Pastine Projects

01/14/2026

A heads up on our first show of the New Year, celebrating the Solstice and the slow return of light. Featuring work by Eva Bovenzi, Sheila Ghidini, Archana Horsting, and Jessica Snow.

The solstice marks a quiet turning point—not spectacle, but fact. Light returns almost imperceptibly. Winter remains, but the direction has shifted. These works attend to that threshold: not arrival or abundance, but incipience—the earliest signs of movement, growth, and possibility. Light here is not brightness, but orientation.

In this way, the solstice becomes a quiet structural logic for the show: a reminder that transformation rarely announces itself. It begins softly, in the dark, and only later reveals how much has changed.

Stop by the gallery to see this exceptional show-- make an appointment at [email protected]







I hope you can join us in this celebration of a return to light!

featured work:
Archana Horsting
'Central Valley Vista, after David S. Wilson's Flooded rice paddy, near Robbins,2014, 'Oil stick
30 x 42 inches unframed
35.5 x 43 inches framed

09/20/2025

Sheila Ghidini presents medium-scaled works on paper and a wall-mounted sculpture, each exploring the formal properties of the circle and the square.

05/18/2025

Congratulations to Sheila Ghidini on her Shelter in Place drawing at the Triton Museum Salon Show, up until August 17.

05/09/2025

Had a great visit with and so excited to present her new work new work at the gallery, opening August 23!

10/17/2024

Stop by this Saturday from 1 to 5pm to see Archana Horsting's bold compositions. Archana's practice revolves around her innovative use of black oil stick, a medium through which she masterfully explores the interplay of texture, form, and process. In her work, Archana deftly navigates the tensions between nature and artificiality, realism and abstraction, prompting both intellectual and sensory contemplation. Her art embodies a formal purity that is both subtle and monumental, conjuring a presence that transcends its individual elements. It is in this harmonious tension that the work asserts its profound significance, quietly commanding a sense of the sublime.

09/17/2024

Archana Horsting's posters for her solo show à La Carte have arrived! The show opens October 5 with an opening reception from 3 to 6pm. Archana's practice revolves around her innovative use of black oil stick, a medium through which she masterfully explores the interplay of texture, form, and process. The work embodies a formal purity that is both subtle and monumental, conjuring a presence that transcends its individual elements. It is in this harmonious tension that the work asserts its profound significance, quietly commanding a sense of the sublime.

09/17/2024

Pastine Project is excited to announce our upcoming exhibition featuring the work of Archana Horsting! We will include a diverse selection of her work, spanning landscape, architecture, and abstraction, all reflecting her rigorous vision and inventive mark-making. "À La Carte: Works by Archana Horsting" opens on October 5 —be sure to mark your calendars!

OPENING RECEPTION: OCTOBER 5 FROM 3 -6pm

Image: Archana Horsting in her studio.

02/25/2024

02/24/2024

02/24/2024

WHEN I BECOME A GHOST
THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24
from 6 to 9 pm
The work is on a continuous loop so stop by any time. I am thrilled to have invited Leslie Streit and Robin McCain to do a collaborative project in the gallery space at Pastine Projects. The entire space, including the second floor hallways have been transformed to a single immersive experience. I hope to do more shows where the unique dimensions and qualities of the space can be used to encompass a singular experience with video, light, film, and music.

02/21/2024

When I Become a Ghost is featured in SF Gate, The Dance Enthusiast, and Marin Magazine. Join us Saturday, February 24, from 6 to 9 for an immersive experience that transcends the boundaries of space and time. Leslie Streit and Robin McCain take advantage of the entire gallery to create an installation that challenges your perception of reality, blurring the line between the physical and spiritual realm.

02/19/2024

WHEN I BECOME A GHOST

FEBRUARY 24, 6 - 9pm

PASTINE PROJECTS

Robin McCain is is transforming the gallery for our fantastical event, When I Become a Ghost, this Saturday, from 6 - 9. Robin is a pioneer in applied multimedia, computer graphics and theatrical productions. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) where she has served as a board member of PGA NorthWest and on the PGA Documentary and Nonfiction Committee. McCain has also been a member of USITT, Bay Area Video Coalition and Film Arts Foundation/SFFILM. She co-produced VD 2001 with Leslie Streit one of the first dramatic series on the web She co-produced and starred in the comedy cooking series, The Evil Auntie Show, winner of a 2009 Webby award. McCain co-produced the 2017 documentary Elly and Henry, currently appearing on Amazon about Holocaust survivors who built the first solar house in America. She received the Producers Mark, p.g.a., for this work. She was co-producer and co-editor of An American Ballet Story, a multiple award winning feature documentary about the Harkness Ballet and received a second Producers Mark for this film.