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stARTup is more than an art fair.  We connect art buyers of all levels to highly vetted artists through curated exhibitions, sales and rentals, and collector advising.  

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FRI, 9/28 – SUN, 9/30

1599 Tennessee Street
San Francisco

A "tabletop" style art fair in an industrial warehouse setting for select contemporary artists to show small-scale works ranging from sculptures, paintings, and drawings, to prints and ceramics. Learn More

 
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Graffiti Installation by Jocelyn Superstar
Graffiti Installation by Jocelyn Superstar

Graffiti Installation by Jocelyn Superstar, Bay Area Graffiti Artist and Author of Bay Area Graffiti 80’s & 90’s: Early Bombing

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Book Signing by Paul Madonna
Book Signing by Paul Madonna

Saturday, September 29, 2-3pm Outdoor Lounge - Book Signing by Paul Madonna, award winning artist and author

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Can't make it to our fairs? Check out the amazing artwork offered by STARTUP artists on Artfinder, our exclusive online partner.

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Investigating the "Now" with Jupp Soetebier
Interview
Investigating the "Now" with Jupp Soetebier
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Interview
When Hanging Small Art is a Big Problem
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When Hanging Small Art is a Big Problem
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stARTup Small Works is just around the corner! Find ceramics, prints, sculpture, books, and collage from 38 select contemporary artists in the Dogpatch. Tickets available for sale in our bio! 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 #startupartfair #startupartfairsf #startupsmallworks #smallworks #artfair #sfart #sfartist #sfbayarea #sfevents #sanfranciscoevents #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartist #buyart
stARTup LA 2019 applications are open! stARTup is a juried fair. Artists selected by the jury will create an exhibition of their work in a room for all three days of the fair. Your application should include: 🔸️ Resume 🔸️ Bio 🔸️ Proposal 🔸️ Up to 10 images To stARTup your application process, please visit: https://www.startupartfair.com/apply-for-la-2019/ 👤 👤 👤 👤 #startupartfair #startupartfairla #artfair #artfairs #callforartists #hotelfair #hotels #contemporaryartist #emergingartist #losangelesart #losangelesartist #laart #laartist
Find more works from Juliana Coles, and other stARTup artists on @artfinder_com 👤 👤 👤 👤 #startupartfair #startupartfairsf #emergingartist #buyart #artfinder #artfinder_com #contemporaryartist #printsforsale #womeninart #girlgaze #femalegaze #womenartists
Now showing at Eastside Int'l (ESXLA) - Chris Christion: A Context for Transcendence — ends Oct 20, 2018 A Context for Transcendence is a multi media installation exploring the closed-door negotiation of cultural value and narratives established by colonial incursion and Eurocentric projections of nonwhite identity. Christion investigates the historical connections between cultural speculation, myth creation, the dissemination of the images, and rhetoric that define Christian and colonial rule. Using the framework of the stained glass windows Christion presents a collage of re-appropriated film montages playing simultaneously in the same frame to creates a kaleidoscopic effect. This exhibition provides the conditions for viewers to reconsider how one defines their experienced identity at variance with the way in which social and cultural identity is institutionally articulated. 👤 👤 👤 👤 #startupartfair #startupartfairla #exhibitions #laartist #laart #losangelesart #losanglesartist #multimediaart #newmedia #newmediaart #multimediaartist #mixedmedia #mixedmediaartist #contemporaryartist #conceptualart
Sasha Acrylic painting on Canvas by Tracy Piper Size: 16 x 20" Find this piece and more on @artfinder_com 👤 👤 👤 👤 #startupartfair #startupartfairsf #emergingartist #buyart #artfinder #artfinder_com #contemporaryartist #printsforsale #womeninart #girlgaze #femalegaze #womenartists
stARTup LA is just around the corner! Selected artists will create their own unique exhibition spaces and show their latest work in a hip, retro chic setting. With more than 60 rooms of exhibition space, stARTup LA offers an excellent opportunity for artists to connect with leading arts professionals, expand their audiences, and sell their art. For more information, visit: https://www.startupartfair.com/apply-for-la-2019/ 👤 👤 👤 👤 #startupartfair #startupartfairla #losangeles #losangelesart #laart #laartist #exhibitions #artfair #artfairs #emergingartist #contemporaryartist #callforart #callforentries
