JUSTIN CAGUIAT and Rafael Delacruz
The Tramp

June 10 – November 21, 2026
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

145 Hooper Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

The Tramp brings together a newly commissioned film, installation, painting, and prints, marking the Bay Area-based artists’ first institutional exhibition on the West Coast. For the exhibition at the Wattis, Caguiat and Delacruz transform the gallery into an immersive environment, highlighting the inner workings of their creative, collaborative process. Deconstructed production sets are repurposed as exhibition furniture, while storyboards, behind-the-scenes photographs, costumes, prints, and ephemera are assembled within the exhibition space.

Through humor and pathos, Caguiat and Delacruz draw on their kinship with Chaplin’s character to reflect on the demands of the art world and the changing social landscape of San Francisco. Developed through the artists’ ongoing collaboration, the exhibition includes paintings and drawings that have been passed between the artists. The Tramp offers a view into their shared practice while inviting reflection on both the precarity and possibility in contemporary life.

To learn more, visit the Wattis' website.