About us
Royal NoneSuch Gallery is an artist-run alternative art and community event space located in the Temescal district of Oakland, California. Our mission is to create a space where community building and art based experiences are innovative, inclusive, and educational. Borrowed from the crafty theater troupe in Mark Twain’s novel Huckleberry Finn, Royal NoneSuch Gallery was named in the spirit of participation, interaction, and art making of all kinds. The space serves the purpose of providing experiences beyond passive entertainment and aims to create an atmosphere, whether in exhibitions, workshops, or events, that is fun and dynamic. Visitors to Royal NoneSuch can expect to see, hear, touch, taste, learn, and participate.
In addition to offering exhibitions of thought provoking contemporary art by local artists, Royal NoneSuch offers classes and workshops that are relevant to the community and taught by artists and experts of all kinds. Learn more here.
Royal NoneSuch Gallery is owned and directed by Elizabeth Bernstein and Carrie Hott.
Elizabeth Bernstein is an artist and educator who lives and works in Oakland. She teaches photography, art, and creative writing to young people in the public schools and the Foster Care system, as well as bay area museum education programs. She grew up in New York City and attended the University of Michigan as an undergraduate, and then went on to receive her M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2007. She is a photographer whose work examines the visual language of our daily lives, and how it communicates our complex emotional and psychological landscape. Elizabeth has shown her work on the East Coast and in San Francisco.
Learn more about Elizabeth’s work here.
Carrie Hott is also an artist who lives and works in Oakland. She grew up in Phoenix and received her B.F.A. from Arizona State University in 2003 before moving to the bay area where she received her M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2007. In addition to co-directing the Royal NoneSuch Gallery, Carrie currently works at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and has taught in the community education and undergraduate departments at the San Francisco Art Institute. Carrie works in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, mixed media, and installation, which she uses to explore ideas of connectedness, motivation,and meaning. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.
Learn more about Carrie’s work here.