Maysha Mohamedi & Tamra Seal
“All Summer in a Day”
March 12 – April 9, 2016
Opening Reception: March 12, 2016 2-5pm
Born in Los Angeles in 1980, Maysha Mohamedi earned an MFA from California College of the Arts (2011) and a BS in Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego (2002). Prior to enrolling in graduate school, she worked as a researcher in molecular neuroscience where she studied the neural basis of addiction. She has exhibited widely in Northern and Southern California, including exhibitions at Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Francisco, Steve Turner Contemporary in Los Angeles, and the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley. She is the recipient of several awards and residencies, ranging from a National Science Foundation Fellowship in Tokyo, to an AICAD New York Studio Residency. Her work has been profiled in The Huffington Post, KQED Arts, and SF Arts Quarterly.
Tamra Seal’s light oriented sculptures have form drawn from cinematic imagery. Referencing telephone booths, swimming pools and flying saucers, Seal fabricates her sculptures with synthetic materials in fluorescent colors creating works that are otherworldly, strange and affective. Seal was originally trained as a painter at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Turning to large scale sculpture/installation, she earned an MFA in sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute. Engaged in a hybrid practice, Seal creates three-dimensional works and often proceeds to photograph and animate them towards a sculpture-photo-meld. Oscillating between 2D and 3D perceptual phenomena, her work challenges the viewer to contemplate their individual sensory experience. Recent exhibitions include 2 x 2 Solos: Pro Arts, Ever Gold, Interface and City Limits galleries. Seal lives and works in Oakland.
