Shirin Makaremi
Born in Shiraz/Iran
Lives in San Francisco/CA
Related Work
2025-2026 Mentor and Curator for 2nd round of Mentor Fellowship Program at San Francisco Arts Commission Main Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2025-Present Advisor for Makaan Arts/San Francisco/CA
2024 Mentor and Curator for 1st round of Mentor Fellowship Program at San Francisco Arts Commission Main Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2022 Juror for Round 16 of Alternative Exposure Grant/Southern Exposure/San Francisco/CA
2017-2022 Director/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2019-2022 Programming Committee Member/SF Camerawork/San Francisco/CA
2017-2021 Artist/ San Francisco Artists Studio Collective/San Francisco Bay Area/CA
Curated Exhibitions
2024 When Unearthed Sights Collide/San Francisco Arts Commission Main Gallery/ San Francisco/CA
2022 Dahil Sa Iyo (Because of You) a solo exhibition of work by Adrian Clutario/facilitator/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2022 ALBEDO a solo exhibition of work by Sholeh Asgary/facilitator/Incline Gallery/ San Francisco/CA
2021 Incline Gallery 11th Anniversary Group Show/co-curator/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2019 Incline Gallery 9th Anniversary Group Show/co-curator/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2019 Blanca Estela Rodríguez: Geometrías de Luz/ facilitator/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2018-2019 Reorienting the Imaginaries/co-curator/SOMArts Cultural Center/San Francisco/CA
2018 Incline Gallery 8th Anniversary Group Show/co-curator/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2018 Love is for Today, Programs are for Tomorrow A solo exhibition of work by Tana Quincy Arcega/facilitator/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2017 Incline Gallery 7th Anniversary Group Show/co-curator/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2017 Reflections/curator/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2017 Inside Spaces a solo exhibition of work by Eden V. Evans/facilitator/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2016 A Conversation Between Mind and Body/co-curator/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA
Awards/Grants
2019 Round 13 Alternative Exposure Grant Recipient/Lead Applicant for Incline Gallery/Southern Exposure/San Francisco/CA
Internships/Residency
2018-2019 SOMArts Curatorial Resident/San Francisco/CA
2015 Public Relations Director/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2014 Gallery Assistant/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA
2012 Assistant to artist Michael Namkung/San Francisco/CA
Publications/Press
2024 When Unearthed Sights Collide Digital Exhibition Brochure
2021 “Incline Gallery, SF’s Most Architecturally Unique Artist-Run Space, is Back” by Roula Seikaly/ Featured on KQED Arts & Culture
2018 “Through Subversion and Joyful Skewering, Artists ‘Reorient’ Stereotypes” by Roula Seikaly/ Featured on KQED Arts & Culture
2016 MFA NEVER Archive Project/Root Division/San Francisco/CA
Education
2015 BA Studio Art/Art History/San Francisco State University/CA
Exhibitions
2018 140 Characters/Root Division/San Francisco/CA
2015 5th Year Anniversary Show/Incline Gallery/San Francisco/CA