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Never Ending Stories
December 5–28, 2025  
Artists' Reception: Friday December 5, 5–7pm
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Destroyed By Light - Malinda Blank & Sara Smallhouse
November 7–30, 2025
​Artist’s Reception: November 7, 6–8pm
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The 2nd Annual Northern California Mock Cat Show
October 10–November 2, 2025 
Art Drop Off: Mon. Oct. 6 + Tues Oct. 7, 4–7pm
Artists' Reception: Saturday October 25, 5–7pm (cat ears encouraged!) 

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​8-bit August 2
​Show extended through September 28, 2025
​Reception: Friday August 22, 6-8pm
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Michael Bone
Here All Along
July 25-August 17, 2025
Artist's Reception: Friday August 15, 6–8pm
Gallery Guide/Price List
In the news: ‘Here All Along’: Michael Bone’s colorful view of Chico opens at 1078 Gallery
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Theo Osborn
July 1–22, 2025  
Reception: Saturday July 5, 6–8pm​

Born in Japan in 2003 and raised in downtown Sacramento, Theo is an emerging artist known for his work in acrylic and oil realism. Immersed in a vibrant community of creatives, he has dedicated his life to painting, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Chico State in May 2025.

This exhibition presents a collection of Theo’s latest paintings—reproductions of digital collages assembled from internet-sourced imagery. Seeking to evoke conversation about the effects of the internet via the imagery that he collages. Pushing to represent the iconography and digital processes only seen within digital landscapes, allowing for a more in-depth consideration by utilizing traditional media such as painting.​

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Chico Print Show
June 1–22, 2025
Artists' Reception: Friday June 6, 5–8pm
Live demo with artist Dillon Vaughn Rapp: Saturday, June 7, 3–5pm
Live demo with Pedal Press: Sunday, June 15, 3–5pm
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 44th Annual 1078 Invitational
Members Show 2025

April 4–27, 2025  
Artists' Reception + Birthday Party: April 5, 6–8pm
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Inspire Student Art Exhibition 
February 28–March 23, 2025
Reception: March 13, 6–8pmThis exhibit showcases the diverse and talented work by Inspire students in grades 9–12 and features both 2D and 3D pieces created throughout the 2024-2025 school year.  The artworks include paintings, drawings, digital art, photography, and ceramics. Inspire School of Arts & Sciences is a nonprofit, award-winning public charter high school in Chico, CA.​




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Chaz Martinsen
Expiration Date

January 4–26, 2025
​Artist's Reception: Saturday January 4, 6–8pm

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Untold Stories
w/ Mark Gailey + Bill Houck 
Jessica Perelman + Rebecca Shelly 
Karen Westheimer + Sue Whitmore
December 6–29, 2024
​Reception December 6, 5–7pm
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Malaise - KYRIANNA
​Watercolor and mixed media work centered around the theme of chronic pain and illness
November 1–24, 2024
Reception November 1, 6–8pm
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The 1st Annual Northern California Mock Cat Show
​A feline art exhibit at 1078 Gallery
October 4–27, 2024
Reception October 25, 5–7pm
Music by Cat Depot
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FieldWork
​by Matilda Krulder
Sept 13–30, 2024
Reception: Fri. Sept 27, 7–9pm 
Featuring music from Ilani and Marina Welsh-Johnson 
& less often than i hoped
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8-bit August
​August 9–September 1, 2024
​Reception: Thursday, August 8, 6-8pm
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Ruth Ormerod: Selected Works
​July 12-August 4, 2024
​Reception: Friday, July 12, 5-7pm
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Bowls for Gaza
A Fundraiser
June 7-14, 2024
Silent Auction: June 13-14
Reception: Friday, June 14, 6-8pm
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Brian McNamara
Local Citrus

May 3–26, 2024
Artist's reception: Saturday May 4, 6–8pm
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43rd Annual Invitational
April 5–28, 2024
Artists' Reception + Birthday Celebration: Saturday April 6, 6-8pm
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Dragonboy + MrBlack
Zuo Bao_tv: Journey to the East Within

March 1–24, 2023
​Artists' Reception: Saturday, March 9, 5-8pm
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Jonathan Richman + Anna Marsh
February 9–25, 2024
Artists' Reception: Friday, February 9, 5–7pm
A showing of oils, watercolors, and pastels
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Blue Oak 8th Graders
January 26–February 4, 2024
Reception with the artists: Friday, January 26, 6–8pm
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Chad Schneider + Zak Elstein's ​Noir Photo Booth

