upcoming events
our take on events in the bay area.

Bent
BENT: The wonderfully playful & quizzical work of John Casey and Duncan Sherwood Forbes

What Holds Us
Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present What Holds Us, a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Scott Albrecht. The exhibition marks Albrecht's fifth solo exhibition at Hashimoto Contemporary.

About Time: Lynn Hershman Leeson
A radical and visionary artist, Hershman Leeson has challenged conventional definitions of art for over six decades, consistently shredding the boundaries of technology, identity, and psychology.

Kanna Aoki
Studio Gallery is pleased to present a show of new work from Kanna Aoki as she continues to explore local subjects-San Francisco, the beloved parrots, Point Reyes, and a day at the beach.

Peter Hujar: The Gracie Mansion Show Revisited
In Peter Hujar: The Gracie Mansion Show Revisited, Fraenkel Gallery recreates the now-legendary exhibition that took place in New York’s East Village in 1986, one year before the artist’s death.

Diana Guerrero-Maciá: Strange Forest
Strange Forest, a solo exhibition by Diana Guerrero-Maciá, presents a poignant and tactile body of work exploring abstraction as a vessel for memory, migration, and material histories. Guerrero-Maciá’s hybrid textile-collage paintings blur the boundaries between painting and textiles, between the personal and the political, between past and future.

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.

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.

Some More Dogs
Some More Dogs is coming to SF @fouroneninesf. The dog pack includes work by @alisonelizabethtaylor, @rae_klein, @arleenecorreavalencia, @jennagribbon, and more.

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.

Of Water, Dust, and Light - new work by Danae Mattes
Dolby Chadwick Gallery is thrilled to present Of Water, Dust, and Light, an exhibition of new work by Danae Mattes.

INTERMedio: A Solo Exhibition by Luis Felipe Chavez
Opening celebration at Jonathan Carver Moore, INTERMedio, a solo exhibition by Luis Felipe Chávez.

The Beauty That Is Left
Solo show of Nicole Andrijauskas. Details not yet available. Save the date.

She Isn't A Metaphor
She Isn’t a Metaphor reimagines mythological women not as symbols or ideals, but as powerful, complex women. Drawing from Hindu mythology and other traditions, this series of mixed media by artist Nimisha Doongarwal challenges how women have been used as symbols—Sita for purity, Draupadi for sacrifice, or Medusa for fear—while their own voices have been erased.

RECLAMATION
Heron Arts is pleased to present RECLAMATION, a duo exhibition featuring about forty artworks by Augustine Kofie and Erik Otto. The opening reception is August 23rd, 2025 from 6-9pm. It is free and open to the public. The exhibition will be on view until September 18th, by appointment only.

FourSquared XVI
FourSquared 2025 is a unique exploration of the works of sixteen Bay Area artists. Each of the artists has produced sixteen small works, presented in sixteen clusters giving the audience the experience of sixteen micro solo exhibitions.

Cloud Songs
Pamela Walsh Gallery is proud to present Cloud Songs, an exhibition of new paintings by Don Scott Macdonald and Jeffrey Beauchamp—two artists attuned to both sight and sound, who offer lyrical interpretations of the landscape, where clouds, color, and light move like notes of music.

I saw, but I did not see: Winston Smith
111 Minna Gallery and Studio Fallout are proud to present I Saw but I Did Not See, the first San Francisco solo exhibition by legendary collage artist Winston Smith since 2023.

Patrice Wachs: Everyday Beautiful Things
Studio Gallery is pleased to present Patrice Wachs’ first solo gallery exhibition of paintings inspired by the Bay Area

DIALOGUES: ABI JOY SAMUEL & ZACHARY OLDENKAMP
We’re excited to launch the first of our Dialogues series, a conversation in images between Abi Joy Samuel and Zachary Oldenkamp. Samuel, with her English-Jewish roots, brings tenderness sharpened by history; Oldenkamp, from San Francisco, draws like someone sifting through the half-light of memory.

Beyond Representation
Through the creative interplay of line, shape, color, and form, this dynamic exhibition celebrates the power of abstraction to evoke emotion, provoke thought, and inspire personal interpretation.

