Essential Adaptations: Printmaking from Costa Rica
The Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery presents Essential Adaptations: Printmaking from Costa Rica, on view October 28, 2025 – February 13, 2026. Developed with Irene Carvajal, Senior Lecturer in Pictorial Art, the exhibition highlights how Costa Rican artists transform limited resources into sustainable printmaking practices through reuse, recycling, and material innovation. Featuring works by Vicente Alpízar-Jiménez, Adrián Arguedas, Yula J. Cambronero-Bonilla, Carolina Córdoba Zamora, Rudy Espinoza, Alberto Murillo-Herrera, Emilia Prieto Tugores, Raquel Valverde Rodríguez, Alejandro Villalobos Cabezas, and IMPRINT, the show explores Costa Rica’s printmaking past and future. The artists address identity, memory, gender, and social critique while pushing the medium’s boundaries with inventive, ecologically conscious methods. Historical works loaned by the Museo de Arte Costarricense complement this presentation. This exhibition is co-sponsored by the Natalie and James Thompson Gallery and the College of Humanities & the Arts Artistic Excellence Programming Grant.
November 6, 2025 - March 24, 2026 : The Hammer2 Gallery features a continuously rotating display featuring the work from local artists and SJSU alumni. This exhibition brings together the work of six artists: Manuel Rodriguez, Adrianne Smits, Andrea Rodriguez, Valentino Loyola, Jonathan Fung, and Renee Billingslea. Working in a variety of media, including photography, embroidery, ink, and digital media, these artists share an interest in their surroundings and turn their unique visions and sensibilities to the world around them, focusing on subject matter that ranges from the ephemeral to the monumental.
