SHE BENDS PRESENTATION
AT ATRIUM ART FAIR
She Bends Presentation at Atrium Art Fair
Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco
January 22 - 25, 2026
She Bends is a neon organization and teaching studio in San Francisco dedicated to the practice and study of neon craft and contemporary art. Through exhibitions, education and research, She Bends supports a global network of artists who keep neon alive—foregrounding the medium as a living craft shaped by identity, memory, and shared transmission. We highlight the contributions of women and gender-expansive artist-makers who bend their own glass, exploring themes of devotion to craft, belonging, and the poetics of working with heat and time. This presentation features work by all of the She Bends artists with studios in San Francisco: Ames Palms, Kelsey Issel and Meryl Pataky.
Ames Palms (they/them)
“last call”, 2026
8mm hand bent clear soda-lime glass tubes filled with pure Neon gas, electronic transformer.
10” x 6” x 32”H
$2,400
info@shebends.com for inquiries
Kelsey Issel (she/her)
“WE ARE HAPPY TO SERVE YOU”, 2026
8mm + 10mm hand bent blue phosphor soda lime glass filled with pure Argon gas, electronic transformer
6’ x 4’H
$8,000
info@shebends.com for inquiries
MERYL PATAKY (she/her)
“Weaver”, 2023
Borosilicate glass, helium gas, candles, electronic transformer
20” x 12” x 14”H
$8,000
info@shebends.com for inquiries