In 2018, curator Micki Meng founded a non-profit publication and research hub challenging the existing frameworks available to artists. She sought stewardship from leading art figures including Susanne Ghez, Hank Willis Thomas, Laura Owens, Franklin Sirmans, Nion McEvoy, and others who served on the Board. As a publication, the organization commissioned texts by notable writers including Nathaniel Mackey, Olivian Cha, and Rita Gonzalez.
In 2019, Meng was offered a hand-me-down space by the artist community, and Friends Indeed was born. Our first gallery location was founded as an absurdly small experimental vitrine featuring works for sale by leading local and international contemporary artists. The gallery borders San Francisco’s historic Chinatown and downtown Financial District, beneath a Philip Johnson designed building, overlooked by the three Corporate Goddesses. In Fall 2021, the gallery expanded to a warehouse in Bayview. The new gallery is near the ICA San Francisco, where Meng is a founding partner. In 2023, Micki Meng opened a guerrilla apartment gallery and artist house at IM PEI Towers in New York City, and most recently it’s first gallery in Paris, across from the Centre Pompidou.
Friends Indeed is founded by Micki Meng with Eric Li and Nazlı Ercan, and later became Micki Meng in 2021.
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Sustainability
Micki Meng dedicates a portion of its annual profit, time and activity towards land conservation.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Li Wang
Dogpatch
November 15 - December 27, 2024
Nihura Montiel
Chinatown
November 15 - December 27, 2024
Locations
Chinatown
716 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Valet garage parking is available across from the gallery at 650 Sacramento Street.
Dogpatch
1720 Armstrong Ave #1A
San Francisco, CA 94124
Easy street parking.
New York
IM PEI Towers
Paris
2, Rue Beaubourg
Paris, France
ferdinand@mickimeng.com
+33 (0)6 32 23 28 24
Mailing Address
2442 45th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94116
Gallery Hours
The gallery will be closed from December 23 to January 4 for the Christmas break.
Chinatown: Friday - Saturday, 12 - 3 PM
Dogpatch: Wednesday - Saturday, 11 - 3 PM
New York: Appointment only
Paris: Tuesday - Saturday 11 - 7 PM
Happily by appointment to office@mickimeng.com
Sales Inquiries:
Micki Meng
micki@mickimeng.com
Press Inquiries:
archive@mickimeng.com
Team
Micki Meng is a dealer, curator and artist advocate working on the West Coast in a global context for over fifteen years. She has held gallery positions at Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Altman Siegel, San Francisco; and curatorial roles with LA><ART, 12th Istanbul Biennale, 9th Shanghai Biennale and The Wattis Institute where she also served as Assistant Director for five years while managing the renown Capp Street Artist Residency. She is founder of &Art&, a publishing & nomadic partnership initiative sourcing solutions for artists in the contemporary moment. She has also been involved with councils and committees such as Artadia’s founding chapter in San Francisco, Headlands Center for the Arts, SFMOMA’s SECA Art Council, YBCA's Art+Action Committee, Founder of Patrons for Experimental Progress and a co-founder of 8-bridges. As an educator, she has taught and lectured in MFA and Curatorial programs across the Bay Area including CCA, SFAI, and Stanford. She frequently advocates next generation support for museums and volunteers as the Director of Philanthropy for Art into Acres, an environmental initiative founded by Haley Mellin.
Associate Director (Paris)
Ferdinand Blaising
Artist and Museum Liaison (Los Angeles)
Marie Heilich
Press
Florie Hutchinson
Design & Co-Founders
Eric Li & Nazlı Ercan
Gallery Assistant (Paris)
Emika Lannelongue
Gallery Assistant (San Francisco)
Roland Martin
Director (San Francisco / New York)
Emily Small
Gallery Assistant (San Francisco)
Grace Weber
