We are Not The Owners.
We are a platform operating at the intersection of curatorial experimentation, art collection, interdisciplinary collaboration and research - supporting contemporary artistic practices that challenge conventions and expand how art is seen, shared, and understood.
Our focus is on bold, process-driven, and context-aware work, often emerging from geographies and perspectives overlooked by the mainstream.
Alongside our curatorial practice, we place artworks in collections to sustain artistic processes and strengthen how value and legitimacy circulate in the arts. We understand collecting as part of a wider cultural ecosystem, one that supports experimentation, honours artistic labour, and contributes to long-term continuity.
Founded by curator Gabriela Román González, Not The Owners proposes a way of working with art that is intentional, relational, and attuned to redistribution, dialogue, and collective imagination.
