“PALIMPSEST”
Featuring Sacramento Artist
Taner Paşamehmetoğlu
ARTHOUSE on R proudly presents “PALIMPSEST,” featuring abstract mixed media paintings created by innovative artist Taner Paşamehmetoğlu.
On view from May 8 through June 8, 2026, the exhibition will be featured in the ARTHOUSE Gallery, located in Sacramento’s historic and creative R Street Corridor. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 9, from 5–8 PM, where visitors are invited to meet the artist.
Each piece emphasizes process which shows the accumulation of line and the construction of surface. The process creates compositions that feel both architectural and meditative. Monochromatic palettes and translucent materials invite close looking, turning repetition and variation into the study of rhythm, stillness, and spatial depth.
In 2024, Paşamehmetoğlu completed an artist residency with the City of Sacramento’s Office of Climate Action and Sustainability, culminating in a collaborative community mural now part of the city’s Art in Public Places collection and on view at the Joe Mims, Jr. Hagginwood Community Center. His work has been exhibited throughout California and Utah, and his painting “The American Dream” has been used in curriculum at the University of California, Berkeley.
A palimpsest is a manuscript or surface on which earlier writing has been scraped away to make room for the new, but traces of the original remain visible beneath. I find my abstract work often feels like a palimpsest. I build paintings in many layers over long periods of time. Words frequently enter the surface first as attempts to articulate something I want to express but cannot fully capture through language alone. Through layering, erasing, and rearranging, those words dissolve into shape and rhythm and are meant to be felt instead of read. I am interested in how accumulation creates coherence. Each mark is made in a specific moment, for specific reasons, often without knowing what the final outcome will be. What feels uncertain at first eventually finds its place within a larger structure. Buried gestures continue to influence what rises above them. Nothing disappears; it integrates. For me, Palimpsest is about trusting that understanding emerges through revision and addition. It is an acknowledgment that the moments leading toward resolution are just as essential as the finished work itself. Our digital culture is driven by instant gratification, where images and language are perfected to a point of homogeneity. This work embraces the imperfect, unfolding path toward something honest and real instead, celebrating patience over polish and curiosity over control.
Paşamehmetoğlu works from his home studio in Sacramento and is a member artist at Axis Gallery and Atrium 916.
The exhibit is curated by ARTHOUSE studio artists June Daskalakis and Sarah Whyte.
To learn more about the artist, please visit:
Website: Taner Pasamehmetoglu
Social Media/Instagram: @tanerpasamehmetoglu
ABOUT ARTHOUSE ON R
In addition to “PALIMPSEST”, ARTHOUSE’s 22 resident artists will open their studios to the public for Second Saturday, May 9, from 5-8 PM. in the heart of Sacramento’s historic R Street Corridor, ARTHOUSE on R is home to a dynamic collective of artists, studios, and gallery spaces dedicated to showcasing contemporary art and fostering community engagement. ARTHOUSE regularly features exhibitions by local and regional artists, offering visitors a unique opportunity to experience Sacramento’s vibrant creative culture firsthand.
Bring your friends, meet the artists, enjoy and maybe even take home some art. On the first floor, visit our friends at Tea Cozy, The Constellation Marketplace, Rumpelstiltskin Yarn Store, dro & Tsutuomo Designs, Lucid Winery, and Fox & Goose. Immerse yourself in a fun and creative community here at the ARTHOUSE on R.
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