Lena Gustafson (b. San Francisco 1989) is a painter and multi-disciplinary artist living and working in the east bay, CA. Her paintings depict scenes of transformation often with figures or plants merging with their environment. Primary themes in Gustafson's work include body memory, repression, sequential evolution, and reciprocity. She received her BFA from the Art Institute of Boston in 2011. 


For inquiries please contact:
Lena@nightdiverpress.com

Solo Exhibitions

2022 Flooded Channels, Pt2 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2022 Urge to Open, Public Land, Sacramento, CA

2021 Beauty of Loving, China Heights, Sydney Australia

2019 Pushing Up Daisies, Pt2 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2018 Sound of a Bloom, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2017 LOUD BODY, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2015 Bodies of Water, Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CA

Select Group Exhibitions

2023

The Dog Show, Dog Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Plunge Show, Chandran Gallery, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Art Book Fair, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA

2021

3-person show Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Maria Paz, Pt2 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2020

Juxtapox x Commune, Tokyo, Japan (Ponstoned Covid-19)

Alumni Show, Roberts Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2019

Group Paper Show, China Heights, Sydney, Australia

Small Press Bazaar, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA

East Bay Print Sale, Max’s Garage, Berkeley, CA 

Group Show, Pt2 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

LA Art Book Fair, Los Angeles, CA

Moveable Type, Barker Hangar, Los Angeles, CA.

Tiny Splendor and friends, Silver Sprocket, San Francisco, CA.

New York Art Book Fair, New York, NY

San Francisco Art Book Fair, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA.

Carmen, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

Climate Therapy, Public Land, Sacramento, CA

PAPER VIEW, The Hole NYC, New York City, NY

2018 Nevertheless, The Galallery, San Francisco, CA

2018 Atlas of Decivilization, Toby's Gallery, Point Reyes Station, CA

2018 Sentimental Mood, First Amendment Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2018 FOG Art Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.

2018 Disrupting Lines, Pt2 Gallery, Oakland, CA.

2018 Stay Close, Legion Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2018 Headlands Spring Art Auction, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.

2018 Coalition for Homelessness Art Auction, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA.

2018 Nook Gallery Fundraiser, Oakland, CA

2018 Juxtapoz Clubhouse, Pt2 Gallery, Miami, FL.

2018 SF Art Book Fair, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA.

2018 Take off All Your Clothes, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA.

2017 Juxtapoz Clubhouse, First Amendment Gallery, Miami, FL

2017 FOG Art Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.

2017 Art Shop, Adobe Books Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017 Sort & Repeat, Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CA

2017 As It Is, Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CA

2017 Onset, First Amendment Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2017 SF Art Book Fair, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA

2017 SF Zine Fest, County Fair Building, San Francisco, CA.

2017 Chicago Art Book Fair, Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, Chicago, IL.

2016 Disfigured, Turpentine Gallery, Oakland, CA2016 Not Ur Baby II, Oakland Terminal Gallery, Oakland, CA

2016 SF Art Book Fair, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA

2016 Index Art Book Fair, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, MX

2015 Full Spectrum, Arbor Cafe, Oakland, CA

2015 Breaking Ground, Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

2014 Paper and Pressure, Fecal Face Gallery, San Francisco, CA2014 Heavens + Humans, 1564 Market St., San Francisco, CA

2014 Art Auction 14, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA.