Stanlee Gatti

Stanlee Ray Gatti (born October 28, 1955) is an American event designer and arts administrator, based in San Francisco, California. He is famous for his innovation and unique style in the decoration and design of large and lavish parties.

He has served in leadership roles at the San Francisco Arts Commission, and California Art Council. Gatti founded the annual art fair, Fog Fair.

Early life and education

Gatti was born in a small mining town of Raton, New Mexico, and is the second youngest of five children born to mother Ann Simovich Gatti and father Larry Gatti. After college he briefly returned home to coordinate events at the local country club, and worked as a department store window dresser. In August 1978, he moved to San Francisco and landed a job at the St. Francis Hotel flower shop. and within three months, Gatti left his position at the hotel and started his own firm, Stanlee R. Gatti Designs.

He soon joined the ranks of the San Francisco elite, not only creating events but attending, hosting, and having parties thrown for him. In 1998 San Francisco Examiner Rob Morse deemed him one of the three most powerful people in San Francisco.

Solo installations Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, "Stanlee's Brain", 2006 Conservatory of Flowers, "One: An Earth Installation", 2007.

Commissioned projects

Weddings Susie Russell and Mark Buell, 1996 George P. Shultz and Charlotte Mailliard, 1997 Lara Hedberg and Christopher Deam, 2001 Christy Turlington and Edward Burns, 2003 Ivy Getty and Tobias Alexander Engel, 2021 Eve Jobs and Harry Charles, 2025