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M. Stark Gallery Presents Christina Conklin’s Show “When We Were Ocean”
June 10th, 2023 @ 8:00am - 5:00pm
An event every week that begins at 8:00am on Sunday and Saturday, repeating until July 15th, 2023
When We Were Ocean, a solo exhibition by Half Moon Bay artist Christina Conklin, on view Friday, June 3 – Saturday, July 15. https://www.mstarkgallery.com/conklin
A reception and book signing for the artist will be held Sunday, June 4, in the gallery, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Christina Conklin’s method of infusing wet algae with inks and pigments leaves a gorgeous, unpredictable mark on watercolor paper. Compositions can be seen as documentation of elemental processes, magnified microscopic organisms and their worlds, polar landscapes, maps, and spirit animals.
Conklin thinks deeply about the Earth’s 4.5-billion-year-old recipe of time and matter. She is awestruck by the profundity of the natural world, created by chance chemical reaction. Her work persuades us to slow down and think and find a way through science and culture change to minimize and heal our impact on the planet.
Like the British and U.S. land artists of the 60s and 70s, Conklin’s art practice includes working in the field making marks directly on the land and using raw materials of the earth in her studio work. Spiritual yearnings concerning planet Earth as home to all known life are felt in Conklin’s work as well.
Conklin is co-author and illustrator of The Atlas of Disappearing Places: Our Coasts and Oceans in a Time of Climate Change (The New Press, 2021) using an ink-on-dried seaweed process. Conklin received her B.A. cum laude in religious studies and studio art from Middlebury College. She received her M.F.A. from California College of the Arts, where she focused on textiles and sculpture.
Conklin lives in Half Moon Bay and works in Pacifica, CA
M Stark Gallery, a new contemporary fine art gallery opening in Half Moon Bay, California, features Bay Area artists whose work evokes the spirit of the West Coast and is in dialogue with contemporary fine art movements. M Stark Gallery is located at 727 Main Street and is open Saturdays from 11:00am – 5:00pm, Sundays from 11:00 – 4:00pm, most Friday evenings 4:30pm – 6:00pm, adding weekdays in the summers, and by appointment.
