About the Gallery

The Cecile Moochnek Gallery features works by emerging and mid-career painters, photographers and sculptors from California, New Mexico and beyond. Exhibits change every six to eight weeks and include one-person and group shows, as well as guest-curated exhibits. Recently the gallery has hosted significant group shows of Bay Area African American and Native American artists.

Both the new collector and those adding to established collections will find pieces that are at once sophisticated and accessible. Cecile is always available to share her vision of the work, believing that the experience of truly seeing art can reawaken a sense of beauty that nourishes, refreshes and transforms everyday life.

About Cecile Moochnek

Cecile Moochnek grew up in New York City amid the thriving art scene of the fifties and sixties, gaining a remarkable education from museums, galleries, the City University of New York, and Brooklyn College, where Mark Rothko was on the faculty. She opened her Berkeley gallery in May of 1993 after working in the arts in New Mexico for 20 years.

In addition to her dedication to the fine arts, Cecile is a teacher, poet and essayist. She is currently working on a book about art, beauty, spirit and hunger. For the past seven years, Cecile has taught creative writing classes in Berkeley, California.

Directions to the Gallery

From San Francisco/Oakland, take I-80 east to the University Avenue exit. As you are exiting the freeway, follow signs to Fourth Street. Turn right at the end of the off-ramp onto Hearst. Follow Hearst for three blocks, over the railroad tracks, and turn left onto Fourth Street. The gallery is upstairs, above Hear Music.

Coming towards Berkeley from the north, take I-80 West to the Gilman exit. As you exit the freeway, make a left at the end of the offramp. This will take you back under the freeway. Drive three blocks up Gilman Street. Make a right onto Fourth Street. Drive several blocks to the Fourth Street shopping district (1800 block). The gallery is upstairs, above Hear Music.