Contemporary African Art Gallery in San Francisco — AOCA

Unfinished Lines — installation view, AOCA gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco

Current Exhibition

Unfinished Lines

24 September – 24 October 2026Minnesota Street Project, Dogpatch, San Francisco

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Mafolo · Salim · Konan · Mansongi

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Who We Are

The Art of Contemporary Africa

AOCA is the first gallery in San Francisco dedicated exclusively to Pan African contemporary art — bringing the depth, diversity, and dynamism of African art to the heart of the Bay Area's cultural landscape.

As the sister gallery to The Melrose Gallery in Johannesburg, we are dedicated to championing the global presentation of African art — from iconic figures like Dr Esther Mahlangu to emerging voices defining the next chapter.

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AOCA contemporary African art gallery interior San Francisco Dogpatch Minnesota Street Project

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1275 Minnesota Street, 2nd floor
Minnesota Street Project, Dogpatch
San Francisco · Tue–Sat 11h00–18h00

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Now Showing

Unfinished Lines

24 September – 24 October 2026

Unfinished Lines brings together four painters — Papytsho Mafolo, Hussein Salim, Pascal Konan and Aza Mansongi — from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Côte d’Ivoire, on the ways a work refuses to close. A participating exhibition in Nexus: SF / Bay Area Black Art Week, 30 September – 4 October 2026.

Minnesota Street Project, Dogpatch, San Francisco

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The Real Heroes

11 Mar – 31 Dec 2026

Online Exclusive

Clint Strydom's acclaimed black-and-white series — children playing soccer with pure devotion on beaches, township grounds, and improvised fields across South Africa, ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. FIFA Football World Cup fine art photographic limited edition prints.

The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg

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Upcoming

Art Fair1–4 October 2026

Atlanta Art Fair

Pullman Yards, Atlanta

AOCA is proud to participate in Atlanta Art Fair, Booth E13, presenting nine artists from Africa and its diaspora: Esther Mahlangu, Clint Strydom, Knox Clayton, Pascal Konan, Alexis Daniel Onguene Tassi, Oscar Mawuli, Samuel Allerton, Carol Cauldwell and Opa Bathily.

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