EUQINOM Gallery, founded in 2015 by Director Monique Deschaines, is a prominent art gallery based in San Francisco, California. The gallery specializes in representing emerging and mid-career contemporary artists, with a particular emphasis on women artists. EUQINOM is dedicated to showcasing multidisciplinary works that push the boundaries of art history and photo-based practices.
The gallery takes a tailored and thoughtful approach in its relationships with both artists and clients, working closely to effectively promote and represent its artists. EUQINOM employs various strategies to support and grow artists' careers, including interdisciplinary artist talks and securing museum placements. The gallery has organized over 40 solo exhibitions since its inception, actively promoting the work of emerging and established national and international artists across various mediums such as contemporary photography, painting, sculpture, and media-based art.
EUQINOM participates in prestigious art fairs worldwide, including ZonaMaco in Mexico City, Photo London in the UK, Art Toronto in Canada, and Unseen Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The gallery's impact extends beyond its physical space, as artworks from its represented artists are part of the collections of notable museums, including the New York Public Library, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Victoria & Albert Museum in the United Kingdom, Museum of Photographic Art in San Diego, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C., and the Oakland Museum of California.
Monique Deschaines, the Director of EUQINOM Gallery, is a curator, gallerist, and educator with an MFA in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute and a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at Tufts University. Prior to founding EUQINOM Gallery, Deschaines served as the Associate Director at Haines Gallery.