Southern Exposure is thrilled to present FLASHLIGHT, a benefit art auction illuminating a path through dark times. Follow the beams of light shed by awe-inspiring artists to an evening of dancing, friends, and supporting the arts on Friday, April 17, 2026. We all need a little wonder, and with artworks from over 120 emerging and established artists, this fundraiser will light up your world.

Featuring a silent and a live auction led by esteemed Bonhams Auctioneer Aaron Bastian, food by Xulo, beer by Fort Point Beer Co., and a DJ set by Earth Angel, this event promises incandescence. 

Come shine a light with us on the importance of our artist community–support SoEx and get your ticket today.

If you are unable to attend the Live Auction in person, you are welcome to request a proxy bidder by filling out this form.

TICKETS

$250+ Host Packages

$150* VIP + Main Event Ticket 

$90* Main Event Ticket 

$0-75  Online Bidding Event Ticket 

*Prices increase after March 22

**If you’re unable to join us in person, we welcome you to support us with a sliding scale ticket to our online bidding!

Unable to afford a ticket but still want to attend? Sign up for one of our volunteer positions and attend the event for free!

Main Event Schedule

Friday, April 17, 2026

6:00 PM Doors Open

7:30 PM Live Auction

8:30 PM Silent Auction begins to close

Location

Southern Exposure 

3030 20th Street 

San Francisco, CA 94110

Preview Exhibition

March 21 - April 16, 2026 

Wednesday – Saturday

12:00 – 6:00 PM

SoEx reserves the right to update our COVID protocols at any time to further protect the health and safety of our guests, artists, staff, and volunteers. We will contact all ticket holders one week before the event with any updates.

All acquisitions must be purchased in full. Each auction item is sold AS IS without warranty. Southern Exposure reserves the right to withdraw any item at any time before the actual sale. ALL SALES ARE FINAL WITH NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES.

ARTWORK PICK-UP

• Pick-up: Buyers may take their artwork home between April 22 - May 8 after the event after confirmation of purchase. A link to schedule pickup will be located within your receipt of purchase.
• Shipping & delivery: If you are not local, we can ship artwork to you via an art shipping company. Shipping will be billed to you at cost.

SUPPORT SOEX

Now, more than ever, we believe in the importance of art and artists. We hope you agree and will join us in securing SoEx’s future to help evolve the organization and invest in the artists and audiences whom we are so grateful to serve. We need to raise $275,000 at this year's auction, even more than in previous years, in order to secure the next steps in our organizational evolution. Please consider donating to our Short-Term Stabilization Fund, which will be used for strategic planning and leadership support and to secure our rent for 6 months.

