Peter Hassen, Cycles 3:Extinction, 2019 96X96

Catherine Daley, Aurora III, aluminum, steel, plexiglass, 2015

Bruce Beasley, Refuge of the Moon, carved granite

Map of A Delicate Balance in the Sonoma Plaza; map available at SVMA and the Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau

Jun Kaneko, Untitled Heads, Glazed Ceramic and Steel, 2003

exhibition

05.04.21 - 10.19.21

A Delicate Balance

Public Art Exhibition in Sonoma Plaza

This public art exhibition, a partnership between Sonoma Valley Museum of Art and the City of Sonoma, presents eight large-scale sculptures by four major artists from diverse backgrounds—Bruce Beasley, Catherine Daley, Peter Hassen, and Jun Kaneko. A Delicate Balance, on view in the Sonoma Plaza, explores the equilibrium between the fragile and the solid, nature and technology, and humankind and science. Through a variety of mediums, forms, and genres, the installation reminds us of the delicate balances of life as we consider how our world has changed over the past year.

Supporters:
Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce
Creative Sonoma
Leslie & Mac McQuown
Dana Simpson-Stokes & Ken Stokes
Elaine & Graham Smith
Bank of Marin
Steel Geisha Designs

A video documenting the installation of A Delicate Balance with comments by SVMA Executive Director, Linda Keaton was produced and generously donated to SVMA by board member Pat Meier-Johnson and filmmaker Russell Johnson.

Take a look below!

About the artists

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Bruce Beasley

Bruce Beasley is an American abstract expressionist sculptor born in Los Angeles and currently living and working in Oakland, CA. He studied sculpture at UC Berkeley under the instruction of Peter Voulkos and helped found the famous Garbanzo Works foundry in west Berkeley. Beasley continues to explore various sculptural mediums ranging from cast aluminum to Lucite to bronze to granite to wood. His works are in collections of major museums around the world including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Musee d’Art Moderne, Paris; and the National Art Museum of China, Beijing; among other prominent institutions.

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Catherine Daley

Catherine Daley’s sculptural works range from large installations to small and delicate pieces in bronze, aluminum, plexiglass, wood, steel and granite. Her Aurora series is based on the stunning beauty of the Aurora Borealis and allude to light, water and music. Daley teaches art at Sonoma Academy and serves on the board of Pacific Rim Sculptors. Her works have been exhibited throughout California at Sonoma State University, Marin MoCA, Museum of Sonoma County, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Paradise Ridge Winery, Napa Art Walk, Hood River Big Art, Pepperwood Preserve, and Oakwilde Ranch.

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photo by Nicole Katano

Peter Hassen

Peter Hassen is a conceptual artist working in sculpture, painting, printmaking, photography, video and landscape intervention. He has exhibited work in national galleries and on public lands for more than two decades. The Cycles series focuses on themes of nature, science, and spirituality. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hassen received his BFA from University of Colorado in Boulder and now lives and works in Sonoma.

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Jun Kaneko

Jun Kaneko was born in Nagoya, Japan and studied painting with Satoshi Ogawa during his adolescence. He came to the United States in 1963 to continue his studies at UC Berkeley, Chouinard Art Institute (CalArts), and Scripps College. He studied with Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, and Jerry Rothman during the time now defined as the California Clay Movement. Kaneko later taught at various U.S. art schools, including Scripps College, Cranbrook Academy of Art and Rhode Island School of Design. Based in Omaha since 1986, Jun Kaneko’s artwork appears in numerous international and national solo and group exhibitions and is included in more than seventy museum collections.

Press

Sonoma Plaza Welcomes New Outdoor ExhibitKate Williams, Sonoma Index-Tribune

Public Sculpture Exhibition Open in Sonoma PlazaDan Taylor, Press Democrat

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