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Christian Laney-Clark
​A Westerly Direction
December 1–31, 2023
Note: On Dec. 24 and 31, the Gallery will close at noon.
Artist's Reception: Friday, December 1, 6-8pm

Movie Night: Free showing of Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch, Fri. Dec. 15 at 7pm
Chili Dinner: Fri. Dec. 29 at 6pm | $5
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LOLA
THERE ARE MANY POSSIBLE FUTURES X CONDUIT X THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH
October 27–November 19, 2023
Artist's Reception: Friday October 27, 7:06pm

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Twenty-four nights of performance centered around the themes of ritual, chance, and repetition. Every night at 7:06pm,  come see me as I am.
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Jesseca Simmons
Micro Landscapes
September 29 –October 22, 2023
Artist's Reception: Friday September 29, 6-8pm

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Micro Landscapes treads the edges of science, abstraction, and imagination. The photos and videos of microscopic imagery are invisible to the naked eye, and are simultaneously reminiscent of terrestrial landscapes. A magnified perspective conjures our beautiful world while evoking aspects of its climate reality. 
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Brandon A Hernandez
​The Sun to Your Back | El Sol a Tu Espalda 

September 1–24, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday September 2, 6–8pm
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A print and woodblock narrative drawn from the artist's personal & shared migratory experience. The never-ending pursuit of better.
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Sea Monster
Cans and Cones
June 9–July 2, 2023
Reception: 
Saturday June 10, 6–9pm
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Jessica Perelman
I Love You

March 24–April 9, 2023
Artist's Reception: Friday March 24, 5–7pm
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Sean Peeler
A Snapshot Revisited
February 24–March 19, 2023
Artist's Reception: Friday, February 24, 5–7pm
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Rick Arnitz + John Ferrell
January 20–February 12, 2023
Artists' Reception: January 27, 2023, 5–7pm
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Tamara Murphy
Precious and Intelligent Self-Contained Multitudes

A CSU, Chico BFA culminating exhibition
December 2, 2022–January 8, 2023
Artist's Reception: Friday December 2, 5–7pm
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Shirin Towfiq
Looking For A Sign

November 4–27, 2022
Artists' Reception: Friday November 4, 5–7pm
Artist's talk at CSU, Chico as part of the Hopper Visiting Artists series: 
Thursday, November 3,  5:30pm, Arts and Humanities Bldg., Room 150

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Zen Du
Biopoiesis

October 7–30, 2022
Artist's Reception: Saturday October 8, 5–8pm
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Members Show 2022
​41st Annual Invitational
​September 16–October 2, 2022
Artists' Reception + 41st Birthday Celebration: Saturday, September 17, 6–8pm
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Perpetual Motion
Sara Bernson + Zach Cross
August 12–September 4, 2022
Artists' Reception: Thursday August 25, 6-8pm
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Jason Gardinier: Slumberspeak Technologes
An Interactive Art Show
July 8–31, 2022
Artists' Reception with live performances: Saturday July 9, 7–10pm
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Carla Resnick & Nanxi Jiang: Matter/Regeneration
April 15–May 15, 2022
Artists' Reception: Friday April 15, 5–7pm
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Board Choice: Selections from our personal collections
April 1–10, 2022
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Arts in Corrections: Images from Behind the Wall
February 25–March 27, 2022
Closing reception: Friday March 25, 6–8pm
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KYRIANNA  +  Isabella K. Saavedra 
The Women Within Me are Tired
January 14–February 13,  2022
Artist's reception: Friday January 14, 2022, 6-8pm
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(Forty-three for) Stories Ten 
December 3—January 2, 2022
Reception: Saturday December 4, 5:30–7:30pm
With Panini Machini in the parking lot!
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Jason Tannen + Tiera May        
Remnants + Rituals
October 29–November 21, 2021
Reception: Friday October 29, 6–8pm
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Members' Show 2021
40th Annual Invitational
October 1–24, 2021
Reception and 40th birthday party: Saturday, October 2, 6–8pm

