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Contact: http://inclinegallerysf.com Contemporary art gallery focusing on emerging Bay Area artists.

Incline Gallery was founded in 2010 by a group of artists. Today it continues to be a labor of love by Brian Perrin, Christo Oropeza, Shirin Makaremi and Mary Powers. Incline Gallery is an alternative art space that fosters relationships between community and artists. We create opportunities for emerging as well as established artists to exhibit in a non-cube format that challenges and encourages

experimentation in exhibition design. Our role continues to expand by facilitating outside curators, international exchanges and partnerships within a community based organization. Excerpt from DailySecret.com-
Suggesting a trek down an alley in the heart of the Mission may sound like mean-spirited tourist advice, but turn down this one and you’ll discover a surprising treat – the Incline Gallery. Tucked between a bike shop and The Summit SF coffee shop, the Incline Gallery is so named because the exhibition space is spread vertically up a ramp that crisscrosses the building and makes for a wonderful wander. The exhibitions are thoughtfully curated and the shows I’ve seen have been humorous, thought-provoking and inventive - and you thought Mission alleys were only about murals.

And keep those dates in mind - public programs in abundance during our shared times! Join us and keep checking in.  Supp...
02/12/2026

And keep those dates in mind - public programs in abundance during our shared times! Join us and keep checking in. Support our local artists in the Bay!

At the center of Be Good… are images of Candlestick Park. Presented not as nostalgia, but as lived memory, Candlestick f...
02/12/2026

At the center of Be Good… are images of Candlestick Park. Presented not as nostalgia, but as lived memory, Candlestick functions as a site where collective history and personal experience converge. For many San Franciscans, it represents a shared sense of loss—of place, continuity, and time. The site also holds profound personal significance for Emmanuel: the car accident which would claim the life of his 23-year old brother occurred at the demolished location where Candlestick Park once was built. BE GOOD, is dedicated to his memory.

Together, these photographs consider sports as a cultural constant—one that holds both joy and grief, and the constant battle of impermanence within the visual language of San Francisco.

Emmanuel David Blackwell III is a born and bred San Francisco–based artist whose photographic practice centers on sports as a lived framework—defined by fleeting moments, emotional highs and lows, victory and defeat, shattered dreams, and the discipline required to practice something until becoming deeply proficient. Be Good… brings together a constellation of images made over the past 15+ years, drawn from Emmanuel’s sustained engagement with San Francisco, its sports culture and the environments that surround it.

Raised in San Francisco, Emmanuel’s earliest attachments to the city were formed through sports—through summer camp at Kezar, countless recreation centers and playgrounds, and accessibility to gamedays as a youth. In this body of work, sports operate as a portal rather than a subject in isolation, opening onto broader questions of identity, memory, and belonging within a constantly changing city. The photographs move between spectacle and intimacy, capturing moments that exist briefly before dissolving—much like the games themselves.

Own this Friday! Our 7th Biennial of Art Auction to Benefit Artists (AABA) at  More to come!   x  x   x  x
11/30/2025

Own this Friday! Our 7th Biennial of Art Auction to Benefit Artists (AABA) at

More to come! x x x x

09/10/2025
Final weekend! Don’t sleep on really amazing pieces
08/21/2025

Final weekend! Don’t sleep on really amazing pieces

Mark your calendars for August 29th, as Oncline is honored to present .andrijauskas solo exhibition “The Beauty that is ...
08/16/2025

Mark your calendars for August 29th, as Oncline is honored to present .andrijauskas solo exhibition “The Beauty that is left”

Join us on opening night and pick up one of these beautiful pieces!

August 15th opening! Come by and acquire q beautiful piece of modern history!
08/01/2025

August 15th opening! Come by and acquire q beautiful piece of modern history!

03/12/2025

show opens March 28th!

Visiting from CDMX, he is installing for the next 2.5 weeks with both a site specific installation + works on paper - an homage to important dates in The Bay Area’s history, Mexican muralism, memory, and the daily discipline of drawing.

Announcing: Other Emerging Entities, by artist Amy Schoening!  Opening reception January 24th 2025 6-9pm Artist Talk: 2/...
01/08/2025

Announcing: Other Emerging Entities, by artist Amy Schoening!

Opening reception January 24th 2025
6-9pm

Artist Talk: 2/1/2025 1-4pm

This Friday! Join us for Aaron Peskin’s  silent art auction!
09/24/2024

This Friday! Join us for Aaron Peskin’s silent art auction!

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