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A mini walk through of Regeneratrix, a solo exhibition of my new paintings and work on paper from the past 3 years. This solo exhibition is on view @marlborough_gallery London through March 23 ., Marlborough gallery first opened in Londonin 1946 and moved to this location in the 1950’s, so these walls have supported the works of Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach and so many of my art heroes… it’s a privilege to share psychic space with these legends ! ❤️‍🔥 . . . ❤️‍🔥 #londongalleries #marlboroughgallery #yuliapink #yuliapinkusevich #regeneratrix

“The maps were actually really beautiful. But the thing they were describing was horrific.”

We sat down with local artist Yulia Pinkusevich to learn more about her piece “Casualty Isorithm.” She shared how she reimagined and brought empathy to a very precise and militaristic type of visual information: maps calculating possible casualties from a nuclear airburst.

Pinkusevich’s work was featured in and acquired from our first “The de Young Open” in 2020! The 2023 exhibition is on now.

Click the link in our bio to read the full interview 📲

#BayAreaArtists #ScreenPrinting #DeYoungOpen

Friday on the River 😌🛶

Friday on the River 😌🛶

Friday on the River 😌🛶

Friday on the River 😌🛶

Last day of “emergence” @qualiacontemporaryart - I’m so grateful to all who worked on this exhibition, thank you to everyone who came to the show and special thanks to the amazing collectors who support the artist and the gallery through acquisition. THANK YOU PALO ALTO, My heart is full 💙 image Sacred Fire 12x16” 2025

Last day of “emergence” @qualiacontemporaryart - I’m so grateful to all who worked on this exhibition, thank you to everyone who came to the show and special thanks to the amazing collectors who support the artist and the gallery through acquisition. THANK YOU PALO ALTO, My heart is full 💙 image Sacred Fire 12x16” 2025

Inside the Oakland studio of internationally recognized San Francisco based artist and educator Yulia Pinkusevich, the technical methodology behind her current exhibition, Emergence, is revealed through a exploration of material properties. These works are constructed through a sophisticated layering of mica, ash, and charcoal—found natural matter that Pinkusevich integrates with drawing-painting hybrid techniques and layers of ink, drawing the tension between atmospheric depth and precise, symbolic lines. This material approach is fundamentally tied to her investigation of the built environment and the systemic impact of human civilization on Earth’s cyclical systems.
Pinkusevich’s practice is rooted in a long-standing meditation on the politics of migration, war, and displacement—themes deeply informed by her own history. Her work spans large-scale installations and meditative studio experiments, consistently addressing the ecological and social casualties of the present day. By utilizing fire-derived media, she frames the flame as both a physical medium and a symbolic catalyst for historical renewal, capturing the urgent tensions of human impact and the natural world.

On view at Qualia Contemporary Art
Closing: May 9th

Yulia Pinkusevich and Cathy Lu: Emergence
Stella Zhang: Tidal Traces

Gallery Hours:
Tue - Thur : 11 - 6PM
Fri - Sat : 11 - 7PM

Qualia Contemporary Art
229 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA
qca_info@qualiagallery.com
www.qualiagallery.com

#QualiaContemporaryArt #BayAreaArt #Oakland #ContemporaryArt #bayarea

Hi friends, these are the last 2 weeks to catch our 2 person show, see you this Saturday 4/25/26 1 pm @qualiacontemporaryart for a conversation with @patriciacvaldez and @_cathyclu_Join us and you can check out these details IRL “As the World Burns (Fire)” 2023, acrylic, ink, charcoal, ash, coepsis flowers, dry pigment, paper, and glitter on canvas, 82 x 65 in #yuliapinkusevich #yuliapink #fire #paintingfire #sacredflame #ritualfire #paloalto #sciliconvalley

Hi friends, these are the last 2 weeks to catch our 2 person show, see you this Saturday 4/25/26 1 pm @qualiacontemporaryart for a conversation with @patriciacvaldez and @_cathyclu_Join us and you can check out these details IRL “As the World Burns (Fire)” 2023, acrylic, ink, charcoal, ash, coepsis flowers, dry pigment, paper, and glitter on canvas, 82 x 65 in #yuliapinkusevich #yuliapink #fire #paintingfire #sacredflame #ritualfire #paloalto #sciliconvalley

Hi friends, these are the last 2 weeks to catch our 2 person show, see you this Saturday 4/25/26 1 pm @qualiacontemporaryart for a conversation with @patriciacvaldez and @_cathyclu_Join us and you can check out these details IRL “As the World Burns (Fire)” 2023, acrylic, ink, charcoal, ash, coepsis flowers, dry pigment, paper, and glitter on canvas, 82 x 65 in #yuliapinkusevich #yuliapink #fire #paintingfire #sacredflame #ritualfire #paloalto #sciliconvalley

