Artevo History and Overview

Annual art sales within North America for all categories are approximately 70 billion dollars; it is by far the largest art market in the World.

There are possibly more visual artists around the globe than nearly all other professions combined, not different from the performing art world there are literally thousands of highly credentialed visual artists both in North America and around the world that have never been exposed to the North American art market.

The quality and diversity of this worldwide talent pool for the most part when compared to that of performing artists is virtually untapped, generally the market for the majority of these artists are typically restricted to the general locality where they live and representation if at all is limited to a single local art gallery

By comparison there are some rare exceptions of what is possible, living artists such as Thomas Kincaide and Robert Bateman have achieved sales that reach into the hundreds of millions, these companies have mastered the art of marketing, fulfillment and distribution; it is interesting to note that these artists almost exclusively sell reproductions.

Other fine examples are Getty images, I tunes, the movie and music industries which have all proven beyond doubt the enormous profitability that occurs when artistic talent is organized and distributed correctly.

Approximately 7 years ago Artevo recognized that with the introduction of high speed internet and a network of agents worldwide that this connectivity would provide these visual artists with a similar opportunity as that of performing artists; a portal to the largest art market in the world.

Since that time Artevo has established relationships with numerous artists and agents in many countries and has designed a state of the art web based portal that although still in its infancy provides instant access to over 4000 pre-selected choices of artworks in all categories and price points.

This virtual inventory is then married to high traffic AAA retail mall locations and will also be available through a nationwide dealer network as well as traditional online marketing campaigns and promotions.

This bricks and clicks approach of providing both physical and virtual inventory provides Artevo customers and its dealers with unprecedented access to the leading artists of the world and is no doubt the future business model for the art world.

Can one even imagine the music or movie industry where access was limited to mostly local content? This is the historical plight of the visual artist.

Artevo is essentially a technology driven marketing company that has embraced this massive opportunity and has positioned itself to become the next “global luxury brand” where the only limit to revenue and profitability is the ability to provide the infrastructure and timely fulfillment, even with a modest amount of due diligence one can easily confirm this scenario.

Despite one of the most difficult periods in the art business over the past 7 years, (post 911, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq an oil boom and now stock market collapse) Artevo has persevered and has relentlessly advanced its business plan entering the public market in June 2008, (TSX Venture, symbol AEV).

Artevo has identified and tested 6 revenue streams;
Retail, through Artevo.com and Artevo galleries.
Wholesale to Artevo dealers, designers and the hospitality industry.
Power Play Events Ltd (dba “Abstract Events”) a wholly owned subsidiary of Artevo Corporation.

The current market conditions while challenging continue to provide substantial opportunity for Artevo, many companies view Artevo as the ideal online partner our revenue channels are being initiated and revenues have increased sharply.

Artevo has begun to is sign exclusive deals as evidenced in our recent press releases and Artevo has completed due diligence on many potential business opportunities with a view to consolidation.

Artevo essentially controls the price of the artworks offered, which in any business is a substantial advantage as most of the products are exclusive, because the Artevo business model scales vertically many of the barriers to entry have been removed, which to a large extent allows Artevo to be insular from traditional market conditions. Artevo sells original artworks as well as securing the exclusive rights for reproduction which are produced on demand within our own facilities.

Simply put Artevo is bringing cutting edge marketing, technology and distribution to one of the most prolific, most antiquated industries in the world.

For astute investors Artevo is well positioned; Artevo provides an excellent opportunity for an exceptional return on investment; the business model is transparent, easily understood and the results are predictable.

“You don’t need eyes to see, you just need Vision”.

Christopher Talbot
President and CEO
Artevo Corporation