WHAT: A HOLIDAY ART SALE AND AFTERPARTY W/ A LIVE SET BY DJ HELLATALLBABY
WHEN: SATURDAY DECEMBER 20 TH - SALE: NOON- 6PM, AFTERPARTY: 6-9PM
WHERE: MELINA FINKELSTEIN STUDIO-GALLERY 6020 ADELINE STREET OAKLAND, CA. 94608
All art, (paintings and tapestries) will be 15% off and 10% of each sale will benefit Serenity House, an Oakland women’s shelter that provides comprehensive social support for survivors of domestic violence.
OPEN CALL
The Melina Finkelstein Gallery, located at 6020 Adeline street Oakland, CA, invites all painters and textile-based artists and curators to submit proposals for exhibitions in 2026. All exhibiting artists will have the opportunity to collaborate on a rug collection. Interested? Fill out the form below! Thank you artists! This project is part of a mission to build an artist-centered rug company. Learn more about Melina’s vision.
Melina Finkelstein Art gallery wall with four large textile and fabric artworks displayed on a white wall in a contemporary art gallery.
Melina Finkelstein Art A woman wearing a white shirt and blue scarf reads a photo book, standing inside a room with a bright light coming from a large window behind her. Two women are in the background, engaged in conversation.
Melina Finkelstein Art Two pieces of modern art hang on a white wall, one with geometric patterns in black, green, beige, blue, and brown, and the other with a three-dimensional woven pattern in red, pink, purple, and yellow.
Melina Finkelstein Art A wooden table with a vase of red, yellow, and orange flowers, a stack of napkins with pink borders, a travel magazine titled 'Cocoa & Jasmine,' a small yellow card, and a piece of white paper.
Colorful textile art pieces hung on a white wall, including a long vertical piece with pink, green, yellow, and orange geometric patterns, and various embroidery designs with floral and abstract motifs. Melina Finkelstein Art textile art
Melina Finkelstein Art Small colorful abstract paintings hung on a white gallery wall with a potted plant and a pink cushion in the foreground.
Melina Finkelstein Art A row of eight abstract paintings in colorful frames displayed on a white gallery wall.
Melina Finkelstein Art Sayali Goyal Close-up of textured, abstract artwork with red, orange, gray, and white tones, featuring swirling patterns and layered textures.
Sayali Goyal art Three abstract watercolor paintings in white frames hanging on a white wall, featuring patterns in warm colors like orange, red, and pink.
Sayali Goyal art Abstract watercolor paintings featuring geometric patterns; left piece has orange and purple grid and line pattern, right piece has circles with purple and beige tones.
Melina Finkelstein Art Gallery with abstract paintings on the wall and colorful hanging fabric panels in the room.
Two abstract watercolor paintings in white frames displayed on a white wall. The left painting features overlapping circles in shades of pink, red, yellow, and brown. The right painting has a pink background with a vertical streak of green, yellow, and orange in the center.
Melina Finkelstein Art A woman with a blue scarf and white shirt is reading a book to a group of four women in an art gallery, with colorful textile art pieces hanging on the wall behind her.
Melina Finkelstein Art Silhouettes of two people, a woman with curly hair and a man with glasses, standing on either side of a glass door with an ETHER sticker, backlit by daylight with trees visible outside.
Sayali Goyal A woman with long dark hair and earrings, smiling and looking to her left, standing indoors near a green wall with geometric designs.
Melina Finkelstein Art A person with long brown hair, viewing colorful textile art with red, orange, pink, and purple strips hanging vertically on a weaved background, with a patterned painting on the wall in the background.
Two women standing and talking inside an art gallery or exhibition space. One woman holds a notebook, and the other has her hands behind her back. Melina Finkelstein Art
Melina Finkelstein Art Gallery People viewing colorful textile art and hanging fabric pieces in an art gallery with large windows and minimal decor.
Melina Finkelstein Art Three women standing and talking inside an art gallery or exhibition space, with sunlight coming through large windows behind them and artwork on the wall.
Melina Finkelstein Art Colorful fabric or curtain hanging indoors with sunlight shining through it, partially revealing the window and door behind.
Amah Dongo Melina Finkelstein Art Abstract geometric painting featuring blue, yellow, black, and pink shapes.
Amah Dongo Melina Finkelstein Art Vibrant abstract mural with geometric shapes in pink, orange, blue, purple, and yellow, including blocks and pixel-like designs in a cityscape style.
Melina Finkelstein Art Abstract geometric painting of a tiger's face with colorful shapes including pink, green, orange, black, white, yellow, and blue.
Melina Finkelstein Art A colorful, geometric quilt with repeating symmetrical patterns, hanging vertically inside a room, bordered with yellow fabric.
Melina Finkelstein Art Abstract collage artwork with various blocks of color, shapes, and textures. Elements include green leaves, a blue rock, red accents, and textured patterns, arranged in a geometric composition.
A colorful watercolor painting of a nude person reclining on a bed of flowers and greenery, with soft pastel hues and a dreamy atmosphere.
Melina Finkelstein Gallery Group of women sitting outdoors in a circle on benches and chairs, engaging in a discussion surrounded by lush trees and plants, with a table of snacks in the foreground.
Melina Finkelstein Gallery Three women sitting at an outdoor event, with one woman using her phone. They are dressed in semi-formal attire, seated on benches, with a stone wall and greenery in the background.
Melina Finkelstein Gallery Two women sitting on a park bench, engaged in conversation, with a black fencing, trees, and a painted outdoor rug in the background.
Melina Finkelstein Archive
90’s to present
My personal statement regarding my work:
I use color to express how I truly feel about myself and my life. Making art is a highly emotional experience. It is a calling and a fulfillment of my destiny. It is my true passion and my constant companion. This is the voice that I use to talk to my past and manifest my future.
When I was four years old my mother told me that I would be an artist and that I would live in Paris. Everything I am and everything I do is for her. All of the flowers in my paintings are for her and to honor the spirit of creativity that I inherited. Color is the medium that channels the connection between my subconscious and conscious minds and to the collective source of all creativity.
My process: I start with a graphite grid- whether I’m starting a painting or a tapestry I always start with a grid drawn with a pencil. The grid is my foundation. It is the structure underneath the matrix that calls me in to explore the cosmos and dimensions of time, space, and reality. I invite the energy of chance by selecting ratios within the grid and drawing lines based on those choices. The ratio is then repeated until the grid is fully activated. When I start painting in the shapes I use the color to find new patterns that begin emerging. When I am not in the mood to build a pattern on a grid I paint flowers or colorful piles of shapes that look like playground structures or dream machines.
A list of subjects and themes both past and present: bright and pastel colors, club culture, neon lights, modernist and Art Deco shapes and forms, modern architecture, vintage fabric, shiny and metallic textures, abundance, death, obsession, joy, innocence, pattern, fashion, flowers, stripes, grids
Thank you for your support. -Melina Finkelstein May 19th, 2022