Artists’ Reception – Julie Engelmann, Amos Goldbaum, Liv Losee-Unger, Fernanda Martínez, & Deirdre Weinberg

Meet five Bay Area muralists at Manna Gallery

Manna Gallery has the right kind of room for this show. It is small enough that you can stand close to the work, look at the marks, and still have a real conversation with the person who made it.

On Saturday, October 3, from 2 to 4 pm, the Oakland gallery hosts an artists reception for its group exhibition with Julie Engelmann, Amos Goldbaum, Liv Losee Unger, Fernanda Martínez, and Deirdre Weinberg.

The thread here is public art brought indoors. These are artists many people know from walls, streets, neighborhood projects, and big outdoor pieces around the Bay Area. Seeing that same energy inside a gallery changes the pace. You get more time with the details.

Engelmann brings surreal, color rich work with a sharp eye for composition. Goldbaum is known for his flowing line drawings of city life and everyday scenes. Losee Unger works with nature, community, and vivid painted stories. Martínez, based in Oakland, moves through color, form, texture, painting, sculpture, and mural work. Weinberg’s current work looks at climate through stark black and white landscapes, seascapes, and airscapes.

If you like murals, this is a good chance to see how artists think when the wall gets smaller and the room gets quieter. And if you are just gallery curious, the afternoon setup makes it easy. Walk in, look around, ask a question, stay a bit.

The reception is free and open to the public at Manna Gallery, 473 25th St in Oakland. More event details are listed here.

The exhibition runs September 26 through October 31, with gallery hours on Saturdays from 12 to 5 pm and First Fridays from 5 to 8 pm.

Meet the artists of Big, Small, and Everything In Between and celebrate this group exhibition featuring five Bay Area muralists. Join us for an afternoon gathering and a closer look at how these artists bring the color, energy, and visual language of their public work into the gallery’s intimate setting. Free and open to the public.
Julie Engelmann, based in Half Moon Bay, works across murals, paintings, and digital illustration. Using media ranging from acrylic on canvas to spray paint on large walls, she creates highly detailed and often surrealistic imagery, frequently drawing on historical themes and using color and composition to create new visual possibilities.
Amos Goldbaum is a San Francisco–based visual artist known for his signature line drawings, which span canvases, large-scale murals, prints, and apparel. Inspired by the places and everyday scenes around him, his work combines multiple viewpoints, angles, and moments in time into cohesive compositions connected by a singular line. His murals can be found throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and in cities around the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Tokyo, and Kathmandu.
Liv Losee-Unger is a Bay Area muralist known for vibrant, nature-inspired, and community-centered art. With more than sixty public artworks completed across the United States and abroad, her detailed and colorful murals transform spaces through stories of flora, fauna, femininity, and human connection.
Fernanda Martínez is an Oakland-based painter, muralist, and sculptor whose vibrant, expressive work draws from memories and observations of nature. Born and raised in Mexico City, she moved to the Bay Area in 2015, where she has developed an experimental and intuitive practice exploring the emotional depth of color, form, pattern, and texture. Her work spans painting, sculpture, murals, and public art, transforming her distinctive visual language across two- and three-dimensional forms. Martinez has exhibited her paintings and sculptures in galleries and has collaborated on numerous public art projects for businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community-focused and affordable housing developments.
Deirdre Weinberg is a multidisciplinary artist with deep ties to the San Francisco Bay Area, working across murals, public art, and studio practice. Her evolving work currently focuses on climate change, using a limited black-and-white palette to explore landscapes, seascapes, and airscapes with a sense of urgency and starkness. Whether creating work in public spaces or the studio, Weinberg seeks to build community, connect with viewers, and inspire conversation, reflection, and new perspectives.
September 26 – October 31, 2026
Artists’ Reception: Saturday, October 3, 2-4 pm
Oakland Style Week Art Tour: Saturday, October 10, 11 am-2 pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 12-5 pm & First Fridays, 5-8 pm