2023 ARCHIVE
EXHIBITIONS | EVENTS | AUCTION
Dismantling Monoliths
Curated by Jamil Hellu
January 17 — March 25, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 21, 2023 3-6pm
SF Camerawork is proud to present Dismantling Monoliths, a group exhibition of artists who catalyze their medium to challenge conventions. Through critical engagement and intimate gestures, Dismantling Monoliths calls attention to the multidirectional ways in which contemporary artists are recontextualizing the canon of Western history while envisioning fresh perspectives for identity representation, visibility, and inclusion. The exhibition presents works, from photography to video, by Alanna Fields, Xandra Ibarra,Tarrah Krajnak, Forrest McGarvey, Marcel Pardo Ariza, and Aaron Turner. Together, they shatter stereotypes and shift the monolithic historical frame of reference to new dimensions.
This exhibition was generously supported by Michelle Branch.
FORECAST 2023
May 9 — August 5, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, May 12, 2023 6-8pm
SF Camerawork is proud to present FORECAST 2023, SF Camerawork’s annual survey exhibition. Each year SF Camerawork invites an esteemed jury of artists, curators and critics to select and showcase the work of emerging imagemakers, with an eye toward current movements, trends and concerns in contemporary photography. This year, Bay Area artists Ashima Yadava and Minoosh Zomorodinia have selected the work of Mary Campbell, Harvey Castro, Amy Elkins, Shao-Feng Hsu (Juror’s Choice Award), Kei Ito, and Helia Pouyanfar from over 180 entries from around the world. FORECAST 2023 will be on view May 9 through August 5, 2023. SF Camerawork will host an opening reception on Friday, May 12, from 6-8pm at our new gallery in the historic Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, overlooking the Golden Gate.
2023 Benefit Art Auction
September 15 – 30, 2023
Friends, artists, and supporters - we are beyond pleased to announce the return of our Benefit Auction, returning to in-person festivities for 2023. Join us on September 30th to celebrate SF Camerawork’s artist community, its legacy, and its future in our new home at Fort Mason and under the leadership of SF Camerawork's new Executive Director, Aay Preston-Myint. This year’s inspiring auction features the work of over 50 critically-acclaimed photographic artists from around the world and the Bay Area, including Awoiska van der Molen, Wesaam Al-Badry, John Chiara, Nigel Poor, Kija Lucas, Lucas Foglia, and Chloe Sherman.
For 49 years, SF Camerawork has remained a vital arts organization uniquely poised to present new ideas in photography, and to provide unique opportunities to artists not otherwise found in commercial galleries or museums. Join us to honor, and collect works from, established artists who got their start with SFC and emerging artists shaping today’s visual culture.
sweat + dirt
Charles Lee
November 7, 2023 — February 3, 2024
Opening Reception with the artist: Friday, November 10, 6-8pm
SF Camerawork is pleased to present Bay Area artist Charles Lee’s first solo exhibition, sweat + dirt. The exhibition is a document and investigation of contemporary Black rodeo culture and cowfolk in the United States. The works and images in sweat + dirt were made in Louisiana, California’s Southern and Central Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Through Lee’s project, we are presented with contemporary evidence by which we can trace the multi-racial history and widespread geographic reach of country life, and the role of Black people in the development of U.S. western culture.
