Manna Gallery

Manna Gallery Manna Gallery Manna Gallery presents contemporary art by emerging and mid - career artists, mainly from Northern California.

A member of Oakland’s Art Murmur since 2011, our goal is to select the most interesting and innovative work being produced in one of the most creative regions in the country. We are open to the public and admission is free.

Are you with me NOW? Now on view. Manna Gallery is open for First Friday September 4th from 5-8pm. See you there!Jeanne ...
09/02/2026

Are you with me NOW? Now on view. Manna Gallery is open for First Friday September 4th from 5-8pm. See you there!

Jeanne Lorenz is a Vallejo-based abstract painter whose work emerges from a daily drawing practice, embodied walking, and extended treks along the Pacific Crest and John Muir Trails. She earned her MFA in Painting from Yale University (1998) and her BFA with High Distinction from California College of the Arts (1994). Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally, including White Room and Outer Boroughs at White Columns (New York), 100 Drawings at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (Long Island City), Interior Excess at The Drawing Center (New York), and Shadowshop at SFMOMA (San Francisco). Lorenz is a tenured professor of art at Solano College, where she has taught painting, printmaking, and design since 2008.

Are you with me NOW? On view through September 19th, with an artist talk and closing event Saturday Sept 19th from 3-5.

Manna Gallery is open Saturdays from 12-5, First Friday from 5-8 and by appointment.

Jeanne Lorenz Oakland Art Murmur
KONO (Koreatown Northgate) Visit Oakland The Oaklandside

Lovely day to see some art. Come by and see Are You With Me NOW? New paintings from Jeanne Lorenz. On view through Septe...
08/29/2026

Lovely day to see some art. Come by and see Are You With Me NOW? New paintings from Jeanne Lorenz. On view through September 19

Manna Gallery is open today and Saturdays from 12-5

Jeanne Lorenz

As always, so great to see you at Manna. Are You With Me NOW? Is on view through September 19th. This solo exhibition by...
08/24/2026

As always, so great to see you at Manna. Are You With Me NOW? Is on view through September 19th. This solo exhibition by Jeanne Lorenz, featuring new abstract paintings that emerge from an expansive daily drawing practice.

Manna Gallery is open on Saturdays from 12-5, First Fridays from 5-8 and by appointment.

Jeanne Lorenz Oakland Art Murmur 25th Street Oakland Visit Oakland The Oaklandside KONO (Koreatown Northgate)

Are you with me NOW?Jeanne LorenzAugust 15 - September 19, 2026Artist’s reception: Saturday, August 22, 2-4 pmOakland Ar...
08/20/2026

Are you with me NOW?
Jeanne Lorenz
August 15 - September 19, 2026
Artist’s reception: Saturday, August 22, 2-4 pm
Oakland Art Murmur First Friday: September 4, 5-8 pm
Artist talk/Closing reception: Saturday, September 19, 3-5 pm

Manna Gallery is pleased to present Are you with me NOW?, a solo exhibition by Jeanne Lorenz, featuring new abstract paintings that emerge from an expansive daily drawing practice. Guided by the belief that art can metabolize the emotional and ecological turbulence of our time, Lorenz transforms accumulated gestures into luminous vertical paintings that balance vulnerability with resilience. She embraces painting as an act of participation rather than escape, one that holds grief, humor, light, and hope in dynamic tension. Lorenz invites viewers into a contemplative space where attention itself becomes a form of repair, and where abstraction offers a language for imagining what might grow from uncertainty.

Jeanne Lorenz Oakland Art Murmur KONO (Koreatown Northgate) 25th Street Oakland The Oaklandside

Opening tomorrow! Come take a look or join us for an artist reception Saturday August 22 from 2-4pm. Are you with me NOW...
08/14/2026

Opening tomorrow! Come take a look or join us for an artist reception Saturday August 22 from 2-4pm.

Are you with me NOW?
Featuring: Jeanne Lorenz
August 15 - September 19, 2026
Artist’s reception: Saturday, August 22, 2-4 pm
Oakland Art Murmur First Friday: September 4, 5-8 pm
Artist talk/Closing reception: Saturday, September 19, 3-5 pm

Jeanne Lorenz Oakland Art Murmur 25th Street Oakland KONO (Koreatown Northgate)

Join acclaimed Oakland-based artist, educator, author, and curator Lisa Solomon lisa solomon for a special event celebra...
08/08/2026

Join acclaimed Oakland-based artist, educator, author, and curator Lisa Solomon lisa solomon for a special event celebrating Everything Must Go Juried Group Show. Saturday, August 8, 3–5 PM

Known for her mixed-media works and large-scale installations that explore themes of identity, craft, domesticity, and personal history, Solomon has exhibited nationally and internationally and is the author of several books on art and creativity, including the new Art/Craft/Color. She will share insights into her selection process, discuss the exhibition’s themes, and highlight works that resonated with her vision as juror. Following the talk, she will present two exhibition awards that extend opportunities beyond the exhibition itself. The Juror Award includes a featured hallway exhibition at Manna Gallery during the 2026–27 exhibition season, while the Manna Gallery Award includes inclusion in the gallery’s annual year-end group exhibition. As Manna Gallery’s first juried exhibition, Everything Must Go reflects our commitment to building new relationships with artists throughout the Bay Area and creating meaningful opportunities for future exhibition, visibility, and community engagement within our gallery program.

