Distinction is a 7000 square foot building housing three gallery spaces: our front gallery, which changes monthly, "The Alley" featuring over 50 works from various artists, and the "Sub 1K Lounge" featuring over 100 works priced under $1,000. In addition we have 14 juried artist studios ranging in size from 150 to 800 square feet. The Gallery features contemporary and cutting edge artwork with an emphasis on figurative pop and urban surrealism. With a focus on painting and sculpture, the gallery exhibits work by emerging and internationally acclaimed artists. Distinction educates new buyers as well as selling to established galleries and private collectors around the world.
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Gallery Director, Melissa Inez Walker, has been an avid collector for the past ten years. She received her degree in photography and art history from the College of Santa Fe in 2000. After working as assistant director of a successful gallery in La Jolla, CA, Walker and her husband, Sam Pulvers, renovated and opened Distinction in 2004. Walker and Pulvers now run Distinction full time as a husband and wife team.
Walker received one of eight "2006 People's Choice" awards from the Downtown Business Association for those who have made a significant impact in the community. Distinction is also pleased to be named as "Best Gallery: featuring Urban Art" for 2006-2007 in San Diego magazine, voted "Best Art Gallery" for 2007 on Channel 10 news and voted "Best Gallery" on the Escondido Experience website.
