Over the last few years there has been a growing movement of contemporary artists positioning their practice in the space between art and commerce via standard revenue models. More recent is the growing number of artists leaving creative and technical enterprises to launch their own practice leveraging the startup model. Founder of Net.Work and the art tech community Mimetic Network discusses the emerging art tech market and the entrepreneurial artist.

1. tyler mathews
net.work // mimetic network
THE EMERGING
ENTREPRENEURIAL ARTIST

5. 9 OUT OF 10
STARTUPS
ARTISTS FAIL
brea fremderman kafka office [still]

10. TALENT TURNOVER
artists are leaving to join and create startups
newhive
[crunchfund // $700K+]
artsy
[catterton partners // $50M+]
electric objects
[first round // $6.7M]
pikazo
[angel // $500K]
planeta
[betaworks // undisclosed]
bumpers
[founder collective // undisclosed]

11. HOW CAN
ST LOUIS GET
INVOLVED
EARLY?
Photo by flavius217

12. mimetic network

13. “PRESEED IS THE
SWEET SPOT WHERE
THE MARKET IS GOING”
naval ravikant
cofounder angelist

14. tyler mathews
tyler@absolutnet.work // @tymathews
net.work
absolutnet.work // @net_dot_work
mimetic network
mimetic.network // @mimeticnetwork
THE EMERGING ENTREPRENEURIAL ARTIST (2016)