On Aug. 16, the Triton Museum of Art debuted “Shifting Terrain,” a show featuring local artist Mark Engel. The show will run through Jan. 4, 2026. Engel is a South Bay Area-based artist and arts educator whose work focuses heavily on portrayals of dramatic figures in animated movement with vivid color palettes. The purpose of … Read more
Bay Area artist Nathan Oliveira (1928-2010) described himself as an abstract artist whose work had to be “about something.” For the prolific Oliveira, the “something” is a point of departure for the viewer, not the point of arrival — “evocative” and “intangible” are often used in describing his work. Solitary figures in vague and open … Read more
The Triton might still be San José’s premier fine art museum had it not been for San José Fire Marshal John Gerhard’s ruling that the museum’s pre-WWI building was a fire hazard. The museum got its start when founder Robert Morgan — a well-known San José attorney and rancher as well as a philanthropist and art … Read more
The Triton Museum of Art is thrilled to present Unlimited Imagination (May 3 – Aug. 10, 2025) by Gabriel Coke and his students. Gabriel Coke, a fine artist who has honed his craft at art ateliers around the globe, currently operates an atelier in downtown Saratoga. Passionate about teaching and nurturing artistic talent, Coke is … Read more
Set in the Triton Museum of Art’s light and airy main gallery, Sunday’s Cal Arte concert made for a particular synergy with the combination of contemporary geometric expressionist visual art and the expressionist music of Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971). The program opened with Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne for violin and piano, based on themes from a comic … Read more