Sparks Gallery

On Saturday, November 17th, Sparks Gallery will open a show within a show - a selection of featured works by artists Scott Polach and Eva Struble, former Space 4 Art residents - as part of the ongoing “Convergence” exhibition. Each artist’s practice has continued to flourish in their post-Space 4 Art tenure and includes exhibitions at institutions such as the Museum of Photographic Arts, Oceanside Museum, San Diego Art Institute, and Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

Over the past eight years, Space 4 Art has been a home to many local resident artists, hosted public art events, and invited San Diegans to experience cutting edge arts and culture in their own backyard. With the loss of half of its studios and gallery space in 2017, and impending loss of the live/work spaces in East Village due to new development downtown, Space 4 Art continues to #MakeSpace4Art at its current location in the East Village and plans to secure and expand its mission and programs by building a Permanent Home on Market Street in Sherman Heights. To underscore the gallery’s mission of collaboration and perseverance within the local art community, Sparks Gallery is partnering with Space 4 Art for a complete takeover of the gallery’s lower level this Fall. The exhibition will feature a selection of San Diego artists who have supported Space 4 Art and had studios there, or are currently in residence.

Lee Sie and Jon Barnes are both talented San Diego photographers who have captured images along the California coast, as well as abroad. Jon Barnes' international focus for the show is a recent trip to Iceland with dreamy images of the coast waterfalls, and villages, while Lee Sie's images of Europe, particularly Tuscany, are striking and almost painterly. Paired together, one can see two distinctive visions of the world through each artist's photographs.