Derek Lynch - Small Works 2018 - "My new work involves the creation of urban-based idealized landscapes in dreamlike circumstances. My use of ambiguous relationships and unsettling juxtapositions of geographic locations in the Bay Area are prominent features of my work. I merge new digital photography with painting and Bay Area architecture to create new perspectives, focusing on San Francisco neighborhoods as my primary subject. The outcome can be whimsical and yet it offers a serious sociopolitical commentary on the changes to our urban landscape." Get stARTup Small Works tickets in our bio! 👤 👤 👤 👤 #startupartfair #startupartfairsf #startupsmallworks #smallworks #contemporaryartist #sfartist #sfbayarea #sfart #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartist #sfblogger #artfair #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #mixedmediaartist
Pilar Agüero-Esparza - Small Works 2018 - "These abstractions are created using the skin tone palette of the Color Your World: Crayola Multicultural Crayons set. Referencing Joseph Albers’ color theory in the title of the exhibition, the leather, fabric and paper works explore the idea of a “racialized abstraction” connecting mixed media works to colorism and the personal experience and representation of one’s color." See Pilar's incredible weavings exploring color's social implications and notable prejudices at stARTup Small Works. Tickets available now in our bio! 👤 👤 👤 👤 #startupartfair #startupartfairsf #startupsmallworks #smallworks #contemporaryartist #politicalart #conceptualart #womeninart #womenartists #artfair #mixedmediaart #mixedmediaartist
In a recent interview with VoyageLA, Jupp Soetebier describes himself as being made of “memories and nothing at all.” His work is "an epiphenomenal result of a lifelong investigation into thought and how memory shapes my Now." Hailing from what he calls the 'crazy' South Beach art scene in Miami, Jupp spent fallow years in New York before landing in California and restarting his art practice. He tells us he'd be lost without woodchips and sawdust and says he has a new body of work created just for stARTup Small Works. We share the VoyageLA article, and ask a few more questions, in our lively interview with Jupp Soetebier. Link in bio! 👤 👤 👤 👤 #startupartfair #startupartfairsf #startupsmallworks #smallworks #contemporaryartist #studiolife #artstudio #blog #blogging #artfinder #artblog
Small art can be a little tricky to hang when you want it to stand-out and express your individual taste. Are you in a bit of a small art pickle? Recently, Artfinder, one of the largest online art sources, asked Shannon Kaye, our Director of Business Development, for her expert tips for incorporating small scale artwork into home design. Discover her expert tips for creating salon style walls and how she uses art as a secret weapon in storage areas on our blog! Link in bio 🏠 🏠 🏠 🏠 #startupartfair #startupartfairsf #smallworks #startupsmallworks #designinspo #artinspo #homedeco #homedetails #artfinder #homedesigner #homedesignideas #buyart
Jamie Banes - Small Works 2018 - "Growing up in a blue-collar construction family, I connected with tools and materials at an early age. Exposure to jobsites in my youth helped shape my interest in architecture and the ever-evolving organism of the built environment. These early experiences continue to inform my work and contribute to my own sense of place and identity." See Jamie's depiction of the Bay Area urban landscape at stARTup Small Works. Tickets available for sale in our bio! 👤 👤 👤 👤 #startupartfair #startupartfairsf #startupsmallworks #smallworks #contemporaryartist
Jupp Soetebier - Small Works 2018 - "I use a sculptured surface to bring the image into the real world instead of hiding it behind a picture frame. It is visceral and confrontational. It addresses forms of haptic/tactile memory and takes it from a short term experience into a kind of permanence. "I am my thoughts and nothing at all. How do personal events shape, define, and motivate my actions? If at all. Do past, present, communal, and genetic memory work in concert with one another, or am I locked in a predetermined fate? That is the truth and what is a lie?" See Jupp's newest series, the static now subset b, made exclusively for stARTup Small Works. Get stARTup your tickets in our bio! 👤 👤 👤 👤 #startupartfair #startupartfairsf #startupsmallworks #smallworks #contemporaryartist #abstracto #abstractpainting #abstractartist #abstractions #abstractpaintings #conceptualart #artfair