What Gallery Mack Inc does

Gallery Mack Inc is a privately held, single-location contemporary art gallery founded in Seattle in 1974 by Barbara Mack and operating for over 50 years under the Mack family. The gallery presents and sells original works across painting, sculpture, glass, ceramics, and mixed media through rotating solo and group exhibitions, with a roster of more than 20 represented Northwest artists and additional secondary-market resale of works from existing collections. Pricing spans roughly $400 for smaller works to $35,000 for major glass sculptures and large paintings, with the bulk of transactions concentrated in the $1,000-$5,000 range per piece. The business makes money primarily via one-time primary-market sales of represented artists' works and transaction-based secondary-market sales, distributed through the physical gallery at 2100 Western Avenue, an annual Seattle Art Fair booth (C-16), and curated opening receptions and partnership exhibitions with Pottery Northwest, Gage Academy, REFRACT/The Seattle Glass Experience, and Northwest Designer Craftartists. Customers are individual collectors and, episodically, institutional buyers including museums, religious organizations, healthcare institutions, and international diplomatic collections; there is no disclosed technology platform, digital storefront, or AI tooling supporting the operation.

Name

Gallery Mack Inc

Legal name

Gallery Mack

Website

https://gallerymack.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gallery Mack Inc is a 50-year-old, Seattle-based privately held contemporary art gallery that sells original paintings, glass, sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media through a single Belltown storefront, art-fair participation, and curated exhibitions with 20+ represented Northwest artists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Fine art sales
• Artist representation
• Secondary market art
• Glass art exhibitions

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

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, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Primary Art Sales: Sales of artwork by represented Gallery Mack artists including paintings, sculptures, glass art, ceramics, and mixed media pieces. Artworks range from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars.
2. Secondary Market Sales: Resale of existing collections of contemporary art meeting quality and condition criteria. Gallery accepts secondary market pieces for resale from collectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Gallery Mack presents and sells contemporary artworks in painting, sculpture, glass, ceramics, and mixed media at its Seattle physical gallery. The gallery represents established and emerging Northwest artists, hosts rotating solo and group exhibitions, and operates a curated secondary market for resale of valuable contemporary pieces. Pricing is set per artwork based on artist, medium, size, and complexity.

Product overview

Gallery Mack is an established Seattle art gallery founded in 1974, featuring a curated portfolio of contemporary art through rotating exhibitions and permanent artist representation. The gallery's core offerings include rotating gallery exhibitions showcasing established and emerging artists, representation of contemporary artists across various mediums (painting, glass, ceramics, sculpture), and a curated secondary market for art resale. Located near Pike Place Market, the gallery serves collectors from around the world and Seattle art enthusiasts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gallery Exhibitions

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• REFRACT: The Seattle Glass ExperiencecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 October 2025Gallery Mack participates in REFRACT, Seattle's renowned glass celebration. Exhibitions including 'NW Collectors + NW Glass Artists' (2025) and 'Luminous Forms' by Mikey Cozza (2026) are part of the REFRACT event series.
• Pottery NorthwestcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 November 2024Gallery Mack partners with Pottery Northwest for collaborative ceramics exhibitions. Pottery Northwest was founded in 1966 by local Seattle artists and has grown into a nationally renowned ceramics studio. Exhibitions include 'Shaping Perspectives' (2024-2025) and 'Creative Clay' (2023).
• Northwest Designer CraftartistsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 November 2023Collaborative venture between Gallery Mack and Northwest Designer Craftartists for the 'Vessels Speak Volumes' exhibition (2023-2024), featuring functional and sculptural vessel works.
• Gage AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2021Partnership featuring the most experienced artists from Gage Academy in juried exhibitions. The 'Homegrown at Gage' exhibition (2021-2022) included artists who graduated from the Atelier program or had taken 10+ programs at Gage over 10 years.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• James Harris Gallery: Seattle contemporary art gallery representing established and emerging Pacific Northwest artists. Closely matches Gallery Mack's emphasis on regional representation and institutional exhibition programming.
• Bryan Ohno Gallery: Seattle gallery focused on contemporary works with an emphasis on studio craft and glass-adjacent media. Comparable scope and regional market overlap with Gallery Mack.
• Davidson Galleries: Long-running Seattle gallery with a focus on works on paper, prints, and contemporary regional art. Comparable in tenure, single-location footprint, and collector-facing sales approach.
• Woodside/Braseth Gallery: Seattle gallery specializing in contemporary Northwest and international artists, with a historical emphasis on regional painters and sculptors. Directly comparable business model and market positioning to Gallery Mack.
• Greg Kucera Gallery: Long-established Seattle contemporary art gallery representing regional and international artists across painting, sculpture, and mixed media. Closely matches Gallery Mack's curatorial model and target collector base in the Pacific Northwest.
• Winston Wächter Fine Art: Seattle gallery focused on contemporary art and works on paper. Comparable in scale and regional orientation, with overlapping artist representation and a similar institutional and collector client mix.
• Traver Gallery: Seattle contemporary art gallery with a particularly strong emphasis on glass and studio craft. Closest single comparable to Gallery Mack by virtue of shared Seattle location, similar scale, and overlapping glass-art specialization around REFRACT programming.

Broad incumbents

• Pace Gallery: Global blue-chip gallery representing major contemporary artists across multiple cities. Provides the high-end reference point for primary-market pricing and institutional collector relationships that Gallery Mack's roster aspires to.

Regional players

• Lisa Harris Gallery: Portland, Oregon-based contemporary art gallery with a similar curatorial focus on Northwest artists. Comparable business model but operates in a separate metropolitan market, making it a regional rather than direct Seattle competitor.
• PDX Contemporary Art: Portland contemporary art gallery representing regional painters, sculptors, and glass artists. Comparable footprint and Pacific Northwest curatorial identity, though based in a different metro from Gallery Mack.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/gallerymack
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gallery-mack

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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