A new article in the April 2024 issue of Architectural Digest features a house in Northern California with the concrete quilt, A Pattern Language and paper collages from Lena’s studio. Interior by Commune Design and photography by Laure Joilet.
Kala 50
KALA 50 - Art Auction Benefit & 50th Anniversary Party
Thursday, March 21- Saturday, April 27, 2024
50th Anniversary Party w/ live auction and short program - Saturday, April 27, 6-9pm
Auction donation:
Unfolding Flowers, Building Bridges, 2024
collage with hand-cut papers
29 x 28.5 inches
Art for Democracy 2024
Art for Democracy is the new umbrella for a multi-pronged initiative that encompases a series of fundraisers for grassroots voting organizations in the United States, along with a national public art campaign to encourage voter participation. Learn more at the project website.
Forms of Forms of Forms, Local Language Art
Forms of Forms of Forms, Closing Party
Friday, September 1st, 5 to 9PM
477 25th Street, Oakland, California
6pm - Artist talk with Meghan Faulkner, Lena Wolff & Carin Adams, Senior Curator of Art at Oakland Museum of California.
7-10pm - Music and Performance: Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs, Claire Plumb & Guests and Will Schwartz & Tomo Yasuda
Color Theory Workshop, Western Hills Garden
This workshop offers an interactive crash course in color theory for beginners and practicing artists alike in the idyllic setting of a landmark garden in Northern California. Hands-on exercises in paint mixing and collage uncover the basic properties of color, the bizarre nature of color relativity, and the science behind color perception. While mostly focusing on art exercises, an in-depth slideshow is presented with examples from the early mid-century color theorists Johannes Itten and Josef Albers, combined with images from folk art, textiles and contemporary Bay Area artists.
Follow Western Hills Garden to learn more about their upcoming programming.
Saturday, April 29, 2023
10am to 4pm
Western Hills Garden, Occidental, California
RADIANT WINDOWS, SARAH SHEPARD GALLERY
a two-person show with Bay Area artist, Kelly Ording
opening Saturday, November 12, 2022 3-5pm
Sarah Shepard Gallery
2245 Larkspur Landing Circle / Marin Country Mart, accessible by car or ferry
through January 7, 2023
2022 MIDTERM BILLBOARDS
Thanks to a collaboration with artist Michele Pred, Save Art Space and generous donations by the public, 11 midterm billboards for reproductive freedom were installed in swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin ahead of the 2022 US elections.
To learn more about the project, link HERE.
Social Abstraction, Haines Gallery
Social Abstraction at Haines Gallery
September 10 - October 29, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 10, 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Angelo Filomeno, Won Ju Lim, Aili Schmeltz, David Simpson, Robert Stone, Lena Wolff
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Haines Gallery proudly presents Social Abstraction, a group exhibition showcasing works by Angelo Filomeno, Won Ju Lim, Aili Schmeltz, David Simpson, Robert Stone and Lena Wolff. Working in a diverse selection of media and practices, these six artists demonstrate the potential for line, color and form to address both real-world concerns—political truths, environmental degradation and conservation, affordable housing—and matters of the mind and spirit.
Hella Feminist, Oakland Museum of California
Hella Feminist
Opens July 29, 2022 I OMCA Great Hall
Hella Feminist, celebrates the lesser-known stories of feminism in Oakland and the Bay Area. Bringing together historic objects from the Museum’s collection such as posters, pins, and photographs, alongside newly commissioned works by artists, Hella Feminist aims to challenge, provoke, and inspire visitors to reconsider and expand their understanding of feminism and its complicated history.
Processing harmony, Sarah Shepard Gallery
a group exhibition at Sarah Shepard Gallery
Featuring Rinne Allen, Rachel Kaye, Serena Mitnik-Miller, Kelly Ording, Leah Rosenberg & Lena Wolff
July 21- September 6, 2022
Opening: Saturday, July 23rd, 2-4pm
2245 Larkspur Landing Circle / Marin Country Mart, accessible by car or ferry
Art Kala - 2022 Auction
A Benefit for Kala Art Institute
April 7 to May 22, 2022
auction donation image: Drawing for Morning #13, 2021
watercolor and acrylic on paper
17 x 17 inches framed
Art for Democracy Fundraiser
Art for Democracy
an in-person art auction to benefit Black Voters Matters Fund
811 Broadway, downtown Oakland
Saturday, March 26th 6-8pm
Color Council Chromatic Journey at SFMOMA with Leah Rosenberg + Guests
Join Leah Rosenberg and six color experts on a chromatic journey through SFMOMA’s galleries.
Thursday, Mar 3, 2022, 6pm at SFMOMA
Floor 2 in front of Leah Rosenberg’s Getting Better Everyday a Color
IMAGE: Leah Rosenberg, Where Once Was None, 2015 (installation view, One Day at a Time); collection SFMOMA, photo: courtesy the artist
The Artist's Eye, Berkeley Art Museum
The Artist’s Eye at BAMPFA centers the artistic vision of four artists, Tammy Rae Carland, David Huffman, Lava Thomas, and John Zurier, who were each invited to organize a section of the exhibition, using artworks and archival material from the museum’s collection, as well as select works of their own that range across diverse media, approaches to making, and historical time periods.
A new collage made for the exhibition is on view.
The Artist’s Eye
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
March 19th to July 17th
exhibition preview March 16th / public opening March 19th, 2022
A Language for the Commons
Solo exhibition of new drawings, collages and wood sculpture
at Sarah Shepard Gallery
2245 Larkspur Landing Circle / Marin Country Mart, accessible by car or ferry
on view through December 7th, 2021
Dahlia Scarf for Tessuto EditionS
In January 2021, Tessuto Editions released a scarf based on a new Dahlia variation I made for their collection of art scarves. 100% silk, made in Italy, 38” x 38 inches, available at Tessuto Editions
Berkeley Art Museum
In the lead up to the November 2020 US election, the Berkeley Art Museum projected images from the VOTE! poster series on their outdoor screen.
New Collections
The SFMOMA, the Oakland Museum of California and the SF History Collection at the San Francisco Public Library acquire a full set of 2020 VOTE posters for their permanent collections.
2020 VOTE Posters
30,000 VOTE posters made in collaboration with designer Lexi Visco were recently printed and distributed to over 100 cities across the country ahead of the November 2020 election as a free public art project.
To learn more, visit the VOTE poster project website: HERE.
Miriam Klein Stahl and Lena Wolff Day
On November 12, 2019 Mayor Jesse Arreguin named ‘Miriam Klein Stahl and Lena Wolff Day’ in the city of Berkeley.