stARTup Art Fair SF 2019: Call for Artists

stARTup Art Fair San Francisco is a contemporary art fair for independent artists.

The fair runs April 26-28, 2019 at the Hotel Del Sol and takes place at the same time as the Art Market SF gallery fair at nearby Fort Mason.

Hotel Del Sol is a unique 1950’s motor lodge turned boutique "California beach house" style hotel, located in San Francisco’s scenic and happening Marina neighborhood. The De Sol is a perfect setting for an immersive contemporary art experience filled with artist exhibition rooms, provocative discussions about today's art market, and interactive public art projects.

Applications for stARTup Art Fair San Francisco will be accepted through February 12, 2019. Those selected from the open application process will each take over a hotel room for the course of three days to present a solo show of their work. Through its democratic online application, artists get the opportunity to have their work reviewed by an impressive Selection Committee with a diverse range of art world professionals:

Dean Daderko, Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

Matea Fish, Director, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco

Dorka Keehn, Curator/Art Advisor, San Francisco

Jakub Spanhel, Internationally exhibited painter, Czech Republic

Nancy Toomey, Director, Nancy Toomey Fine Arts, San Francisco

Su-en Wong, Widely exhibited painter, New York

Artists can apply with a resume, bio, proposal, and 10 images

There are application and exhibitor fees.