SFAN Portfolio Reviews
Receive an in-depth review and critique of your artwork and presentation from
three gallerists, with recommendations for commercial and exhibition exposure.
SFAN Portfolio Reviews provide artists with a high level of professional criticism of the artists’ work and it’s presentation.
The Reviewers can help lead artists in the right direction in terms of career advancement and development,
and help guide artists in marketing their artwork to the appropriate target markets.
The Reviewers are professionals with many years’ experience in the art business, possess a wealth
of art industry knowledge, and have the expertise which can help accelerate an artist’s advancement in their art career.
Each Reviewer has industry-wide contacts, along with an insider’s point-of-view.
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Each artist will receive three sequential 15-minute one-on-one portfolio reviews with gallery professionals.
Reviewers will be onsite from 6:00PM to 9:15PM. Each artist must register on-line in advance
for a 45 minute time-slot for the three 15-minute sessions.
Artists are required to bring in two actual works of art, no larger than 4' x 4'. In addition, the reviewers will view each artist website, which should include artwork images, resume, bio and artist statement. No video artists or jewelry artists.
Registered artists are required to attend the following workshop
in order participate in the SFAN Portfolio Review:
“SFAN Portfolio Preparation Workshop”
- gain insight into creating & designing your website, writing an effective artist statement,
specific instructions on how to prepare for the review and what the reviewers are looking for in your website
with Stephen C. Wagner
included in registration fee - required attendance
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$115 fee per artist paid in advance with on-line registration,
with a total of 24 artists able to participate.
- Portfolio Review fee is non-refundable -
Artists will email SFAN with a link to their artist website for feedback or recommendations
from SFAN prior to meeting with reviewers.
at Arc Gallery & Studios, 1246 Folsom Street, SF
three gallerists, with recommendations for commercial and exhibition exposure.
SFAN Portfolio Reviews provide artists with a high level of professional criticism of the artists’ work and it’s presentation.
The Reviewers can help lead artists in the right direction in terms of career advancement and development,
and help guide artists in marketing their artwork to the appropriate target markets.
The Reviewers are professionals with many years’ experience in the art business, possess a wealth
of art industry knowledge, and have the expertise which can help accelerate an artist’s advancement in their art career.
Each Reviewer has industry-wide contacts, along with an insider’s point-of-view.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Each artist will receive three sequential 15-minute one-on-one portfolio reviews with gallery professionals.
Reviewers will be onsite from 6:00PM to 9:15PM. Each artist must register on-line in advance
for a 45 minute time-slot for the three 15-minute sessions.
Artists are required to bring in two actual works of art, no larger than 4' x 4'. In addition, the reviewers will view each artist website, which should include artwork images, resume, bio and artist statement. No video artists or jewelry artists.
Registered artists are required to attend the following workshop
in order participate in the SFAN Portfolio Review:
“SFAN Portfolio Preparation Workshop”
- gain insight into creating & designing your website, writing an effective artist statement,
specific instructions on how to prepare for the review and what the reviewers are looking for in your website
with Stephen C. Wagner
included in registration fee - required attendance
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
$115 fee per artist paid in advance with on-line registration,
with a total of 24 artists able to participate.
- Portfolio Review fee is non-refundable -
Artists will email SFAN with a link to their artist website for feedback or recommendations
from SFAN prior to meeting with reviewers.
at Arc Gallery & Studios, 1246 Folsom Street, SF
Note that the main purpose of a portfolio review is not an audition to get representation by a gallery, but to receive reactions and suggestions on the direction of your artwork, feedback on your artist portfolio website, and learn of potential exhibition opportunities.
SFAN Portfolio Reviews in San Francisco
The SFAN Portfolio Reviews in San Francisco
are on hold due to State & City mandates.
SFAN Portfolio Reviews are currently available on-line via Zoom.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
To be added to the advanced notification email list,
please email a request with your name and email address to
Stephen5W@sbcglobal.net
The SFAN Portfolio Reviews in San Francisco
are on hold due to State & City mandates.
