Track 16 Gallery

What Track 16 Gallery does

Track 16 Gallery is a privately held contemporary art gallery operating two physical locations in Los Angeles: the original East Hollywood space at 706 Heliotrope Drive and a Downtown LA space at 1206 Maple Avenue in the Bendix Building in the Garment District, opened in October 2017. Founded in 1994 and legally organized as Track 16 LLC, the gallery represents approximately 20 contemporary artists working across painting, sculpture, ceramics, installation, and mixed media, with a curatorial emphasis on politically engaged and socially conscious work. The gallery operates with 1-10 employees under Director Sean Meredith and presents rotating solo and group exhibitions, artist talks, and opening receptions.

The gallery's business model is primarily transaction-based, generating revenue through the sale of artworks by represented artists (priced from approximately $3,000 to $50,000+ per piece) via its physical gallery spaces and private sales. A complementary revenue stream comes from an online e-commerce shop at shop.track16.com, which sells exhibition catalogs, artist books, art prints, and ephemera to a global audience, with newsletter subscribers receiving a 15% discount code. Distribution is split between direct gallery sales (domestic) and the online shop (global), supported by marketing through Instagram, email newsletters, press coverage in art publications such as Artforum and Hyperallergic, and participation in art fairs including the LA Art Book Fair and High Desert Art Fair.

The gallery has built institutional credibility through museum acquisitions at LACMA, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, California African American Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art, and Palm Springs Art Museum. Partnerships include a book launch collaboration with Hauser & Wirth LA Bookstore and a 2019 international exchange exhibition at Rosalux Gallery in Berlin. The underlying technology stack is limited to a standard website and e-commerce platform with no API, proprietary AI capabilities, or technical differentiation beyond typical gallery operations.

Name

Track 16 Gallery

Legal name

Track 16 LLC

Website

https://track16.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Track 16 Gallery is a privately held contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles operating two physical locations and representing approximately 20 artists, serving individual collectors and institutional museums through exhibitions, artwork sales, and an online shop for art publications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery Services

NAICS

Art Dealers (45992), Art Dealers (459920)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Performing Arts & Cultural Event Venues (Theaters, Museums) (THAHAAAG)

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artist representation
• Art exhibitions
• Art publications
• Fine art sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Art Sales: Primary revenue from selling artwork by represented artists through gallery exhibitions and private sales
2. Online Shop: E-commerce revenue from selling art books, exhibition catalogs, artist-made items, and ephemera through shop.track16.com

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Track 16 Gallery is a contemporary art gallery operating two locations in Los Angeles (East Hollywood and Downtown LA), representing approximately 20 contemporary artists across painting, sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media. The gallery presents rotating solo and group exhibitions, sells artwork through the gallery and private sales, publishes exhibition catalogs and artist books, and operates an e-commerce shop selling art publications and limited-edition items.

Product overview

Track 16 Gallery is a contemporary art gallery operating two locations in Los Angeles (East Hollywood and Downtown LA), offering a unified portfolio of art exhibition, sales, and publication services. The core offering centers on exhibitions featuring represented and invited artists across painting, sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media disciplines. Supporting the exhibition program, the Gallery operates an online shop (shop.track16.com) for art-related retail including exhibition catalogs, artist books, and ephemera, and maintains a newsletter subscription service providing exclusive invitations and discounts. The gallery also publishes exhibition catalogs documenting its programming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Contemporary Art Exhibitions Solo and group exhibitions at two physical Los Angeles gallery locations (East Hollywood and Downtown LA) presenting contemporary works across painting, sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media by represented and invited artists.
• Artist Representation Ongoing gallery representation for approximately 20 contemporary artists including Pedro Alvarez, Sandow Birk, Debra Broz, Nao Bustamante, Robbie Conal, David Daigle, Don Ed Hardy, Kathleen Henderson, Galia Linn, Mondongo, Elyse Pignolet, Alicia Piller, Molly Segal, Laurie Steelink, Camilla Taylor, Chris Ulivo, and Eve Wood, with services spanning exhibitions, art fair participation, and museum introductions.
• Online Shop E-commerce retail platform (shop.track16.com) selling exhibition catalogs, artist books, art prints, and ephemera. Newsletter subscribers receive a 15% discount code (T15).
• Exhibition Catalogs and Publications Published exhibition catalogs and artist monographs documenting gallery programming, available for purchase through the gallery shop.

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Rosalux (Berlin)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 June 2019Track 16 participated in B-LA Connect exchange with Rosalux in Berlin, exhibiting the group show Didn't you know what you were carrying on your back? curated by Sean Meredith. Featured works by Debra Broz, Mondongo, Elyse Pignolet, and other represented artists
• Hauser & Wirth LA BookstoreminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTrack 16 partners with Hauser & Wirth for book launch events, such as the Diane Arbus Goes Shopping book launch featuring Eve Wood in conversation with Shana Nys Dambrot

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Blum & Poe: Los Angeles contemporary art gallery with locations in LA, New York, Tokyo, and Paris. Comparable in mission to Track 16, representing established contemporary artists with politically engaged practices and museum placement track records.
• Charlie James Gallery: Los Angeles contemporary art gallery in the Arts District representing mid-career and emerging artists with political and social themes. Comparable boutique scale, programming cadence, and LA collector focus.
• Louis Stern Fine Arts: Los Angeles gallery exhibiting modern and contemporary artists with a strong program of museum-quality exhibitions. Comparable in scale and programming approach to Track 16.
• Marc Selwyn Fine Art: Beverly Hills-based contemporary art gallery with a roster of established artists working in mixed media and sculpture. Closely comparable boutique-scale model in the LA market serving similar collector base.
• David Kordansky Gallery: Major Los Angeles contemporary art gallery with a strong roster of mid-to-senior career artists exhibiting painting, sculpture, and installation. Closely comparable in scope, artist-development model, and LA collector focus.
• Regen Projects: Los Angeles-based contemporary art gallery representing established and mid-career artists with museum-level programming. Direct competitor for collecting clientele and museum acquisitions in the LA market.

Broad incumbents

• Gagosian: World's largest blue-chip gallery network with a Beverly Hills location. Competes for high-net-worth LA collectors and represents many artists whose work appears in the same institutional collections as Track 16's roster.
• Pace Gallery: Global blue-chip gallery with a Los Angeles location representing major contemporary artists. Overlaps with Track 16's roster quality tier and museum placement ambitions for represented artists.
• Hauser & Wirth: Global blue-chip gallery with a major Los Angeles presence and bookstore. Track 16 partners with Hauser & Wirth LA Bookstore for book launches, indicating direct market overlap in representing contemporary artists to LA collectors and institutions.

Regional players

• Various & Sundry Goods: Independent LA art bookshop and project space supporting artist publications and ephemera. Comparable to Track 16's shop.track16.com model of monetizing artist publications and small-run editions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/track16gallery
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/track-16-gallery

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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