Two artists whose practices I’ve been following for a long time! Emergence at @qualiacontemporaryart brings together @_cathyclu_ and @yuliapink around themes of transformation and ritual.
Cathy Lu builds ceramic sculptures rooted in Chinese diaspora mythology, objects that hold different meanings depending on the cultural perspective you bring. Yulia Pinkusevich uses ash, charcoal, and gold leaf, channeling fire, displacement, and the physical memory of places left behind.
This Saturday, I get to sit with both of them and explore their material choices, personal stories, diaspora, and thoughts on how their works are in dialogue in the space.
Come through.
📍 229 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto
⚡️ Saturday, April 25, 1 to 2 PM
Free and open to everyone. RSVP via Eventbrite (link in bio!)

Qualia Contemporary Art is pleased to announce an artist talk featuring Cathy Lu and Yulia Pinkusevich on Saturday, April 25 at 1:00 PM.

Presented in collaboration with the UC Berkeley Department of Arts & Humanities, this dialogue explores the thematic foundations of the current exhibition, Emergence. Moderated by art advisor Patricia Valdez, the conversation will examine how both artists utilize their respective methodologies in ceramics and installation to navigate social systems, ecological forces, and ancestral histories.

The event is open to the public. Join us for an afternoon of critical discourse and community engagement.

🗓️ Saturday, April 25 | 1:00 PM
📍 Qualia Contemporary Art, Palo Alto
🔗 RSVP via the link in our bio.

A recent studio visit with Yulia Pinkusevich in Oakland provided insight into a practice informed by her history as a refugee from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Having fled the Eastern Bloc during the collapse of the Soviet Union, Pinkusevich’s trajectory—moving from New York and New Mexico to the Bay Area—serves as a foundation for her examination of identity and inhabited environments.

These themes are central to her roles as an educator and artist, including her MFA from Stanford University and her tenure as the Joan Danforth Professor of Painting at Mills College of Northeastern.

Current work in the studio includes a continuation of her Isorithm series. These pieces utilize declassified military maps—archival documents originally used to calculate the impact of nuclear events. By re-representing these diagrams, Pinkusevich investigates how society visualizes violence. The work addresses social and ecological themes, utilizing formal gestures to examine the intersections of human systems and ecosystems.

Photography by @s4rahkim

On View:
Cathy Lu and Yulia Pinkusevich: Emergence
Stella Zhang: Tidal Traces

Exhibition Dates: March 7 – May 2, 2026
📍 229 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Gallery Hours:
Tues – Thurs: 11 AM – 6 PM
Fri – Sat: 11 AM – 7 PM
Sun – Mon: By Appointment

#QualiaContemporaryArt #YuliaPinkusevich #ContemporaryArt #PaloAlto SiliconValleyAr

A recent studio visit with Yulia Pinkusevich in Oakland provided insight into a practice informed by her history as a refugee from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Having fled the Eastern Bloc during the collapse of the Soviet Union, Pinkusevich’s trajectory—moving from New York and New Mexico to the Bay Area—serves as a foundation for her examination of identity and inhabited environments.

These themes are central to her roles as an educator and artist, including her MFA from Stanford University and her tenure as the Joan Danforth Professor of Painting at Mills College of Northeastern.

Current work in the studio includes a continuation of her Isorithm series. These pieces utilize declassified military maps—archival documents originally used to calculate the impact of nuclear events. By re-representing these diagrams, Pinkusevich investigates how society visualizes violence. The work addresses social and ecological themes, utilizing formal gestures to examine the intersections of human systems and ecosystems.

Photography by @s4rahkim

On View:
Cathy Lu and Yulia Pinkusevich: Emergence
Stella Zhang: Tidal Traces

Exhibition Dates: March 7 – May 2, 2026
📍 229 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Gallery Hours:
Tues – Thurs: 11 AM – 6 PM
Fri – Sat: 11 AM – 7 PM
Sun – Mon: By Appointment

#QualiaContemporaryArt #YuliaPinkusevich #ContemporaryArt #PaloAlto SiliconValleyAr

A recent studio visit with Yulia Pinkusevich in Oakland provided insight into a practice informed by her history as a refugee from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Having fled the Eastern Bloc during the collapse of the Soviet Union, Pinkusevich’s trajectory—moving from New York and New Mexico to the Bay Area—serves as a foundation for her examination of identity and inhabited environments.

