This event is in the past.It took place on June 5, 2026 at Johansson Projects.
Fine Arts Exhibition
Fine Arts ExhibitionOpening Reception for In Your Own Time: Leyla Pekmen + Julien Laporte
June 5 at 5pm
Uptown, Oakland
🎨"serious gallery for real artists" (Google reviewer)
🍷Free wine at the opening reception
🌿Pekmen's flora is larger-than-life
Leyla Pekmen's tiny figures lounge in storybook Ottoman-inspired landscapes while Julien Laporte's sun-drenched Mediterranean scenes channel Fauvist energy without a soul in sight. Two painters, two escapes, one opening night of pure chromatic joy.
contemporary painting
Ottoman miniatures meet Fauvism
free opening reception
storybook landscapes
Fine Arts ExhibitionFine Arts ExhibitionOpening Reception for In Your Own Time: Leyla Pekmen + Julien Laporte
June 5 at 5pm
Uptown, Oakland
🎨"serious gallery for real artists" (Google reviewer)
🍷Free wine at the opening reception
🌿Pekmen's flora is larger-than-life
Leyla Pekmen's tiny figures lounge in storybook Ottoman-inspired landscapes while Julien Laporte's sun-drenched Mediterranean scenes channel Fauvist energy without a soul in sight. Two painters, two escapes, one opening night of pure chromatic joy.
contemporary painting
Ottoman miniatures meet Fauvism
free opening reception
storybook landscapes