WORKING HARD 4 ART

Co-directors Lynn and Diego del Sol opened {CTS} creative thriftshop in May of 2004. Presenting to the public provocative content driven work by local and international mid-career, underrepresented, and emerging artists in all mediums while actively organizing over twenty nomadic exhibitions and events a year. Founded on the belief that art is, and should be, an integrated part of our lives, essential to the progression and understanding of our times. We exhibit, support, and promote art that is innovative and ground breaking.

CTS is quality art on the move. Our mission is to encourage and create opportunities that foster the growth of our artists, enabling them through collaboration to broaden their reach by not only participating in museum and gallery exhibitions but also art fairs, charitable benefits, residencies, lectures, and biennales around the world. Our goal is to build an infrastructure that knows no boundaries, one that carries the torch of modernism acting as a vehicle for dreamers, a cultural meeting place for great minds, an international community of interconnectivity and expandability.

CTS exhibitions and artists have been touted in countless local and international publications and media outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, NPR 360, La Repubblica, International Herald Tribune, Hürriyet Daily News, Krone, The Miami Herald, The Chicago Tribune, The Village Voice, The Brooklyn Rail, Vogue, Vanity Fair, New American Painters, The Art Newspaper, Art Nexus, Art Review, Art in America, Art Forum, Art Papers, Sculpture Magaizne, Flash Art, NYarts Magazine, Lmagazine, Flavor Pill, Miami Art Guide, Artnet, and Art Info

about the directors:
Born and raised in New York, Lynn del Sol currently lives and works in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Lynn was co-curator of the Lebanese Pavillion at the Venice Biennale in 2005 and has volunteered in the education department at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. She held directorship at Jack the Pelican Presents (Brooklyn, NY.) as well as Xanadu* (New York, NY). She held board membership with the Independent Curators International (ICi) and the Williamsburg Gallery Association (WGA).

Diego del Sol, a native of Buenos Aires, was raised in both Miami and his current home New York City.
Upon graduation with a Degree in Engineering del Sol quickly acclimated himself to the world of post production. His ability to discern design direction, sound quality and editorial dialogue has garnered him a client list which boasts such names as HBO, MTV, VH1, Biography, ESPN, Marc Ecko, & Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.