Who We Are
CANVAS is a new age agency that brings leading emerging artists and stunning art-led projects to engaged audiences, private collectors, corporate clients, brands and institutions around the world.
We think about art in a new way and create an engaging and inclusive environment where each artist is the ambassador of a positive cultural change and where art-lovers can discover new artists in an immersive and accessible setting.
For over a decade Ekaterina has been living in London, working for the luxury international brands such as Burberry, Beam Suntory and Alexander McQueen where she fully managed and drove value for the biggest EMEA clients.
In 2017 she co-founded Art Vesta Consulting and since 2022 she is also a Co-founder and CEO of CANVAS.
Ekaterina Shalabanova – Co-Founder & CEO
OUR MISSION
- To discover the rare talents around the world and to support them on their way to strengthening international recognition.
- To create value for our private, public and corporate clients by curating meaningful collections, delivering high impact cultural projects and integrating art-led solutions into their activities.
What We Do
Together with professional curators we discover, select and represent the leading talents around the world. We meet every artist in person, see their works, learn their stories and bring their best pieces and projects to the public.
We work with a team of professionals to deliver engaging activations, immersive events, experiential public art installations and customised projects.
We integrate art into corporate and brand activities to elevate our clients’ profiles, attract engaged audience, drive traffic, increase monetary value and share a powerful message.
Our Curators
FOR THE ARTISTS
- Listing international contemporary artists on our platform: canvas-club.com
- Providing Agency services:
- Working on customised projects that are in line with the career aspirations of each artist.
- Overseeing commercial, organisational and marketing aspects of each project so that our artists can focus on creating.
- Representing our talents at international art fairs.
- Advising on personal branding, artistic concept, positioning and growing in the art market.
FOR THE CLIENTS
- Creating unique interactive installations and public art objects
- Organising art-led pop ups, events and activations
- Integrating art into product and packaging design
- Advising on building and managing high value art collections
- Assessing collections and creating a concept
- Analysing value and growth potential of art collections and individual pieces
- Attracting financing
- Structuring purchase and sales transactions
- Advising on art funds creation and management
- Purchasing art works on behalf of the clients (including valuation and due diligence)