SFAN Portfolio Reviews are currently available on-line via Zoom.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
To be added to the advanced notification email list,
please email a request with your name and email address to
Stephen5W@sbcglobal.net
QUOTES & COMMENTS BY PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
“This was a wonderful event and worth attending. I found the information gained by all three professionals very informative and useful for moving forward with my art career.” - Shilo Ratner
“There is no downside to a portfolio review. One gets to sit down with the owner of a respected gallery: priceless. And it was well organized and run, thanks to your efficient self.” - Beverly Mills
“Each gallerist was very helpful and encouraging about my artwork and I really appreciate the time they took to meet with me.” – Carla Gelbaum
“Wow, what a great experience! Thank you, Stephen, for providing such a valuable opportunity. The logistics were impressive, too. I definitely will sign up the next time you organize portfolio reviews.” - Roxanna Walker
“The workshops in advance were very good for preparing me since I had no idea what to expect. I think all the gallerists did a good job and it was interesting to meet different kinds of gallerists and hear different perspectives. They all had something different to say! I did receive specific suggestions and will take action on some of them. I can’t think of anything that I would change. Overall very helpful experience.” - Nancy Benton
“The [workshop] info was specific and practical, concise and precise, and generously and respectfully offered. You are very good at this, and I greatly appreciate your commitment to helping other artists' navigate the terrain, and your understanding that the prep up front is almost more important than the actual reviews.” - Margaret Lindsey
“My overall experience was definitely very positive. I left the evening with a very well rounded idea of where my work is, where it could go and who should be selling it. Overall I would not have changed a thing. The input I received was very on point, informative and thoughtful. I had a great time.” - Mikey Kelly
“It was a worthwhile experience and I benefited largely for just sitting down and comfortably speaking with each of them about my work. Knowing I am capable of doing that is reward in itself.” - Dianne Hoffman
“Thank you so much for the great experience. I learn a lot and I’m not as afraid to approach them as before. They were very nice and helpful. Each gave a different advice and options depending on what they think I needed. I would definitely do it again and recommend it.” - Taryn Curiel
“What I especially appreciate was the opportunity to talk with three quite different gallerists with their individual points of view. Talking with three people gave a broader perspective as well as different specifics. I did receive specific suggestions I have already taken action on. I also received more long-term, strategic recommendations that I have continued to think about and plan for.” – Kathleen Eliot
"All feedback was a gift to me. All gallerists were generous in their offerings. All seemed focused on the task at hand - I am blown away by just the experience of sitting in their presence and on top of it, having my art be the focus. Unbelievable!!" - Joyce Savre
“I really appreciated how organized the event was! Each gallerist added something different which was nice.” - Leslie Morgan
“Thank you for this wonderful opportunity. You provide a very valuable resource for artists in this community. The evening was remarkable. It was extremely well organized, and moved at a perfect pace. I have no criticism or complaints, very well done.” - Louise Victor
“I think you really did a magnificent job in your initial lectures, and in conceptualizing and setting up the event. You gave us so much excellent information and it was so well organized. You were really generous with all the effort you put into it. Thank you so much!” - Judy Feins
“The lecture where you gave specific guidelines, the deadline to meet those guidelines and your review were very useful. I also want to compliment you on the handling of the whole event, specifically letting us know what to expect both before the event and during the event – and maintaining the timing and equilibrium of it all!” - Anne LaBrie
“I enjoyed the opportunity to get feedback from them all. I found each one had a different gold nougat of advice from framing suggestions to website designs. Thank you so much for arranging this event. I feel fortunate to have attended the evening.” - Carol Golemme
"All I can say, is FABULOUS! What a great opportunity." - Janey Fritsche
“I can’t tell you enough how much I appreciate your honesty and effort dedicated to help emerging artists. It is truly inspiring on its own and the love of art you have is really motivating.” - Chuck Potter
“There is no downside to a portfolio review. One gets to sit down with the owner of a respected gallery: priceless. And it was well organized and run, thanks to your efficient self.” - Beverly Mills
“Each gallerist was very helpful and encouraging about my artwork and I really appreciate the time they took to meet with me.” – Carla Gelbaum
“Wow, what a great experience! Thank you, Stephen, for providing such a valuable opportunity. The logistics were impressive, too. I definitely will sign up the next time you organize portfolio reviews.” - Roxanna Walker
“The workshops in advance were very good for preparing me since I had no idea what to expect. I think all the gallerists did a good job and it was interesting to meet different kinds of gallerists and hear different perspectives. They all had something different to say! I did receive specific suggestions and will take action on some of them. I can’t think of anything that I would change. Overall very helpful experience.” - Nancy Benton
“The [workshop] info was specific and practical, concise and precise, and generously and respectfully offered. You are very good at this, and I greatly appreciate your commitment to helping other artists' navigate the terrain, and your understanding that the prep up front is almost more important than the actual reviews.” - Margaret Lindsey