These themes are central to her roles as an educator and artist, including her MFA from Stanford University and her tenure as the Joan Danforth Professor of Painting at Mills College of Northeastern.

Current work in the studio includes a continuation of her Isorithm series. These pieces utilize declassified military maps—archival documents originally used to calculate the impact of nuclear events. By re-representing these diagrams, Pinkusevich investigates how society visualizes violence. The work addresses social and ecological themes, utilizing formal gestures to examine the intersections of human systems and ecosystems.

Photography by @s4rahkim

On View:
Cathy Lu and Yulia Pinkusevich: Emergence
Stella Zhang: Tidal Traces

Exhibition Dates: March 7 – May 2, 2026
📍 229 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Gallery Hours:
Tues – Thurs: 11 AM – 6 PM
Fri – Sat: 11 AM – 7 PM
Sun – Mon: By Appointment

#QualiaContemporaryArt #YuliaPinkusevich #ContemporaryArt #PaloAlto SiliconValleyAr

A recent studio visit with Yulia Pinkusevich in Oakland provided insight into a practice informed by her history as a refugee from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Having fled the Eastern Bloc during the collapse of the Soviet Union, Pinkusevich’s trajectory—moving from New York and New Mexico to the Bay Area—serves as a foundation for her examination of identity and inhabited environments.

These themes are central to her roles as an educator and artist, including her MFA from Stanford University and her tenure as the Joan Danforth Professor of Painting at Mills College of Northeastern.

Current work in the studio includes a continuation of her Isorithm series. These pieces utilize declassified military maps—archival documents originally used to calculate the impact of nuclear events. By re-representing these diagrams, Pinkusevich investigates how society visualizes violence. The work addresses social and ecological themes, utilizing formal gestures to examine the intersections of human systems and ecosystems.

Photography by @s4rahkim

On View:
Cathy Lu and Yulia Pinkusevich: Emergence
Stella Zhang: Tidal Traces

Exhibition Dates: March 7 – May 2, 2026
📍 229 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Gallery Hours:
Tues – Thurs: 11 AM – 6 PM
Fri – Sat: 11 AM – 7 PM
Sun – Mon: By Appointment

#QualiaContemporaryArt #YuliaPinkusevich #ContemporaryArt #PaloAlto SiliconValleyAr

A recent studio visit with Yulia Pinkusevich in Oakland provided insight into a practice informed by her history as a refugee from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Having fled the Eastern Bloc during the collapse of the Soviet Union, Pinkusevich’s trajectory—moving from New York and New Mexico to the Bay Area—serves as a foundation for her examination of identity and inhabited environments.

These themes are central to her roles as an educator and artist, including her MFA from Stanford University and her tenure as the Joan Danforth Professor of Painting at Mills College of Northeastern.

Current work in the studio includes a continuation of her Isorithm series. These pieces utilize declassified military maps—archival documents originally used to calculate the impact of nuclear events. By re-representing these diagrams, Pinkusevich investigates how society visualizes violence. The work addresses social and ecological themes, utilizing formal gestures to examine the intersections of human systems and ecosystems.

Photography by @s4rahkim

On View:
Cathy Lu and Yulia Pinkusevich: Emergence
Stella Zhang: Tidal Traces

Exhibition Dates: March 7 – May 2, 2026
📍 229 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Gallery Hours:
Tues – Thurs: 11 AM – 6 PM
Fri – Sat: 11 AM – 7 PM
Sun – Mon: By Appointment

#QualiaContemporaryArt #YuliaPinkusevich #ContemporaryArt #PaloAlto SiliconValleyAr

A recent studio visit with Yulia Pinkusevich in Oakland provided insight into a practice informed by her history as a refugee from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Having fled the Eastern Bloc during the collapse of the Soviet Union, Pinkusevich’s trajectory—moving from New York and New Mexico to the Bay Area—serves as a foundation for her examination of identity and inhabited environments.

These themes are central to her roles as an educator and artist, including her MFA from Stanford University and her tenure as the Joan Danforth Professor of Painting at Mills College of Northeastern.

Current work in the studio includes a continuation of her Isorithm series. These pieces utilize declassified military maps—archival documents originally used to calculate the impact of nuclear events. By re-representing these diagrams, Pinkusevich investigates how society visualizes violence. The work addresses social and ecological themes, utilizing formal gestures to examine the intersections of human systems and ecosystems.

