KALEID Gallery is proud to present:PHASES a video installation by Dean Levita. Artist reception: First Friday, February 7, 2020 7pm–11pmFree admission and all ages. Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk SJ. Dean Levita’s installation “Phases” is a non-narrative film that is experimental in form. During a gathering in San Francisco, a group of individuals share their creativity/practices. Levita filmed participants with no directions. The effects of grouping and mirroring became ways of self-reflection. Another layer is added when viewers associate and adopt their own opinion to the subject matter. The result is a film that focuses on the constant changes on how we view our own identity and that of others. Dean Levita’s work is guided largely by intuition and by finding a sublime through the repetition of shapes and colors in a deceptively simple way. Despite–or precisely because of–their simplicity, Levita’s paintings, installations, and photography embody a…

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“Krampus” by resident artist David Mejia All are welcome to join us on First Friday December 6th for the opening of HARK! Annual Holiday Show & Sale. KALEID resident artists have created multiple works of art at affordable gift giving prices for this festive holiday show and sale. One of a kind paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography and jewelry will be available beginning at 7pm during the DEC. 6th South FIRST FRIDAYS ArtWalkSJ. First come, first served–all works may be taken home at the time of purchase. Participating artists: Ed Attanasio, Maria Astadjov, Mariana Barnes, Sandi Billingsley, Steven Borelli, Jeff Bramschreiber, Karen Carlo-Salinger, Jennifer Carrier, Houyee Chow, Dotti Cichon, Gabriel Coke, Jonathan Crow, Jemal Diamond, Force 129, Katie Gutierrez, Kyle Harter, Matty Heimgartner, Patrick Hobbie, Leah Jay, Jonathan Kermit, Joe Mandrick, David Mejia, Julie Meridian, Jorge Miesses, Lourde Morante-Miesses, Masha Noir, Brittni Paul, Gianfranco Paolozzi, John Paulson, Jonathan Perea, Zlata Rabinovich,…

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Thank you Sal! “Downtown San Jose art gallery KALEID which has been a fantastic place to view and buy work by Santa Clara County artists since it opened nearly 13 years ago, had always been a bit of an outlier for the popular monthly South First Fridays art walk because of its location on Fourth Street.” -Sal Pizarro Read the rest of the story here: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/31/downtown-san-jose-gallerys-move-boosts-south-first-fridays/ The gallery is now open with regular hours: Tuesday–Saturday 12pm–7pm.…

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KALEID Gallery is proud to present: “Moon Landing and the Summer Breeze”New drawings & paintings by Jemal Diamond Artist Reception: First Friday November 1st 7pm–11pm in our NEW LOCATION: 320 S. 1st. St (in SoFA District) Moon Landing and the Summer Breeze is a mediation on the power of art therapy. This very personal collection of work was created while I’ve been recovering from Bell’s Palsy, a temporary facial paralysis resulting from inflammation of the seventh cranial nerve. Included in the collection are intuitive, improvisational meditations and experiments in ink, acrylics, and digital limited-edition prints. #TitleMeAll titles for this work are given by viewers like you, including “Moon Landing and the Summer Breeze” title by Liz F. What are YOUR titles? #TitleMe Jemal Diamond is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s MFA studio arts program and lives in the South Bay with his beautiful wife,…

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KALEID Gallery is proud to present: “Specks of Yellow” by Masha Noir Dedicated to the life of Alexander Bolshakov Artist Reception: Friday, November 1st 7pm–11pmNEW LOCATION: 320 S. 1st St. (in SoFA District) The light of a daughter’s love shines in increasing brightness within the long shadows of a father’s goodbye. Yellow Specks bring a vision of hope that may expand to radiate as the beauty of love and remembrance of her papa Alexander. Masha Noir has painted the light that endures life’s dark times, losses and lessons. Her brush strokes paint the beauty of everything her father shared in their time together. ~ In loving memory from Masha. Artist Reception: Friday, November 1st 7pm–11pmpart of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk SJFree and all ages welcome. Exhibition Dates: November 1–29, 2019 KALEID galleryNEW LOCATION: 320 S. 1st St. (at San Carlos)downtown San Joseinfo@kaleidgallery.com…

