Artist Rebecca Archer stands with her friends as she shows off her Best In Show painting, Unbreakable, which features 3 Black girls.

Artist Rebecca Archer (blue sweater) with her Best In Show painting, Unbreakable.

17th Annual Women’s View 2022

March 1-April 29, 2022 | The Caldwell & Community Galleries

400 County Center, Redwood City

Free and open to the public M-F 8a-5p

Contact: curator@smcgov.org

Women’s View 2022, the 17th annual San Mateo County Women’s Art Show, recognizes, celebrates, and honors women, non-binary, and gender nonconforming artists who live or work in San Mateo County. Women’s View 2022 is proudly co-sponsored by San Mateo County’s Commission on the Status of Women in March, nation Women’s History Month.

This year, artwork from over 70 local artists will be on view in The Caldwell & Community Galleries. The exhibition features a diverse range of medium: painting, photography, charcoal drawing, mixed media, digital painting, and yarn work.

The artists featured in Women’s View 2022 likewise represent a great diversity reflective of the larger San Mateo County community. In their artistic practices, these artists draw on a vast array of heritages, lived experiences, and finely tuned imaginations.

Up to three $100 awards and three Honorable Mentions will be determined by this year’s juror, Alena Sauzade, Gallery Director and Collections Manager at San Jose State University. Sauzade, who holds a Ph.D. in Art History from Stony Brook University, has launched a number of initiatives, including California Ecologies, a  collaborative and multidisciplinary multiyear curatorial program that focuses on exploring California’s past and present and brings a diverse group of artists, writers, researchers and professionals together in dialogue about the future of our state.

Artists: Esther Ahn, Rebecca Archer, Renata Vegaria Aryanti, Latifat Apatira, Kristina Ayala, Julia Barboza, Sumedha Barna, Ann Berljafa, Linda Borg, Cathy Cakebread, Mea Christie, Donna Colson, Lynette Cook, Elvira Dayel, Jacqui de Borja, Chris Ehlers, Hedvig Flores, Jean Fontes, Beth Grossman, , PaulaClaudine A. Hobsoncoard-Mora, Xuan My Ho, Angela Holmes, Shirley Innes, Dipti Irla, Rachel Jude, Nisha Kabra, Sandra Keely, Anna Kern, Winsor Kinkade, Ellen Lee, Sophie LeVasseur, Doitsha Lexington, Jenel Lim, Noemi Manero, Linda Manes Goodwin, Linda Maki, Rema Mansi, Elaine McCreight, Nancee McDonell, Laura McHugh, Ryann Murrin, Jes Muse, Yvonne Newhouse, Anna Nguyen, Christine Ong-Dijcks, Cheryl Perman, Jean Polk, Shala Pipes, Judy Quitoriano, Janet Rae-Dupree, Jasmine Reid, Maria Elisa Valle Remond, Cynthia Rettig, Hilary Rowen, Sally Ryan, Mona Lisa Safai, Joyce Savre, Marion Schneider, Carol Sconzert, Claire Sonnenburg, Delma Soult, Angi Shine, Benu Shroff, Paula Sutor, Nancy Simenc, Fatima Tehranchi, Rosanne Torre, Peche Turner, Lorraine Vallero, Nelli Varavva, Lesly Vasquez, Bella Villanueva, Casey Watson, Jane Henri Williams.

Video walk through of the exhibition

Artist Jasmine Reid stands with her dark green painting

Jasmine Reid. Brilliance, Overlooked.

Artist stands with her painting featuring blue clouds emerging from a woman's mind, heart, and body

Artist Nelli Varavva (left) stands with her painting, Looking Inwards. Curator Shawna Vesco Ahern stands on the right.

Artist Jean Polk stands with her painting, featuring an elderly lady bent over a book reading

Jean Polk.

Artist stands with her painting featuring a black woman and her golden retriever

Jane Henri Williams

Artist Donna Colson shows off her painting of a magical realist town

Donna Colson (left) and her painting Tenement Housing.