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Tabitha Soren Panic Beach 15759-3, Courtesy of Johansson Projects

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Tabitha Soren Panic Beach 06734, Courtesy of Johansson Projects

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Brice Bischoff Bronson Caves VII, Courtesy of Johansson Projects

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Brice Bischoff Residue from Bronson Caves II 2010, Courtesy of Johansson Projects

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Ellen Black Ocean Beach video detail, Courtesy of Johansson Projects

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Ellen Black Former Recreation Area Single channel video, fiberboard, paint, Courtesy of Johansson Projects

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MTV VJ turned artist? Tabitha Soren joins photographer Brice Bischoff and multimedia artist Ellen Black in a group show at Johansson Projects. The three create surreal manipulations of otherwise ordinary environments like the Sutro Baths, Ocean Beach, and the Bronson Caves in LA, in a sense illustrating the power and mystery of Mother Nature. Bischoff's vibrant colors for the Bronson Cave pieces are juxtaposed with stark black-and-white contrast in his residue prints. Soren illustrates the foreboding doom inherent in an unpredictable sea, and Black imagines apocalyptic landscapes in dreamy video scapes. These works are definitely worth checking out. But before you go, check out our Q&A with Soren here.

Through Sat. 10/15 at Johansson Projects, 2300 Telegraph Ave., Oakland