Colab is a New York-based creative agency representing artists in fine art and commercial fields. Our services include artist management, content development, production, licensing, curating, and art consultation on projects ranging in scale from public art installations to fully integrated campaigns across print, broadcast, and interactive medias.

Colab supports its clients and artists in producing high-visibility projects, special events, and exhibitions. We offer comprehensive services from concept to sponsorship through execution on projects that range from benefit events for non-profit organizations to music festivals and nationwide / international tours and exhibitions. We bring extensive expertise in fine art, music, publishing, and entertainment to our work with a diverse roster of award-winning talent and distinguished artists at the forefront of creating culture.

WHAT WE BELIEVE:

Colab serves artists and businesses seeking to do good and meaningful work in the world. Colab represents artists who define their culture and communities - locally and globally - through their creative vision and work they create everyday. We are honored to have worked with a global roster of companies who desire to shape culture, demonstrate social responsibility, and create new experiences for their audiences.

WHO WE ARE:

Lisa Shimamura has served as an artist representative, fundraising consultant, and independent art curator for a diverse body of work for over 15 years. Prior to Colab, Lisa co-founded MAMA Reps in 2000, a NewYork-based artist management agency providing marketing services for agencies and brands worldwide. She has also served as Vice President of Production and Creative Development for Razorfish Studios, producing online exhibitions now included SF MoMA’s permanent collection. Her publishing experience includes building their fine arts and photography catalogue, including Ryan McGinness’ flatnessisgod and at The Monacelli Press on titles such as Rem Koolhas' S, M, L, XL.

Lisa is also a National Arts Strategies, Future Leadership Fellow. Her fine art experience includes development for the Phillips Collection and Washington Project for the Arts - now WPA\Corcoran Gallery of Art - DC’s leading center for contemporary art and emerging artists. She has been North American editor for the premiere of GRAPHIC, an international publication by BIS Amsterdam, and founded and produces Brooklyn’s annual ArtWalk with partners such as Time Warner, Artnet, and New York State Council on the Arts.

Kurt Langer has 15 years of experience in event production, artist relations, and youth-targeted marketing. He worked for the Beastie Boys' Milarepa Fund from 1996-2001 as a producer of the Tibetan Freedom Concerts, raising over $3 million for the foundation. During this time, Kurt also served as the Milarepa Fund's "Minister of Information" (Marketing Director) and produced feature films, tours, websites, radio/TV spots, and cause-based merchandise to engage youth in Milarepa Fund's causes.

Kurt co-founded Scratch Worldwide Media, LLC., an LA-based film production company, record label, and merchandiser. He co-produced the critically acclaimed documentary film "SCRATCH: All the Way Live" and created the Scratch Tour, which traveled internationally and featured such artists as Jurassic 5, DJ Shadow, Dilated Peoples, Kid Koala, Q-bert, X-ecutioners and Z-Trip. Sharing offices and working in collaboration with Shepard Fairey, Scratch also launched a clothing line and street marketing team. Most recently, Kurt has been working as an independent video and animation producer and has been creating original content for commercial license and broadcast.

Kurt is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the 501(c)3 non-profit organization Students for a Free Tibet and has overseen a tripling of their budget from $350K in 2006 to $1M+ in 2008.

Simeon Lipman has over 15 years of experience working as a Pop Culture historian and expert. His knowledge and expertise in the field ranges from Contemporary Art to Music and Film history to Sports. Prior to joining Colab as an agent specializing in Entertainment, Original Content and Artist collaborative Editions and Products, Simeon worked with Christie's Auction House, curating notable events such as the groundbreaking Punk Sale held in New York City, 2008. This event celebrated the Punk aesthetic; its cultural significance as both an historic music genre and a valid and extremely influential art movement, encompassing its distinct attitude, design and ephemera. Other recent sales have included art from the Street and Designer Toy sub-cultures. Simeon has also been privately appraising collections, curating auctions and exhibitions, and coordinating culturally relevant events for the past 15 years. In 2010, he co-founded "The Art Hustle" series of collectible artist trading cards. Since 1997, he has been a regularly featured appraiser on PBS's Antiques Roadshow.

OUR PARTNERS:

Sharing a commitment to a high level of service to both artist and brand clients, Colab partners closely with New York-based, Anonymous Gallery to seamlessly provide a broadened range of services across campaigns, special events, product development, and marketing. By special arrangement, this partnership brings an expanded network to an international group of artists and an extended range of campaign and experiential opportunities across diverse media.

An innovative consultancy and gallery committed to international creative brand management and artist representation, Anonymous Gallery manages exhibitions, sponsorship opportunities, and commercial relationships for artists in a way that provides both entities with additional attractive, marketable, creative, and conscious opportunities.