05/27/2026
We are ecstatic to bring back multimedia artist Wick Alexander with his playful take on the art of mosaics in this newest series: Bean Hecho! Made entirely from beans, beans and more beans, this series will include a range of baseball portraits, crop-circles and other odds and ends. Each work is an homage to the multicultural nature of California, being historically influenced by Mexican and Japanese culture. Alexander finds the intersection of the two in his portraits of Japanese baseball players made of various frijoles. Most people are aware of one of our star Dodger players, Shohei Ohtani, ironically coming from a Padres fan, but the rest of the portraits are of players from the Japanese leagues as seen on the popular Menko collectibles similar to baseball cards but originally used for the children's game of menko.
Wick Alexander, a native San Diego artist, has been making multimedia artwork since the 1980s and is most publicly notable for his public art installations as part of his partnership with the late Robin Brailsford. He is also well known for the various awards for his paintings, which have been presented by the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, and the Ford Foundation. His paintings are included in many private collections and permanent museum collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, the California Center for the Arts in Escondido, and the Banff Center of the Arts in Alberta, Canada. Alexander has shown his work at the California Center for the Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, the CECUT in Tijuana, and, most recently, at the San Diego History Center and the Oceanside Museum.
Join us for the opening reception NEXT FRIDAY from 7pm to 11pm.
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