Past Exhibitions
2023
Fall Exhibitions: September 28, 2023 - January 6, 2024
Bryan Ida: Life of Change, A Retrospective
Summer Exhibitions: May 25, 2023 - September 9, 2023
The Circle of Sam Francis: Experimenting in California
Saturation: Visual Arts Festival
Nostalgia: Selections from the Students in the BMoA ArtWorks Program
Pop-Up Exhibitions:
Faces of Pride: An LGBTQ+ Photography Project
June 8, 2023 - July 1, 2023
Winter Exhibitions:
Rotem Reshef: Vista
January 26, 2023 - September 6, 2023
Color + Abstraction: Select Works from BMoA’s Permanent Collection
January 26, 2023 to April 8, 2023
Of Rope and Chain Her Bones are Made
September 29, 2022 - May 6, 2023
2022
Fall Exhibitions: September 29, 2022 - January 7, 2023
Visiting Exhibition: May 12, 2022 - June 15, 2022
California State University, Bakersfield Department of Art and Art History: 2022 Graduating Seniors Exhibition
2021
Fall Exhibition: September 30, 2021 - April 2, 2022
On the Edge: Los Angeles Art 1970s - 1990s from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection
Offsite Exhibitions: September 7, 2021 - November 24, 2021
Deconstructing the Lens: Selections from the Students in the BMoA ArtWorks Program
19th Visual Arts Festival: April 16, 2021 - July 1, 2021
Self / Society
Summer Exhibitions: April 29, 2021 - May 29, 2021
Graduating Seniors Exhibition:
CSUB Department of Art and Art History
2020
Fall Exhibitions: October 27, 2020 - January 2, 2021
Marion Osborn Cunningham: Printmaker
Select works from BMoA’s Permanent Collection
Extended Summer Exhibitions: July 1, 2020 - December 2, 2020
Memoirs of Illusion: Selections from the Students in the BMoA ArtWorks Program
Extended Winter Exhibitions: January 30, 2020 - August 29, 2020
One Night in California: Contemporary Nocturnes
Black & White: Photographs from the Julie Riegel and Suzette Clerou Collection
Winter Exhibitions: January 30, 2020 - March 17, 2020
Texture: Selections from the BMoA Permanent Collection
2019
Fall Exhibitions: September 12, 2019 - January 11, 2020
Cuyama: Photographs by Noé Montes
Of the Sea: Paintings by Natalie Arnoldi
Bakersfield Built: Architecture of the 1960s
Summer Exhibitions: May 9, 2019 - August 24, 2019
Platinum: Photographs by Douglas Isaac Busch & E.F. Kitchen
Wake Up: Selections from Students in the BMoA ArtWorks Program
The Sublime: Visual Arts Festival
Winter Exhibitions: January 24, 2019 - April 27, 2019
The Prototype: Gustavo Godoy
Golden State: Selections from the BMoA Permanent Collection
2018
Fall Exhibitions: September 13, 2018 - January 12, 2019
Yvonne Cavanagh: Liminal Space
The Society of Six: California Colorists
Summer Exhibitions: May 10, 2018 - August 24, 2018
Charles Arnoldi: Forms, A Fifty Year Survey
From Where I Stand: Selections from Students in the BMoA ArtWorks Program
Winter Exhibitions: January 25, 2018 - May 6, 2018
Mark Adams: Works on Paper
LINE: Selections from the BMoA Permanent Collection
Astrid Preston: Poetics of Nature
Historic Posters: From the Collection of Citizens Business Bank
2017
Fall Exhibitions: September 7, 2017 - January 12, 2018
Astrid Preston: Poetics of Nature
Javier Carrillo: Nuestros Ojos
Gwynn Murrill: Early Wood Sculptures 1968 - 1985
Summer Exhibitions: May 18, 2017 - August 12, 2017
Visual Arts Festival: A Juried Small Works Exhibition
Mysterious Muse: Works by Tina Dille
Ethan Russell: The Best Seat in the House
Winter Exhibitions: January 26, 2017 - May 7, 2017
Bob Kolbrener: Vision of Place
Stephen Douglas: Paint + Process
Marc Trujillo: Urban Ubiquity
2016
September 1, 2016 - January 8, 2017
Edward Reep: Eight Decades of Painting
A Fresh Look: Children Curate from BMoA's Permanent Collection
Framing Edward Reep: A War Artist's Journey to Bologna, 1944-1945
Driven by Art: A Public Art Project
May 12, 2016 - August 21, 2016
Scenic View Ahead: The Westways Cover-Art Program 1928-1981
Bakersfield to Bakersfield: Photographs by Felix Adamo
ISM: Work by BMoA's 2016 ArtWorks Students
January 27, 2016 - April 17, 2016
Local Visions: Selections from Collectors in the Area
Wilson Call: Life Designed
BMoA Collected 1956-1986: Works on Paper by Phil Paradise
Celebrating 60 Years: The Life and Work of Marion Osborn Cunningham
