Janis Selby Jones I INTO THE CURRENT /  by Margaret Hernandez

INTO THE CURRENT

The Hill Street Country Club presents recent works

by Janis Selby Jones

About the Artist

Janis Selby Jones uses vivid color and familiar shapes to challenge exhibit viewers to become more aware of their role in environmental degradation. In this new Hill Street Country Club solo show, Into The Current, Jones highlights marine plastic debris found along North County San Diego shores. She creates photographs and rearranges the discarded items to tell a story of disregard...for the planet and in turn each other.


MIGUEL POSK MONTANO I MIRANDA INCIDENTAL /  by Margaret Hernandez

MIRANDA INCIDENTAL

The Hill Street Country Club presents recent works

by Miguel Posk Montano

About the Artist

Miguel “Posk” Montaño is an artist who resides in Ciudad Azteca, or Aztec City, Mexico. While his roots are in graffiti and street art, ‘Mirada Incidental’ shows how Posk utilizes his metropolitan lens to influence the way he relates to his culture and the rest of the world through photo collages of found objects, accidental sculptures, and the cultural imprint of mankind that’s left of the streets of Aztec City through consumer capitalism. Javier Villegas felt that inviting his mentor to display his work during the last two weeks of his solo exhibition was a fitting full circle moment where he could pay homage and honor the person who guided him and inspired him to be the artist he has become today.

JAVIER ARREGUIN VILLEGAS I ANTICUADO ANTIQUATED /  by Margaret Hernandez

ANTICUADO ANTIQUATED

The Hill Street Country Club presents recent works

by Javier Arreguin Villegas

What does your exhibition mean to you?

This is what I want my family to see and the next generation of my family to see. I want my lineage and Kianna’s and my brother’s to see that we have the power of creating our own vision and that to me is antiquated.

CHITRA GOPALAKRISHNAN I AUGMENTED REALITIES /  by Margaret Hernandez

AUGMENTED REALITIES

The Hill Street Country Club presents recent works

by Chitra Gopalakrishnan

What is a large inspiration to your self portrait artwork within the exhibition?

Motherhood brings with it immense joy, wonder and love, along with an equal share of vulnerability, pain and fragility. This self-portrait uses botanical analogies to explore ideas of isolation, pain, fear and the resilience in modern motherhood, as seen through a personal lens. My inspiration for this work comes from the conversations with the mothers in my life. Modern American motherhood is an isolating experience and I hope to create a dialog about community and inter-dependence through my work.

TIJERA WILLIAMS I EXODUS FROM INIQUITY /  by Margaret Hernandez

EXODUS FROM INIQUITY

The Hill Street Country Club presents recent works

by Tijera Williams

About the Exhibition

Exodus From Iniquity explores a couple in the throes of uncertainty, and Black people reimagined in classical scenes journeying through ecstasy and anguish. Williams’ work as a multidisciplinary artist explores the true to size Black body in space and in relation to other Black bodies. Prior to the pandemic Williams imagined the pieces would have been paintings. The exhibit instead takes a deep dive into how the artist’s narrative style translates into photography. As a Black woman in the world of photography, Tijera Williams is carving space for her voice and her experience outside of the pressures of any expected gaze. The Hill Street Country Club’s co-founder Dinah Poellnitz notes the importance of creating this kind of space for artists to explore in non traditional messy ways. “Art is personal, for Black artists the work itself is a story-tool used to highlight our experiences”- Dinah Poellnitz. Using diverse mediums, reclaiming our bodies, and taking up space The Hill Street Country Club celebrates Black History Month our own way. In this, our 9th year, we are proud to curate shows that live outside of expectations, and outside of norms - a new kind of Black history being created right here in Oceanside.