KROWSWORK, now closed, was founded in 2009 in Oakland, California, and quickly became known for its ambitious, experimental programming. Krowswork’s gallery shows took many forms, from solo and group exhibitions of emerging and mid-career artists to video and performance programs. In 2015 the gallery began a combined residency-exhibition cycle to promote a more active, community-engaged view of the creative process. This was followed up in 2016 with another immersive residency cycle dedicated to the elements and matching four artists together in the space at a time.

Krowswork has also organized several exhibitions by older, lesser-known artists who followed their own path and arrived at a truly profound vision, including retrospectives of Surrealist artist Sylvia Fein (2014) and visionary painter Mark Baum (2016). The gallery published scholarly catalogues to accompany both exhibitions. Krowswork garnered consistent critical acclaim, with reviews in Art in America, Art Ltd., San Francisco Chronicle, Huffington Post, SFAQ, and many others. In citing Krowswork as best East Bay gallery in 2013, critic Alex Bigman wrote: “Few have presented a directorial sensibility as focused and bold — or stuck to it so steadfastly.”

At the end of 2016 Krowswork, after 7 years as a brick-and-mortar gallery, closed in Oakland.

*Krowswork was named for crows, observant and fearless messengers whose unique perspective helps to bridge the earthly and the divine and reconnect the known with the unknown. Krowswork is a palindrome.

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