Lisa Solomon has been teaching at Bay Area Colleges and classes around the world for 20+ years. As a Hapa, she continually explores ideas, spaces, and materials that fall in between. A self-declared color geek, she is profoundly interested in bridging the gaps between being creative, living creatively, creating community, and making a living as a creative.

ART, CRAFT, COLOR offers twenty creative projects that celebrate the many ways color impacts creative practice and everyday life.

Celebrate the final day of Everything must go Juried show Closing Event - Jurors Talk - Awards Saturday, August 8, 3–5 P...
08/08/2026

Celebrate the final day of Everything must go Juried show
Closing Event - Jurors Talk - Awards
Saturday, August 8, 3–5 PM

Hear directly from juror Lisa Solomon as she shares insights into the exhibition’s theme, selection process, and the works that stood out among this year’s submissions. Following the talk, awards will be presented to selected artists whose work exemplifies creativity, craftsmanship, and a compelling engagement with the exhibition’s theme. This special event offers visitors a deeper understanding of the curatorial vision behind Everything Must Go and a chance to celebrate the artists whose work made a lasting impression.

lisa solomon

I be paintin
Jordan Benton
Laurie Caird Bramlage
Madelyn Covey
Dana DeKalb
Eden V. Evans
Shelley Gardner
Elena Godina
Corrine Hatt

Sarah Klein
Kathryn Kenworth
Suzy Kopf | Artist
jenifer e.s. lake
Patricia Liverman
Heath Massey
Erin McCluskey Wheeler
Manuel Rodriguez
tammi salas
John Sheridan
Maureen Shields
renetta makes art
Jamie Smith
Hannah Claire Somerville
Yana Verba // Painter
Amy Vidra
Martin Webb
JIA
lisa solomon

Monica Guillory
Colin McAllister
Michelle S. Fillmore
Bill Ward
Alexander Yoshikawa

Oakland Art Murmur 25th Street Oakland
KONO (Koreatown Northgate)

08/07/2026

Join us for the final weekend of Everything Must Go as we celebrate Manna Gallery’s first juried group exhibition. Open first Friday, August 7, 5-8 pm and Saturday August 8, 12-5pm. Closing reception and hour talk 3-5 pm on Saturday.

Spend with the artwork, connect with participating artists and fellow visitors, and reflect on an exhibition that explores what it means to let go, transform, and begin again. Whether you’ve followed the exhibition from the start or are visiting for the first time, this closing events offers a meaningful opportunity to experience the show before it concludes.

Juror lisa solomon
I be paintin
Jordan Benton
Laurie Caird Bramlage
Madelyn Covey
Dana DeKalb
Eden V. Evans
Shelley Gardner
Elena Godina
Corrine Hatt
rachel_katz_art
Sarah Klein
@​​kathrynkenworth
Suzy Kopf | Artist
jenifer e.s. lake
Patricia Liverman
Heath Massey
Erin McCluskey Wheeler
Manuel Rodriguez
tammi salas
John Sheridan
Maureen Shields
renetta makes art
Jamie Smith
Hannah Claire Somerville
sarahtravisbuck
Yana Verba // Painter
Amy Vidra
Martin Webb
JIA
lisa solomon

Monica Guillory
Colin McAllister
Michelle S. Fillmore
Bill Ward
Alexander Yoshikawa

Installation team Patrick Crotty

Everything Must Go – suggests that letting go can be an act of agency.Martin Webb The Hours Acrylic and Flashe on wood p...
08/05/2026

Everything Must Go – suggests that letting go can be an act of agency.

Martin Webb The Hours
Acrylic and Flashe on wood panel.
36" x 48" x 2"

Jia Wilson A Million Thanks (now please leave)
Paper 11" x 26"
Sometimes I act disingenuously to how I truly feel-- a sort of customer service facade that I maintain even in my personal relationships. Over time this causes burnout and
resentment. This piece represents the overstimulated feeling I reach as an introvert
pretending to be extroverted.

Alexander Yoshikawa Slant
Bronze 12" x 9.5" x 8.5"
"Slant" stands as a poignant embodiment of the unknowable, a tangible remnant of
a forgotten civilization. Its undulating surfaces, etched with the passage of countless eons, whisper tales of a past shrouded in mystery.




Everything Must Go – suggests that letting go can be an act of agency.Yana Verba Abolition Now mixed media 11" x 9" Amy ...
08/03/2026

Everything Must Go – suggests that letting go can be an act of agency.

Yana Verba Abolition Now
mixed media 11" x 9"

Amy Virda Apron Strings
Pattern Paper,Photo Transfers,Thread 30" x 16" x 2"

Bill Ward Island of the Blue Dolphins
Oil on Canvas 17.5" x 19" x 1.5"





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473 25th Street
Oakland, CA
94612

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