2015
September 10, 2015 - January 3, 2016
Californian Idealism: Paintings by Kenton Nelson
Bradford J. Salamon: The Art of the Object
Woven in Tradition: Navajo Textiles from the Hilbert Collection
Collected Landscapes: Selections from our Permanent Collection
May 7, 2015 - August 23, 2015
Mitchell Johnson | Color as Content: A 25 Year Survey
Ray Turner: Population
Visual Arts Festival | Theme: Californians at Play
Surfacing: Works by BMoA's 2015 ArtWorks Students
January 22, 2015 - April 19, 2015
Dennis Hare: Without Restraint
Kuzana Ogg: Rev Zero
Lead by Line: Drawings by Three California Artists
Recent Acquisitions from the Bakersfield Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection
2014
September 11, 2014 - January 4, 2015
Photography in Mexico from the Collection of SFMOMA
Face to Face: 30 Years of Portraiture
You've Been Selected: A Community Curated Exhibition of BMoA's Permanent Collection
Celebrating Art Education: Select Works from BMoA's Education Programs
May 15, 2014 - August 24, 2014
Beth Van Hoesen: Works on Paper
David Ligare: River • Mountain • Sea
Magnificent Obsession: Gaming Relics from The Giumarra Collection
Kern County at a Distance: Three Artists Explore the Landscape, Residents, and Tradition of Kern County
January 23, 2014 – April 20, 2014
World on a String: Puppets from the Alan Cook Collection
Paintings by Suhas Bhujbal and Siddhart Parasnis
The Dust Bowl Series: Photographs by Horace Bristol
A Story of Immigration: Illustrations by Belle Yang
2013
September 19, 2013 – January 6, 2014
Roland Petersen: A Retrospective
Back by POPular Demand: Work by Karen Shapiro and Robert Townsend
Diseño de Cultura: Paintings by Alfredo Arreguín
Celebrating Art Education: Select Works from BMoA’s Education Programs
June 27, 2013 – September 1, 2013
California Impressionism: Selections from The Irvine Museum
Garden of Eden: Photography by Andrzej Maciejewski
Eye Gallery: 96 Hours
Visual Arts Festival: Juried Fine Art Small Works Exhibition (Theme: Lost but not Forgotten)
March 28, 2013 – June 9, 2013
Architecture by Randal Stout
Museum Set: Photography by Harry Wilson
Vacancy: Paintings by Matt Condron
Drawings by Amy Rangel
December 13, 2012 – March 10, 2013
Embracing Diverse Voices: 80 Years of African-American Art
You, Me, Them: Mequitta Ahuja and Robert Pruitt
Textures of Place: John Cosby and William Wray
Abstract Works from BMoA’s Permanent Collection
2012
September 13, 2012 – November 25, 2012
Out of Print: Altered Books
Christopher Stott: New Realism
Paul Strand: The Mexican Portfolio
June 14, 2012 – August 26, 2012
L.A.te: Photographs of Los Angeles After Dark
Americana: Installations by Nobuhito Nishigawara
Lost and Found: Paintings of the Central Valley (Dennis Ziemienski)
Visual Arts Festival: Juried Fine Art Small Works Exhibition (Theme: California)
Eye Gallery: A Day in the Life
March 22, 2012 – May 27, 2012
Legacy in Continuum: Bay Area Figuration
Untitled Journey: Paintings by Mark Harrington
Man-Made: Vessels by California Craftsmen
December 8, 2011 – March 4, 2012
Estampas de Revolución Mexicana
Shifting Landscapes: Paintings by Chelsea James and Ryan Reynolds
DE LA MANO: Print-Based Work from La Mano Press and La Mano Gráfica
2011
September 15, 2011 – November 27, 2011
Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor
Convergence: Selected Work from the Art Faculty at Bakersfield College and Cal State Bakersfield
Art Sherwyn; Us: The Connecting Line
June 16, 2011 – August 29, 2011
California Art Club – Splendor: Paintings of the Tejon Ranch
Mini-Size Me: A Monumental Critique on Today’s Handheld Society
Ann Laddon; Celebrating Color: Impressions on the Central California Landscape
Visual Arts Festival: Juried Fine Art Small Works Exhibition
March 24, 2011 – May 29, 2011
California Fiber Art: Fiber Optics
Cathy Breslaw; Explorations: Space and Light
Simple Complexities: Still Life Paintings by Angus Wilson
December 9, 2010 – March 6, 2011
Space/Silence/Spirit; Maynard Dixon’s West: The Hays Collection
Marco Casentini: Grand Junction
Uniquely Ours: Modern Architects in Bakersfield; Exploring the Local Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Neutra