Deborah Oropallo and Michael Goldin
Deborah Oropallo (b. 1954, Hackensack, New Jersey) received a BFA from Alfred University and an MA/MFA from the University of California at Berkeley. Originally trained as a painter, Oropallo incorporates mixed media techniques, including photomontage, video, computer editing, printmaking, and painting into her practice. Whether still or moving images, the resulting works bear traces of the distortions that evolve or remain from the image manipulation. Her composite works layer visual sources, producing dense interplay between time, place, form, and content.
Michael Goldin works at the intersection of environmental consciousness and design. He received a B.S. in Biology from Washington University and a Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. As principal of Goldin Design and Swerve, Goldin developed major industrial design projects for civic, commercial, and private clients locally and internationally. Goldin’s work for both firms has been featured in publications such as the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Dwell, I.D., and Sunset, among others. He received a Design Achievement Award from the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association and served on the Architecture Accessions Committee for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from 1997 – 1999. In 2022-2023, Goldin was a Design Consultant for SITU, a construction-tech startup.
Goldin co-founded Milk Made Farm in West Marin with his wife and collaborator, artist Deborah Oropallo, as a hybrid space for sustainable agriculture and creative practice. Goldin and Oropallo co-organized Swine & Swill, an immersive farm-to-table dinner at Catharine Clark Gallery in 2013 with chef Amaryll Schwertner, principal of Boulettes Larder. In 2023, he co-authored the installation FOWL WEATHER for the exhibition Sobremesa at Catharine Clark Gallery, also with Oropallo. Situ-Places, Design Consultant 2022-23.
Submitted by Catharine Clark Gallery
