Robert T. Matsui Art Gallery

Located at Sacramento City Hall, 915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm
CURRENT EXHIBITION
Women I Have Encountered
Malaquias Montoya
August 15 - November 3, 2019
Reception and Artist Talk - Free and Open for All!
Friday, September 27, 2019
6:00pm - 7:30pm, City Hall Room 1119
Women I Have Encountered is an exhibition celebrating the contribution of women, selected from 40 years of work created by Malaquias Montoya, UC Davis professor emeritus of Chicano studies and art.
This exhibition includes Montoya’s powerful charcoal drawings, collage works and silkscreen prints, alongside his larger painted narratives, all of which depict the strength and extraordinary role of women during both peaceful and turbulent times. Montoya’s portraits of women include a series titled A Moment of Silence, in which a solitary woman reflects after hearing of César Chávez’s passing.
Montoya’s unique visual expression is an art of protest, depicting the resistance and strength of humanity in the face of injustice and the necessity to unite behind that struggle. Well known for his silkscreen prints, Montoya is credited by historians as one of the founders of the social serigraphy movement in the Bay Area in the mid-1960s. He has lectured and taught at numerous colleges and universities including Stanford, UC Berkeley, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Texas, San Antonio. He taught at California College of Arts and Crafts for 12 years, followed by 19 years teaching at UCD until his retirement in 2008. Montoya is co-founder of Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer, a community-based art center in Woodland, CA. In 2011, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center published a full-length monograph about Montoya and his work. A catalog titled Women I Have Encountered was produced by the Vacaville Museum and is available for purchase.
For all inquiries regarding this exhibition, please contact Lorrie Kempf: [email protected].
PAST EXHIBITIONS
May 6 - August 12, 2019
Mexican American Baseball in Sacramento - Center for Sacramento History
February 1 - May 6, 2019
City of Trees: Sacramento Artists Explore the Life of and Around Trees
Paula Bellacera, Elaine Bowers, Linda Clark Johnson, Frank Ordaz, Helen Plenert, Angela Ridgway
September 10 - December 4, 2018
Short Center North: Incorporating the Arts to Make a Difference
May 10 - September 4, 2018
cre·a·tor: An Exploration of Making Art While Raising Children
Troy Dalton, Linda Fitz Gibbon, Laurelin Gilmore, Frank Ordaz, Annie Murphy-Robinson, Natalie Sakurai
January 15, 2018 - March 5, 2018
Surface: Fabric Collage, Encaustic, Wire Crochet, Steel, and Ceramic by Sacramento area artists
Merle Axelrad, Jaya King, Meech Miyagi, William Ishmael, Maggie Jimenez