Dominic Chambers
Value#34
Egon Investment Scores
Liquidity
3/10
How easily works can be bought and sold at auction
Institutional
9/10
Museum collections, biennials, and institutional recognition
Momentum
8/10
Recent price trends, gallery moves, and market buzz
Discovery
5/10
Undervaluation opportunity relative to peer artists
Risk
3/10
Investment risk factors — higher means more volatile
Market Position
Recent Sales Highlights
| Work | Price | Venue & Date |
|---|---|---|
| — | Phillips London, October 12, 2023 | |
| In Safe Keeping, 2025 | — | Phillips London, October 13, 2025 |
- Liquidity
- Low secondary market liquidity typical of emerging artist still primarily in gallery-controlled phase. Institutional interest suggests strong long-term value but limited short-term trading opportunities. Gallery representation ensures market support.
- Comparables
- Market positioning similar to other contemporary Black figurative painters with strong institutional backing: Calida Rawles, Jordan Casteel, Danielle McKinney (all represented by major galleries with museum acquisitions)
- Primary Market
- Availability
- Works available through gallery inquiries, Request Price & Availability model on platforms like Ocula
- Pricing Structure
- Contact gallery for current pricing - works typically range from medium five-figures to low six-figures for major canvases based on auction estimates and comparable gallery-represented artists
- Gallery Representation
- Lehmann Maupin (New York, London, Seoul) since November 2021; Roberts Projects (Los Angeles); Luce Gallery (Turin, Italy)
- Auction History
- Market Risks
- Relatively early career stage, limited auction track record, market concentration in gallery sales, subject to broader trends in contemporary figurative painting
- Price Ranges
- Context
- Primary market dominated by Lehmann Maupin gallery representation. Limited secondary market data indicates growing demand. Works primarily sold through gallery at undisclosed prices typical of emerging contemporary artists with strong institutional backing.
- Current Estimates 2025
- £50,000-£70,000 ($65,000-$90,000) for recent works at charity auction
- Recent Results
Date Medium October 12, 2023 Oil on canvas October 13, 2025 Painting - Total Lots Tracked
- Limited secondary market activity
- Market Position
Institutional Presence
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Los Angeles, CA, USAHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Washington, D.C., USACentre Pompidou
Paris, FranceMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, MA, USAHigh Museum of Art
Atlanta, GA, USAInstitute of Contemporary Art, Miami
Miami, FL, USAPérez Art Museum Miami
Miami, FL, USACrocker Art Museum
Sacramento, CA, USALong Museum
Shanghai, ChinaXiao Museum of Contemporary Art
Rizhao, ChinaMorehouse College
Atlanta, GA, USA- Exhibitions
- Major Group Exhibitions
Title Year Venue Location When We See Us: A Century of Black Figurative Painting — — — Black Bodies, White Spaces: Invisibility & Hypervisibility — Green Family Art Foundation Dallas, TX Art Finds a Way 2020 Norton Museum of Art West Palm Beach, FL Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from ICA Miami's Collection 2022 Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami —
- Museum Collections
- Notes
- Exceptionally strong institutional validation for an artist born in 1993. Museum acquisitions span major US institutions (LACMA, Hirshhorn, High Museum, MFA Boston) and international collections (Centre Pompidou promised gift, Long Museum). Solo museum exhibitions at major regional institutions. Inclusion in landmark survey exhibition 'When We See Us' alongside established artists demonstrates curatorial recognition of significance.
- Public Projects
- Type
- Mural
- Dates
- Completed April 2025
- Title
- For You: All the Color in the World
- Context
- Explores legacy of Underground Railroad in Missouri, inspired by Colson Whitehead's novel, part of 2025 St. Louis Literary Award program
- Location
- Walls Off Washington at Saint Louis University's Searls Hall
- Art Fair Participation
Year Notes Fair Gallery 2021 First presentation with gallery Frieze New York Lehmann Maupin 2021 Debut of 'Shadow Paintings' series Art Basel Miami Beach Lehmann Maupin 2025 Continued presence at major fair Art Basel Miami Beach Lehmann Maupin 2023 — FOG Design+Art — - Major Private Collections
Location Notes Collection Dallas, TX — Green Family Art Foundation Brussels, Belgium — Vanhaerents Art Collection — A moment in yellow, 2019 Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection Miami All This Life in Us, 2020 Jorge M. Pérez Collection — Supported exhibition publication Jessica and Kelvin Beachum Family Collection
Career & Biography
- Career
- Age
- 32
- Identity
- Artistic Focus
- Vibrant large-scale figurative paintings exploring Black leisure, introspection, and intellectual contemplation
- Studio Practice
- Works large-scale (5-6 feet) for human-scale interaction, combines gestural abstraction with color field painting
- Current Location
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Artistic Evolution
- Early career focused on literary narratives and mythology, evolved to explore Black leisure and contemplation, recent work incorporates spiritual and devotional themes
- Artistic Context
- Key Influences
- W.E.B. Du Bois (The Souls of Black Folk)Magical realism literatureJosef Albers color theoryJohannes VermeerKerry James MarshallZora Neale HurstonJames Baldwin
Artistic Profile
- Style
- Large-scale figurative paintings combining color field and gestural abstraction
- Visual Language
- Color Theory
- Sophisticated application of Josef Albers principles to Black American experience
- Themes and Subjects
- Black leisure and contemplationLiterary and mythological narrativesInterior psychological statesSpiritual and devotional subjects
- Movements and Periods
- Techniques and Mediums
- Oil on linen/canvas, strategic color field application, human-scale compositions
Critical Reception
- Critical Reception
- Major Recognition
- Forbes 30 Under 30 Art & Style (2021)Artsy Vanguard (2022)Featured in major art publications
- Academic Attention
- Growing scholarly interest in work exploring Black leisure and art historical references
- Curatorial Interest
- High - evidenced by museum acquisitions and solo exhibitions
- Publications and Media
- ARTnews feature on gallery representation (2021)Artsy Vanguard profile (2022)Multiple reviews of museum exhibitions
Gallery & Representation
- Representation
- Waiting Lists
- No public information on waiting lists, but strong collector demand indicated
- Gallery Support
- Solo Shows
- 4 solo shows with Lehmann Maupin since 2022 (New York 2022, 2024; London 2024)
- Publications
- Gallery catalogue planned by Roberts Projects (2022)
- Institutional Connections
- Strong - galleries facilitating museum acquisitions and institutional exhibitions
- Gallery Trajectory
- Rapid ascent - moved from emerging galleries to Tier 1 international representation (Lehmann Maupin) within 2 years of MFA graduation
- Previous Galleries
Period Location Gallery Type circa 2020 New York Anna Zorina Gallery Early career representation circa 2019-2020 New York De Buck Gallery Early career representation — Chicago Kavi Gupta — - Representation Stability
- Stable since 2021 with dual primary representation (Lehmann Maupin and Roberts Projects)
- Geographic Reach
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