Photography by @s4rahkim

On View:
Cathy Lu and Yulia Pinkusevich: Emergence
Stella Zhang: Tidal Traces

Exhibition Dates: March 7 – May 2, 2026
📍 229 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Gallery Hours:
Tues – Thurs: 11 AM – 6 PM
Fri – Sat: 11 AM – 7 PM
Sun – Mon: By Appointment

#QualiaContemporaryArt #YuliaPinkusevich #ContemporaryArt #PaloAlto SiliconValleyAr

We are pleased to share that our current exhibition, Emergence, has been reviewed by John Seed for Square Cylinder.

The piece offers an in-depth analysis of the thematic, linguistic, and gestural tensions within the works of Cathy Lu and Yulia Pinkusevich, examining their use of ritual as a methodology for navigating environmental and cultural flux.

“The combined effect of Pinkusevich’s and Lu’s art is to experience a temple of feminist consciousness and creation.” — John Seed, Square Cylinder.

The full review is now available via the link in our bio.

Emergence remains on view through May 2, 2026.

#QualiaContemporaryArt #CathyLu #YuliaPinkusevich #SquareCylinder #BayAreaArt

We are pleased to share that our current exhibition, Emergence, has been reviewed by John Seed for Square Cylinder.

The piece offers an in-depth analysis of the thematic, linguistic, and gestural tensions within the works of Cathy Lu and Yulia Pinkusevich, examining their use of ritual as a methodology for navigating environmental and cultural flux.

“The combined effect of Pinkusevich’s and Lu’s art is to experience a temple of feminist consciousness and creation.” — John Seed, Square Cylinder.

The full review is now available via the link in our bio.

Emergence remains on view through May 2, 2026.

#QualiaContemporaryArt #CathyLu #YuliaPinkusevich #SquareCylinder #BayAreaArt

We are pleased to share that our current exhibition, Emergence, has been reviewed by John Seed for Square Cylinder.

The piece offers an in-depth analysis of the thematic, linguistic, and gestural tensions within the works of Cathy Lu and Yulia Pinkusevich, examining their use of ritual as a methodology for navigating environmental and cultural flux.

“The combined effect of Pinkusevich’s and Lu’s art is to experience a temple of feminist consciousness and creation.” — John Seed, Square Cylinder.

The full review is now available via the link in our bio.

Emergence remains on view through May 2, 2026.

#QualiaContemporaryArt #CathyLu #YuliaPinkusevich #SquareCylinder #BayAreaArt

We are pleased to share that our current exhibition, Emergence, has been reviewed by John Seed for Square Cylinder.

The piece offers an in-depth analysis of the thematic, linguistic, and gestural tensions within the works of Cathy Lu and Yulia Pinkusevich, examining their use of ritual as a methodology for navigating environmental and cultural flux.

“The combined effect of Pinkusevich’s and Lu’s art is to experience a temple of feminist consciousness and creation.” — John Seed, Square Cylinder.

The full review is now available via the link in our bio.

Emergence remains on view through May 2, 2026.

#QualiaContemporaryArt #CathyLu #YuliaPinkusevich #SquareCylinder #BayAreaArt

Excited to share that two new art reviews of our exhibition @qualiacontemporaryart “Emergence” were published this week. It’s been lovely to exhibit in the Bay Area this spring, sharing this deeply personal work with my community is so rewarding! Here are the highlights from John Seed’s Squarecylinder review here! Thank you to everyone who has supported this work, the show has been EXTENDED TO May 9th 2026- hope you get a chance to see it IRL 🔥🙏🥰

Excited to share that two new art reviews of our exhibition @qualiacontemporaryart “Emergence” were published this week. It’s been lovely to exhibit in the Bay Area this spring, sharing this deeply personal work with my community is so rewarding! Here are the highlights from John Seed’s Squarecylinder review here! Thank you to everyone who has supported this work, the show has been EXTENDED TO May 9th 2026- hope you get a chance to see it IRL 🔥🙏🥰

Excited to share that two new art reviews of our exhibition @qualiacontemporaryart “Emergence” were published this week. It’s been lovely to exhibit in the Bay Area this spring, sharing this deeply personal work with my community is so rewarding! Here are the highlights from John Seed’s Squarecylinder review here! Thank you to everyone who has supported this work, the show has been EXTENDED TO May 9th 2026- hope you get a chance to see it IRL 🔥🙏🥰

Excited to share that two new art reviews of our exhibition @qualiacontemporaryart “Emergence” were published this week. It’s been lovely to exhibit in the Bay Area this spring, sharing this deeply personal work with my community is so rewarding! Here are the highlights from John Seed’s Squarecylinder review here! Thank you to everyone who has supported this work, the show has been EXTENDED TO May 9th 2026- hope you get a chance to see it IRL 🔥🙏🥰

