Past Exhibitions
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Curate Your Heartache invites artists and non-artists alike to participate in a collaborative community group exhibition at Social Policy ca... -
Using Diane Samuels’ work as a springboard, this panel will discuss various forms and motivations behind artists’ books. -
Join us for December's ICA Live! which will include a series of live art performances by Livien Yin and Victor Yañez-Lazcano. Their performa... -
Join us for the Opening Reception of three new exhibitions: Diane Samuels: It's a Long Story, Lorrie Fredette: Tender Exchanges, Tracey Adam... -
In its 38th year, the Connect & Collect Live Auction remains one of the most anticipated art events in the Bay Area, featuring more than 100... -
In its 38th year, the Connect & Collect Art Auction and Exhibition remains one of the most anticipated art events in the Bay Area, featuring... -
Meet the artists and bid on artworks in the Silent Auction. -
Open to auction ticket holders only. First chance to view, bid, or "BUY IT NOW" on silent auction works. Champagne and brunch bites will be ... -
Join us in the gallery for a behind-the-scenes peek into the ICA's 38th Annual Silent and Live Auctions through the eyes and mind of our Exe... -
Join us for an exciting panel discussion on art collecting where you will begin to learn how to build and manage your art collection, where ... -
Join us for Singing/Spinning with Taro Hattori, an artist talk with the artists featured in NextNewGames, and a print party with the Sanctua... -
In its 38th year, the Connect & Collect Art Auction and Exhibition remains one of the most anticipated art events in the Bay Area, featuring... -
September's ICA Live! will feature an organized protest in conjunction with Kathy Aoki: Hello Kitty Monument. -
Join us at the Hello Kitty Monument for an engaging performance by Kathy Aoki, Curator of the Museum of Historical Makeovers, in conjunction... -
In this annual artist professional development program, leading curators, art dealers, and educators provide expert advice and insights in a... -
Join us outside the ICA and in Parque de los Pobladores for a day of bicycle-related fun and festivities. -
The bicycle is the most efficient form of transportation, and according to a recent study by Joint Venture and the Silicon Valley Bicycle Co... -
NextNewGames will explore games beyond the space of play and enjoyment. -
June's ICA Live! will feature a printing demonstration led by artists from the exhibition Art(work). -
Learn to share your art practice on Social Media with ICA's very own ICA Online Content Manager and Communications Manager, Sarah Fullerton.... -
Santa Clara-based artist Kathy Aoki is the first recipient of the 2018 Sandbox Award.
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May's ICA Live! invites you to join O.M. France Viana for a night of social artistry and decadent desserts at the UBE TRADE: Exchange a fo... -
Bring your bike to the ICA, and join artist Jenny Odell on a bike tour of the historic Guadalupe River. -
Join us for a panel discussion in conjunction with Chris Eckert: Privacy Not Included. -
April's ICA Live! will feature artist Lauren Baines. -
March's ICA Live! will feature a musical performance by Lux Interna. -
Join us for a panel discussion with the artists featured in Printstallations. -
Back by popular demand and updated to reflect the impacts of the new tax bill! Tips and tricks for managing your artistic income. Hint: It's... -
In conjunction with 'On Your Left', artist Taro Hattori invites you to participate in "Leitmotif," an ongoing participatory piece originally... -
Art(work) presents an exhibition of local San Jose preparators. The artists collectively consider how their daytime job influences the final... -
In his solo exhibition Chris Eckert: Privacy Not Included, Eckert will present site-specific works and sculptures that investigate the physi... -
Printstallations presents the monumental sized works of print-based artists. -
Elizabeth Ryono: Perra Linda is a small exhibition and fundraiser that will help support the exhibitions and public programs at the ICA. Eac... -
Join us for a panel discussion with Erin Goodwin-Guerrero, Katherine Huffaker Jones, Tony May, Valerie Patten and Jeff Alan West to discuss ... -
Join us for an exhibition walk through of Overture: The Art of Steve French and Encore: The Legacy of Steve French, with Opera San Jose perf... -
Tips and tricks for managing your artistic income. Hint: It's more than just receipts. Join us for this informative professional development...