OUR PARTNERS

Artists 

Lucia Aguilar

Miguel Arzabe

Sholeh Asgary

Saif Azzuz

John Bankston

Mark Baugh Sasaki

Drew Bennett

Leo Bersamina

McArthur Binion

Lemia Monet Bodden

Kate Bonner

Greg Borman

Val Britton

Craig Calderwood

Percy Cannon

Enrique Chagoya

Jessica Jane Charleston

Ajit Chauhan

John Chiara

Holly Coley

Morgan Corbitt

Ximaps Dong

Annie Duncan

Ebti 

Kota Ezawa

José Figueroa

Sienna Freeman

Futurefarmers

Amos Goldbaum

Jim Goldberg

Julia Goodman

Isadora Gullov-Singh

Diane Andrews Hall

Michael Hall

Naomi Hawksley

Taraneh Hemami

Dana Hemenway

Cliff Hengst

Angela Hennessy

Scott Hewicker

Tanya Hollis

Sarah Hotchkiss

Shao-Feng Hsu

Hughen/Starkweather

Bec Imrich

Jason Jägel

Chris Johanson

Bussie Parker Kehoe

Bessma Khalaf

Mary Anne Kluth

Michael Koehle

Carrie Lederer

Austin Leong

Terri Loewenthal

Cathy Lu

Kija Lucas

Cybele Lyle

Nick Makanna

Pablo Manga

Michelle Mansour

Kara Maria

Vanessa Marsh

Jet Martinez

Lee Materazzi

Alicia McCarthy

Michael McConnell

Barry McGee & Chris Johanson

Jessica Monette

Yedda Morrison

Ranu Mukherjee

David Muller

Amy Nathan

Kelly Ording

Tyler Ormsby

Erik Parra

Qadir Parris

Nathaniel Parsons

Mitzi Pederson

Keith Petersen

Nicole Phungrasamee Fein

Mário Pires Cordeiro

Ferris Plock

Carissa Potter Carlson

Mel Prest

J. John Priola

Amy Rathbone

Rachelle Reichert

Jerome Reyes

Stevie Rose

Leah Rosenberg

Blaise Rosenthal

Byron Ryono

Oleg Savunov

Erik Scollon

Jenny Sharaf

Alice  Shaw

Jillian Shea

Anna Sidana

Jeffrey Sincich

Brian Singer

Selby Sohn

Dharma Strasser MacColl

tamara suarez porras

Nobuto Suga

Charlene Tan

Tanda

Yiliu Teng

Masami Teraoka

Zekarias Thompson

Beatrice Thornton

Amy Trachtenberg

Simon Tran

Helen Shewolfe Tseng

Kelly Tunstall

Henna Vainio

Isaac Vazquez Avila

Andy Vogt

Cate White

Deirdre White

Lindsey White

David Wilson

Jenifer K Wofford

Rochelle Youk

Maryam Yousif

Minoosh Zomorodinia

Gallery Partners 

George Adams Gallery

Altman Siegel

Anglim/Trimble

Berggruen Gallery

Rena Bransten Gallery

Rebecca Camacho Presents

Casemore Gallery

Catharine Clark Gallery

Climate Control

CULT Aimee Friberg

Et al.

Eleanor Harwood Gallery

Jack Fischer Gallery

Fraenkel Gallery

Gallery 16

Gallery Wendi Norris

Haines Gallery

Harman Projects

Hosfelt Gallery

House of Seiko

K. Imperial Fine Art

Johansson Projects

Municipal Bonds

Pt. 2 Gallery

Paulson Fontaine Press

Re.riddle

Romer Young Gallery

Sarah Shepard Gallery

Traywick Contemporary

*Lists current as of March 25, 2025. 

Contributors

Host Committee

Moon

Drusie & Jim Davis

Robin Ducot

Catherine Foo & Aaron Bastian

Rachel & Keith Petersen

Asteroid

Nicole Avril & Daniel Gelfand

Micaela Heekin & Chris Hart

Marc Mayer & Geoff di Girolamo

Brian Singer & Laura Hapka

Dan Toffey & Julia Harter

Comet

Mike Blockstein

Christy Chan

Jeanne Gerrity & Ben Petrosky

Taraneh Hemami & Mohsen Emaminouri

Catherine & David Kevane

Trisha Lagaso Goldberg & Dave Goldberg

Galen Maness

Sharon Tanenbaum & Matty Person

Jenifer K Wofford

Satellite

Jamie Alexander

Jaime Austin & David Deming

Ken Lo

Nilus de Matran & Jennifer Morla

Audrey Nieh & Heather Smith

Gay Outlaw & Bob Schmitz

Byron Ryono

Jessica Shaefer

Rebecca Teague

Valerie Wade

Thet Win

SPONSORS

Gold Sponsors

NICOLEHOLLIS 

Silver Sponsors 

Eames Institute 

KITCHENTOWN

Sapphire Sponsors

Artsource Consulting

SF Art Week 

Food & Beverage Sponsors 

True Laurel

Flour & Water 

Prubechu

Fort Point Brewing

On the Rocks Bartending

Framing Sponsors

Artisans of San Francisco

Capricorn Framing

City Picture Frame

Mark Ryan

Orion Custom Framing

Painters Place

Eric Rose

San Francisco Art Framing Services

Spot Design

Sterling Art Services

Small Works

New Suns DJ Set

The Baptist

Conspirators

Auction Co-Chairs: Becky Koblick & Dan Toffey

Auctioneer: Aaron Bastian

Auction Committee

Andrew Berg

Kara Bratcher

Emily Counihan

Valerie Imus

Becky Koblick

Marc Mayer

Teaque Owen

Mário Pires Cordeiro

Emma Rosenbaum

Dan Toffey

Jenifer K Wofford

Board of Directors

Dan Toffey, President

Marc Mayer, Vice President

Olivia White Lopez, Vice President

Sienna Freeman and Susan Krane, Co-Treasurers

Brian Singer, Secretary

Cristy Chan

Ranu Mukherjee

Sriba Kwadjovie Quintana

Angela Rivera

Staff

Valerie Imus, Artistic Director & Co-Director

Teaque Owen, Development & Events Coordinator

Emma Rosenbaum, Marketing & Communications Coordinator

Simon Tran, Artists in Education Manager

Mário Pires Cordeiro, Exhibitions & Facilities Coordinator 

Minoosh Zomorodinia, Documentation Coordinator

Evelyn Kuo, Programs & Exhibitions Intern

Khaled Alqahtani, Community Arts & Development Intern

About Southern Exposure

Southern Exposure (SoEx) is an artist-centered nonprofit organization committed to supporting diverse visual artists. Through our extensive and innovative programming, SoEx strives to experiment, collaborate and further educate while providing an extraordinary resource center and forum for Bay Area and national artists and youth in our Mission District space and off-site, in the public realm. Since 1974, SoEx has been a vital part of the Bay Area arts ecosystem, and your generous support of our auction will allow new, emerging, and experimental art to flourish in the year ahead.