Installation view, Sandow Birk: An Illustrated History of the Present, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, 2026
"Sandow Birk: An Illustrated History of the Present" surveys 35 years of work across painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics and film. Key series such as "Prisonation", "In Smog and Thunder" and "American Qur’an" appear, often paired with new or reimagined works that answer the originals. The oldest pieces, two 1992 graffiti paintings made with street artist REALM, have been revisited with political updates.