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For ICA Live! in February, Scott Tooby will present his Sonic Mirror instruments throughout the ICA and ask for audience participation to ac... -
Join us for December ICA Live! to engage with artist Carmina Eliason and her project Café Con Leche, a project that invites people to reflec... -
Sonic Futures March 18-June 11, 2017 Music is expansive and ubiquitous, and is expres... -
Oliver Lee Jackson: Composed Works from 1984 to 2016 March 11 - June 4, 2017 Oliver L... -
In conjunction with Overture: The Work of Steve French, we are proud to honor French’s teaching legacy with an exhibition of work by his for... -
Detritus explores the leftover scraps and byproducts of the art-making process that artists do not discard for a number of compelling reason... -
Steve French (1934-2014) was a noted visual artist, scholar, teacher and tenacious advocate for the arts in San Jose until his death in 2014... -
In her video Karen, Oakland-based artist Kate Rhoades focuses her attention on the Junk Lady, the memorable supporting character in Jim Hens... -
Despite living on the water for most of her life and calling the Delta Queen, a 100-year-old boat, home for the last 25 years, Heather Wilco... -
Mary Ellen Bartley: Looking Between the Covers Jun. 5 - Sep. 4, 2016 Bartley has always had an affin... -
Tamara Staples: Side Effects May Include March 18-June 11, 2017 In 2012, Tamara Stapl... -
Look Back in Time: Russell Crotty and Lick Observatory Nov. 13, 2016 — Feb. 26, 2017 The ICA will pre... -
Byron Ryono: Casting for the Future Nov. 13, 2016 — Jan. 1, 2017 In celebration of th... -
Julia Anne Goodman: Unearthed Nov. 13, 2016 — May. 31, 2017 Unearthed works consists ... -
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Nick Dong: On Models of Contemplation November 13, 2016- February 19, 2017 Nick Dong ... -
This is Not a Book: Chapter 2 Jun. 5 - Sep. 11, 2016 For the past decade, Seager Gray has taken the l... -
NextNewPaper Jun. 5 - Sep. 18, 2016 In this iteration of the NextNew series, 17 Bay Area artists use ... -
Using LED technology and custom electronics, Jim Campbell explores the connections of light, space and time. -
Passage is composed of used coffee filters that have been dried, ironed, color treated and stitched together into organic forms. -
Cassandra Straubing: A Fragile Narrative May. 23 - Sep. 13, 2015 Through sculptural w... -
Amy M. Ho: Red Rooms May. 23 - Sep. 12, 2015 Amy M. Ho will create a hyper-artificial... -
Naomie Kremer: Age of Entanglement May 31 – September 20, 2015 Age of Entanglement wi... -
The ICA is pleased to feature drawings by San Francisco-based artist Rebecca Haseltine in its two façade windows. -
Bruce Conner: Somebody Else’s Prints is the first in-depth examination of the artist’s achievements as a printmaker in over a decade and fea... -
In her first Bay Area exhibition, Colombia-based artist Leyla Cárdenas has created a site-specific installation at the ICA. For her installa... -
Relics is a group exhibition that explores the consequences of today’s accelerated embrace of new technology as well as the political, socia... -
Amy Ellingson: Iterations & Assertions is a solo exhibition of work by San Francisco-based artist Amy Ellingson. Ellingson's process involve... -
A group exhibition that explores the relationship between art and technology through the use of wall projections, interactive installations,... -
Artist Wendy Maruyama's celebrated large-scale sculptural installation honoring 120,000 Japanese- Americans interned during WWII. -
Listen to powerful stories surrounding the issuance of Executive Order 9066. -
This group exhibition, co-curated by Misako Mitsui, juxtaposes traditional and historical Japanese art and objects with selected contemporar... -
In this large-scale solo exhibition of new kinetic sculptures and sound installations, Berlier continues her investigations and subtly humor... -
Just Picked! California's freshest crop of emerging talent. -
An exhibition of sculptural installations assembled from natural and man-made materials. -
Parallax: An Apparent change in the direction of an object, caused by a change in observational position that provides a new line of sight [... -
An immersive site-specific installation of collaged works on paper that draws on the language of maps to create imaginary landscapes that de... -
An exhibition of exquisite mezzotint prints by this notable American-born, France-based artist. -
The California premiere of the artist’s landmark 15-piece sculpture installation -
Exhibition and site-specific installation of large-scale charcoal drawings. -
A look at the impact of Latino and Asian cultures on California's visual landscape -
City Beneath The City is an exhibition of artifacts from the original excavation of San Jose's Market Street Chinatown site. -
Contemporary office culture examined, deconstructed, rearranged, and critiqued. -
4 videos, 4 artists, 4 months -
The California premiere of this large-scale, immersive installation -
An installation in the ICA’s Front Windows by San Jose-based artist Emanuela Harris-Sintamarian. -
Process and repetition in print and drawings. -
An exhibition of paintings and works on paper. -
The San Jose State University MFA Graduate Exhibition. -
An exhibition of paintings by Santa Cruz-based artist Hanna Hannah. -
A group exhibition that addressed ideas of scale through physical and conceptual explorations. -
