MiraCosta Art Gallery

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  • The Reveal

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    The Reveal

    Student Art Exhibition

    MAY 2020

    The MiraCosta College Art Department is proud to present the annual student art exhibit. An all media show features MiraCosta College  student work created during the academic year Fall 2019 & Spring 2020.

  • Women Work

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    Women Work

    Wayne Hulgin & Nikko Mueller

    MAR 10 – APR 9, 2020

    This current exhibition features five women artists from different generations and cultural backgrounds.

    Through diverse mediums, ranging from sculpture, video, and two-dimensional work, these artists provide a nuanced view into how women’s voices and their aesthetic expression have evolved over the last 60 years.

    “…this exhibition makes a powerful visual argument about our collective struggles: we cannot achieve liberation, feminist or otherwise, without considering deeply, a heterogeneity of experience.
    We cannot have true liberatory action without considering racial equity, environmental preservation, the dismantling of violence of nation and borders,without considering class and gender struggle, and without looking toward how we might decolonize…”

    –Women Work: What Does Feminism Mean to You?, Annica Cox

    ARTISTS: Allison Beaudry, Eshrat Erfanian, Anna O’cain, Griselda Rosas, Faith Wilding


  • Surface Tension

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    Surface Tension

    Wayne Hulgin & Nikko Mueller

    Feb 4 – Feb 28, 2020

    Wayne Hulgin’s mixed media work—whether it’s wood, paper, canvas, layers of paint, or lines of graphite—is involved with the visual aspects of what you are really looking at and how it’s put together, how it works with the wall, and how it works with the light. He is not limited by the need to include symbolism, communicate a narrative or promote a political agenda, which he feels might prevent him from experimenting and going forward. In Hulgin’s words, “What you see is what you get—nothing more, nothing less. My work is not about anything other than what’s right before your eyes.”

    Nikko Mueller’s recent work developed from a standing
    exploration of disruption, destabilization, and transformation. He is
    interested in examining and manipulating the various components
    of a painting: image, surface, and support. Beginning with a basic vocabulary of elemental shapes and color relationships, Mueller folds the canvas and re-stretches it, editing the information, distorting the arrangement, and often letting the margin infiltrate the image space. 
    The forms in his paintings are eclipsed, compromised, and then reconstituted, as he attempts to reconcile or “fix” the painting. In the end, these paintings exist in the space left between ideal and acciden


  • Remanence

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    Remanence

    Juan Cabrera & Melissa walter

    Oct 22 – dec 5, 2025

    Gallery closed Nov 10, Veterans Day and Nov 27 – 28, Thanksgiving

    JOIN US THIS SATURDAY, NOV 22 – Melissa Walter will be at the MiraCosta Gallery from 12-2pm. Melissa Walter will be taking questions and sharing her insights into her creative process and inspiration for this exhibition. The MiraCosta Gallery will be open from 10-2pm.

    RECEPTION: THURSDAY, OCT 30 | 11am – 1pm

    ARTIST TALK: THURSDAY, OCT 30 at 11:30am

    SECOND RECEPTION: SATURDAY, NOV 15 | 5-7pm

    The interplay of memory versus reality in relation to the psychological and physical human experience is centered in this abstract exhibit of works by San Diego artists Juan Cabrera and Melissa Walter.

    Informed by her background in astrophysics, Melissa Walter’s mixed-media practice is deeply rooted in observation, research, and the translation of scientific concepts into abstract, minimalist works that investigate humanity’s place within the cosmos. Her process relies on conceptually informed mediums and techniques ranging from repetitive action and fine detail, to digital renderings and sculptural abstractions.

    This focus on process is reflected in the work of Juan Cabrera, whose process involves manipulating found photographic source material to create works on paper depicting architectural dream spaces. Through his practice in watercolor and woodblock printmaking, he investigates emotional attachment to architectural interior space, layering disparate textures and images to reveal hidden tensions.

    Together, the work of these artists explores the nuances of memory as subjective experience, interrogating the possibility of objectivity and the limits of representation.

  • DISRUPTED PATHOLOGY

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    DISRUPTED PATHOLOGY

    Joshua Almond

    aUG 27 – OCT 10, 2025

    (Gallery closed Sept 1, Labor Day)

    RECEPTION: WEDNESDAY, SEPT 3 | 2 – 4PM

    ARTIST TALK: WEDNESDAY, SEPT 3 AT 2:30PM

    Through his wooden sculptures, studio furniture, and drawings, Joshua Almond examines cellular processes where normal patterns break down, exploring the visual poetry found in these moments of biological disruption.

    These profound transformations reveal tensions between order and chaos, growth and decay. Each piece investigates how dysfunction possesses its own beauty and logic, transforming microscopic phenomena into human-scaled encounters.

    The inclusion of functional furniture alongside sculptural works creates a further dialogue between utility and organic inspiration. Rather than clinical illustration, the works in this exhibition provoke a re-examination of the multitude of cells collectively responsible for our own unique shape, and the moments of crisis when life’s programming encounters beautiful errors and necessary failures.

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    September 3, 2025

  • Behind The Scenes

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    Behind The Scenes

    Invitational Multimedia Art Show

    Spring 2021

    MiraCosta Community College presents Behind the Scenes. An invitational multimedia art show featuring the art practices of permanent staff from MiraCosta College Art Department.

    ARTISTS: Elizabeth Bautista, Allison Beaudry, Michael Rybicki, Dara Vasko

  • Interpretations

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    Interpretations

    Student Exhibit

    Spring 2021

    The MiraCosta College Art Department is proud to present the annual student art exhibit. An all media show features MiraCosta College  student work created during the academic year Fall 2020 & Spring 2021.

    drawing i

    drawing ii

    oil painting

    life drawing i

    life drawing ii

    life drawing iii

  • Where Time Stops

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    Where Time Stops

    Art 295 Student Exhibit

    may 23 – 27, 2022

    This exhibition is the capstone project of the Visual Art/Professional Practice (Art 295) course, featuring a stunning collection of original works by art majors who honed their skills in studio courses offered by the Art Department. These talented students have collaborated to create a cohesive exhibition and experience of their artwork, presenting it publicly for the very first time.

    ARTISTS: Lena Nechet, Catherine Sung, Katie Edwards, Jasmine Torres, Ailyn Ortiz

  • Unlocked

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    Unlocked

    Art Faculty Exhibition

    Sept 13 – 30, 2022

    The MiraCosta College Art Department is proud to present the annual faculty art exhibit. An all media show features MiraCosta College  faculty work from all art classes.