Mission Statement

Founded in 2005, Wolfe Contemporary is dedicated to the principle of exposition in visual art. Accordingly, our curatorial mission is to provide epiphanic visual experiences that compel audiences to adopt new modes of observing, processing, and decoding visual information. Our hope is that these experiences eventually become a permanent part of how viewers perceive and respond to the world around them. We take great pride in having mounted the "first-ever" shows of several established and emerging artists from across the US, Europe, South America and China in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The gallery's artists have garnered critical praise in local and national publications and media, including art ltd, Artweek, KQED Public Television, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, S.F. Weekly, S.F. Bay Guardian, Flash Art, and Village Voice, and have exhibited at the Oakland Museum, the Civic Gallery of Milan, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and numerous other venues.

Wolfe Contemporary was the subject of the 2009 PBS Documentary "Seeking Art in Shanghai," which followed a scouting trip to China and subsequent group exhibition at the gallery in San Francisco.