“My overall experience was definitely very positive. I left the evening with a very well rounded idea of where my work is, where it could go and who should be selling it. Overall I would not have changed a thing. The input I received was very on point, informative and thoughtful. I had a great time.” - Mikey Kelly
“It was a worthwhile experience and I benefited largely for just sitting down and comfortably speaking with each of them about my work. Knowing I am capable of doing that is reward in itself.” - Dianne Hoffman
“Thank you so much for the great experience. I learn a lot and I’m not as afraid to approach them as before. They were very nice and helpful. Each gave a different advice and options depending on what they think I needed. I would definitely do it again and recommend it.” - Taryn Curiel
“What I especially appreciate was the opportunity to talk with three quite different gallerists with their individual points of view. Talking with three people gave a broader perspective as well as different specifics. I did receive specific suggestions I have already taken action on. I also received more long-term, strategic recommendations that I have continued to think about and plan for.” – Kathleen Eliot
"All feedback was a gift to me. All gallerists were generous in their offerings. All seemed focused on the task at hand - I am blown away by just the experience of sitting in their presence and on top of it, having my art be the focus. Unbelievable!!" - Joyce Savre
“I really appreciated how organized the event was! Each gallerist added something different which was nice.” - Leslie Morgan
“Thank you for this wonderful opportunity. You provide a very valuable resource for artists in this community. The evening was remarkable. It was extremely well organized, and moved at a perfect pace. I have no criticism or complaints, very well done.” - Louise Victor
“I think you really did a magnificent job in your initial lectures, and in conceptualizing and setting up the event. You gave us so much excellent information and it was so well organized. You were really generous with all the effort you put into it. Thank you so much!” - Judy Feins
“The lecture where you gave specific guidelines, the deadline to meet those guidelines and your review were very useful. I also want to compliment you on the handling of the whole event, specifically letting us know what to expect both before the event and during the event – and maintaining the timing and equilibrium of it all!” - Anne LaBrie
“I enjoyed the opportunity to get feedback from them all. I found each one had a different gold nougat of advice from framing suggestions to website designs. Thank you so much for arranging this event. I feel fortunate to have attended the evening.” - Carol Golemme
"All I can say, is FABULOUS! What a great opportunity." - Janey Fritsche
“I can’t tell you enough how much I appreciate your honesty and effort dedicated to help emerging artists. It is truly inspiring on its own and the love of art you have is really motivating.” - Chuck Potter
PREVIOUS GALLERIST REVIEWERS:
Note that sometimes a gallerist may have to cancel their participation at short notice due to unforseen circumstances such as a family emergency or health reasons. A replacement gallerist will fill in their place and artists will be notified if a change will have to be made.
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Al Cosio with SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco
Alfonso Cosio has been with the SFMOMA since 2008; currently as Corporate Art Coordinator at SFMOMA Artists Gallery. With a passion for the arts and a supporter of the Bay Area arts community, Alfonso is co-founder of the arts and artist consultation firm Cosio Delaunay and arts journalism websites San Francisco and Oakland Art Enthusiast, the debut of the national Art Enthusiast™ enterprise. Alfonso is also an executive board member of The Yerba Buena Alliance, whose mission is to foster relationships and cultivate community in the Yerba Buena neighborhood of South of Market. www.sfmoma.org |
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Michelle Nye with SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco
Michelle Nye manages programming at the SFMOMA Artists Gallery, an arm of SFMOMA dedicated to the support of a thriving local arts community. Michelle steers Gallery operations, manages the art sales and rentals program, organizes events, and sources artwork from the vast network of contemporary Bay Area artists. During her 15 years at SFMOMA Artists Gallery she has developed relationships with hundreds of artists and collectors by placing the best of local art in homes and offices throughout the region. A Bay Area native she resides in Oakland and studied fine art and art history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, California College of the Arts, the Università di Bologna, Italia, and L’Academia degli Belli Arti di Bologna, Italia. https://www.sfmoma.org/artists-gallery/ |
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Maria Medua with SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco
Maria Medua serves as the Director of the SFMOMA Artists Gallery, where she has organized more than 50 gallery exhibitions and has worked closely with 300 artists from the Bay Area and beyond. As a consultant to more than 150 businesses, she has helped plan rotating shows as well as acquisitions for 65 permanent corporate collections. Since 2016, she has been on the faculty of the Department of Fine Arts at Academy of Art University. Maria has a MA in Creative Arts from San Francisco State University, a BFA in Media from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and BA in Romance Languages from Boston College. https://www.sfmoma.org/artists-gallery/ |
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Andrea Schwartz with Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco
Andrea Schwartz graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1977. Her background as an artist has assisted in her understanding of the perspectives and idiosyncrasies of the art world. For over twenty-five years the Andrea Schwartz Gallery has supported work that is challenging and at the forefront of contemporary practice, representing a select group of mid-career artists from the Bay Area and throughout the country. The range of work includes paintings, works on paper, photography and sculpture. www.asgallery.com |
