Christine Howard Sandoval: Move the Plot | April 10 - October 18, 2026

Working with land-based materials, Christine Howard Sandoval excavates the knowledge systems and histories that lie dormant in archives, architecture, and the land itself. "Move the Plot" debuts Howard Sandoval’s newest body of work, a study of the layered histories present in Bay Area and Central Valley wetlands. With adobe forms, dyes made from local medicinal plants, and modular steel structures, it puts archival traces of Indigenous resistance and knowledge in tension with the modern engineering technologies that continue to transform California’s marshes.

Christine Howard Sandoval, "Move the Plot" brings the artist’s practice home to San José, where she grew up.

Motherboards | April 10, 2026 - January 10, 2027

“Motherboards” explores the foundational contributions of women’s work to the technology industry. From the first human computers and programmers, to the women working at electronics factories in Silicon Valley and beyond, to today’s global network of ghost workers, women have been deeply involved with the technologies that undergird our daily lives. Yet their contributions are often left out of official histories of technology.

Featuring artists from California and beyond, the exhibition maps an extensive network of women’s work in technology, connecting Silicon Valley’s laboratories and garages to vital work performed at looms, desks, kitchens, and assembly lines across the globe. Motherboards features installations, videos, textiles, and more by Sarah Buckius, Tania Candiani, Priyageetha Dia, Rhonda Holberton, Charlotte Johannesson, Ahree Lee, Amor Muñoz, Hương Ngô, Mimi Ọnụọha (with Charlene Eigen-Vasquez), Sonya Rapoport, Cara Romero, Sarah Rosalena, Analia Saban, Marilou Schultz, the Superkilogirls (Camila Galaz, Ana Meisel, and Lua Vollaard), and Mika Tajima, as well as archival objects from the Computer History Museum.

Image:

Cara Romero, “Gikendaaso,” 2022, archival fine art photograph, 40 x 55”. Courtesy of the artist.

Christine Howard Sandoval, “Phonological Sketch II,” 2024, adobe on blind embossed paper mounted to panel, 23 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 5”. Image courtesy parrasch heijnen, Los Angeles. © Christine Howard Sandoval. Photo by Ed Mumford.