/room/ is the small project space adjacent to our main gallery dedicated to exhibiting work by local, emerging artists selected from annual open calls by a series of guest jurors.
We are currently seeking works in any medium by Bay Area-based emerging artists for our upcoming exhibition programming in /room/. Each selected body of work will be shown in a three-month solo exhibition, the first of which will open in fall 2025. Please note that the main gallery is not seeking artists via open call or other proposals at this time.
APPLICATION PERIOD: February 4 – February 14 (11:59pm PST).
The open call will be guest juried by Nicolás Colón and Fernanda Partida Ochoa.
The selected artists will be paid a $500 honorarium. There is no application fee.
Visit here for full submission guidelines and to access the application form.
Applications will be evaluated based on the quality of the work and how the proposed works consider the parameters of the space. We are interested in works that are finished and ready to install as well as concrete proposals that can be realized within a short timeframe. We encourage you to take a look at the floorplan and dimensions of /room/, included in the application form, and to visit the gallery to get a sense of the space. We will work with the selected artists to problem-solve as needed.
Please email maxine@slashart.org with any questions.
Nicolás Colón is the founder of Climate Control, a contemporary art project space and gallery in San Francisco’s Mission district. Born and raised in the same neighborhood where the gallery is located, Colón returned to San Francisco in 2023 after living in Mexico City. While in Mexico City he organized an itinerant curatorial project, Dark Arts International. Colón is also an artist who has held solo exhibitions in New York, Mexico City, Paris, and Milan. He thinks closely about the possibilities within storytelling and exhibition-making to create vibrant new communities and alternative worlds.
Fernanda Partida Ochoa is a researcher, curator, and arts organizer from Guadalajara, Mexico. She is the Project Manager for Collections at SFMOMA and co-founder of ffrancesca, a platform for experimentation and collaboration. Previously, she was Collection Manager and Curator of Latin America Programs at KADIST, San Francisco, and has worked with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Fomento Cultural Banamex. Her research explores museums, archives, collections, and culinary traditions. She holds a BA in History and Art History and an MA in Museum Studies from the University of San Francisco.