Nancy Toomey with Nancy Toomey Gallery, San Francisco
Nancy Toomey is the founder of Nancy Toomey Gallery at Minnesota Projects in San Francisco. She is on the boards of Central City Hospitality House and Access Institute, and is a current member and was a former board member of the San Francisco Art Dealers Association. She has also participated in many juried shows. http://nancytoomeyfineart.com
Nancy Toomey is the founder of Nancy Toomey Gallery at Minnesota Projects in San Francisco. She is on the boards of Central City Hospitality House and Access Institute, and is a current member and was a former board member of the San Francisco Art Dealers Association. She has also participated in many juried shows. http://nancytoomeyfineart.com
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Susan Snyder with Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco
Susan Snyder is the co-founder of Caldwell Snyder Gallery in San Francisco. Since 1983 the gallery has grown from its early roots in an industrial space in the South of Market district to a contemporary gallery with international reach, representing a roster of over 50 artists from the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, with a focus on innovative painting and sculpture. In its three decades of continuous operationCaldwell Snyder has opened satellite galleries in New York and St. Helena, California, mounted over 500 exhibitions, and participated in countless international art fairs. http://www.caldwellsnyder.com |
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Annette Schutz with ArtHaus Gallery, San Francisco
Gallerist Annette Schutz co-founded ArtHaus Gallery in 1996 with business partner/gallerist James Bacchi. An award-winning SOMA-based gallery, ArtHaus emphasizes museum-quality works, diverse in subject matter, media and style by noteworthy New York and Bay Area artists. ArtHaus and Gallery Artists have been featured by more than 300 print and electronic media sources including; New York Times, Art in America, Art News, San Francisco Magazine and ABC-TV. Annette was born in South Dakota and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and Art History Degree from the University of South Dakota. www.arthaus-sf.com |
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James Bacchi with ArtHaus Gallery, San Francisco
James Bacchi continues to enjoy more than twenty-five years as a gallerist, collector and philanthropist. Former Co-Owner of ON THE WALL, in New York’s East Village, and Jagendorf-Bacchi in SOHO, Bacchi relocated to San Francisco and established ArtHaus gallery with art dealer Annette Schutz in 1995. Voted “Best Art Gallery” in the SF Gate Best of the Bay List in 2010, 2011 and 2012, ArtHaus is celebrating 15 years of working closely with beginning and established collectors, curators, corporate art advisors and the architecture/design community. www.arthaus-sf.com |
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Catharine Clark with Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
Catharine Clark is the owner and director of the Eponymous Gallery, established in 1991. Since its inception, the gallery has been committed to exhibiting contemporary art. In 2002, a media project room was established to compliment the main exhibition and to allow for a dedicated space in which to present artworks engaged with newer technologies. The gallery was the first in San Francisco to commit to regular programming of video and media art. Representing 20 artists, the gallery generally presents in-depth, solo exhibits of an artist’s recent work. In 2010, the gallery began quarterly programming at a residential space in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood. In addition to curating the two exhibition venues, Catharine also participates in international art fairs, most recently at Moving Image Istanbul. Catharine moved the gallery from downtown San Francisco to the current location on Utah Street in the Potrero Design District and the DoReMi arts neighborhood in September 2013. http://cclarkgallery.com |
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Clea Massiani with Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco
Bass & Reiner was founded in 2014 by Clea Massiani, Chris Grunder, Mariel Bayona, and Emily Reynolds as a curatorial project with the goal of introducing local artists to a broader audience and bringing artwork from elsewhere to the Bay Area, expanding beyond traditional regional boundaries. The project began as an exhibition space located in the now-displaced Studio 17 artist organization, inside the Redlick Building on 17th & Mission. In March of 2016 Bass & Reiner Gallery opened as a charter tenant in the Minnesota Street Project. It is currently run by Clea Massiani and Chris Grunder. Massiani has curated and co-curated several shows in museums and galleries and held professional art positions both in Europe and the US. - http://www.bassandreiner.com |
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Jack Fischer with Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco
Jack Fischer is the owner of Jack Fischer Gallery at 311 Potrero Avenue in San Francisco. His gallery exhibits work from a diverse group of artists that fall under the rubrics of 'outsider, folk, contemporary, naive, visionary, self-taught, and intuitive.' Jack graduated with a BFA from Hunter College, part of the City University system in New York. www.jackfischergallery.com |
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Olivia Ongpin with Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco
Olivia Ongpin is the co-founder of Fabric8 and Luna Rienne Gallery, a San Francisco-based gallery and boutique that has worked with hundreds of independent artists and designers since its inception as an online business in 1995. Now located in the Mission District, fabric8 exhibits traditional gallery shows as well as features a constantly-rotating collection of small, affordable works. Olivia represents artists and also offers small business consulting services. She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in American Studies. Olivia received the SF Bay Guardian Small Business Award for Diversity in Business (2005) and was chosen as one of the Top 25 Women On The Web (2000). - http://www.lunarienne.com |
