See & Experience
Photography by Bradain Bello
ART FWD: 5x5x5
October 18 - December 21, 2025
MarinMOCA’s ART FWD: 5x5x5 is a landmark exhibition that brings together 155 interconnected artists, forming a living network of Bay Area creativity. The project began with five renowned artists—Saif Azzuz, Arleene Correa Valencia, Liam Everett, Isabella Kirkland, and Barry McGee—each inviting five artists whose work they admire. Those artists then selected five more, creating a dynamic web of connections that spans generations, mediums, and perspectives.
The result is a sweeping portrait of the Bay Area’s creative landscape, highlighting how artistic influence travels through friendship, mentorship, and shared experience. Within this exhibition, artists lead the way through their own curiosity, intuition, and material expertise, revealing the vibrant ecosystem that continues to define and sustain art in the region.
Featured Artists
Pilar Agüero-Esparza · Justin Alexis · Kim Anno · Tana Quincy Arcega · Alexis Arnold · Claire Astrow · Saif Azzuz · Francis Baker · Zachary Hart Baker · Karen Barbour · Erik Michael Barrios Recendez · Jamal Gunn Becker · Jud Bergeron · Tiffany Bozic · Oliver Brown · Demetri Broxton · Wylie Buzzard · Yates Cessna · Colin Chapman · Wolf Boxuan Chen · Windy Chien · Yerrie Choo · Adrian Clutario · Sydney Cohen · Arleene Correa Valencia · Dre'An Cox · George Crampton Glasanos · Aaron ORFN Curry · Michael Damm · Kaya Davis · Ralf DeLa Cruz · Cheryl Derricotte · Melissa Dickenson · Anthony Discenza · Maya Djiji · Sara Dykstra · Leeza Doreian · Joe Draegert · Christopher Robin Duncan · Jamie Emerick · Liam Everett · Ana Teresa Fernandez · Terri Friedman · Linda Geary · Renee Gertler · Asma Ghanem · Bushra Gill · James Gobel · Rebekah Goldstein · Julia Goodman · Nick Gorham · Grass · Felicia Griffin · Tracy Taylor Grubbs · Sabrina Gschwandtner · July Guzman · Samara Halperin · Shylah Hamilton · Keith Hansen · Raven Harper · Naomi Hawksley · Taraneh Hemami · Mike Henderson · Angela Hennessy · Mackenzie Huber · Allison Hueman · Peter Hurley · Fox Hysen · Parker Ito · Carole Jeung · Tiangzong Jiang · Gary Katiya · Will Keating · Amy Keefer · Malcolm Kenter · Em Kettner · Ricky · Trina Michelle Robinson · Shashari Kiburi · Isabella Kirkand · Mike Kuchar · John Muir Laws · Charles Lee · Kija Lucas · Maddie Lynn · Pablo Manga · Mario Martinez · Owen McCallum-Keeler · Alicia McCarthy · Jean McElvance · Barry McGee · Wardell McNeal · Rena Monet · Rachel Morino · Héctor Muñoz · Ximena Natera · Amy Nathan · Cate Nelson · Aki Neumann · Sarah Newton · Michael Nieland · Halisi Noel-Johnson · Mansur Nurullah · Sandra Ono · Tyler Ormsby · Mae Pacaldo · Hearne Pardee · Erik Parra · Lucian Patton · Ben Peterson · Arden Pollard · Maria Porges · Mel Prest · Lucy Puls · Tricia Rainwater · Dorian Reid · Lordy Rodriguez · Laura Rokas · Esteban Samoya · Michon Sanders · Ron Moultrie Saunders · Julia Schwartz · Gabby Severson · Nikhil Sharma · Virgil Shaw · Martha Shaw · Daisy Sheff · Greg Shimada · Sarah Smith · Emma Soucek · Travis Sumerville · Colin Taniguchi · Amy Tavern · Bryan Keith Thomas · Lulu Thrower · Vera Ting · Najee Tobin · David Tomb · Shirin Towfiq · Calvin Trezise · Nate Umali · Parker Underkoffler · Vance Valenti · Paige Valentine · Isaac Vazquez Avila · Ben Venom · Victoria Wagner · Marian Wallace · Christine Wang · Catherine Wang McMahon · Francis Whitnall · Angela Willetts · Gaby Wolodarski · Jes Young · Minoosh Zomorodinia
This exhibition was made possible through the generous support of volunteers Emali Brophy, Lark Calderon Gomez, Kristin De Vivo, Diane Green, Matthew Howley, Grant Josef Muller, Shaila S. Salinas, Diane Svigals, and Nicholas Guzman, with special thanks to Norton Fine Art for their expertise in installation.
Up Next:
Set Up Situations
Set Up Situations brings together artists who use photography not merely as a medium of documentation, but as an active tool—one that intervenes, performs, and provokes. These artists approach photography as action: a gesture, a confrontation, and a collaboration. The exhibition invites viewers to consider the emotional and psychological textures embedded within images—what lies beneath the surface, in the act of looking and being seen.
Photography here becomes a form of personal activism—a space where identity, resistance, and self-representation converge. The works reclaim narratives, question visibility, and open dialogue with the unseen or untold. In this way, Set Up Situations embraces photography as an evolving, performative act, where meaning unfolds in the moment of encounter.
The exhibition’s title draws inspiration from a strategy coined by Japanese visual artist Koki Tanaka, who constructs open-ended situations without predetermined outcomes—emphasizing process, unpredictability, and collective experience.
Featuring regional, national, and international artists:
Iván Argote, Juan Brenner, Tania Candiani, Liz Cohen, Leslie García, Alan de Souza, Ana Teresa Fernández, Jim Jocoy, Michael Lundgren, Mariel Miranda, Omar Sosa, Gina Osterloh, Stephanie Syjuco, Koki Tanaka, and Richard T. Walker.
Curated by Julio Cesar Morales.
January 2026
Gina Osterloh. Mute Rash, 2008. Archival pigment print, 30 × 38.5 in.
Koki Tanaka, A Haircut by 9 Hairdressers at Once (Second Attempt), 2024.