1805 Gallery

04/07/2022

Monty Montgomery discusses his painting process as he completes a site-specific work at Porto Vista Hotel in San Diego, California. 

1805 Gallery offers a selection of Monty Montgomery’s original works from the Geo Series that were originally commissioned by the San Diego Museum of Art in 2019 for their annual Art Alive event. 

For more information on available works from Monty Montgomery’s Geo Series please contact Lauren Siry at [email protected] 

Appointment only for private viewings located in Little Italy, San Diego. 

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11/30/2021

“It’s was so hot, and it seemed like the sun refused to go down, but it’s the first Ramadan I’ve fasted all the way through and after prayer this morning I can eat again. I couldn’t go home for Eid this year, but my friend says I can pray in the empty room upstairs as needed. I prayed there all Ramadan, sometimes using the shirt off my back for my rug. However, today is special and I laid out the plush duck blanket to worship on this holiday.”- Yasmin Kasem

Yasmine K. Kasem is a multi-disciplinary artist creating works that focus on the perception of identity, navigating hybridity, reflections of personal history and remarks on social stigma.

Featured artwork: Yasmine K. Kasem, The August Eid Mosque and prayer, 2019. Cotton, dye, and paper, 33.5 x 43.5 inches. Created while in residence

11/20/2021

Geo Series, 2020
Photo: Holly Sutor

10/27/2021

Monty Montgomery’s geometric paintings are clean precise blocks of color that are effortlessly layered and intersect to create the illusion of depth.

Montgomery is known for his Geo Series, a lifelong painting exploration with endless color and shape combinations. Bright blue triangles, fire-orange squares, lime-green trapezoids are just a few of the shapes and colors that compose Montgomery’s paintings. He has created over 115 works in the Geo series to date.

His preferred paint palette is a collection of vibrant aerosol spray cans that he selects as he develops a painting. His intuitive process demonstrates clear confidence in color and composition.

1805 Gallery is thrilled to offer a selection of Monty Montgomery’s original works from the Geo Series that were originally commissioned by the San Diego Museum of Art in 2019 for their annual Art Alive event.

For more information on available works from Monty Montgomery’s Geo Series please contact Lauren Siry at [email protected]

Appointment only for private viewings located in Little Italy, San Diego.



Image 1: Artist Monty Montgomery standing in front of Geo No. 115 - photo by Holly Sutor
Image 2: Geo No.17, 2019 Aerosol paint on panel, 7’ X 4’
Image 3: Geo No. 18, 2019 Aerosol paint on panel, 6’10” x 4’
Image 4: Artist Monty Montgomery sitting in front of Geo Panel No.17 and Geo Panel No.18
Image 5: San Diego Museum of Art, Art Alive Bloom Bash event in 2019 featuring Monty Montgomery Geo Series suspended from the building facade.

10/26/2021

It is impossible to ignore the historical references to painting when viewing Christian Garcia-Olivo’s work. Specifically, the monochrome, a symbol of spiritual purity and simplicity, highlighting the painting's physical form, color, and texture. 

While Untitled White and Pearlescent Green on Nacreous, 2020 appears to be a flat white square canvas from afar, a closer look reveals hundreds of tiny acrylic paint loops clinging to the pearlescent surface. The precise layering of loops mimics the interlocking threads of a woven textile.

Garcia-Olivo references craft techniques such as weaving and collaging to challenge contemporary issues of race, gender and identity.

When one thinks of ‘craft art’ textiles immediately come to mind. And textile’s inherent nature, like paint, is fluid. It is always in motion - it can shape and reshape in any environment or by any hand. 

By alluding to the nature of paint and paint’s ability to act like a textile Christian Garcia-Olivo establishes a connection between textile and paint, that equalizes them; disrupting the hierarchy of fine art that considers Craft a lesser form of art. 

Featured artwork: Untitled White and Pearlescent Green on Nacreous, 2020
acrylic paint on wood panel, 48” x 48”.