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Dasha Matsuura with Spoke Art and Hashimoto Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco
Dasha Matsuura has been part of the Bay Area arts community for over ten years working with galleries, non-profits and artists. She is currently the Director at Spoke Art and Hashimoto Contemporary, mounting monthly exhibitions, traveling shows and participating in art fairs. Contributing to the arts community whenever possible, she has served as Vice President of the Board of Directors for Oakland Art Murmur, worked extensively with Visual Aid, and participates in projects throughout the Bay Area year round. Matsuura has worked as a corporate and private art consultant on projects ranging from individual collections to large scale public installations. She also curates independent projects in San Francisco and Oakland. - https://spoke-art.com |
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Kaly Scheller-Barrett with Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco
Kaly Scheller-Barrett is originally from Bavaria and currently works as Associate Director of Hashimoto Contemporary. She has completed her MFA in Sculpture at California College of the Arts, where she taught Ceramics and Craft Theory. Drawing heavily from her extensive training in craft technique, Kaly’s own artwork attempts to blur the boundaries between fine art and craft practices, asking the viewer to un- and re-frame their preconceptions of material. http://www.hashimotocontemporary.com |
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Danny Sanchez with Themes+Projects Gallery, San Francisco
Danny Sanchez is the associate director at Themes+Projects Gallery (formally Modernbook gallery.) Since 2006, he has helped to cultivate the fine art careers of the gallery’s emerging talent on topics such as editing and sequencing, strategic analysis of a body of work for the current market place, pricing and editioning, etc. Outside the gallery, he has had the pleasure to be a reviewer for PhotoAlliance, Review Santa Fe, and Medium: A Festival for Photography; serve as a juror for Photolucida’s Critical Mass; and participate as a panelist for San Francisco Artist Network. Sanchez is a Bay Area native, and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts – Concentration in Photography, from San Jose State University. themesandprojects.com |
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Karen Imperial with K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco
Karen Imperial is the owner of K. Imperial Fine Art in San Francisco and has more than 18 years in the art business. She has dealt with many corporate and residential clients. Her gallery represents accomplished, mid-career and emerging artists, ranging in media including painting, works on paper, sculpture, photography and installation work in a diverse selection of styles. Karen graduated from State University of New York College at Purchase. - http://kimperialfineart.com |
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- Greg Flood, Brian Gross Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco
Greg Flood is Assistant Director at Brian Gross Fine Art, where he has worked since 2015. Prior to joining the gallery, he worked as a curatorial intern from 2005-2008 at The di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Napa, and later established himself as a writer and critic of the Bay Area arts scene for Examiner.com. A Bay Area native, Greg holds degrees in Fine Art and Art History from Sonoma State University. He maintains an active art studio in his home, and continues to write and occasionally curate exhibitions in the Bay Area. - http://www.briangrossfineart.com |
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Micah LeBrun with 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco
Micah LeBrun curates exhibitions for 111 Minna Gallery, a nationally recognized art institution that has garnered international acclaim. As the Art Director since 2010, he continues to champion the work of emerging and mid-level career artists with a focus on technical ability and originality. LeBrun has also composed countless solo exhibitions throughout the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Europe. Ever-changing, his work has been widely collected for the past twenty years. Additionally, LeBrun is the sole curator for the Marin Community Foundation where he orchestrates quarterly exhibitions in their historical 25,000-square-foot air plane hangar in Novato, CA. LeBrun gained curatorial experience as the frame designer for Weinstein Gallery, a leading Union Square art house where he worked directly with original masters works such as Picasso, Chagall, Miro and Dali. https://111minnagallery.com |
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Marina Cain, San Francisco art dealer
Originally from Milan, Italy, and with a M.A. in Contemporary Art History from San Francisco State University, Marina founded Cain Schulte Gallery in 2006, and has been its Director and Curator until 2012. Now an independent art dealer, Marina brings to the table over 14 years of experience in the arts. During her career, Marina has researched and promoted artists unknown in the Bay Area to private collections and art critics, galleries, museums, and public art organizations, and obtained visibility both on local, national, and international press, as well as by attending art trade shows in San Francisco, Miami, New York, Chicago, Berlin, and Milan. http://www.marinacain.com/category/exhibitions/ |
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Donna Seager with Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Vallery
