Haitian Art Co

What Haitian Art Co does

Haitian Art Company is a privately held Haitian art gallery and e-commerce retailer founded in 1977 by the father-daughter team of Boris and Ruth Kravitz in Key West, Florida. The company sells original, one-of-a-kind Haitian folk art — primarily paintings (oil and acrylic on canvas), papier-mâché works, sculptures, painted wood carvings, and spirit flags — sourced from a roster of 40+ Haitian artists including Eric Jean-Louis, Henri Jean-Louis, Frantz Zephirin, Nicolas Dreux, Fritzner Alphonse, and Berny Mathias. All inventory is described as original and unique, with individual piece prices ranging from approximately $90 to $9,000 and a mid-range cluster between $300 and $1,500.

The business operates a dual-channel model: a physical gallery in Key West, FL (the company's only office location, open six days a week) and an e-commerce website that supports online purchasing and ships globally, supplemented by phone and email ordering. The technology stack is a standard content-managed storefront with no proprietary platform features, APIs, or AI components. Distribution leverages Key West's tourist foot traffic plus organic social channels (Facebook, Pinterest) and an email newsletter for customer engagement.

The company is family-operated with five total personnel. Marie, a Haitian-born arts dealer, joined the team in 2009 and handles day-to-day operations. No institutional investment, funding rounds, partnerships, patents, awards, or regulatory actions are disclosed. Revenue is not publicly reported; the business model is straightforward one-time transactional sales of individual art pieces to collectors and enthusiasts.

Name

Haitian Art Co

Legal name

Haitian Art Company

Website

https://haitian-art-co.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Haitian Art Company is a family-operated Key West, FL gallery and e-commerce retailer founded in 1977, selling original one-of-a-kind Haitian folk art — paintings, sculptures, and wood carvings — to individual collectors and enthusiasts worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Art Gallery & Folk Art Retail

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Haitian folk art
• Original paintings
• Art gallery retail
• Hand-carved sculptures
• Spirit flags

Headquarters

HQ city

Key West

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Art Sales: One-time transaction sales of original Haitian art pieces including paintings (oil on canvas, acrylic on canvas), sculptures, papier-mâché, and spirit flags. Prices range from approximately $90 to $9,000 per piece, with some high-value pieces available by request only.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Haitian Art Company is a Key West, FL-based art gallery and e-commerce retailer that sells original, one-of-a-kind Haitian folk art. Its catalog spans oil and acrylic paintings on canvas, painted wood carvings, papier-mâché pieces, sculptures, and spirit flags, with prices ranging from roughly $90 to $9,000 per piece. The gallery operates both a physical showroom and an online store, representing works by over 40 Haitian artists including Eric Jean-Louis, Henry Jean-Louis, Frantz Zephirin, and Nicolas Dreux.

Product overview

Haitian Art Company operates as an e-commerce art gallery based in Key West, FL, specializing in authentic, original Haitian folk art and paintings. The gallery offers a portfolio of original one-of-a-kind paintings on canvas, acrylic works, oil paintings, and painted wood carvings from Haitian artists. The product collection features works by over 40 Haitian artists including Eric Jean-Louis, Henri Jean-Louis, Frantz Zephirin, Nicolas Dreux, Fritzner Alphonse, Berny Mathias, Gerard Fortune, and many others. All art sold is original and 1 of 1. The company was founded in 1977 and maintains a physical gallery location in Key West while selling primarily online.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Original Haitian Paintings

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• 1stDibs: Premium online marketplace for original art, antiques, and luxury goods; competes for the high-end collector buyer that Haitian Art Co targets with $1,000+ pieces.
• Artsy: Major online art marketplace aggregating primary and secondary market galleries globally; competes for the same online collector audience but with vastly broader inventory across all categories.
• Saatchi Art: Large online art gallery offering original art worldwide with strong digital discovery; overlaps with Haitian Art Co's e-commerce channel for collector purchases of original works.

Direct peers

• Galerie Flamboyant: Long-running US gallery dedicated to Haitian art and Vodou-inspired pieces, serving overlapping collector audiences and offering similar original Haitian paintings, sculptures, and flags.
• Galerie Macondo: NYC-based gallery specializing in Haitian art, directly comparable in product category (Haitian paintings and folk art) and target customer (collectors and enthusiasts of Haitian/Caribbean art).
• Le Centre d'Art: Historic Haitian art institution founded in Port-au-Prince in 1944, representing many of the same artists Haitian Art Co features; serves as a direct reference point for the Haitian art market.

Regional players

• Tremaine Gallery: Caribbean art-focused US gallery with overlapping collector audiences; comparable in scale and curated gallery model but broader geographic scope across Caribbean artists.
• Island House Art & Framing: Key West-based gallery and framing business serving the same tourist and local collector market as Haitian Art Co's physical gallery; comparable in regional positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/haitianartcompany
• Pinterestpinterest.com/haitianartco
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/haitian-art-co

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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