Main Gallery
Current & upcoming exhibitions:
May 2–25, 2013 | underCurrents | APICC & AAWAA | Main Gallery
June 1–30, 2013 | Zeitgeist | Queer Cultural Center | Main Gallery
July 12–August 17, 2013 | Electronic Pacific | Main Gallery
About Main Gallery Exhibitions and Programs
SOMArts is a critical resource for contemporary arts production in San Francisco. The organization produces three of its own curated exhibitions annually, along with numerous collaborative programs, and provides space for four guest-curated exhibitions annually through the Commons Curatorial Residency Program, which includes a stipend for selected curators and/or artist groups in addition to outreach and production support. The vaulted, 2-story gallery is 3,100 sq feet, a majestic space and the largest open gallery space in the city.
Through its Affordable Space Program, SOMArts annually hosts group exhibitions for ArtSpan Open Studios (October), the National Queer Arts Festival (June) and the United States of Asian America Festival (May).
The SOMArts Main Gallery exhibits the work of over 1,000 Bay Area artists each year, providing them with dynamic opportunities to take risks, find new collaborators, reach a wider audience, and achieve their vision. SOMArts’ Curator & Gallery Director Justin Hoover annually curates 2–3 exhibitions and supports curatorial residencies.
Click here to view the image archive of gallery exhibitions and events.
Recent exhibitions include:
April 27, 2013 | Night Light: Multimedia Garden Party | Building-wide | Photos
April 5–26, 2013 | Dial Collect | Main Gallery | Photos
March 8–29, 2013 | Overturn the Artifice | Main Gallery | Photos
February 1–28, 2013 | Mourning and Scars: 20 Years After the War | Main Gallery Photos
January 4–24, 2013 | Speak Your Peace | Main Gallery | Photos
November 17–December 19, 2012 | Come Out & Play Festival and Exhibition | Main Gallery | Photos
October 11–November 3, 2012 | ArtSpan’s SF Open Studios Exhibition | Main Gallery
October 13–November 10, 2012 | Calling on the Spirits to Face the Future: Día de los Muertos 2012 | Bay Gallery | Photos
September 4–October 2, 2012 | The San Francisco Foundation and SOMArts’ Annual Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition | Photos
July 6–28, 2012 | Performing Community | Photos
June 2–26, 2012 | ReMix: ReFraming Appropriation | Photos
May 3–25, 2012 | The Future Is NOW: Asian America On Its Own Terms | Photos
April 27, 2012 | Night Light: Multimedia Garden Party 2012 | Photos
March 9–April 19, 2012 | I Am Crime: Art on the Edge of Law | Photos
February 3–29, 2012 | At War | Photos
December 17–January 26, 2012 | Get Lucky: The Culture of Chance | Photos
December 10, 2011 | Third Strike: 100 Performances for The Hole | Photos
November 4–30, 2011 | Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze | Photos
September 30–October 29, 2011 | SF Open Studios Exhibition
August 17–September 16, 2011 | Frontrunners: The San Francisco Foundation 2011 Murphy & Cadogan Awards Exhibition | Photos
August 14, 2011 | Mobile Arts Platform Pop-Up Wrap-Up Exhibition | Photos
July 23, 2012 | Mobile Arts Platform at the Urban Youth Arts Festival | Photos
July 1–July 29, 2011 | The Book | Photos
June 4–24, 2011 | Queer It Yourself: Tools for Survival | Photos
May 5–27, 2011 | A Place of Her Own | Photos
April 29 & 30, 2011 | Low Lives 3 | Photos
April 16, 2011 | Mobile Arts Platform at the Cherry Blossom Festival | Photos
April 8–28, 2011 | Spread: California Conceptualism Then and Now | Photos
March 5–31, 2011 | Breathed…Unsaid… | Photos
February 4–24, 2011 | A Sensory Feast | Photos
December 9–January 28, 2011 | It’s All A Blur | Photos
November 5–30, 2010 | I Live Here: SF | Photos
August 12–September 19, 2010 | What Cannot Be Taken Away: Families and Prisons Project | Photos
July 17, 2010 | Night Light: Multimedia Garden Party 2010 | Photos
July 8–30, 2010 | Totally Unrealistic | Photos
June 5–June 26, 2010 | Chronotopia | Photos
April 2–April 24, 2010 | Beauty Shop Culture | Photos
March 6, 20 & 26, 2010 | Moments (Bringing Back The Now) | Photos
February 5–27, 2010 | Prints Byte: The Cutting Edge of Printmaking | Photos
The Ramp Gallery
In 2009, SOMArts created The Ramp Gallery, a smaller space located in the Center’s lobby to provide a highly visible display space for smaller spontaneous shows proposed by community members. The Ramp consists of two secure wall-mounted cases (24.75″ x 37″ and 137″ x 37″). Exhibitions range from a week to a month. For more information email gallery@somarts.org. Click here to view the archive of exhibitions in The Ramp Gallery.
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