Artists

Matthew Silverberg:  I began my art studies in about 1990, apprenticing with painter Stan Goldstein and later the drawing instructors Michael Markowitz and Sharon Pearson. I did this while working at Legato Systems, Inc. (a software start-up) and later with other San Francisco based “dot-coms.” I was never interested in a full time MFA program. Instead, I began exhibiting my art in 2001 and 2002—an experience that was transitional and the most important element in terms of establishing my artistic identity. This early artwork culminated in two painting shows at SFMOMA's Artist Gallery in 2003 and 2006.

Sherrod Blankner: Sherrod Blankner is a graduate of Yale University where she studied Art with Tom Roma. She focuses on painting architecture, whether in city or rural scenes. Sherrod was just juried into the Known Associates selection of open studios artists that will be showing the Berkeley Art Center in June.

Oakland Shadows
by Sherrod Blankner

Start Up
by Matthew Silverberg