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Tonight ✨ Join us for the opening reception of Liquid Light featuring over 40 works by Ned Evans spanning the last two decades. Vibrant paintings and resin works exploring color, light, abstraction, and water come together in a dynamic installation. Opening Reception May 8 | 5:30–7:30 PM Light refreshments served Images: Ned Evans, 2319P, 2019, Gouache on Arches paper, 40 x 30 inches (framed), 101.6 x 76.2 cm, and Pool #6, 2018, Surfboard foam and resin, 12 x 6 x 3 inches, 30.5 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm. Courtesy of the artist.

Open Vessel, from the series “In August⁠” [sold]⁠ ⁠ Open Vessel Acrylic, oil, charcoal on canvas 80 × 80 cm ⁠ Two more works from the series remain available through @galleryram in California.

“Evan’s artistic fathers are the fathers of abstraction. But his mothers are the air, land, and waters of his home.” — Jill Giegerich, Professor, UC Riverside @jillgiegerich Join us for the opening reception of Ned Evans: Liquid Light on Friday, May 8th, 5:30-7:30. Image: BUBBLES acrylic on canvas 40 x 60 inches 101.6 x 152.4 cm

Ned Evans: Liquid Light, Opening Reception: May 8th 5:30 -7:30 RAM is pleased to present Liquid Light, our first solo presentation with Ned Evans. Spanning the last 18 years, the exhibition brings together paintings and resin wall reliefs that explore light as fluid, shifting, and inseparable from water. Through layered, aqueous processes, Evans’ work captures perception in motion. Ned Evans (b. 1950) is a painter and lifelong surfer based in Venice. He received his BFA and MFA from the University of California, Irvine in the 1970s, where he studied during a formative moment alongside artists such as Billy Al Bengston, Robert Irwin, Ed Moses, Larry Bell, and Craig Kauffman. Aligned with the ethos of the Finish Fetish and Light and Space movements, Evans merges the materials and sensibilities of coastal life with those of the studio, contributing to an aesthetic now considered distinctly Californian. His paintings, drawings, and resin sculptures have been exhibited at institutions including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Laguna Art Museum, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, and the Bakersfield Museum of Art.

A couple of weeks ago, we gathered for an intimate collector open house celebrating Ali Vaughan’s new work and her exhibition at the Bakersfield Museum of Art (on view through Sunday, 5/3!). Installed throughout the home, Vaughan’s work existed fluidly in the lived spaces, echoing the same sensitivity to landscape, memory, and atmosphere that defines her practice. The setting offered a chance to experience the work as it lives with collectors: unfolding slowly, in conversation with architecture, light, and daily life. As we close out the final weekend of her show, we’re grateful to share moments like these where community, collecting, and artists come together in a more personal way. This is what RAM is all about. Thank you to our hosts and to everyone who joined us. If you are interested in any of the work on display or would like to learn more about these types of events, please send us a message. @alijetv_ @thebmoa @galleryram @thebmoa

SAVE THE DATE! Ned Evans: Liquid Light May 8 — July 11, 2026 Opening Reception: May 8th, 5:30 — 7:30 RAM is pleased to present Liquid Light, our first solo presentation with artist Ned Evans (@nedevans ). Liquid Light captures the essence of Ned Evans’ work, where light is treated as fluid, shifting, and inseparable from water. Shaped by decades of looking, both at the California coast and from within it, his paintings and resin works build light through layered, aqueous processes that shimmer and distort. In Evans's work, light becomes a way of holding experience in motion, where perception itself offers a quiet form of refuge. Ned Evans (b. 1950) is a painter and lifelong surfer based in Venice. He received his BFA and MFA from the University of California, Irvine in the 1970s, where he studied during a formative moment alongside artists such as Billy Al Bengston, Robert Irwin, Ed Moses, Larry Bell, and Craig Kauffman. Aligned with the ethos of the Finish Fetish and Light and Space movements, Evans merges the materials and sensibilities of coastal life with those of the studio, contributing to an aesthetic now considered distinctly Californian. His paintings, drawings, and resin sculptures have been exhibited at institutions including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Laguna Art Museum, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, and the Bakersfield Museum of Art. Image: Ned Evans, Finger Bay, 15 x 30 inches, Acrylic on Canvas, courtesy of the artist

We’re pleased to share that Jesse Sugarmann’s exhibition has been extended through April 25. These final weeks offer a last opportunity to experience the work, with the gallery open by appointment throughout April. Appointments can be scheduled by DM, link in bio, or email [email protected]. We look forward to welcoming you! #jessesugarmann

A clip from Melody Road (2025) by Jesse Sugarmann. Join us tomorrow for a gallery walkthrough and conversation with the artist in conjunction with High, Low, and In Between, currently on view at RAM. Sugarmann works across video, sculpture, and photography, exploring material, movement, and the cultural spaces between spectacle and everyday experience. Artist Talk Tomorrow Doors 10:00, talk starts at 10:30 Video: Melody Road, 2025 Dual channel digital video TRT 29:00 Courtesy of the artist #jessesugarmann

A reminder to join us next Saturday for a gallery walkthrough with Jesse Sugarmann. In conversation with the work on view in High, Low, and In Between, Sugarmann will discuss the materials, processes, and ideas that shape the exhibition. We will have coffee from @reverbcoffee and donuts from @smithsbakeries to sweeten the experience. ☕🍩 Saturday, March 7, 2026
Doors at 10:00 AM | Remarks at 10:30 AM
RAM, OTK Open to all Installation photography by @andrelishus #jessesugarmann

RAM will be open by appointment only from February 16–22. To schedule your visit, email us at [email protected] or send us a quick DM. Regular hours resume February 23. Image: Jesse Sugarmann, Melody Road Practical (la cucaracha), 2025, wood, 4 x 145 inches (10.2 x 426.7 cm), image courtesy of the artist and RAM. Photography by @andrelishus . #jessesugarmann

We organized a charming exhibition in our storage, specially curated for dear friends of RAM, @zachbalfanz and @havesomepatience , in celebration of their engagement party held at the gallery yesterday. The event was bathed in the color green, symbolizing growth, harmony, and prosperity, qualities we are confident will characterize their union. The presentation is varied, shifting between bountiful tablescapes, subdued olive-like abstractions where form and material intersect, subtle cosmic compositions created by repeating patterns of agricultural land, and serene celebrations of nature — works that embody both abundance and restraint. Artists include: Charles Arnoldi, Rebecca Farr, Ali Vaughan, Deanna Thompson, Mary Baum, Ned Evans, Marjorie Dow, and Vikki Cruz If you'd like more information regarding any of these works, please send us a DM.

Opening Tomorrow! Jesse Sugarmann: High, Low, and In Between The exhibition brings together paintings, photographs, video, and interactive sound sculptures to examine how melody and mobility shape public space—from Japan’s melody roads to the cultural language of car horns in California’s Central Valley. 🛻 Join us 6–8 PM. Jesse Sugarmann will give brief remarks at 7 PM. Tommy’s Pizza square bites, beer, and bubbles will be served while supplies last. Free and open to the public. #jessesugarmann