Art Works Downtown

In Dialogue artwork highlight: Unseen Vistas II by Salma Arastu
rust, acrylics, cotton threads, pen & ink, oil pastels on canvas, 40” x 30”

Salma Arastu is a Berkeley-based multidisciplinary artist whose work spans painting, sculpture, calligraphy and poetry. In her five-decade practice, she has created over 2,000 paintings, three public sculptures, and published seven books. Her work explores interconnection between humanity and the natural world, and has been presented in sixty solo and over two hundred group exhibitions worldwide.

Unseen Vistas-II
The white lines move like mycelium, quietly carrying life beneath the surface.
The rusted textures hold memory compressed into matter. Between them lies a threshold where unseen microbial flow begins to speak. I am increasingly drawn to what exists below visibility — the hidden networks that sustain us, the silent intelligence of soil.

In this work, I portray resilience.
Fragility. Continuity.
The earth remembers. And it connects.

June 5–July 25, 2026: Exhibition Dates
June 12 + July 10: Reception & 2nd Friday Art Walk
June 25, 6pm: Art Talk via Zoom



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In Dialogue artwork highlight: Learning to Breathe by Ketaki Adi
mixed media (acrylic, alcohol ink, pastels), 48” x 36”

Ketaki Adi is a San Jose–based multimedia artist and muralist. Her work shows both spontaneity and structure, shaped by emotion, nature, and color. She is actively engaged in the local arts community and has contributed to public art projects including murals for the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds and City of Sunnyvale.

Her artwork, Learning to Breathe, emerged from a quiet dialogue between her inner world and the beauty around her. The swirling background reflects a gentle turbulence of thought, suspended between nostalgia and the present. Magnolias in the foreground do not resolve the movement, but instead soften and reshape it, offering a moment to pause and breathe.

June 5–July 25, 2026: Exhibition Dates
June 12 + July 10: Reception & 2nd Friday Art Walk
June 25, 6pm: Art Talk via Zoom



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