TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO brings together three local painters, Alec Huxley, Daniel Chen, and Ursula X Young, for the inaugural art exhibition at The Moscone Center. Presented in partnership with 111 Minna Gallery, the exhibition reflects on San Francisco’s layered history, creative energy, and constantly evolving identity through three distinct artistic visions.
TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO
TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO
TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO
TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO
TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO
TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO
TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO
TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO
TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO
TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO
TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO
Tales of San Francisco marks the inaugural art exhibition at The Moscone Center and celebrates a new partnership with 111 Minna Gallery, a long-standing center of San Francisco’s creative community. Featuring the work of Alec Huxley, Daniel Chen, and Ursula X. Young, the exhibition explores the many ways artists perceive, remember, and reimagine the City by the Bay.
San Francisco has always been shaped by movement, reinvention, and cultural transformation. From the Ohlone people and the Gold Rush to the Beat Generation, the Summer of Love, the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement, and the rise of technology, the city has drawn generations of dreamers, outsiders, builders, and artists. This exhibition reflects that complexity through paintings that capture the city’s architecture, memory, street culture, mythology, and restless imagination.
Daniel Chen’s oil paintings examine how technology influences the way we see, process, and remember the world around us. His works first appear as blurred fields of color and abstraction, but gradually reveal recognizable San Francisco scenes, including Giants Ballpark, the Tenderloin, and Market Street, especially when viewed through a camera or phone lens.
Ursula X Young brings a whimsical, soulful, and distinctly urban sensibility to the exhibition. Known for her fine-lined illustrations, murals, and colorful modern paintings, Young’s work blends fairy-tale imagery with the spirit of San Francisco street culture. Her portraits combine Impressionistic skin tones with a pixelated visual language, creating images that feel both personal and universal.
Alec Huxley’s cinematic paintings offer dreamlike records of place, time, and architecture. His scenes often feature space travelers moving through San Francisco neighborhoods, creating a striking contrast between the familiar and the otherworldly. Combining photography, digital composition, and acrylic painting, Huxley’s work captures the city as both real and imagined.
Presented by The Moscone Center and 111 Minna Gallery
Curated by Olivia Ongpin
TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO TEAM: Ken Bukowski, Leonie Patrick, Ryan Coate, Suzanne Goodman, Michelle Delaney, Richard Ciccarone, Olivia Ongpin, Alex Muscat, David Young V, Daniel Kokin, Mykola Bereza, Lauren Rascoe