10/25/2021

So pleased to announce .garcia_olivo is featured by Anthony Graham in
“When looking at Christian Garcia-Olivo’s work, there is a certain kind of fascination in trying to understand what it is that one is really seeing. How did this get made? What is it made of? How long did it take? The meticulous detail of his works— paintings that take on the dimensionality of sculpture— belies the ways in which the artist embraces the spontaneity and accidents inherent in his process of working with materials. Through his own vocabulary of abstract shapes and patterns, Garcia-Olivo’s work references traditions and techniques of craft, while also prompting a reconsideration of assumptions about how we view color, texture, and form.” Read more at hereinjournal.org.

Untitled White on Pearlescent Green, 2020, acrylic paint on wood panel, 48 x 48 in.
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[Image description: A painting with background that is silvery green at the top and light pink toward the bottom. Positioned in the center is a circle of white woven strands, which sag loosely.]



HereIn is a journal for artists and writers to engage in thoughtful exchange around contemporary art in San Diego.

10/05/2021

October 5 - November 6, 2018
To Do • A Mending Project

To Do • A Mending Project was a collaborative residency with artists Michelle Montjoy, Anna O'Cain and Siobhán Arnold.

To Do • A Mending Project is a response to the escalating political, social and economic tensions in the United States that has increased divisions within communities. From October 5 through November 6, 2018 To Do hosted free workshops focused on acts of repair.
Artists guided community participants in knitting holes in sweaters, repairing jewelry, changing flat tires, and joining in simple activities like breathing or reading silently together. This social practice encourages mending actions as a mode of sustainability and creative community engagement.

“This is what we do. This is what we can do.”

Devoted to interaction and self-empowerment, 1805 Gallery functioned as a relational space that brought together diverse individuals to demonstrate the potential of communication and collaboration as a political force.

05/01/2021

Virtual Artist Q&A May 11, 6:30 PM
(Email [email protected] for link)

Craft art is commonly associated with textiles or objects that serve. And textile’s inherent nature, like paint, is fluid.
It is always in motion - it can shape and reshape in any environment or by any hand.

Christian Garcia-Olivo works mimic the properties of a textile, establishing a connection between textile and paint that equalizes them. Garcia-Olivo locates commonalities to disrupt the hierarchy of fine art that has historically considered Craft a lesser form of art.

Untitled Selections: Christian Garcia-Olivio is on view at Porto Vista Hotel
Open to the public Monday - Sunday through August 30, 2021.
1835 Columbia Street, Little Italy, San Diego
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@ Porto Vista Hotel San Diego

02/01/2021

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/visual-arts/story/2021-01-31/meet-katie-ruiz-once-a-globetrotting-creative-a-sherman-heights-artist-finds-new-inspiration-in-isolation?fbclid=IwAR3CyOBM2_EL0dnrzvuWLLREkgUAtB9IWDL68o6Yv0QSdsgEKAs1BBvg1VU

With galleries shuttered and travel discouraged due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ruiz, like many local artists, has found herself having to amend her creative processes, finding inspiration in the unfamiliar and isolated

01/25/2021

Off-site projects : On January 25, 2019 the Porto Vista Hotel officially installed the first panel of “Selva" an art installation by Ashley Fenderson that transforms the Hotel’s walkways into a warm jungle-like atmosphere. Lush foliage, vibrant colors, and Misty sea glass overlays are painted on large sections of crystal clear acrylic. Overlapped layers achieve an exciting level of depth and complexity, transforming a traditional walkway into a space activated by the changing light of sun by day and car headlights by night.
Swipe to see Ashley working on the panels on site.

Off-site projects : ✨On January 24, 2019 the Porto Vista Hotel officially installed the first panel of “Selva" an art installation by Ashley Fenderson that transforms the Hotel’s walkways into a warm jungle-like atmosphere.
🌿🌴Lush foliage, vibrant colors, and Misty sea glass overlays are painted on large sections of crystal clear acrylic.

🌞Overlapped layers achieve an exciting level of depth and complexity, transforming a traditional walkway into a space activated by the changing light of sun by day and car headlights by night. 🚘✨

👉Swipe to see Ashley working on the panels on site.