Ratio 3

Great gallery - minimal signage so don’t be shy. Been there ten years!

Incredible modern art gallery that blends into the make-up of the Mission District.

Amazing gallery with great shows.

Ratio

Nice art

This guy is a piece of trash !

Nice workers helpful

(Translated by Google) Very dedicated gallery with great art. The boss is Theo Elliott. A young gallery owner who is already very experienced. (Original) Sehr engagierte Galerie mit toller Kunst. Chef ist Theo Elliott. Ein junger Galerist, der bereits sehr erfahren ist.

Excellent gallery space! Ratio 3 consistently brings in great show/exhibitions into their gallery space. We went to the opening of their newest show of video works by Marilyn Minter this past Friday (6/1/18). Simply outstanding! The three different video installations are stunning to watch in high definition and in perfect environments built just for this show. If you didn't know better, you'd think you were at SFMOMA. What's also extremely cool is that they often get the artist they're showing to attend at the opening. My wife and I feel very fortunate to have had the chance to meet with Marilyn. We're big fans of her work and her support of free speech and women's rights. She was super nice and willing to chat about her new video works. If you haven't been to this gallery before, now is a great time to stop by and see this cool space and incredible works by Minter.

Really amazing customer service here! They always answer the phone immediately and are very available to explain any of the questions that I have. Every show that I have attended so far has been excellent. This is certainly the best based in San Francisco. Highly recommend!

I was invited to see an art exhibit at this gallery. Once there, we realized the exhibit was a tribute to KINK.com. It was a challenge finding this place, it is tucked down a garbage strewned Stevenson through a homeless encampment, Norteno/Soreno? hideout and abandoned car graveyard. Watch out for the stray dogs! They look like they are tied up, but they aren't. Little did I know that nekkid men wrestling was so popular. The BDSM videos made me exhausted after 5 minutes, that kind of thing seems to take waaay too much effort for such a little payoff, if you get my drift. No judgement, just not my thing. "Safe Word June 26 - August 8, 2009 Ratio 3, 1447 Stevenson Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Opening reception: June 26, 2009, 6-8pm. Ratio 3 is pleased to present Safe Word, a group exhibition featuring new work by Danny Keith, Amanda Kirkhuff, Takeshi Murata, Francine Spiegel, and Anthony Viti, on view from June 26 to August 8, 2009. In January of 2007, Kink.com purchased the 200,000 square-foot San Francisco National Guard Armory and Arsenal located at the corner of 14th and Mission Street. In July of 2007, Ratio 3 leased a small warehouse space on 14th and Stevenson Street, just a half block from the new headquarters of Kink.com. Housed behind the 2-foot thick walls of the Armory building, Kink.com produces and broadcasts some of the most extreme BDSM videos available online. While its headquarters is seemingly impenetrable, the general public seems to have unlimited access to Kink.com's actions via the company's website. Ratio 3 has invited five artists to create new work that uses Kink.com as both an image source and a site for personal investigation. The resulting work touches on the erotic, disturbing, and sometimes humorous output of Kink.com. Through video, painting, and drawing, these artists explore what happens when very private desires are acted out on an intensely public stage. Ratio 3: Bringing vastness to the mind."

Great gallery space hidden away on Mission (a few doors up from 24th Street). Well-lit, but current show (photography by Buck Ellison) was underwhelming... not enought pieces to fill the vast space, and the photos themselves couldn't carry the space they had to. Moreover, this potential buyer was denied use of a bathroom (it's a long ride on the train from Oakland to 24th Street). I will stick to galleries on Bryant, Oakland, (and on Geary as long as they last). Just bad business... would have liked to feel welcome and have been able to concentrate on the art. Meh.

Like entertainment there are different types of art experiences. Some galleries emulate certain genres. An uptown gallery may emulate a white cube, another may take the non-profit look or approach of an art center. Some galleries follow a strict commercial focus selling art as product or others are driven courageously by art alone with all the mine fields and inconsistencies that lead people to never completely understand what the hell is going on. Where does Ratio 3 fit into that spectrum? How the hell should I know! All I know is that when I walked in there that I felt with an open mind I would not be let down anytime soon. This place has the signature of a DIY project and the finish and focus of an early Chelsea loft project. The space is tucked away on Stevenson between the Greek Orthodox Church and the studios of Kink dot com. Personally I think if the profile of this place continues to take off it might give more visibility to the rest of galleries and art spots on the upper Mission a larger audience. If you don't buy that why did SOEX decide to move up from 25th to 14th street?

This had got to be the best gallery in the city. The shows are awesome. Crazy installations. Sculpture! Video! Sound! And even sex!! Barry McGee! Ryan McGinley! Lutz Bacher! Mitzi Pederson! Art Basel! Artforum reviews! Enough said! These dudes rule the school.