Donna Seager was born in New Orleans and received her education in English and Art History at the University of Texas in Austin. She went on to direct Marlborough Gallery on Newbury Street in Boston and moved to the Bay Area in 1989. She worked with Robert Green of Robert Green Fine Arts for ten years. Throughout her career, she has written articles about artists and exhibitions for various publications and juried many shows in Northern California. In November of 2005, she opened her own gallery in San Rafael, winning Best of Marin in 2008, 2009 and 2010. She is a member of the San Francisco Art Dealers Association. She has distinguished herself in part for her belief in artist books as well as her keen eye and energetic support for the art and artists of the Bay Area. http://www.seagergray.com |
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Suzanne Gray with Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley
Suzanne Gray, a resident of Mill Valley, grew up in upstate New York and studied journalism and art history at Syracuse University and San Jose State. Her lifelong interest and background in art and art history landed her a position at Donna Seager Gallery where she became an integral part of the business and ultimately a valued partner. Gray’s skills extend themselves to professional art consultant services and she has overseen both commercial and residential art programs. Her knowledge of the art market, sophisticated eye and understanding of art placement have gained her the trust and respect of her clients. You will find the highest level of artistic expression in an atmosphere that is welcoming and informative at Seager Gray Gallery, offering some of the best contemporary art on the West Coast. http://www.seagergray.com/ |
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Julie Zener with Zener Contemporary Art Gallery, Mill Valley
Julie Zener has established herself in the art industry as a gallery owner, art dealer, art curator, and artist manager. She studied liberal arts at San Francisco State, and her business background includes sales, marketing, and PR. In 2005, she co-founded Zener Art Group and in 2012, Julie added to her repertoire as curator for Arts Fund/Term of Art, selecting artists from major cities to exhibit at national art events sponsored by Red Bull. Julie Zener partnered with Tara Schon in 2013, launching Zener Schon Contemporary Art, featuring the cutting-edge artwork of emerging and established artists to residential and commercial clientele. Zener Schon specializes in exhibiting and selling the Fine Art of established and emerging artists from around the country and abroad. www.zenerschongallery.com |
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Danielle Fox with Slate Contemporary Gallery, Oakland
Danielle Fox has over twenty years of experience as an art historian (PhD, Northwestern University), writer, editor, independent curator, Deputy Director of Business Development at Sothebys in London, and communications and project manager for Artakt Art consulting in London. Danielle founded SLATE contemporary gallery in Oakland in 2009, and SLATE Art Consulting with Shelley Barry in 2013. These positions have allowed her to develop relationships with artists all over the Bay Area, to curate over sixty-five temporary exhibitions in both gallery and office environments, to advise both commercial and private clients regarding permanent acquisitions, and sales at auction. http://slateart.net |
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Shelley Barry with Slate Contemporary Gallery, Oakland
Shelley Barry has over eighteen years of experience in the art world, thirteen of which she owned and operated the art consulting firm, Artful Solutions. In that time, Shelley has designed and implemented fine art programs and exhibitions for corporate, healthcare and senior living environments. She has forged strong relationships within the visual arts community throughout the Bay Area and has served on various Boards such as the San Ramon Arts Foundation, the Sandra J. Wing Healing Therapies Foundation, the San Ramon Arts Advisory Committee, Student Art For Education’s Advisory Council, and she was appointed by the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors to serve as a Commissioner At-Large for the Arts and Culture Commission of Contra Costa County (AC5). Additionally, Shelley’s early career in marketing with multi-national consumer packaged goods companies enables her to assist organizations in creating visually dynamic brand-minded art programs that communicate a client’s vision and values to the communities they serve. http://slateart.net |
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Ginny Van Dine, Slate Contemporary Gallery, Oakland
Ginny Van Dine is the Gallery Manager of Slate Contemporary Gallery in Oakland. She curates the bi-monthly gallery exhibitions and also works as an art consultant at Slate. Outside of her work at Slate, Ginny is a member of the Galleries Committee for Oakland Art Murmur. Ginny has a background in Art History, receiving her MA from UC Davis. Prior to serving as Gallery Manager, she obtained valuable experience in exhibition planning and arts management from California institutions such as the Mannetti Shrem Museum of Art in Davis and de Young Museum in San Francisco. - http://slateart.net |
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Jennifer Kesseler with Slate Contemporary Gallery, Oakland
Jennifer Kesseler has been with SLATE contemporary since 2015. She serves as the coordinator for SLATE’s off-site exhibitions, while also managing the gallery’s consulting artist database. Previously, Jennifer spent a number of years in New York and Southeast Asia involved in the arts. Additionally, she’s worked for several noted collectors in NYC and San Francisco. She holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MA from the California College of the Arts. In 2017, she became a member of the Public Art Advisory Committee for the City of Oakland Cultural Affairs Commission. - http://slateart.net |
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Donna Napper with Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Gallery, Oakland
Donna Napper is a curator, gallerist and art consultant. Currently, she is the Sales Director and Art Consultant for Chandra Cerrito Contemporary. She has also held the position of Curator and Director of Public Programs for the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, and was the Director for den contemporary, the Los Angeles gallery she owned and operated for eight years. Since moving to the Bay Area four years ago, she has served as an invited curator and juror for dozens of non-profit art organizations and universities in the region. She has served as an Executive Committee Member for Art Table’s Southern California Chapter, and is now part of the Northern California Chapter. - http://www.chandracerritocontemporary.com/ |