Photography Exhibition 2025
Join Hotel Biron for their first annual group Photography Show. Happy Hour specials. Open late.

Summer Selection
Maybaum Gallery is pleased to present our Summer Selection, featuring handwoven textiles, chiseled marble sculpture, and luscious impasto paintings from both gallery-rostered and guest artists.

Collaborating with Chaos
Mark S. Thomas is an Oakland, California based contemporary abstract artist with an extensive background in art and commercial design. Mark currently creates acrylic and oil paintings for a series titled "Collaborating with Chaos" involving abstract Pareidolic imagery.

Casual Time
Altman Siegel is proud to present Casual Time, an exhibition featuring Rodolfo Abularach, Xiaochi Dong, Victoria Gitman, Kim Tschang-Yeul, and Alexandre Zhu.

Worlds Within
Please join Municipal Bonds for the annual Minnesota Street Project Summer Party, along with the gallery’s reception to celebrate the artists in our summer exhibitions.

Far Out: Northern California
Far Out brings together historical and contemporary works highlighting the radical and progressive ethos of Northern California artists. Exploring artistic practices and communities formed in Northern California since the 1960s

A Petal’s Edge
Casemore Gallery is pleased to present A Petal’s Edge, an exhibition featuring six emerging artists, Cole Barash, Luz Carabaño, Sophronia Cook, Dylan Hausthor, Cecilia Mignon, and Chanell Stone, whose work collectively traces and reinterprets the historical function of photography in conversation with sculpture, printmaking, and painting.

Scott Listfield: Extinction Stories
Harman Projects is pleased to announce Extinction Stories, an exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Scott Listfield.

Summer
Eleanor Harwood Gallery is delighted to present our Summer Exhibition, showcasing current gallery artists and a preview of upcoming exhibitions. The exhibition is on view from July 22, 2025, to August 30, 2025.

It k*lled the p*ssy
Anglim/Trimble is pleased to present “It k*lled the p*ssy,” a group exhibition of paintings, drawings and photography responding to the United States government’s current crusade on freedom of speech, gender variance and reproductive rights.

STATE OF THE UNION
STATE OF THE UNION is a dystopian show with a touch of humor. (Because, yes, if we don’t find some type of humor in this ultimately absurd moment, we’ll all spiral into a black hole the size of Texas.)

IF THESE EYES COULD TALK
EBPCO’s next exhibition: IF THESE EYES COULD TALK, opening at Oakland Photo Workshop, curated by Najee Tobin.

Gil Batle’s Almost Sanctuary
Gil Batle’s Almost Sanctuary is the artist’s debut exhibition in the gallery’s main space, following several presentations in EXiT, the gallery’s art book store.

Joel Daniel Phillips: A Compelling Narrative
Joel Daniel Phillips's exhibition, A Compelling Narrative, continues his research into the Library of Congress’s photographic archives from the 1930s, created during the New Deal by the Farm Security Administration (FSA). His

As Above So Below
As Above, So Below, features work by two artists: Barbara Boissevain and Charlotta Hauksdóttir debuting new work based on Icelandic landscape at a time when effects of climate change are undeniably present.

INFINITE EXCHANGE
Kearny Street Workshop presents INFINITE EXCHANGE, an exhibition by the AVA (APA Visual Artists) Lab 2025 cohort.

Traces: Painting by Hannah Franco
TRACES is an exploration of where we place our attention and how that attention is valued. Descended from the visual narrative of women's craft and quilting, my visual language exposes the ways societal pressures change our forms and shape our lives over generations.

Tucker Nichols, Mostly Everything
Gallery 16 will host an exhibit of new and older works in conjunction with the release of his new book published by McSweeney's.

Michael Reafsnyder SUMMER JAM Opening Reception
Scott Richards Contemporary Art is delighted to present Michael Reafsnyder in his first San Francisco solo exhibition: SUMMER JAM. Celebrated for his energetic, tactile approach to abstraction, the acclaimed Southern California artist brings his signature energy to this vibrant summer showcase of gestural paintings. The exhibition opens with a reception for the artist on Saturday, July 12 from 4 – 6 pm and continues through August 30th.