ABOUT

Trotta-Bono Contemporary is an advisory and curatorial practice specializing in twentieth- and twenty-first-century Native American art. Founded in 2014 by James Trotta-Bono, it champions artists whose work reshapes how people see society and widens the story of American art.

We advise collectors and institutions, organize and curate exhibitions, and place masterworks and entire collections with leading museums. Recent placements include major gifts from the William P. Healey Collection to the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Phoenix Art Museum, and the acquisition of works from the John and Susan Horseman Collection by Art Bridges and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. We work in close collaboration with Kent Monkman Studio and represent the Baum Collection of works by Betye, Alison and Lezley Saar.

James has curated exhibitions in New York, Paris, Los Angeles and Santa Fe, including New Terrains: Contemporary Native American Art at Phillips New York. A native New Yorker raised in his family’s art business, he sits on the board of the Ethnic Arts Council and the advisory council of the Walker Youngbird Foundation.

Our work has placed art with Art Bridges, Art OMI, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Georgia Museum of Art, the Hood Museum of Art, The Horseman Foundation, the International Center of Photography, LACMA, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, the Musée de l’Homme, The Phillips Collection, the Phoenix Art Museum, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the TIA Collection and the Wichita Art Museum.

Based in Santa Monica, we present intimate exhibitions and rotating works by appointment.

Please reach out to info@tbcontemporary.com to learn more.