, O'Hanlon Gallery, Mill Valley, CA. Juried by Obi Kaufmann
2023 bit by bit, Gallery 60SIX, San Francisco, CA.
2023 Cultural Currency: Contemporary Art from the Riemer Collection, Woodson Art Museum, Wasau, WI.
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