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We are so grateful to all of you who helped us make KALEID Gallery at 88 S. 4th St. a wonderful art community over the past 12 years. We truly appreciate the City of San José and the San Jose Downtown Association for their belief and support that enabled San Jose area artists to build a platform for exhibiting and selling their work in a professional setting from December 2006 through October 2019. Our 88 S. 4th Street location is now closed and we are moving into our NEW LOCATION at 320 S. 1st in the SoFA District thanks to the wonderful team at Urban Community. With their support and understanding of the value of the arts in aiming towards a truly vibrant and successful city, KALEID Gallery will continue to be a home for incredibly talented and dedicated artists with a physical space for collectors, local residents, tourists and…

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KALEID Gallery is proud to present:Flight Delay by Julie MeridianReflection during a turbulent late afternoon leads to extraordinary patterns in the shifting light. The indefinite uncertainly of an unexpected delay bends light and time into abstraction.Artist’s reception: Friday, October 4th from 7pm–11pmFree admission and all ages; part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk SJAbout the artist:Julie Meridian is a San José artist blending quiet realism with impressionist details to convey layers of meaning that reward a closer view. Through her paintings and illustrations, she invokes the essence of people, places, and intangible presence.Exhibition Dates: October 4–25, 2019Gallery hours: Tuesday–Saturday 12pm–7pm, free admission.KALEID gallery88 S. 4th St.downtown San Joseinfo@kaleidgallery.com…

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“Hermits and Revelers” new work by gallery resident artist Bryson Bost Brightness, triumphs, celebrations, and the like, may be gathered in the quiets and among the crowds. A carmine red, for example, may feel loud on some days, and on others serene. This can be said of all the colors about the wheel. It is desired to share the many faces of shades and tints, and for one to speculate the decimal level of said color, as it speaks to each individual it crosses. Robust or timid, and in unison across the pieces exhibited, how high up, or how low is the volume of the combinations presented before you? Is it peaceful, is it frenetic? Reflect and enjoy! Artist reception: first Friday May 3rd 7pm–11pm Exhibition dates: May 3–25, 2019 KALEID Gallery 88 S. 4th St. downtown San Jose Gallery hours: Tuesday–Saturday 12pm–7pm. Free admission. info@KALEIDGallery.com  …

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KALEID gallery is proud to present new works by resident artist Rose Margaret in our main gallery for the month of March 2019. “Pollinators” new work by Rose Margaret I pay tribute to the Earthlings that keep us in balance—the beings who pollinate food, ideas, and abundance. May these artworks be a prayer for us to re-unify our fragmented ecosystem. May we act in Truth, and bloom. ~Rose Margaret KALEID Gallery 88 S. 4th St. downtown San Jose Gallery hours: Tuesdays – Saturdays 12pm–7pm and first Fridays til 11pm. Free admission and all ages welcome.…

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KALEID Gallery presents new works by resident artist Matty Heimgartner in our main gallery for the month of March, 2019. “Things Unsaid” by Matty Heimgartner

“Things Unsaid” is a visual narrative about the anxieties that we suppress by overconsumption of alcohol and drugs. It is a nostalgic tribute to the life that I lived, with watercolor and ink illustrations capturing feelings that I had and scenarios that I saw. Each painting is its own story, but together, they represent a lifestyle. Things Unsaid is a combination of biographical and autobiographical scenarios and situations, with hand-written text inside the paintings to speak the words that my anxious mind could not.

I started taking party drugs at eighteen years old and became dependent on alcohol at nineteen. Anytime that I had to deal with something even remotely stressful, I would drink until I no longer cared, or more so, remembered. Getting kicked…

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