Onsix Gallery

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Onsix Gallery was a curatorial project in which Club 6, a San Francisco nightclub, was transformed monthly into a cross-disciplinary art space from June 2004 to September 2006.

[edit] Biography

Founded in 2004 by Chris Fitzpatrick, Sham Saenz and Lindsey Byrnes, Onsix Gallery’s unusual exhibition model was developed to circumvent San Francisco’s high rent while exposing relatively unknown artists to an excitable art scene of young art enthusiasts, emerging artists, curators, collectors, and performers of all ages and genres. An artist-run space, Onsix Gallery took no commission from art sales, seeking to exist instead as a resource for networking and exposure.

Opening receptions at Onsix Gallery were often attended by as many as one thousand people, drawn to the integration of solo and group art exhibitions with live music, film premieres, and experimental dance performances. Many Onsix Gallery shows were collaborative, such as Conflated, for which photographers were asked to choose other artists to paint or draw on their photographs, We’re Not Dead, a benefit art auction for the San Francisco’s Needle Exchange and Homeless Youth Alliance, and Labyrinth, an annual group exhibition and art-walk in collaboration with Steven Wolf Fine Arts, the Luggage Store Gallery, Red Ink Studios, and Art Engine Gallery.

Onsix Gallery was located at 60 Sixth Street in San Francisco, California. In September of 2006, after over twenty exhibitions and events, it was decided to dissolve Onsix Gallery and focus on other projects.

[edit] Exhibitions

2006

Labyrinth (2), September

We’re Not Dead: A Benefit for Homeless Youth Alliance and the San Francisco Needle Exchange, August

Fanatical Attics, July

Conflated, June

The Serenade Is Dead, May

Revenge of the Totem Pole Warriors, April

Carpe Diem, March

Interwoven (2), February

2005

Dead To Me, December

Labyrinth, September

Violence, July

I’ll Put My Trust In You, April

Love and Destruction, April

Alma, February

Interwoven, January

Sacred Geometry, January

2004

The Seven Deadly Sins, October

Fallen: Group Photography Show, September

Submission: Art by Juxtapoz Readers, August

Black & White, July

Swindle (Art exhibition and Swindle Magazine-launch), June

Solo Exhibitions

Derrick Snodgrass
Heather Hannoura

Split Exhibitions

Dave Schubert and Jeremiah Maddock
Jason Adams and Russ Pope
Mark Desalvo and Grant Irish

Directors / Curators

Chris Fitzpatrick
Sham Saenz
Lindsey Byrnes

Guest Curators

Dina Pugh
Leslie Shows
Tracy Timmins
Lori Spears
David V. D'Andrea
Freddy Corbin
Jason McAfee
Juxtapoz Magazine
John Lacroix
Mary Howe

[edit] External links

Official Website

Reviews
Labyrinth (2)

Conflated

The Serenade is Dead

I'll Put My Trust in You

Seven Deadly Sins

Fallen