upcoming events
our take on events in the bay area.
Year of the Horse
Modern Eden Gallery presents its fourth annual Lunar New Year exhibition, honoring the turning of the zodiac wheel and welcoming the Year of the Horse. Associated with vitality, independence, and forward momentum, the horse stands as a powerful emblem of renewal and spirited possibility.
Junko Mizuno: Ink, Paper, Plastic
The Haight Street Art Center is pleased to present “Junko Mizuno: Ink, Paper, Plastic,” which opens to the public on January 22, 2026, and runs through March 22, 2026.
Annie Vought: opened and split
Traywick Contemporary, in a special collaboration with Pacific Saw Works, is pleased to present opened and split, an exhibition of new work by Santa Fe-based artist Annie Vought. This solo exhibition of large-format works marks a significant return to the Bay Area, where the artist first developed her signature cut-paper reliefs.
SILKWORM 緣份: My dream is a future with you
Morgann Trumbull Projects is proud to announce our newest exhibition, SILKWORM 緣份: My dream is a future with you, a multimedia exhibition by Ahn Lee.
DEADLY PREY
Harman Projects and Spoke Art are proud to present Deadly Prey, an exhibition celebrating the vivid legacy and ongoing evolution of Ghanaian hand-painted movie posters.
Grid Memories
Heron Arts is pleased to announce Grid Memories, a group exhibition featuring Alexis Arnold, Gina Borg, Katherine Duclos, and Kim Bennett.
Maybaum Gallery Sattelite Location Opening
Maybaum Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of our Satellite location at the historic Barneys New York building at 48 Stockton Street
Chris McCaw: Reversals and Revolutions
Chris McCaw: Reversals and Revolutions is on view at Haines Gallery from January 21 to March 7, 2026, with an opening reception on Friday, January 23, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
ALCHEMIES OF PLACE
COL Gallery is pleased to announce Alchemies of Place a cross-generational exhibition tracing a pivotal shift in the history of painting: the moment when landscape ceased to function purely as representation and instead became a site of abstraction, metaphor, and subjective experience.
Ian Micheal Solo Show
Maybaum Gallery is proud to inaugurate their 2026 programming with a solo exhibition by Bay Area artist Ian Micheal.
DJ Meisner
DJ Meisner explores the effects of our unprecedented exposure to algorithmic flows of images and symbols through an immersive installation featuring carbon transfer-based drawings, sculptures, and gold foil-covered walls
Sky Hopinka: Sonic Transmissions
We are thrilled to announce Sky Hopinka: Sonic Transmissions, a solo exhibition that explores and highlights the importance of sound for the artist and filmmaker.
David DeWeerdt: Excessive Body
RGC is excited to welcome Belgian artist David Deweerdt for his first solo exhibition with the gallery.
Trevor Paglen: The Horizon Waved, and Nothing Was Certain: 2006-2026
Jessica Silverman is elated that artist Trevor Paglen has joined our roster and entrusted us with a solo exhibition of new prints from four award-winning series that explore the outer limits of visual perception
Rebecca Manson: Time, You Must Be Laughing
Jessica Silverman is delighted to announce representation of Rebecca Manson, whose debut solo show with the gallery.
Birgit Jensen: A Thousand Echoes in My Mind
The German painter Birgit Jensen explores the relationship between truth and artifice -- and the role mediation plays in it -- through the unlikely medium of landscape painting. Her process begins with photographs, which she digitally edits, then manipulates into layers of geometric marks or patterns. From them, she painstakingly constructs multi-layered paintings on canvas. Up close, the imagery breaks into pixelated noise. From a distance, they appear nearly photographic.
Yamamoto Masao
Robert Koch Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Japanese photographer Yamamoto Masao, featuring selections from his series A Box of Ku, Nakazora, Kawa=Flow, Bonsai, and Tomasu. Yamamoto’s pictures are grounded in Zen philosophy, seeking beauty in everyday life and the moments we often overlook. His practice centers on the belief that meditation and careful observation reveal the extraordinary within the ordinary.
Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann: Treasured Bearing
Dolby Chadwick Gallery presents Treasured Bearing, an exhibition of recent work by Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, on view from November 6 to 29.
One Big Room Full of Bad Bitches
SWIM Gallery presents One Big Room Full of Bad Bitches, a group exhibition celebrating queer, femme, and women-identifying artists in graffiti.
The Enigma of Geometries: Danielle Dimston
Municipal Bonds is pleased to present The Enigma of Geometries, Danielle Dimston's second solo exhibition with the gallery, on view November 1 through December 20, 2025
20 YEARS OF GATS
Harman Projects is excited to announce 20 Years of GATS, a solo exhibition by California-based artist GATS.
Philemona Williamson: Disproportionate Upheavals
Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, is pleased to present Disproportionate Upheavals, the gallery’s second solo exhibition with narrative painter Philemona Williamson.
Richard Misrach: Rewind
With Richard Misrach: Rewind, Fraenkel Gallery presents a retrospective look at the artist’s career, spanning more than five decades. The exhibition is organized in advance of a full-scale survey of Misrach’s work at museums in the U.S. and Europe, planned for 2027 and 2028.
I Love Our Sex: A Polaroid Manifesto
Through the immediacy of Polaroid, NYC artist Ryan Rudewicz (Rude Polaroids) invites us into a raw, unapologetic archive of queer intimacy — where desire becomes documentation, and the body becomes proof of life.
Melanie Daniel | From Prow to Wake
Maybaum Gallery is pleased to present From Prow to Wake, a solo exhibition by Canadian born and Israel-based artist Melanie Daniel. In Daniel’s psychedelic, richly-textured landscapes, figures inhabit otherworldly ecosystems in which nature runs riot.
The Linear Edge
Pamela Walsh Gallery is pleased to present The Linear Edge, a group exhibition featuring Myles Bennett, Michael Dickey, Miquel Gelabert, and Dani Tull, four contemporary artists whose practices probe the possibilities of line as both boundary and breakthrough
Popo Fan
Acclaimed filmmaker and artist Popo Fan brings a new body of work investigating intimacy, censorship, and diaspora—composed for the gallery with cinematic precision and keen humor. More details and preview to follow.
Friends + Family
Hashimoto Contemporary presents Friends & Family, a group exhibition featuring and celebrating over 30 artists from within their community.
Ghost Ships and Mourning Doves
Join Chung 24 Gallery for the Opening Reception Saturday, October 4th, 2025 from 2 -5pm. Ghost Ships and Mourning Doves features individual work by Robin Lasser as well as her collaboration with Sydney Brown.
Ann Gale
Dolby Chadwick Gallery is delighted to announce an exhibition of recent work by Ann Gale, on view from October 2–November 1, 2025.
Some More Dogs
Some More Dogs is coming to SF @fouroneninesf. The dog pack includes work by @alisonelizabethtaylor, @rae_klein, @arleenecorreavalencia, @jennagribbon, and more.
Opening Reception Hirohiko Araki: JOJO's bizarre adventure
In conjunction with the Art of Manga exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, new art prints by Hirohiko Araki (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) will be exhibited at Minnesota Street Project.
Fashion is The Sunshine That Spotlights Everyone
Mark your calendar for Creative Growth’s upcoming fashion exhibition, celebrating fashion as a central muse. Enjoy fashion, textiles, sculpture and more.
PERSPECTIVE / SF: The Artists of 1890 Bryant Street Studios
Formerly a mayo factory, now a creative mecca — 1890 Bryant is home to 100+ artists who define the SF art scene. This is the first time their work is being shown together outside their studios.
Julio César Morales: My America
Gallery Wendi Norris presents My America, Julio César Morales’ sixth solo presentation with the gallery. Marking the artist’s homecoming to San Francisco after twelve years in Arizona working as a senior curator and museum director.