GF Contemporary

GF Contemporary: contemporary art on Canyon Road, Santa Fe

GF Contemporary is a contemporary art gallery located at 707 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Founded in 2009 by Deborah Fritz, it focuses on process and media-driven art, with less emphasis on the representational. The gallery represents modern, contemporary, and emerging artists working in sculpture, painting, and printmaking.

Program and artists

The gallery exhibits works ranging from meticulous craftsmanship to profound conceptual narratives. Its collection includes sculptures, paintings, installations, and mixed media. GF Contemporary describes itself as a dynamic space that celebrates the diversity of artistic expression and seeks to foster an inclusive and accessible art community.

Corporate art collection services

GF Contemporary offers small and large companies a tailor-made art collection management service. This service includes defining an identity for the collection that expresses the company's core values, sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing works, logistical management (shipping, insurance, framing, hanging, conservation), and collection integration through guided tours, events, documentation, and catalogue. The gallery maintains that a well-curated collection can provide a unique client experience and differentiate the company, and that art in the workplace facilitates communication between employees and stimulates productivity.

Private sales

The gallery offers a personalized brokerage service for clients who wish to buy artwork privately. This service emphasizes total confidentiality, private provenance, due diligence for authenticity, and a close network of collectors and trusted art advisors. Its current clients include some of the most important private collections, art funds, and foundations in Europe. The gallery's fees are included in the sale price and are only charged in the event of a sale.

Community commitment

GF Contemporary contributes its skills and resources to projects that benefit the community. Its initiatives include helping direct client art donations to local charities, developing and organizing art sales, auctions, and special events for local causes, contributing time and expertise to the development of archives and exhibitions for nonprofit organizations, and serving on museum and arts organization boards around the city.

Team

Deborah Fritz, founder and owner, grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico. She earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology and Studio Art from the University of New Mexico. She opened her first gallery on Canyon Road in 2001, Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art, in partnership with her sister Kimberly Giacobbe. In 2009 she opened GF Contemporary and in 2018 a third gallery in Santa Fe's Railyard, galleryFRITZ. She has served on boards of nonprofit organizations such as ARTsmart and has collaborated with SITE Santa Fe and Creative Santa Fe. She has also served as vice president of the Santa Fe Art Gallery Association.

Stephen Woods is the gallery director. With more than two decades of experience in the New York art world, he moved to Santa Fe in 2018. He earned a Master of Fine Arts from Brooklyn City College in 2008 and worked with KSArt Gallery in Tribeca. He has been involved in numerous innovative exhibitions and brings more than eight years of experience guiding the gallery's program.

Elizabeth Geier is a gallery assistant. Born in New York in 1980, she grew up in Montezuma, New Mexico. She has a bachelor's degree in Global Studies and a master's degree in International Health. She worked 13 years in international public health for CARE International and the American Refugee Committee, among other organizations. Since returning to New Mexico, she has focused on the arts and was volunteer coordinator for the 2021 International Folk Art Market.

Artist submissions

The gallery accepts proposals for solo exhibitions and collaborative group projects, as well as curatorial proposals. Interested artists may email up to five images of their recent work, along with a biography and a curriculum vitae. Works in any medium by artists at various stages of their careers are considered. Accepted formats are .jpg (JPEG), .pdf (Acrobat), or .pps (PowerPoint).

Sister gallery

GF Contemporary has a sister gallery, Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art, which celebrates more than 20 years in business and specializes in traditional and representational art.

Location and contact

707 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 · Phone: 505-983-3707 · Email: art@gfcontemporary.com · Hours: Monday to Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm; Sunday: 12 pm - 5 pm