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Prompt
September 10–26, 2021
Reception: Friday, September 10, 5:30-7:30pm
With Simon Asterion • Anna Basalaev-Binder • Michael Bone • Rob Davidson • Sharon DeMeyer • Pam Giuliano • Alex Hilsee • Kandis Horton • Mathew Houghton • Haley Hughes • Muir Hughes • Trevor Lalaguna • Dylan Latimer • Erin Lizardo • Kathleen McPartland • Cathleen Micheaels • Patty Moriarty • Seth Moriarty • Julia Murphy • Maria Navarro+Eric Richter • Sienna Orlando-Lalaguna • Michelle Ott • Carla Resnick • Valerie Rose • Cynthia Schildhauer+Linda Serrato • Marta Shaffer • Beth Spencer • Heather Springer • David Sutherland (Dragon Boy) • Jacob  Troester • Erin Wade • Susan Wooldridge
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Imagine Together: Hopeful Visions For Our Future
Online beginning April 19, 2021
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Zak Elstein
In Decline

May 7–June 6, 2021
​Opening Reception Friday May 7, 5-8 pm
Closing Reception Saturday May 29th 1-4 pm
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Stories Nine 
John Baca  |  Sharon DeMeyer  |  Josh Olivera  |  Lauren Ruth + Jason Clower  |  ​Sheri Simons + Judith Leinen  |  Marilyn Walsh
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Extended to April 18, 2021--Now on view!
​View exhibition pictures + video here

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Mattie Hinkley & Jacob Troester        
We Live Here Now
October 23–November 22, 2020
Opening reception (by appointment): Friday October 23

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Timestamp 2020
Rolling submissions, ongoing beginning July 18. 
VIEW GALLERY OF SUBMITTED WORK

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Jennifer Brommer: Selections from Memphis and ​The Wechslers
February 20–March 15, 2020
Artist's Reception: Saturday February 22, 6-8pm

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Terry Chatkupt & Melanie Nakaue
January 9–26, 2020
Artists' Reception: Thursday, January 9, 6-8pm (talks at 7)  |   Facebook Event
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(Six for) Stories Eight
Adria Davis + Kathleen Nartuhi + J. A. Nice + Carla Resnick
+ Eric Richter + Ruby Rudnick

December 5–29, 2019
​Artists' Reception: Saturday, December 7, 6-8pm
​With food from the Bank Club food truck!

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50/50 Art Sale Fundraiser
Saturday November 16 | 9am–3pm
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The World Evades Us: Surveying Composite Meanings of Place
Tammy LePham, Shanna Sordahl and Melanie Treuhaft
October 19–November 10, 2019
Artists' Reception: Friday October 18, 6-8pm 
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Rebecca Shelly & Rebecca Wallace: Field Notes
September 5–29, 2019
Artists' Reception: Friday, September 6, 6–8pm
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Special Art Event
Chico Print Party
Print Fair and Celebration
September 7–8, 2019
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Chico Pride presents: 
​Queer Justice is Racial Justice Art Exhibit

August 22–25, 2019
Reception: Thursday, August 22, 6;30–10pm
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Michelle Ott: Outer Space is Closer Than Antarctica
August 1–18, 2019
Artist's Reception: Saturday August 17, 6-8pm | Facebook Event
Talk with Dr. Fraka Harmsen Sat. August 3, 1pm
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Members' Show 2019
38th Annual Invitational

June 20–July 14, 2019
​Reception + 38th Birthday Celebration: Saturday, June 22, 6-8pm
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Mariam Pakbaz: Something Not Yet Made
May 9–June 2, 2019
Reception: Saturday May 11, 6-8pm
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Remembered: Art honoring loss from the Camp Fire
April 26–27, 2019
​Reception: Saturday April 27, 6-8pm
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Peter Jodaitis: The Color of Water If There Were No Sky
March 28–April 21, 2019
​Reception: Friday, April 5, 5-7:30pm
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2019 Keep Chico Weird Art Show
February 28–March 3, 2019
​Reception: Saturday, March 2, 6-9pm

PictureGhost Cup by Evelyn Ficarra
Broken Open: Sound / Word / Object
Cameron Crawford + Elise Ficarra + Evelyn Ficarra
January 17–February 10, 2019
​Reception with the artists: Saturday, January 26, 6-8pm (poetry at 7)
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PictureRudy Salgado
Stories Seven
November 29–December 23, 2018
Reception Saturday December 1, 6-8pm (with music+food)
​Robin Indar + Leslie Mahon-Russo + Dolores Mitchell +
Tom Patton + Rudy Salgado
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Death and the Maiden
Tattoo Artists Working Beyond the Flesh
June 26 – July 19, 2014
Reception: June 26, 6–8pm
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Out of Class / Out of Casa
Selections from the Students of Sal Casa
May 29 – June 21, 2014
Reception: Thursday May 29, 6-8pm
(with music by Robert Karch and Sharon DeMeyer)
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