A large-scale sculptural installation by Portland-based artist Mike Rathbun. -
A documentary short film by renowned American Designers Charles and Ray Eames. -
A Retrospective Exhibition of Work by San Jose Artist Tony May -
A unique print series that uses the artist's personal family photographs to rewrite history from her vantage point. -
Inspired by the rich history and alchemic experimentation of obsolete photographic practices, the artists in this exhibition create images u... -
An exhibition of vintage prints from the collection of Stephen and Connie Wirtz. Guest curated by David Pace. -
An interactive installation presented in partnership with the 01SJ Art Biennial -
The 6th Annual SJSU MFA Graduate Exhibition. -
An immersive site-specific installation exploring ideas relating to shelter, memories and imagined spaces. -
A life-sized paper replica of a home gym with famous fashion brand accessories. Work Out is a fantasy world of luxury goods including Chanel... -
The Monotype Marathon is a print exhibition and fundraising event that features original works on paper created by some of the Bay Area's fi... -
An exhibition of artwork by emerging and mid-career Bay Area artists who create unexpectedly nostalgic and poetic works using thread as thei... -
A solo exhibition of fiber works created by San Jose-based artist Ted Fullwood who works in a variety of media including clay and mosaic. Fu... -
Guest curated by Kathryn Funk, Afterlife is a group exhibition of works created to breathe new life into re-purposed materials and objects. -
A solo exhibition by post-minimalist sculptor and installation artist Theodora Varnay Jones. -
A solo exhibition featuring a large-scale installation, and multi-media prints and paintings by artist Christel Dillbohner. Referencing the ... -
NextNew features work from emerging talent on the region's contemporary art scene. This year's show subtitled Green, surveys fresh perspecti... -
5th Annual San Jose State University's (SJSU) MFA graduate exhibition. -
A group exhibition that explores the relationship between art and technology through the use of wall projections, interactive installations,... -
A group exhibition that explores the relationship between art and technology through the use of wall projections, interactive installations,... -
Internationally acclaimed sculptor's 25-year retrospective of figurative relief sculptures in exclusive Bay Area Presentation -
The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is excited to present The Painted Room, a visually stimulating installation by San Francisc... -
Medusa is an ornate and large-scale chandelier by Australian artist Timothy Horn. -
An exhibition featuring the 2005-2007 recipients of the Eureka Fellowship Award -
The 14th annual Monotype Marathon is a rewarding joint venture in printmaking that benefits artists, art patrons, the arts community, and th... -
Brendan Lott's solo show Memories I'll Never Have challenges notions of art and technology, authorship, globalization and out-sourcing in ou... -
The 4th Annual San Jose State University's (SJSU) MFA graduate exhibition -
The work in this exhibition needs multiple audiences, including those who participate in the creation of the work and those who witness art ... -
The Space Between brings together minimal, op art (optical art) and geometric abstract works that explore the very process of looking. By pa... -
This exhibition marks the first comprehensive presentation of Doug Glovaski's work during the last 17 years. Glovaski's large-scale, intense... -
The Landscape of War exhibition illustrates the complex politics of war and our relationship to it. -
Though the eyes of these twelve women and one six year old girl, the exhibition reflects some of the harsh realities that face civilian wome... -
Liten Gygr tells the strange and sugar-induced story of the last giantess and her misadventures with a lovesick god, a mango and a unicorn. -
In this window installation, titled Fallen, a grid of transparent resin bricks glows with fluid forms of birds suspended inside of them. Eac... -
Mitra Fabian works with scotch tape, glue or discarded window blinds to create "Organisms" that straddle the line between beautiful and grot... -
The ICA's annual exhibition features the next new talent on the horizon. This year's artists have been chosen by faculty members from MFA pr... -
This summer the ICA will present the 3rd annual San Jose State University Master of Fine Art Exhibition. -
The inaugural exhibition in the new ICA entitled Home Sweet Home, features 14 artists who examine the notion of home, not merely as a physic... -
John Slepian creates digital installations that investigate what it is that makes us feel human. His simplified forms exhibit identifiable g... -
In her video, Asya Reznikov writes the names of the continents in 23 minutes resulting in a drawing of the world. Reznikov's work explores h... -
A site-specific installation by Darren Waterston -
An exhibition of the 2005-06 MFA graduates of San Jose State University. -
In Suspended Series, Amy Hicks uses the automobile as a way of moving the viewer through contemporary structures and space. The familiar ter... -
The ICA proudly presents an exhibition of works on paper and books by Gustavo Ramos Rivera, This show surveys his work from the past 25 year... -
The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is proud to present Hair Raising, an exhibition featuring art made of and about human hair.