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Susan Aulik with The Fourth Wall Gallery, Oakland
Susan Aulik, has been involved in art her entire life - as a painter, a collector, entrepreneur and volunteer. As founder and director of The Fourth Wall, opening the gallery is a dream come true and a culmination of her talents, background and experience. Susan Aulik received a Master's degree in advertising and marketing from Northwestern University and Master's degree in art from California State University, Sacramento. She was the founder and owner of San Francisco based advertising agency, Aulik & Associates, Inc. Her artwork is shown in galleries throughout California. http://www.fourthwallart.com |
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TaVee McAllister Lee with Transmission Gallery, Oakland
TaVee McAllister Lee has been the director, coordinator or on the curatorial team for many exhibitions at a number of venues and galleries over the last 15 years. An artist herself, she has a lot of passion for supporting the vision of other artists in her current roles as the Transmission Gallery manager and as the Exhibitions Director at GearBox Gallery, both in Oakland, CA. As an artist, she earned a BFA in painting and printmaking from the Kansas City Art Institute and now explores more esoteric and unconventional work in her own art practice.. - http://thetransmissiongallery.com/index.html |
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Jennifer Perlmutter with Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, LaFayette
Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery opened to engage more with the public, to empower other artists, and to elevate the conversation about art in this region. Great art speaks truths we can all understand, and shares beauty that enriches our lives. It’s transformative and healing. And I want to share that. The creative process in the studio is carried into the gallery in this unique venue. Ultimately, this gallery is a place of connection and opportunity. My mission is to share compelling fine art that touches and inspires you. http://jenniferperlmuttergallery.com |
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Jennifer Tough with Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Jen Tough has a background in art direction and design for over 20 years in Los Angeles. She has a BFA/honors in fine arts from Ohio State University, attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati and Parsons School of Design/The New School program in West Africa. She was the Art Director for Warner Bros. Records, Urban Outfitters (Philadelphia) and numerous national magazines. Her clients included Hollywood Records (Disney), Drew Carey and Nike. The Jen Tough Gallery programs includes emerging and mid-career artists, focusing primarily on abstraction and/or experimental mediums, both accessible and intellectually provocative. https://jentough.gallery |
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Carrie Lederer, Curator of Exhibitions at the Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek
Carrie Lederer is the Curator of Exhibitions at the Bedford Gallery, a municipal contemporary art space in the Lesher Center for the Arts in downtown Walnut Creek. Over the past two decades she has curated over 75 informative and provocative exhibitions, several of which have traveled nationally including “BLOW UP: Contemporary Inflatable Sculpture, Full Deck: A Short History of Skate Art” and her forthcoming “My Hero: Contemporary Art and Superhero Action.” Under her guidance, the gallery has consistently shown diverse and inspiring work by a broad range of local, national, and international artists. Lederer’s special talent lies in creating a contextual framework for individual works of art, whether historical, contemporary, or community focused. She has constructed a program that is a living weave of exhibitions, many stretching beyond conventional constraints of subject matter and approach to installation. Carrie has been a practicing and exhibition artist for thirty years. Raised in Detroit, Michigan, she attended Michigan State University and received a BFA in sculpture and a BA in Art Education. www.bedfordgallery.org |
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Kim Larson with Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco
Kim Larson is the Gallery Director and Co-Owner at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco's historic North Beach neighborhood. Opened in June 2010, the gallery features monthly exhibitions of established and emerging artists. The gallery's contemporary aesthetic ranges from realism to surrealism with a strong focus on illustrative painting and representational sculpture. Kim is a founding member and acting Director of North Beach First Fridays and is a proud member of the San Francisco Art Dealers Association. https://www.moderneden.com |
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Ashley L. Voss with Voss Gallery, San Francisco
Ashley L. Voss is a gallerist and arts advocate based in San Francisco, CA. She is the owner/director of Voss Gallery, an art gallery dedicated to showcasing New Contemporary work by emerging and mid-career artists in both solo and thematically organized group shows. Ashley actively engages with the Bay Area arts community; she serves as a member on the ArtSpan Outreach Committee, participates in SFAN Portfolio Reviews, and has juried exhibitions in San Francisco and New Orleans. Her writing has been published in Pelican Bomb and Art Practical. Most recently, Ashley worked as the Gallery Manager for Art Attack SF and Curatorial & Communications Manager for PARSE NOLA. She has held additional positions at a number of arts organizations, including Q Artists Cooperative and The Riverfront Arts Center in Stevens Point, WI; and Anton Haardt Gallery, The Front, and the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, LA. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Arts Management degree with an emphasis in Art History from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. - https://vossgallery.art |
