The vision of the San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery is to serve a broad and varied audience that includes students, faculty and staff of San Francisco State University, along with the local arts community and the greater population of the region, while carrying out a program that reflects the range of disciplines taught by San Francisco State’s School of Art. To accomplish this, they organize professional artist exhibitions and present the work of student artists. Lectures, performances, film screenings and other public programs serve to expand the discussions initiated in their exhibitions. Student involvement in all aspects of organizing and presenting exhibitions in the Fine Arts Gallery is key to the program.
San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery
Vivek Shraya, "Trisha," Color photographs mounted on foamcore, vinyl text. Courtesy of the artist.
Wesaam Al-Badry, "THE DREAM," 2020. Archival pigment print, 20 x 16 in.
Arleene Correa Valencia, from the series, "Culpables Inocentes," 2018. Acrylic on finished shipping pallet. 42.13 x 40.95 in. Courtesy of the artist and Catharine Clark Gallery.
Marcel Pardo Ariza Fiera and Marcel, "encarnándose" (detail), 2021. Pigment print. Dimensions vary. Courtesy of the artist and OCHI.
Jamil Hellu, "Hides," 2016-17.
Series of 9 self-portraits.
Screen prints on dyed lambskin leather. Sizes ranging from 52 x 38 to 39 x 37 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Rebecca Camacho Presents.
Jeffrey Cheung, Untitled. 2021, Acrylic on Canvas, 69.75 x 12 in. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Hanley Gallery.
Juliana Huxtable, "Ari-I", 2019/2022, Color photograph, 40 x 35 in. Courtesy of Reena Spaulding Gallery LA/NYC.
“We strive to support institutions that share our artist-centered values. The small grassroots arts organizations as well as the museums that comprise our grantees provide invaluable opportunities for artists to express their unique perspectives on the pressing urgencies of the day. We hope that our grants help to amplify artists’ voices within their communities, in national discussions and debates, and across platforms in the international contemporary art world.”
Joel Wachs, President