Remanence
Juan Cabrerra & Melissa walter
Oct 10 – dec 5, 2025
Gallery closed Nov 10, Veterans Day and Nov 27 – 28, Thanksgiving
RECEPTION: THURSDAY, OCT 30 | 11am – 1pm
ARTIST TALK: THURSDAY, OCT 30 at 11:30am
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 Cabrerra and Melissa Walter.
Informed by her scientific background, 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 meticulous process relies on receptive action and fine detail, using a variety of mediums to build compositions through layering, cutting, puncturing and marking. Creating dense, repetitive imagery that invites intimate engagement.
This focus on process is reflected in the work of Juan Cabrerra, whose work manipulates, repeats and splices 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 the artists explore the nuances of memory as subjective experience, interrogating the possibility of objectivity and the limits of representation.