Excited to share that two new art reviews of our exhibition @qualiacontemporaryart “Emergence” were published this week. It’s been lovely to exhibit in the Bay Area this spring, sharing this deeply personal work with my community is so rewarding! Here are the highlights from John Seed’s Squarecylinder review here! Thank you to everyone who has supported this work, the show has been EXTENDED TO May 9th 2026- hope you get a chance to see it IRL 🔥🙏🥰

Excited to share that two new art reviews of our exhibition @qualiacontemporaryart “Emergence” were published this week. It’s been lovely to exhibit in the Bay Area this spring, sharing this deeply personal work with my community is so rewarding! Here are the highlights from John Seed’s Squarecylinder review here! Thank you to everyone who has supported this work, the show has been EXTENDED TO May 9th 2026- hope you get a chance to see it IRL 🔥🙏🥰

Excited to share that two new art reviews of our exhibition @qualiacontemporaryart “Emergence” were published this week. It’s been lovely to exhibit in the Bay Area this spring, sharing this deeply personal work with my community is so rewarding! Here are the highlights from John Seed’s Squarecylinder review here! Thank you to everyone who has supported this work, the show has been EXTENDED TO May 9th 2026- hope you get a chance to see it IRL 🔥🙏🥰

Excited to share that two new art reviews of our exhibition @qualiacontemporaryart “Emergence” were published this week. It’s been lovely to exhibit in the Bay Area this spring, sharing this deeply personal work with my community is so rewarding! Here are the highlights from John Seed’s Squarecylinder review here! Thank you to everyone who has supported this work, the show has been EXTENDED TO May 9th 2026- hope you get a chance to see it IRL 🔥🙏🥰

Excited to share that two new art reviews of our exhibition @qualiacontemporaryart “Emergence” were published this week. It’s been lovely to exhibit in the Bay Area this spring, sharing this deeply personal work with my community is so rewarding! Here are the highlights from John Seed’s Squarecylinder review here! Thank you to everyone who has supported this work, the show has been EXTENDED TO May 9th 2026- hope you get a chance to see it IRL 🔥🙏🥰

Highlighting this large painting included in “Emergence” titled Breath of Life (Air), 2023acrylic, ink, ash, charcoal, glitter, and dry pigment on canvas 82 x 65 in.,208.3 x 165.1 cm. The work began as a piece about breath but ended as a work about the cycles of life, death and rebirth, first photo by Pierre Le Hors, install photos by Glen Cheriton, and studio documentation of textures and details in the last slide by me.It’s a quieter painting compared to others, but one that has a growing presence and meaning. The work is on view @qualiacontemporaryart through May 2nd. #yuliapinkusevich #yuliapink

Highlighting this large painting included in “Emergence” titled Breath of Life (Air), 2023acrylic, ink, ash, charcoal, glitter, and dry pigment on canvas 82 x 65 in.,208.3 x 165.1 cm. The work began as a piece about breath but ended as a work about the cycles of life, death and rebirth, first photo by Pierre Le Hors, install photos by Glen Cheriton, and studio documentation of textures and details in the last slide by me.It’s a quieter painting compared to others, but one that has a growing presence and meaning. The work is on view @qualiacontemporaryart through May 2nd. #yuliapinkusevich #yuliapink

Highlighting this large painting included in “Emergence” titled Breath of Life (Air), 2023acrylic, ink, ash, charcoal, glitter, and dry pigment on canvas 82 x 65 in.,208.3 x 165.1 cm. The work began as a piece about breath but ended as a work about the cycles of life, death and rebirth, first photo by Pierre Le Hors, install photos by Glen Cheriton, and studio documentation of textures and details in the last slide by me.It’s a quieter painting compared to others, but one that has a growing presence and meaning. The work is on view @qualiacontemporaryart through May 2nd. #yuliapinkusevich #yuliapink

Highlighting this large painting included in “Emergence” titled Breath of Life (Air), 2023acrylic, ink, ash, charcoal, glitter, and dry pigment on canvas 82 x 65 in.,208.3 x 165.1 cm. The work began as a piece about breath but ended as a work about the cycles of life, death and rebirth, first photo by Pierre Le Hors, install photos by Glen Cheriton, and studio documentation of textures and details in the last slide by me.It’s a quieter painting compared to others, but one that has a growing presence and meaning. The work is on view @qualiacontemporaryart through May 2nd. #yuliapinkusevich #yuliapink