October 27, 2024–April 20, 2025
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley, CA

Curated by Cecilia Alemani, Donald R. Mullen Junior Director and Chief Curator of High Line Art, and Margot Norton, BAMPFA Chief Curator, the BAMPFA presentation of Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection brings together more than seventy artworks from the Shah Garg Collection, which is committed to amplifying the voices and visions of women artists.

The exhibition, which premiered in New York in 2023, is the first public presentation of this important collection. Making Their Mark juxtaposes contemporary practices with pathbreaking historical works to illuminate transgenerational affinities, influences, and methodologies among artists from the postwar era to the present. Featuring a wide spectrum of artworks spanning almost eight decades, the exhibition emphasizes dialogues between artists who circumvent and break through conventions in art making, embracing craft techniques, uncommon supports, and alternative materials. Accompanied by a major publication produced in advance of the exhibition, Making Their Mark assembles significant examples by artists whose works go beyond prescribed definitions of art making established within a historically patriarchal field.