Mehdi Chouakri Berlin

What Mehdi Chouakri Berlin does

Mehdi Chouakri Berlin is a contemporary art gallery founded and operated by Mehdi Chouakri, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The gallery operates two physical exhibition spaces — Fasanenstraße 61 (at Fasanenplatz) and Kopenhagener Str. 60-72 (at Wilhelm Hallen) — and serves private collectors and museum/institutional buyers through a by-appointment-only access model. It represents an international roster of contemporary artists including Saâdane Afif, N. Dash, Philippe Decrauzat, Salvo, and John M Armleder, and operates the Archive Charlotte Posenenske as a distinct archival sub-brand, positioning the gallery as both a primary-market dealer and a custodian of institutional-grade archival assets.

The gallery's business model is commission-based, earning revenue on the sale of artworks to a buyer base split between private collectors and public institutions. It maintains a small operating team of approximately 5–6 staff, including Marine Brancq, Imyeon Han, Nina Ludwig, and Rolland Moreau. Growth is driven by artist placement, exhibition programming extending through 2026, and the gradual development of its archival holdings rather than by aggressive expansion or geographic roll-out.

The gallery is privately held with no disclosed external funding (no VC, PE, or debt events), is founder-owned, and competes in the mid-tier segment of the European contemporary art market. Its competitive position rests on a curated artist roster, the proprietary Posenenske archive, and continued international museum placements of represented artists, rather than on scale or geographic diversification. There is no technology platform, no AI capability, and no digital-distribution layer — the business is operationally conventional for its category.

Name

Mehdi Chouakri Berlin

Legal name

Mehdi Chouakri

Website

https://mehdi-chouakri.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mehdi Chouakri Berlin is a founder-owned contemporary art gallery operating two by-appointment exhibition spaces in Berlin, representing an international artist roster and the Charlotte Posenenske archive, with revenue from artwork commissions to private collectors and institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920), Art Dealers (45992)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artwork sales
• Artist representation
• Curated exhibitions
• Art advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Art Sales Commission: The gallery generates revenue through commissions on the sale of artworks by represented artists. The gallery operates a physical gallery space where exhibitions are held and artworks are presented to collectors. Sales are conducted directly through gallery staff to private collectors, museums, and institutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mehdi Chouakri is a private contemporary art gallery that represents and exhibits a roster of internationally recognized artists through scheduled exhibitions at two Berlin locations (Fasanenplatz and Wilhelm Hallen), open by appointment only. The gallery earns revenue through commissions on artworks sold to private collectors, museums, and institutions, and additionally maintains the Archiv Charlotte Posenenske as a specialized institutional archive.

Product overview

Mehdi Chouakri Berlin is a contemporary art gallery operating as a single unified offering (not a platform architecture). The gallery consists of two physical exhibition locations in Berlin—Fasanenplatz (Fasanenstrasse 61, 10719 Berlin) and Wilhelm Hallen (Kopenhagener Strasse 60-72, 13407 Berlin)—open by appointment only. The portfolio comprises the core gallery exhibitions showcasing contemporary artists, and a specialized archive dedicated to Charlotte Posenenske. No digital product modules or SaaS offerings exist.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Archiv Charlotte Posenenske: Gallery archive dedicated to the work of Charlotte Posenenske, managed separately with its own email contact ([email protected]).

Products and services

• Galerie Mehdi Chouakri

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Scale indicators2 records

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Direct peers

• Galerie König: Berlin and Cologne contemporary art gallery with a similar international roster and large-scale exhibition programming at the Berlin location. Comparable in artist caliber and target collector base.
• Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac: Multi-location contemporary art gallery with a Berlin presence alongside Salzburg, London, and Paris. Represents established international artists with strong institutional exhibition programs — comparable gallery model with broader geographic reach.
• Galerie Barbara Weiss: Berlin-based contemporary art gallery with a similar mid-sized roster of internationally active artists. Comparable in scale, location, and focus on conceptual and post-conceptual contemporary practice.
• Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi: Berlin-based contemporary gallery with a comparable focus on conceptual and internationally active artists. Similar scale and business model to Mehdi Chouakri, with direct overlap in collector and institutional audiences.
• Galerie Neu: Berlin contemporary art gallery representing established international artists across multiple media. Operates from a similar physical-gallery, by-appointment model with comparable institutional relationships.
• Galerie Eigen+Art: Berlin- and Leipzig-based contemporary art gallery representing established and mid-career international artists, with comparable program of curated exhibitions and institutional placements. Directly comparable in business model, geography, and target collector base.

Broad incumbents

• Hauser & Wirth: Major international contemporary art gallery with multi-city presence. Overlaps with Mehdi Chouakri on representation of historically and internationally significant artists and competing for the same institutional and collector relationships, but operates at significantly larger scale.
• Pace Gallery: Global contemporary art gallery with a Berlin presence. Competes for top-tier contemporary artists and institutional placements, but operates as a much larger multi-brand enterprise rather than a single-location specialist.
• David Zwirner: Major international contemporary art gallery with global presence. Overlaps with Mehdi Chouakri in primary-market representation of post-war and contemporary artists and institutional relationships, but at significantly larger scale and reach.

Emerging players

• Galleria Mazzoleni: Contemporary art gallery with locations in London and Turin focused on post-war and contemporary artists. Comparable in representing historically established figures and operating a gallery-with-archive model, though in a different European geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles5 records

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Investors

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