Chandler Gallery is pleased to present The Whole in Part, a solo exhibition by Bay Area artist Mari Andrews, presenting sculpture and prints spanning decades, alongside oil stick drawings from the 1980s and 1990s. This exhibition will be on view from March 28 through May 16, 2026.
An artist reception will be held on March 28 at Chandler Gallery in downtown Mill Valley from 4 to 6 pm. Andrews will be in attendance, and all are welcome to join.
The Whole in Part draws on the hermetic axiom “as above, so below,” the ancient idea that the macrocosm is reflected in the microcosm, and that the universe, in all its vastness, is legible in the smallest of its parts. It follows that the small does not merely resemble the large, but contains it; that a single form can be a model, an echo, a container, and an entire world. This logic of correspondence is at the core of Mari Andrews’ multi-faceted practice. Working across decades, she has built a body of work rooted in the intuitive and the elemental.
Mari Andrews earned her BFA from the University of Dayton, Ohio, where she studied art and sociology. Traveling west, she completed her MFA at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. She has been awarded an NEA Fellowship and several residencies including Djerassi Resident Artist Program in Woodside CA, the Cold Press north of London, the Lucid Art Foundation, and most recently the James Castle House Residency. Her work can be found in the collections of the de Young Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art, the de Saisset Museum in Santa Clara, CA, and the Eli Broad Foundation, and in private and corporate collections in the US and abroad. Andrews has exhibited extensively throughout California and the US, including the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, The Bolinas Museum, The Los Gatos Museum, the De Saisset Museum, The Monterey Museum of Art, Southern Exposure in San Francisco, and the Tucson Museum of Art and the Sun Valley Museum of Art. Internationally, she has exhibited in Japan, Israel, and England. Andrews lives and works in the Bay Area.
