Nanette Wylde: In the Realm
Original Prints & Book Works
NY2CA Gallery
Benicia, California
March 20–April 27, 2025
Special Events
Reception: March 22, 5–7pm
The Rhinoceros Project Sewing Circle: March 30, 1–4pm
Drop in Artist Book Make & Take: April 19, 2–4pm
Benicia Literary Arts Poetry Reading: April 19, 5:30–7pm
Gallery Hours
Thursdays–Sundays, 5–7pm
617 1st Street
Benicia, California
ny2cagallery.com
Four new monoprint series are among the works exhibited.
With underwater photography by Todd Gieseler
Also on view are selections from:
Encyclopedic: Weathered Volumes
On Longing
ebaybies: Genuine and Lasting Friends
and many artist books.
NY2CA Gallery Press Release
NY2CA Gallery is pleased to present In the Realm, a solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist, writer, and cultural worker Nanette Wylde. Wylde will be exhibiting works on paper (monoprints) and handmade artist books (artwork which takes book form). In the Realm considers relationships that humans enact with and upon the natural world through Wylde’s distinctive, hybrid media approach.
Wylde’s work is deeply rooted in using narrative as a lens to explore the complexities of human perception, societal constructs, and environmental consciousness. With a background in Behavioral Science and an MFA in Interactive Multimedia and Printmaking, her artistic practice blends research with creative expression, offering thought-provoking insights into the systems and stories that shape our world.
A Professor Emeritus of Art and Art History at California State University, Chico, Wylde has exhibited widely. Her artist books, prints, and electronic works are held in major international collections. She is a co-founder of PreNeo Press, a conceptual space dedicated to fostering creative projects that celebrate the Art Life.
The exhibition will open with a reception at NY2CA Gallery on March 22, 5–7pm, featuring music by Karl Hartmann, where visitors will have the opportunity to meet the artist and gain insight into her process.
About The Rhinoceros Project Sewing Circle
The Rhinoceros Project is a socially engaged art collective that creates platforms for contemplative artmaking, thought community sewing circles, papermaking happenings, absurdity, and wonder.
On March 30, from 1–4pm, The Rhinoceros Project will offer a community sewing circle at NY2CA Gallery in Benicia. During our sewing circles, visitors are invited to sit and sew with us, while engaging in conversation and community. These events are free and open to everyone and all ages. All materials are provided. For this event, we will be sewing a monumental map of the path of the Francisican Missionaries, from Mexico City to Sonoma, considering California history and what it means to us today.
Jan Rindfleisch: 1942–2025
We are saddened to share the passing of Jan Rindfleisch. Jan probably contributed more to the the Arts and artists of the Bay Area than any other person in the region’s history. She fostered an inclusive and community focused exhibition agenda, founded the Euphrat Museum at DeAnza College in Cupertino, and published on the works of numerous regional artists. As a curator she provided many artists with their first significant exhibition.
Curators Kathryn Funk and Bill Gould wanted to produce a monograph of Jan’s work for her 2023 solo exhibition at Artik in San Jose. Jan insisted the book be community focused, and thus Building Together was produced. This book, again, highlights community engagement and collaboration, the major theme of Jan’s career. The printed copies arrived just four weeks before her passing. She was so pleased.
There is so much to say and remember about Jan Rindfleisch. She will be missed.
Jan Rindfleisch was an artist, educator, writer, curator, and cultural worker. She was the executive director of the Euphrat Museum at De Anza College in Cupertino for 32 years. During that time, Rindfleisch laid the groundwork for an engaged and inclusive museum environment by continuously tapping the diverse local voices of Silicon Valley. Rindfleisch continued her work as a community builder with Roots and Offshoots: Silicon Valley’s Arts Community, a history of the art of the greater South Bay area from the post-Mission era artifacts of the Ohlone peoples to the artists and activists that have made the western/southern half of the Bay Area the rich and vibrant scene it is today.
Rindfleisch had a BA in Physics from Purdue University and an MFA from San José State University. Her awards include: Silicon Valley Business Journal Women of Influence (2014); San José City Hall Exhibits Committee (2006–2013); The ABBY Awards (2010); Silicon Valley Arts & Business Awards; Arts Leadership Award; Santa Clara County Woman of Achievement, (1989); Leadership Vision Award in the Arts, Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce (1993); Civic Service Award, City of Cupertino, Cultural Arts, and the Asian Heritage Council Arts Award (1988). In addition to her development of the Euphrat Museum, she was a founding member of WORKS/San José
You can read Nanette’s 2017 interview with Jan here.
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