San Diego Art Guide
A curated selection of contemporary art venues in San Diego County
Art Produce
A gallery, performance, food, and community space in North Park, San Diego.
ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station
A burgeoning hub for life and culture, ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station is a unique location filled with galleries, museums, artists, music groups, dance companies, makers, creators, and distinctive dining experiences, located in Point Loma at the former Naval Training Center.
Athenaeum Art Center
The second location of the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, the AAC offers four exhibition spaces, an event space, a fully equipped print studio, a kiln, and art studio.
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
Founded in 1899, the Athenaeum provides library resources in music and the arts and presents over 200 programs and cultural events annually.
Best Practice
An exhibition space located in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego for projects from regional, national, and international artists and curators.
Boehm Gallery
A gallery serving Palomar College and North County San Diego that features work by emerging and established local, national, and international artists.
Bread & Salt
A gallery and experimental center for the arts that hosts original works by local and international artists, eclectic events, and a curated assemblage of artisans, educational entities, and non-profit tenants - alongside a robust residency program and publishing house.
California Center for the Arts, Escondido
A visual and performing arts center in North San Diego County.
Central Library Art Gallery
The Library’s exhibition program allows free access to visual art and cultural exhibitions, while promoting San Diego artists and creative community groups.
Centro Cultural de la Raza
A non-profit organization with the specific mission to create, preserve, promote and educate about Chicano, Mexicano, Native American and Latino art and culture.
City Gallery, San Diego City College
A forum for exploring contemporary art in a variety of media.
Hyde Art Gallery
A gallery at Grossmont College.
Ice Gallery
An artist-run exhibition space primarily focused on site specific installations.
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego
The Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego presents experimental art and learning with a mission to question everything.
ICA North: 1550 S El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024
ICA Central: 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101
Kruglak Gallery
A gallery at MiraCosta College offering a diverse range of contemporary art exhibitions, performing arts and events.
La Jolla Historical Society
A historic house museum, the Society develops projects that engage disciplinary boundaries and explore the relationship of culture to society, collaborating with guest curators, artists, architects, and other cultural producers.
Mandeville Art Gallery
The Mandeville Art Gallery, previously known as the University Art Gallery, is a long-standing fixture on the UC San Diego campus, with a five-decade history of presenting innovative art in the context of a major research university.
Mesa College Art Gallery
An educational forum to present the work of professional artists in a range of media and dealing with diverse issues.
sdmesa.edu/campus-life/galleries-and-attractions/mesa-college-art-gallery/
7250 Mesa College Dr, San Diego, CA 92111
Mingei International Museum
Founded in 1978, Mingei presents works of folk art, craft and design.
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
A forum devoted to the exploration and presentation of the art of our time, showcasing an internationally recognized collection and a dynamic schedule of exhibitions and public programs.
Museum of Photographic Arts
An independent institution devoted to photography, film, and video. Founded in 1983, MOPA consistently addresses cultural, historical, and social issues through its visual learning programs.
Oceanside Museum of Art
Located in a burgeoning coastal city along the cultural corridor between Los Angeles and San Diego, OMA explores new, relevant, and historical art of Southern California.
Oolong Gallery
A contemporary art gallery in Encinitas.
Quint
A gallery exhibiting cutting-edge contemporary art by emerging, mid-career, and established artists from all over the world.
R.B. Stevenson Gallery
Exhibiting contemporary art with an emphasis on California painters in rotating and special exhibitions.
Southwestern College Art Gallery
An educational venue designed to engage SWCC’s students and the surrounding community to expand personal, historical and cultural meaning through art.
The Front Arte & Cultura
A gallery and community space run by Casa Familiar.
The Hill Street Country Club
An organization dedicated to shaping the growing arts and culture scene in Oceanside and the surrounding North Country region.
The New Children's Museum
A new model of children’s museum whose mission is to stimulate imagination, creativity and critical thinking in children and families through inventive and engaging experiences with contemporary art.
The San Diego Museum of Art
A fine arts museum that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art.
Trash Lamb Gallery
An artist-run art gallery and unconventionally curated gift shop.
Two Rooms
Two Rooms is an artist-run gallery and project space, founded in 2023 by Lizzie Zelter. Adjacent to her studio in San Diego, CA, Two Rooms was born out of a desire for informal and experimental artistic exploration and community in the San Diego/Tijuana bi-national region.
University Art Gallery, SDSU
A gallery at San Diego State University.
University Galleries, University of San Diego
Four distinctive fine art display spaces providing the community with direct access to the finest things that artists have created
William D. Cannon Art Gallery
A focal point for art and culture in the City of Carlsbad and in San Diego’s North County.
carlsbadca.gov/departments/cultural-arts/gallery-exhibitions/cannon-art-gallery