Name

Edge Gallery

Legal name

Edge Gallery

Website

https://edgeart.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH)

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artist cooperative
• Art exhibition space
• Juried art exhibition
• Fine art sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver, Colorado

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Full members pay $75/month, Associate members pay $50/month, and Satellite members pay $120/year. These recurring dues fund gallery operations and member services including exhibition space, publicity, and gallery sitting duties.
2. Art Sales Commission: EDGE Gallery takes a 30% commission on artwork sold through exhibitions. For Satellite members, the commission is 10% on sales during the December holiday show, and no commission for other Satellite shows.
3. Donations: The gallery accepts donations via Zelle (Tag: EdgeTheGallery) and through Colorado Gives. Donations support the gallery's mission and outreach programs.
4. Satellite Membership Fees: Satellite members pay $120 per year for participation in group shows and inclusion on the gallery website, with a 10% commission on December holiday sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Edge Gallery is a non-profit, artist-run cooperative contemporary art gallery that provides exhibition space and programming for experimental and non-commercial artists in the Denver metro area. The gallery operates a year-round exhibition schedule including member solo and group shows, community exhibitions, and the annual ON EDGE juried exhibition, structured around three membership tiers (Full, Associate, Satellite) that grant varying levels of solo show access, gallery-sitting duties, and governance rights.

Product overview

Edge Gallery operates as a non-profit, artist-managed cooperative contemporary art gallery in Lakewood, Colorado. The gallery's primary offering is exhibition space for experimental and non-commercial art, delivered through a membership-based cooperative model with three tiers: Full Membership, Associate Membership, and Satellite Membership. Key exhibition programs include the annual ON EDGE juried exhibition, Members Annual Group Show, Holiday Small Works Show, Month of Printmaking community exhibitions, and special guest exhibitions. The cooperative structure allows member artists to show their work while collectively managing and governing the gallery.

Differentiator

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gallery Exhibition Space Physical contemporary art gallery space at 6501 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood, CO, hosting a year-round exhibition schedule of solo, group, community, and juried shows for member and invited artists, open Friday evenings and weekends.
• ON EDGE Annual Juried Exhibition Annual blind-juried contemporary art exhibition open to artists residing in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region, showcasing experimental work that pushes boundaries of material and concept.
• Full Membership Cooperative membership tier at $75/month granting one solo show per year in half the gallery space, participation in group shows, publicity in local media and social media, gallery-sitting duties, and full voting rights in cooperative governance; requires attendance at 9+ meetings per year and residence within 50 miles of the gallery.
• Associate Membership Cooperative membership tier at $50/month granting one solo show per year in one quarter of the gallery space, participation in group shows, and reduced gallery-sitting duties; requires attendance at 6+ meetings per year and residence within 50 miles of the gallery.
• Satellite Membership Annual cooperative membership at $120/year (non-refundable) for artists living anywhere in Colorado, providing participation in 2 group shows per year (including the December holiday show), a listing on the gallery website, and no gallery-sitting or voting responsibilities; 10% commission on December holiday sales.
• Members Annual Group Show Annual group exhibition featuring artwork by current Full and Associate members of the cooperative, presenting an eclectic cross-section of the membership's contemporary work.
• Holiday Small Works Show Annual holiday cash-and-carry exhibition featuring small-format works by member artists, with most pieces priced at $200 or below to support accessible collecting during the holiday season.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Woop Wine TastingsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWoop Wine Tastings sponsored a wine tasting and artist talk event at the gallery on July 18, 2026, as part of the Gayla Lemke and Jason McKinsey exhibition. This is a local sponsorship supporting community programming.
• 40 West Arts DistrictcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEDGE Gallery is located on the east side of the 40 West Art Hub, part of the West Colfax Community. The 40 West Arts District has an arts-friendly mission and provides gallery space within a building that also houses Core New Art Space, Next Gallery, Kanon Collective, Lakewood Arts, and Red Herring Art & Supply. The district has supported alternative and co-op galleries displaced from other areas.
• Month of Printmaking (Mo'Print)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEDGE Gallery partners with the bi-annual Month of Printmaking festival to host a Community Print Open Show featuring printmakers from across the Denver Metro Area. The gallery also participates in the broader Mo' Print festival programming including an Artist Print Swap event, collaborating with the Invisible Museum and other organizations.
• Signs of Solidarity GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGuest speaker Joel Schmidt from Signs of Solidarity Group, a project of Indivisible Denver Action and Denver's Immigration Partnership Teams, participated in a group discussion at the gallery in February 2026 as part of the Humans Not Numbers exhibition addressing ICE arrests in Colorado.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Broad incumbents

• Denver Art Museum: Major regional art institution. Not a direct competitor, but operates in the same Colorado visual arts ecosystem and influences artist career pipelines and donor networks that feed EDGE's community.

Others

• Art Students League of Denver: Community-based arts education and exhibition organization in Denver. Comparable as a non-profit arts institution serving working artists with overlapping membership/exhibition programming.
• Denver Botanic Gardens: Local SCFD-funded cultural institution in Denver. Comparable as a regional cultural organization that receives similar government arts funding and shares the donor/sponsorship ecosystem with EDGE.

Regional players

• Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA): Regional contemporary art museum in Boulder, CO. Comparable in mission (experimental/contemporary art in Colorado), larger institutional scale, and provides curatorial leadership for juried shows like Edge's On Edge.
• Museo de las Americas: Denver-based museum focused on Latino and Latin American art. Comparable regional institution with curatorial leadership overlap (David Dadone served as Deputy Director) and similar community-engaged exhibition programming.

Direct peers

• Spark Gallery: Denver artist-run cooperative gallery on Santa Fe Drive. Direct peer operating an artist-membership cooperative model focused on contemporary art in the same Denver metro market.
• Lakewood Arts: Co-located community arts organization at the 40 West Art Hub. Peer operating in the same district with overlapping exhibition programming and member-artist services.
• Next Gallery: Co-located artist-run cooperative gallery at the 40 West Art Hub. Direct peer offering similar membership-based exhibition programming for contemporary artists in the Denver metro area.
• Kanon Collective: Co-located artist-run gallery in the 40 West Art Hub. Direct peer operating under a similar collaborative model serving contemporary Colorado artists.
• Core New Art Space: Co-located artist-run cooperative contemporary art gallery in the 40 West Art Hub, Lakewood. Direct peer operating under the same co-op membership model and sharing the same building/foot traffic.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/edgeart
• Instagraminstagram.com/edgegallerydenver
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/edge-gallery

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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