Surf Art

SURF ART: EXPLORING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S COASTAL CULTURE

August 23, 2025–February 1, 2026

Juried by Jim Kempton (CSM Executive Director), Maria Mingalone (OMA Executive Director), Katie Dolgov (OMA Director of Exhibitions and Collections), Phil Roberts, and Wade Koniakoski
 

A dual exhibition at the California Surf Museum (CSM) and Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA), this exhibition will explore art that has emerged from the surf-culture lifestyle and surfing’s influence on artists. Everyone who has experienced the feeling of riding a wave understands just how hard it is to describe that incredible sensation, referred to as “stoke”. It seems that only through creative self-expression can surfer-artists capture the essence of stoke and the inspiration that can be found between the surfer and the wave. Artists who surf may take this creative energy in many directions and may explore subjects outside of surfing and surf culture. This joint exhibition will feature a variety of media, from traditional art making methods to works in resin, murals, surfboards, graphic art, sculpture, or fabric, all with the goal to convey the creative power that all artists experience, on or off the wave. 

Luminaries in the surf art genre have been pre-selected as Featured Artists for the exhibition and will be represented at both museums.


Artists:

Charles Arnoldi
Natalie Arnoldi
Ryland Arnoldi
Billy Al Bengston
Brian Bent
Tim Bessell
Sandow Birk
Erika Bradberry
Drew Brophy
Aaron Checkwood
Philip Custer
Cole Daroff
Brian Davis
Heidi Dobrott
Ned Evans
Herbie Fletcher
Juan Flores
Damian Fulton
Kori Gabs

Nathan Gibbs
Colleen Gnos
Ken Goldman
Rick Griffin
Eric Hardke
Fred Hope
Howard Kirk
Wade Koniakowsky
Michael Leyva
Sean Mattison
David McBride
Barry McGee
Jesse Miller
Maidy Morhous
Andy Moses
Brian Nguyen
Bryce Nihill
Bill Ogden
George Papciak

Josh Paskowitz
Cher Pendarvis
Kevin Perrault
Philip D. Roberts
Randy Roberts
Thomas Rogo
Kerry Rutherford
Angie Samblotte
Peter Schroff
John Severson
Rusty Sherrill
Kevin A. Short
Veronika Strachova
Cheryl Tall
Luz Helena Thompson
John Van Hamersveld
Brady Willmott
Jan Wurm

EXHIBITION CELEBRATION

Saturday, August 23, 2025, 5:00-7:00pm

Register Here (Members free, Visitors $15)

 


 


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Artwork pictured at the top of the page: John Van Hamersveld, Bambi Mural, 2015. Poster, 31.25" x 50".

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