Paint flies. The room ignites. Art takes the stage at Public Works!
Be a part of the electrifying energy as skilled artists engage in a high-speed showdown, flinging paint with every stroke.
Cast your vote and crown the champion in three pulse-pounding rounds. And as the night unfolds, snag a one-of-a-kind masterpiece as every piece created goes up for auction. Don’t miss this unforgettable evening of live art!
Be a part of the fun as a spectator, or participate as one of the featured artists by applying online at artbattle.com/artists!
Art Battle San Francisco is a 21+ event.
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ARTISTS
Artists can apply to compete. Also, most events have a ‘Wildcard’ easel, where artists leave their names at the door and we draw at random to pick the Wildcard Artist. To be a potential wildcard artist, just buy a ticket and show up!
Confirmed Competitors
Art Battle San Francisco
10 confirmed artists
Anna Ovchinnikova
Anna returns to Art Battle! Anna is a member of the Creative Union of Russian Artists. She is also an artist in resident at Kennedy Gallery in Midtown Sacramento. She paints with different techniques and with any materials you can imagine./sf
I was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, and moved to the United States at eighteen. I’m a figurative oil painter drawn to conveying distinct lighting conditions and emotional atmospheres through paint. Over the years, I’ve made many self-portraits as a way of grounding myself far from home. Recently, my practice has shifted toward polyptychs with repetitive figures and limited palettes, aiming to create a sense of visual music. Alongside my studio work, I’m an Event Specialist at SFMOMA and work as an event photographer for a private company.
Emilie Boras is a mechanical engineer who has been painting and exhibiting for the last two decades. She has most recently exhibited at Superfine and at "The Art of San Francisco". She hopes to foster a love and appreciation for the beauty in the mundane in the viewer and her work focuses largely on the automotive and in colorful plays of light.
Babe Ross is a multi-subject, classically trained artist, specializing in colorful portraits and whimsical themes. She teaches beginner and intermediate painting classes called “happy lil accidents” and can often be found in the San Francisco Bay Area drawing cartoons in parks, painting at the beach, or creating murals in the heart of the city.
Macy Hembd is a 29-year-old multidisciplinary artist, organizer, and activist based in San Francisco. Originally from the Midwest, her cross-country journey shapes a wide lens on art and community. Her work spans painting, collage, photography, printmaking, prose, and modeling, often blending creativity with activism. Macy holds a BA in Psychology and Art Therapy and an MA in Social Justice and Human Rights, grounding her practice in care and structural change.
Riya is a visual artist delving into the emotional and psychological layers of the human experience. Through surreal, symbolic compositions that blur realism and abstraction, Riya uses fragmented features—eyes, ears, faces—to explore perception, vulnerability, and identity with expressive depth.
Rosalie blends realism with the surreal, focusing on facial expressions and their emotional impact on viewers. Using oil paint, she contorts and morphs these expressions into ethereal forms, aiming to inspire creativity and evoke deep emotional responses
Sara is a retired dreamer turned art student, now exploring watercolor, acrylic, oil, and printmaking. Her work draws inspiration from nature, ecology, animals, and LGBTQ+ themes—blending curiosity, care, and vibrant creativity across every medium she touches.
I'm a full-time artist is SF CA. I'm a painter and a body artist who loves fashion and unique clothing. I've started turning my paintings into fabric to make super unique peices.
VeraPaints is a self-taught artist who started painting in 2018 after being inspired by large immersive art at Burning Man. Since then, she’s completed 3 well received gallery shows, murals, installations, designed an art AirBnb, and led group immersives and art shows. She is known for recycled art, creative use of color and figurative work to remind the viewers of their own potential. She won round one art battle in Reno.
