About Us
Art House SF is a global contemporary art gallery in San Francisco, California.
We're located in the heart of San Francisco, the famous Castro District - a neighborhood of freedom, acceptance, creativity, and diversity.
Our History
The gallery was started by Max Khusid in February 2019.
Prior to founding Art House SF, Max was a "dashboards and data guy" at Apple for almost 10 years. He led a team of top-notch engineers from California, Texas, India, China, Mexico, Israel, and France.
After a year-long sabbatical traveling and backpacking through Nepal, France, Chile, Iceland, Armenia, Morocco, and Scotland, the idea of Art House SF was born. The idea of connecting people around the world through one of the most universal languages, the language of art and beauty.
First as an online art gallery, Art House SF then exhibited at two international art fairs, Art San Diego and Superfine San Francisco, in 2019 and early 2020. In the summer of 2020, we organized two pop-up exhibits in the San Francisco Mission District.
In April 2021, Art House SF opened a permanent location in the heart of San Francisco at 2324 Market Street.
Art House SF also leads two public art projects in San Francisco, Art on Innes and Castro Art Walk.
Where are we now
Art House SF currently represents 22 artists from 15 different countries and 5 continents. Our artworks are in private collections in the US, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, the UK and Australia.
We host new art exhibitions every month in our small but cozy space. To date, we have organized 16 solo and group exhibits in our boutique art space.
What makes us different
Original. Eclectic. Affordable. Art.
Eclectic art you won't find anywhere else
Anthony Bourdain proved to us that if you want to enhance your taste buds and find one of the kind, delicious food, you have to travel and explore.
Art is no different.
In the last few years, we visited 15 countries around the globe in search of great art and artists. It is important for us to submerge in the same atmosphere and culture as the artists who live there. It is important to breathe their air, understand the local culture, speak a few basic words, and see what inspires them.
Sometimes, it takes us to the high Tibetian plains in Nepal and the forbidden city of Lo Monthang, drinking yak milk tea with the local lama. Sometimes, we end up in the middle of the Hong Kong revolution. Sometimes, it is the Atacama's desert sky and stars that we can recognize in our favorite Chilean artist's works.
We think that to find eclectic art, we have to visit eclectic places.
(Pictured Right: Hong Kong Harbour and the 121-foot-long KAWS inflatable sculpture)
Authentic and Original
You won't find "submit your art here" forms on our website. It is important for us to get to know the person behind their art.
We talk with our artists constantly and help them where we can. We don't want to be yet another "online store," another "market place," another faceless app. We text, Facebook message, WhatsApp chat, Insta chat, Zoom chat, and meet artists in person for coffee locally, or in faraway countries.
From real artists to real people!
(Pictured Left: Tashi Gurung and Max in Lo Monthang, Nepal)
Personalized Service
Art purchases aren't easy. So many questions need to be answered: Will my spouse or partner like it too? Will it fit in our interior? Can I change the frame? Can I return it if I don't like it? When will you have new art from this artist? Can I have it before my boyfriend's birthday How do I hang it? How do I hang it?
We know it's not just another purchase on Amazon. So we're here for you. All of your purchases come with free shipping in the US, industry-leading 30-day returns, our high-quality hanging kit, a free how-will-it-look service to visualize an artwork in your home, and even a free art installation service in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Most importantly, you will always interact with a real person, not a chatbot or an AI agent.
We're here to guide you through the process.
(Pictured Right: SuperFine SF art fair and one happy customer)
Quality not Quantity
You want to buy art with confidence. So do we.
While most online art stores go for quantity (some even boast two million artworks), we go for quality. We look for life-long artists dedicated to their art, painting and exhibiting professionally. We work closely with our artists, select their best art, and invest in them financially.
With other galleries or online art stores, you don't always know what you're going to get.
Every artwork in our gallery must meet our high-quality standards. We receive the artwork in hand, review its quality, stretch canvas if needed, build an appropriate high-quality frame, photograph artwork professionally, package it securely, and ship with reliable carriers to ensure you receive exactly what you expect.
(Pictured Left: Linda Larson in her studio)
Affordable
Last but not least, we believe that art must be affordable.
Fine art prices, and especially original art, have increased significantly over the last 20 years. By working directly with artists, carefully selecting our framing and printing vendors, and fine-tuning all costs, we are able to offer art at more affordable prices than most art galleries.
We offer fine art at all price ranges without sacrificing quality: HD metal prints, canvas prints and, of course, original artwork. Our prices also include framing which can often cost just as much as the artwork if framing yourself.
Find the artwork you love!
what inspires us
We are inspired by the mystic art and adventurous life journey of Nicholas Roerich. We believe in the Pax Cultura pact signed in 1935 in the White House, Washington, DC by 21 countries and its mission of preserving art around the world.
"The defense of cultural objects is more important than the use or destruction of that culture for military purposes, and the protection of culture always has precedence over any military necessity."
