"Last year, Jonathan Carver Moore opened his eponymous gallery in San Francisco to much excitement. In the midst of conversations around San Francisco’s “downfall,” Moore doubled down on his love for the city, opening a new gallery in the heart of downtown specializing in artists who are BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and women. Now a year later, Moore has held numerous exhibitions that have built a community on the premise that art is for everyone. Most recently the beloved gallerist has incorporated an artist-in-residency program, with the inaugural artist Aplerh-Doku Borlabi, (most known as Doku). Borlabi’s paintings utilize coconut sheath for the skin and characteristics of his subjects, employing the setting of beaches from home (where he often sketches) to literally encapsulate the beauty of brown skin."