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museum exhibitions calendar_today Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Emerging artist John Singletary featured in Oolong Gallery’s ‘Sun Goin’ Down’

Oolong Gallery in La Jolla, California, is presenting 'Sun Goin’ Down,' the first solo exhibition of painter John Singletary, a 2025 UC San Diego MFA graduate. The show features a series of haunting, symbolic paintings that explore memory, myth, and themes of death, love, and fear through techniques like sgraffito and sanding. It runs through June 25, with a special Juneteenth event planned for June 19.

The exhibition matters because it continues Oolong Gallery’s commitment to showcasing emerging artists from UCSD, providing a crucial platform for new talent at the start of their careers. Singletary, who is relocating to New York, represents a fresh voice in contemporary painting, blending personal and cultural narratives with innovative material processes.