FORECAST 2023
May 9 — August 5, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, May 12, 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.
FORECAST 2023’s jury and SF Camerawork’s staff were impressed not just by the aesthetic quality of the selections but also by the breadth of this cohort’s subjects, which include archival interventions (Elkins), documents and interpretations of urgent geopolitical issues (Castro, Pouyanfar), innovative abstraction (Hsu, Ito) and even formalist whimsy (Campbell). This year we are also proud to announce several increases in our scope and support for emerging artists through the FORECAST program, including $500 cash prizes for all artists and an increased Juror’s Choice prize for outstanding achievement at $1,500. This will also be the first year we release an Honorable Mention list, whose work will be viewable online concurrent with the gallery exhibit.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
INSTALLATION VIEWS
HONORABLE MENTION ARTISTS
SF Camerawork proudly announces the FORECAST 2023 Honorable Mention list. The exhibition jurors and SF Camerawork staff were impressed by the rigor and beauty expressed in the projects of these emerging artists, and we are excited to present a selection of their work online. This is the inaugural year of the Honorable Mention list as a part of FORECAST, and SF Camerawork is thrilled to be able to champion the work of more image makers during our annual juried exhibition.
Claire Dunn | Yi Hsuan Lai | Diane Meyer | Lorena Molina | Jason Reblando | Brandon Tauszik
Our Jurors
Ashima Yadava
Ashima Yadava is an India-born, conceptual documentary photographer and printmaker. With the camera as her conduit, Ashima believes in art as a means to social activism and reform. Her work is rooted in long-form stories with a focus on issues of gender equality, race, and social justice. Yadava works in digital and analog methods including large format and silkscreen. Her work has been featured in various publications around the world including National Geographic, Mother Jones, SFChronicle, 6MOIS, and The Telegraph among others. Yadava is a California Arts Council Fellow and the founder of Huq: I Seek No Favor.
Minoosh Zomorodinia
Minoosh Zomorodinia, Iranian-born interdisciplinary artist, makes visible emotional and psychological reflections of her mind's eye inspired by nature/environment. She employs walking as a catalyst to reference the power of technology as a colonial structure while negotiating land boundaries. Her “strollings” reimagine relationships between land and technology, addressing transformations of memories into physical space. Zomorodinia serves with Southern Exposures’s Curatorial Council, Berkeley Art Center, SFCamerawork Program Committee, and is Co-Chair of Women Eco Artists Dialog. Her awards/residences/grants include Kala Media Fellowship, Headlands Center for the Arts, Djerassi Residency, Recology Artist Residency, Alternative Exposure Award, and California Art Council Grants. She exhibits locally/internationally including SF Asian Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission, Nevada Museum of Art and is featured in the SF Chronicle, Hyperallergic, KQED and numerous media outlets. She earned her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and MA/BA from Azad University, Tehran.
Press
LENSCRATCH • SAN FRANCISCO CAMERAWORK: FORECAST 2023, by Aline Smithson, May 21, 2023
