George Billis Gallery

What George Billis Gallery does

George Billis Gallery is a privately-held, founder-operated art gallery established on March 25, 1997 in New York City's Chelsea Art District, where it was the 12th gallery to open. The gallery exhibits and sells work by over 100 national and international emerging and established artists across realism, abstract, and sculpture categories. Its primary locations are in New York City (now in the Lower East Side at 122 Norfolk Street) and Fairfield, Connecticut (opened December 8, 2020), with a former Culver City, Los Angeles location that was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The gallery generates revenue through multiple streams: direct art sales (commission-based on represented artists' work), corporate art consulting for offices, hotels, educational institutions, and corporate collections (full-service from proposal and budgeting through framing and installation), residential art services for private clients nationwide, and event rental of its gallery space for private functions. Sales and consulting are driven through physical gallery exhibitions, participation in regional art fairs (Art on Paper, Reno/Lake Tahoe, Art Hamptons), an email newsletter, and an Instagram presence.

The business is built on the founder's reputation, a curated artist roster developed over nearly three decades, and a roster of enterprise clients spanning financial services (Morgan Stanley, Swiss Re), healthcare (Pfizer, Blue Cross Blue Shield), legal, education (Harvard, NYU), hospitality (Four Seasons), and other verticals. The gallery has been voted #1 in Connecticut's Gold Coast for three consecutive years (2022-2024) and was featured in Art & Antiques Magazine in early 2025. Ownership is founder-controlled with no disclosed institutional investment, parent company, or subsidiaries.

Name

George Billis Gallery

Legal name

George Billis Gallery

Website

https://georgebillis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Short description

George Billis Gallery is a founder-operated art gallery, established 1997 in NYC, representing 100+ emerging and established artists. It generates revenue through direct art sales, corporate and residential art consulting, gallery event rental, and art fair participation across NYC and Connecticut locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Art Gallery Services

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920), Art Dealers (45992)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Art consulting services
• Corporate art collections
• Fine art sales
• Art exhibition space

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Art Sales: Direct sales of artwork including paintings, sculpture, and mixed media by represented artists. Gallery takes commission on sales.
2. Corporate Art Consulting: Art consulting services for offices, corporate collections, hotels, and educational institutions. Includes proposal, budgeting, digital mock-ups, artwork selection, framing, installation, and collateral materials.
3. Residential Art Services: Artwork selection, framing advice, and installation services for private residential clients nationwide.
4. Gallery Space Rental: Gallery space available to rent for private events including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, fundraisers, and art events. 4,200 sq ft space can host 150+ guests.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

George Billis Gallery is a physical exhibition space that sells contemporary representational and abstract artwork (paintings, sculpture, mixed media) by more than 100 national and international emerging and established artists from its gallery locations. The gallery complements direct artwork sales with full-service corporate and residential art consulting (proposal through installation) and makes its 4,200 sq ft NYC gallery space available for private event rental.

Product overview

George Billis Gallery is an exhibition space offering a unified gallery service portfolio. The core offering is the gallery exhibition space at its NYC and Connecticut locations, complemented by art consulting services for corporate collections and residential clients, and gallery rental for private events. The gallery represents over 100 national and international artists working in various styles including realism, abstract, and sculpture. Services span the entire art acquisition process from initial proposal through installation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• George Billis Gallery Exhibition Space A brick-and-mortar exhibition space featuring work by national and international emerging and established artists across realism, abstract, and sculpture genres, with locations in NYC (Lower East Side) and Fairfield, CT. Customers can purchase paintings, sculpture, and mixed media directly from the gallery.
• Corporate Art Consulting Full-service art consulting for offices, corporate collections, hotels, and educational institutions. Includes initial proposal, budgeting, digital mock-ups, artwork selection, framing, installation, and collateral materials. Past enterprise clients include Morgan Stanley, Pfizer, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Harvard University, NYU, Swiss Re, Four Seasons Malibu, Delta Airlines, and Hallmark.
• Residential Art Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Voted #1 Gallery in Connecticut's Gold Coast for 2022, 2023, and 2024

Named customers22 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Art Essex GalleryminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 25 July 2017Art Essex Gallery sponsored the NYC Invitational Exhibition in 2017, demonstrating a collaborative relationship with another gallery for mutual marketing benefit.
• Industrial Beauty Exhibition PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustrial Beauty group exhibition in 2014 featured 32 selected artists showcasing urban-themed artwork, representing a curated group exhibition model with gallery-represented and invited artists.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Pace Gallery: Major global gallery also anchored in NYC's Chelsea district, representing established contemporary artists with corporate consulting and art fair participation. Comparable as a multi-location fine art gallery serving both collectors and corporate clients.
• Marlborough Gallery: Historic NYC gallery with multiple international locations representing blue-chip contemporary artists and running major art fair programs. Comparable as an established multi-location gallery but at materially larger scale.
• David Zwirner: Global mega-gallery headquartered in Chelsea, NYC, with corporate art advisory services and major art fair presence. Comparable in Chelsea location and genre breadth but at dramatically larger scale and global reach.

Direct peers

• Betty Cuningham Gallery: Chelsea-based gallery representing contemporary representational and figurative artists. Direct peer in the same Chelsea corridor with similar artist roster profile and exhibition-led sales model.
• Forum Gallery: NYC gallery with long-standing representation of contemporary realist and figurative painters, plus corporate art consulting services. Comparable in scale, genre focus (realism), and dual gallery/corporate services model.
• ACA Galleries: Long-established NYC gallery (founded 1932) showing contemporary American realism and modernism, with a corporate art leasing program. Similar full-service model spanning primary-market sales and corporate consulting.
• Gallery Henoch: Chelsea gallery focused on contemporary representational painting and sculpture. Direct peer sharing the Chelsea district, representational-art emphasis, and small-team operating model.
• Arcadia Fine Arts: NYC gallery specializing in contemporary realist painting and sculpture with corporate consulting services. Comparable as a mid-sized, realism-focused gallery with both collector and corporate clientele.
• Krause Gallery: NYC contemporary gallery representing emerging and established artists across realism and abstraction with art fair participation. Comparable small-team gallery model with similar genre mix and exhibition-led sales.
• Hollis Taggart Galleries: Established NYC gallery with secondary locations, representing American contemporary and modern artists with a strong corporate and institutional art advisory practice. Comparable multi-location gallery with corporate art services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/georgebillisgallery

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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