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- Anne Herbst with Far Out Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Anne Herbst is the founder and director of Far Out Gallery (FOG) in San Francisco since 2015. The gallery exhibits mature artists who have devoted a lifetime to their art and have developed their own unique style regardless of trends or fashion. Anne is a San Francisco artist who has a MFA and BFA in painting and drawing from the San Francisco Art Institute. She teaches art to those who wish to explore their natural artistic abilities from within themselves without inhibition. http://www.faroutgallery.com |
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Andra Norris with Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
Andra Norris is the owner and director of Andra Norris Gallery, previously Gallerie Citi. She had moved her San Francisco art gallery to Burlingame in 2012, to bring art to the Peninsula and to the community where she resides. Andra Norris Gallery exhibits contemporary works of art, including painting, photography, sculpture and mixed media from established, mid-career and emerging artists with Northern California ties. https://www.andranorrisgallery.com |
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Robert Allen with Robert Allen Gallery, Sausalito
Robert Allen is the owner and operator of Robert Allen Fine Art. Established in San Francisco in 1979, currently in Sausalito since 2007, Robert Allen Fine Art specializes in providing artwork for corporations, high tech companies, health care providers and the architectural and design community. Robert has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Painting and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art History from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also volunteers as a firefighter / EMT in Muir Beach and currently serves as the Assistant Chief of the Muir Beach Volunteer Fire Department. www.robertallenfineart.com |
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Emebet Korn with Desta Gallery, San Anselmo
Desta Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery, exhibiting paintings, sculptures, and photography by emerging and established artists. Emebet combines her experiences of art, design and philanthropy to curate exhibitions that are aesthetically pleasing, conceptually stimulating and socially engaging. Desta Gallery strives to connect communities, artists and collectors in an atmosphere that inspires creativity and reflection. https://destagallery.com |
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Alex Farkas with UGallery, San Francisco
Alex brings a unique and slightly off-center aesthetic to the gallery. His love of art traces back to his hometown Jerome, a tiny arts community in northern Arizona. Alex grew up creating sculpture in his uncle's woodworking studio and learning about the art business in his mother's gallery. In college, he trained his eye by travelling the world to experience first-hand the art he studied. Alex is passionate about working with artists to navigate the gallery world and connect with patrons. He holds degrees in Art History and Entrepreneurship from the University of Arizona, and currently lives in San Francisco. www.ugallery.com |
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Piero Spadaro with Hang Art Gallery, San Francisco
Originating from San Francisco, Piero Spadaro holds a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he majored in General Fine Arts and minored in Art History. In 2003 Spadaro began working for Hang Art Gallery as an intern. He continued working with the gallery through college as an Art Consultant, Sales Manager, and he became Owner and Director. In 2011 Spadaro maintains Hang Art’s reputation as a destination for art enthusiasts since it’s founding in 1998. Spadaro sits as an active committee member of Central City Hospitality House Art Committee and oversees all charitable donations made by Hang Art including, but not limited to, Art for Aids, Visual Aid, and Spectrum. www.hangart.com |
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Brian Perrin with Incline Gallery, San Francisco
Incline Gallery is an alternative art space that fosters relationships between community and artists, creatinf opportunities for emerging as well as established artists to exhibit in a non-cube format that challenges and encourages experimentation in exhibition design. Their role continues to expand by facilitating outside curators, international exchanges and partnerships within a community based organization. http://inclinegallerysf.com/ |
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Cameron Brian with The Transmission Gallery, Oakland
Born in Denver Colorado, Cameron Brian earned his BFA in Painting and 2D Design from The College of Santa Fe in 1989 and holds an MFA in sculpture from The San Francisco Art Institute in 1993. He is co-owner and founder of The Transmission Gallery in Oakland and has taught a wide range of subjects Art, Drawing, Painting, Woodworking and Industrial design in a number of institutions including the Center for the Book, University of Phoenix, Saint Mary’s College, California College of Art, and the San Francisco Art Institute. Brian is currently teaching Art and Drawing at Bakersfield College (Delano Campus), Bakersfield, CA. He currently lives and works in Bakersfield, and divides his time between Southern California, the Bay Area and Oakland. - http://thetransmissiongallery.com/index.html |
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Graham Holoch with Gallery 16, San Francisco
Graham Holoch is a graduate of California College of the Arts and Gallery Assistant at Gallery 16 in San Francisco. In 2013 he founded Eggy Press, a conceptually driven, fine art publishing group. He is a freelance photojournalist, specializing in contemporary art. He is currently working alongside the editors and writers of KQED, Refinery29, and Juxtapoz on stories related to the Bay Area arts community. www.gallery16.com |
