Under The Same Sun: From Low-riders to Farmworkers

This exhibition highlights the work of five visual artists based in Central and Southern California whose practices each reflect a unique facet of the jewel that is California life. The works on view are vignettes that relate to our contemporary moment in California. As a group these artists acknowledge the daily occurrences of our shared region. The southern half of California signifies a multitude of ideas, this stems from its complicated history. The show focuses on the synchronous experiences emphasizing what is happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time. The show embodies notions of solidarity, domestic life, playful ponderings over the sensate world, as well as cultural embrace and critique. Through this lens of synchrony differences are brought together in grandeur rather than accepting a splintered and isolated existence. The exhibition celebrates a diverse stratum of communal being from various scenes of sub-urban, urban and rural life. It is an acknowledgement that we are all a part of this everyday experience, a diverse but merely a small slice of things happening today in California all in a day’s work, under the same sun.

Narsiso Martinez - @narsisomartinez

Jacqueline Valenzuela - @pieldemazapan

Luis Ramirez - @artedeluis

Oscar Pearson - @oscarpearson_

Priscilla S. Flores - @abrazameymuerdeme

The exhibition will take place at The Elverhøj Museum of History and Art in Solvang, CA, USA @elverhojmuseum

Show runs April 20th through July 7th, 2024

Opening Reception April 20th, 2024 4-6pm.