StARTup Art Fair San Francisco 2025
FEATURED ROOT DIVISION ARTISTSChad AbbleyChanel KimElaine NguyenAriel RiveraJasper Wilde
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Past Projects
San Francisco Art Fair: Magical/Realism
Presented by Root DivisionCurated by PJ Gubatina Policarpio Blurring the boundaries between reality and the extraordinary, the works in this presentation integrate uncanny, dreamlike, and sometimes unsettling visions rooted in contemporary life. Informed by political anxieties and personal tragedies, these images reflect a flexible consciousness where the strange, supernatural, and surreal are used to examine
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New Growth: Rooted Together
Root Division is thrilled to present New Growth: Rooted Together, our annual Arts Education Celebration. New Growth showcases student artwork created throughout Root Division’s free after-school Youth Education Program. We partner with a collective of youth-centered organizations to present dynamic live performances alongside hands-on all-ages art-making activities. This year’s theme, Rooted Together focuses on how our Youth Education Education Program is rooted in the organizations, communities and families we partner with, and to be able to celebrate the accomplishments of this year together.
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The Things We Lay to Rest
The Frank-Ratchye Project Space is pleased to present The Things We Lay to Rest, an exhibition by Studio Artist Wally Corona.
Through intricate ballpoint pen drawings on found materials, Corona explores themes of emotional turbulence, disillusionment, and the shifts in perception that accompany loss and change.
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해녀 (Sea Women)
The Frank-Ratchye Project Space is pleased to present 해녀 (Sea Women), an exhibition by Studio Artist Ji-Young Lee.
In her newest body of work, 해녀 (Sea Women), interdisciplinary artist Ji-Young Lee meditates on her relationship to water as both a life-giving force and a mirror for self-discovery.
beyond self’s edge
The Frank-Ratchye Project Space is pleased to present beyond self’s edge, a group exhibition featuring the distinct approaches of five current Root Division Studio Artists: Dominique Birdsong, Chanel Kim, Elaine Nguyen, Itzél Rios-Ellis, and Sammy Gripe.
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Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken
Root Division is proud to present Liberties Were Taken, the first solo exhibition in the Bay Area of Philippine-based artist Cian Dayrit.
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Chase Irvin: Asking for the mud to give way
The Frank-Ratchye Project Space is pleased to present Asking for the Mud to give way, an exhibition by studio artist alum Chase Irvin.
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