Launched in 2007, Introductions is one of Root Division’s signature exhibitions, celebrating the work of twelve outstanding Bay Area artists who are not yet represented by commercial galleries. Selected through a highly competitive review process, these artists exemplify exceptional creativity and conceptual vision.
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The Frank Ratchye Project Space is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Root Division studio artist Shrey Purohit.
“A cable car turn caught in fog, a ferry crossing at the exact minute the sky goes orange, a transit platform where someone’s ancestral memory and someone else’s daily commute happen to occupy the same frame.”
Shrey Purohit
Piecing together moments from the artist’s own passage from Mumbai to San Francisco, Assembled Cities transforms urban landscapes into overlapping lived moments and shared experiences. Purohit’s paintings create a narrative where familiar San Francisco streets, neighborhoods, and people coexist with personal heritage and perspectives of Mumbai. Depicting these cities in the ways they are lived, the artist goes beyond the depiction of cityscapes and continuous skylines through layers of collage-like memories, histories, and everyday life. This exhibition invites viewers to see cities not only shaped by buildings and architecture, but as something constantly in the making by the people who inhabit and move through it.
Root Division’s Art Auction 2026 is an amazing opportunity to support a local non-profit arts organization in San Francisco.
The Frank Ratchye Project Space is pleased to present Recollection/ Recolección, a solo exhibition by Root Division Studio Artist Brian Anthony López Romero (yNoT).
In this new body of work, Recollection/ Recolección brings together a collection of memories, familiar narratives, and personal histories, revealing what it means to reconnect with cultural heritage while navigating the weight of remembrance and displacement. Through multimedia installations–including ceramic, and glass fused decals, graphite drawings, and paintings– the work draws from archival photographs, traditional artesanías, and deep emotional gestures. Together, these pieces create a narrative grounded in heartbreak and grief, nostalgia and peace, offering a personal interpretation of displacement and separation from the artist’s home in Guadalajara.
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Root Division is proud to present a new, radical, and boundary-pushing exhibition, Machismosa curated by Aleo Landeta.
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The Frank Ratchye Project Space is pleased to present They Stem and They Bloom, a solo exhibition by Root Division Studio Artist B Colleen.
Growing outwards from their hands, eyes, and mouth, lavender becomes a symbol of healing energy- a gesture that begins as a way to heal from within and extends as an offering to others. What grows with the artist is not kept but shared. In this exhibition, artist B Colleen moves between an equally vivid dream state and coexisting reality where lavender stems and blooms as a constant source of calm.
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The Frank Ratchye Project Space is pleased to present Mother Desert, a solo exhibition by Root Division Studio Artist Taylor Stoneman.
Rooted in the maternal spirituality of Earth as creator, lover, and protector, artist Taylor Stoneman paints the body into desert landscapes, embracing the complexities of the transition into motherhood. Mother Desert holds space for vulnerability, resilience, and love, revealing motherhood as a deeply personal and multifaceted journey.
500 Capp Street and Root Division present Open Your Eyes to Water, a solo exhibition of the work of San Francisco-based visual artist Trina Michelle Robinson that spans both venues.
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The Frank Ratchye Project Space is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Root Division Studio Artist Erik Barrios-Recendez.
Betwixt and Between confronts the social apparatus that determines one’s ability to survive. What happens when inherited understandings of labor and worth collide with the realities of surviving? Artist Erik Barrios-Recendez reflects on the emotions that surface from resisting social structures, and from confronting the reality of his existence in a queer Latino body.
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The Frank Ratchye Project Space is pleased to present What is Left Behind, a solo exhibition by Root Division Studio Artist Alumni Edy Cahueque.
What is Left Behind centers the lived experiences of immigrants who work blue-collar jobs and whose labor fundamentally shapes society yet often remains overlooked. Using materials related to blue-collar work such as tile, drywall, and plywood, Cahueque uses this canvas to honor the craftsmanship and resilience carried throughout the everyday lives of these workers. With ongoing ICE raids, heightened surveillance, and the use of racial profiling to target communities of color, Cahueque brings attention to the humanity and vulnerability of immigrant and Latinx communities. This body of work encourages viewers to confront what is left behind when individuals are taken, and to reflect on the sacrifices endured and the persistent strength sustained despite it all.
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