Kristofferson San Pablo describes ghosts as the people, images, and places that linger in memory. They include family and friends, the landscape of Southern California, and the passing images and stories that crowd our screens.

The boundary between online and offscreen life has all but vanished. Our content feeds, shaped by algorithms, bring us moments of humor, joy, grief, and violence in the same breath. These are at once personal and shared, local and global. Working across painting, drawing, installation, and sculpture, San Pablo explores the intersections between our shared culture and personal experience to explore the absurdities, contradictions, and histories hidden within.

For All the Ghosts is Kristofferson San Pablo’s first solo exhibition in the Inland Empire, the region where the artist grew up. For All the Ghosts is a homecoming, and home is never without its ghosts.

Artist Info

Kristofferson San Pablo is a Filipino artist based in Los Angeles. San Pablo’s work moves between the autobiographical (portraits of the people and places around him) and observations of the world through his lens as an observer/participant in pop culture. In his work, scenes of everyday life evoke ideas about identity, beauty and humor but are met with ideas about authority, classism and piracy. To San Pablo, those oppositions serve as a way to create a type of light-hearted but also critical narrative that illustrates his experience growing up in California.

Gallery Guide (pdf)

Programs / Events

Opening Reception – December 13th, 2025 • 1pm

Dear Watsonville screening – January 31st, 2026 • 4pm

For All The Ghosts: Kristofferson San Pablo is curated by Nikolay Maslov, Curator of Film and Media Projects.

Programs at UCR ARTS are supported by the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS) at UCR, and the City of Riverside. Additional support is provided by the Voy and Fay Wong Family (AAPI) Endowment.

Image: Kristofferson San Pablo, Napoleon Crossing The Caldwell, 2022. Courtesy of the artist