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Top 25 Artist collectives based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 136 artist collectives headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 556 professional contacts across them, including 114 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers artist collectives headquartered in Chicago, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
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The 25 largest artist collectives based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hyde Park Art Center is a hub for contemporary arts in Chicago, serving as a gathering and production space for artists and the broader community to cultivate ideas, impact social…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1963, Richard Gray Gallery exhibits and represents the work of some of the most influential artists in modern and contemporary art.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Seven years after launching her namesake gallery in Seattle, Mariane Ibrahim moved the space to Chicago in 2019.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CAC is a non-profit organization that supports contemporary Chicago artists and curators by offering residency programs, exhibitions, professional development, and resources that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Theater | Film | Music” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In a world where it's possible to hear and see only what you want, WholesomeZine has a point of view in its mind, ideas in its head, and perhaps, a chip on its shoulder.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Art Studios + Events for Chicago's Creative Community” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Public Media Institute (PMI) is a non-profit 501(c) 3, community-based art & culture organization headquartered in the neighborhood of Bridgeport in the city of Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ACRE is a non-profit organization based in Chicago designed to support emerging artists develop, discuss and present their artistic practices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2004 by artists, educators, and activists, Chicago Art Department (CAD) grew out of a need to create space for artists to thrive in Chicago, fostering a spirit of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Facility Theatre is a theater collective that invites audiences to a re-imagining of rarely seen works and original plays.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re a diverse group of enthusiastic, multi-disciplined art kids and marketing misfits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Monique Meloche Gallery was founded in October with an inaugural exhibition titled Homewrecker at Meloche’s home, and officially opened to the public in May 2001.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Gallery Victor Armendariz launches in 2017.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Voted "Best New Theatre Company Chicago 2023"-Chicago Reader, Two Chairs Theatre Co is known for its original productions year-round.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Artist Replete launched in September 2017 with the sole focus of giving up and coming artists a unique platform to display and sell their work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Threewalls, an ever-evolving Blk art space, fosters contemporary art practices that respond to lived experiences, encouraging connections beyond art.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Feeltrip Records was founded in 2012 as a DIY music venue and art gallery and now exists solely as a record label and arts collective.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ENGAGE Projects was founded in 2012 as Aspect Ratio Projects - a commercial fine art gallery supporting emerging video artists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2019 by Isimeme “Easy” Otabor, Anthony Gallery focuses on emerging and established contemporary artists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded by Michael Pantuso, Studia evolved from over two decades of unwavering passion and commitment to the fusion of design, art, and innovative creativity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ishti Collective celebrates expression, shares joy through collaborative practice, and fosters meaningful dialogue through radical acts of dance, storytelling, and artistic…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The.BlkRoom is a Chicago-based organization, and community network facilitating opportunities for BIPOC artists and creatives across the city.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: artist collectives. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names artist collectives.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of artist collectives, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name artist collectives. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Artist collectives based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 136 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among artist collectives, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “artist collectives”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names artist collectives), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among artist collectives, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 114 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Artist collectives by metro in the United States
- Artist collectives in New York470
- Artist collectives in Los Angeles300
- Artist collectives in Chicago136
- Artist collectives in San Francisco100
- Artist collectives in Miami63
- Artist collectives in Brooklyn60
- Artist collectives in Philadelphia52
- Artist collectives in Atlanta50
- Artist collectives in Seattle46
- Artist collectives in Austin41
- Artist collectives in Houston40
- Artist collectives in Boston39
- Artist collectives in Portland36
- Artist collectives in New York City34
- Artist collectives in Denver33
- Artist collectives in San Diego31
- Artist collectives in Washington31
- Artist collectives in Dallas28
- Artist collectives in Oakland26
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names artist collectives, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many artist collectives are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 136 artist collectives headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Hyde Park ART Center, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most artist collectives?
New York leads with 470 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (300) and Chicago (136).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 114 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 136 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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