PING PONG GALLERY

YOU ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEED TO BE
by Susan O'Malley

Opening Reception:
Friday, June 12th, 6:00 - 9:00pm

Exhibition Dates
June 12th - July 17th, 2009

Susan O'Malley, YOU ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEED TO BE, 40" x 30", 2009

Ping Pong Gallery is pleased to announce that it is exactly where it needs to be...presenting its first solo exhibition with Susan O'Malley.

" ...I think I am supposed to do this. Even before the YES WE CAN posters hung in every window in San Francisco, I have loved and collected inspirational sayings. I adore the crisp and authoritative language of optimism, the Zen-like messages of just being. Why wouldn't I hang a roomful of inspirational posters in a gallery for others to experience?"

As a Bay Area artist and curator, O’Malley uses simple and recognizable tools of engagement—offering a Pep Talk, distributing flyers in a neighborhood's mailbox, hanging inspirational posters—to offer entry into an understood, and sometimes humorous, interaction of everyday life.

As both an artist and curator, she has participated in programs and exhibitions at Bay Area venues including Southern Exposure, The Hardware Store Gallery, California College of the Arts, Mission 17, The Curiosity Shoppe, The Lab, Ping Pong Gallery, The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art and The Headlands Center for the Arts. Curatorial projects at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, where O’Malley is the Assistant Curator, include San Jose State University’s annual Master of Fine Arts Graduate show and This Show Needs You, a socially engaged exhibition held in conjunction with the conference Intervene! Interject! Rethinking Art as Social Practice at UC Santa Cruz. She holds a BA in Urban Studies from Stanford University and an MFA from California College of the Arts.

For additional information, please contact Vanessa and Joey at 415.550.7483 or email info@pingponggallery.com. For inspiration, come by the gallery!!!

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Gallery Hours:
Saturday, June 13th: 11:00 - 5:00pm
Tuesdays: 6:00 - 9:00pm
Thursdays: 6:00 - 9:00pm
Fridays: 11:00 - 5:00pm
(Closed Friday, June 26th)

Appointments Welcome

(415) 550-7483
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Installation Views:

Artwork:
All pieces are pigment prints on cotton rag paper, 42" x 32", editions of 5

THE SKY IS THE LIMIT

THIS IS ALL PART OF THE PROCESS

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

MAKE IT HAPPEN

ALLOW TIME TO BREATHE

BE HERE NOW

ALL WE NEED IS LOVE

EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY

LISTEN TO YOUR HEART

TALK ABOUT IT

RELAX, SOMETHING WILL REVEAL ITSELF

YES





YOU ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEED TO BE by Susan O'Malley Opening Reception: Friday, June 12th, 6:00 - 9:00pm Exhibition Dates June 12th - July 17th, 2009 Susan O'Malley, YOU ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEED TO BE, 40" x 30", 2009 Ping Pong Gallery is pleased to announce that it is exactly where it needs to be...presenting its first solo exhibition with Susan O'Malley. " ...I think I am supposed to do this. Even before the YES WE CAN posters hung in every window in San Francisco, I have loved and collected inspirational sayings. I adore the crisp and authoritative language of optimism, the Zen-like messages of just being. Why wouldn't I hang a roomful of inspirational posters in a gallery for others to experience?" As a Bay Area artist and curator, O’Malley uses simple and recognizable tools of engagement—offering a Pep Talk, distributing flyers in a neighborhood's mailbox, hanging inspirational posters—to offer entry into an understood, and sometimes humorous, interaction of everyday life. As both an artist and curator, she has participated in programs and exhibitions at Bay Area venues including Southern Exposure, The Hardware Store Gallery, California College of the Arts, Mission 17, The Curiosity Shoppe, The Lab, Ping Pong Gallery, The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art and The Headlands Center for the Arts. Curatorial projects at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, where O’Malley is the Assistant Curator, include San Jose State University’s annual Master of Fine Arts Graduate show and This Show Needs You, a socially engaged exhibition held in conjunction with the conference Intervene! Interject! Rethinking Art as Social Practice at UC Santa Cruz. She holds a BA in Urban Studies from Stanford University and an MFA from California College of the Arts. For additional information, please contact Vanessa and Joey at 415.550.7483 or email info@pingponggallery.com. For inspiration, come by the gallery!!!	Upcoming Exhibitions Past Exhibitions Artists About Home	Ping Pong Gallery 1240 22nd St. San Francisco, CA map Gallery Hours: Saturday, June 13th: 11:00 - 5:00pm Tuesdays: 6:00 - 9:00pm Thursdays: 6:00 - 9:00pm Fridays: 11:00 - 5:00pm (Closed Friday, June 26th) Appointments Welcome (415) 550-7483 info@pingponggallery.com Generously sponsored by
Installation Views: Artwork: All pieces are pigment prints on cotton rag paper, 42" x 32", editions of 5 THE SKY IS THE LIMIT THIS IS ALL PART OF THE PROCESS WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER MAKE IT HAPPEN ALLOW TIME TO BREATHE BE HERE NOW ALL WE NEED IS LOVE EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY LISTEN TO YOUR HEART TALK ABOUT IT RELAX, SOMETHING WILL REVEAL ITSELF YES