Transmission Gallery

Contemporary Art in Oakland
Open Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays, 12 - 5 pm, and by appointment
​(closed major holidays including First Friday, July 4th)

​Concurrent exhibitions now on view at Transmission Gallery!

Featured  Solo Exhibition:

William Rhodes
Saints and Heroes

June 12 – July 26, 2025
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Opening Reception
Saturday, June 14th from 3-5 pm

Artist's Talk
Saturday, June 28th starting at 4 pm
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More About Saints and Heroes

William Rhodes, Damballa, carved wood, photo on fabric, paint, needle and thread, 24in x 18in x 5in

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Solo Exhibition now in the  Small Space at Transmission Gallery 

Jeannie O'Connor
Framing Identity

Creative Growth Chalkboard Drawings Self-Portrait Project

June 5 - July 19, 2025​

Please join us for the Artist's Reception
Saturday, June 14th from 3-5 pm
(After the No Kings protest in Oakland)

Artist's Talk
Saturday, June 28th starting at 3:15pm
(William Rhodes' Talk to follow at 4 pm)
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More About Framing Identity

Jeannie O'Connor, Joe, photograph from New 55 negative

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Curious about the No Kings Day Reception on June 14th and our current exhibitions? 

​Gallery Owner/Directors Cameron Brian and Ruth Santee discuss the No Kings Day receptions and the work on view with gallery manager, TaVee Lee, at this youtube link: https://youtu.be/IHTsExN9qBg, or click the image

In case you haven't heard, June 14th is No Kings Day in Oakland, and indeed, all across the Nation, with protests taking place through out the Bay Area. Don't let that stop you from coming out to our Artists' Reception that day from 3-5pm.  If you're planning to attend a No Kings event, come on by afterward to greet the artists, check out the new work in the gallery and get something cool to drink along with a light snack out on our lovely deck! 

If you're not up for participating with a crowd, consider stopping by Transmission Gallery as an alternate form of protest. As we often do, we will be showing artworks that speak to equity and inclusion in concurrent solo shows, with more art to see in our Gallery Showroom. Transmission Gallery is easily accessible from local freeways and a distance away from City Hall and Ogawa Plaza so there should be plenty of parking and not that much traffic in our area. The gallery will be open from noon to 5, with refreshments served starting at 3 pm.

New to the idea of going to an Art Gallery Reception? Come check it out. This event is fun, free and open to the public.
Find us upstairs at 770 West Grand Ave. with free street parking along West Grand Ave. and the nearby neighborhood.

Opportunities for Artists

The Transmission Gallery team discusses Pint Size 3, in this YouTube podcast.

PINT SIZE 3: Small Scale Artwork

National Call for Entries

Entry Deadline: Sunday July 27th

Show your small-scale artwork in Oakland, California! This is our third national call for entries for small scale artworks in any medium. Last time we showed work by well over a hundred artists with even more space allotted this year to Pint Size 3. Submit your artwork in any medium for a chance to be part of this wide ranging and well attended exhibition!
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Transmission Gallery invites submission of small-scale artworks for exhibition in Oakland, California, September 18 – November 1, 2025.  Artists may submit up to 4 artworks. 3D artwork may be up to 7 inches wide x 7 inches deep x 8 inches high. Wall mounted pieces may be up to 7 inches high x 7 inches wide, including the frame, if framed. 

  Submit to Pint Size 3  

More about Pint Size 3

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In the Transmission Gallery Laundry Room Showcase:

New prints by Toru Sugita are now on view in the Laundry Room! 

Why the Laundry Room? The gallery was once a home and indeed, this space was the Laundry Room.  Now it's an intimate gallery space, perfect for special showings of work. Sugita's work  currently on view reflects on his two homes, one in California and one in Japan.

Toru Sugita, Father and I

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More art to see in the Transmission Gallery Artists' Showroom:

Check out more artwork in the Artists' Showroom at Transmission Gallery, including Dave Yoas' recent cut tin collage piece, Clown On Clown Violence.  While you're in the gallery be sure to step into the Office to see work by Robin L. Bernstein, M. Mark Bauer, Dana DeKalb and more ...
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More about the Showroom

detail, Dave Yoas' cut tin collage, Clown on Clown Violence #2

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About Transmission Gallery

Established in 2012, Transmission Gallery presents contemporary art, showing primarily regional and national figurative artists with an emphasis on work emerging from the California Funk Art Movement, Abstracted Figuration, Neo-Funk, Expressionism and Socially Engaged Art.  

As artists and art educators themselves, gallery owner/directors Ruth Santee and Cameron Brian have a passion for art and its various forms of expression, often showing unconventional work with a  point of view.
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