Brett Littman

About Brett Littman

Brett Littman is Senior Director, Americas of Carpenters Workshop Gallery, a contemporary art gallery, focused on redefining the boundaries between art, sculpture and design. Founded by Loic Le Galliard and Julien Lombrail, it has been operating since 2006 within the market of Functional Art and Collectible Design. Today we have galleries in London, Paris, New York and Los Angeles, and we have a strong presence at global art fairs. He also is the Director of Shakkei LLC (“borrowed landscape” in Japanese) a consulting firm working with artist foundations, designers, architects and institutions to develop nuanced and organizational specific strategy and solutions to complex management, programmatic, operational, entrepreneurial and legacy issues. He was the Director of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in Long Island City, New York from 20••••23. He was Executive Director of The Drawing Center from 2007–2018; Deputy Director of MoMA PS1 from 2003–2007; Co-Director of Dieu Donné Papermill from 2001–2003 and Associate Director of Urban Glass from 1996–2001. Littman’s interests are multi-disciplinary: he has overseen more than 150 exhibitions and personally curated more than thirty exhibitions over the last 16 years, dealing with visual art, outsider art, craft, design, architecture, poetry, music, science, and literature. He was named the curator of Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center for 2019 and 2020, is an art critic and lecturer and an active essayist for museum and gallery catalogues, in addition to writing articles for a wide range of U.S. and international art, fashion, and design magazines. A native New Yorker, Brett Littman received a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from France in 2017 and his B.A. in Philosophy from the University of California, San Diego.

Experience

1. Senior Director Americas

   Carpenters Workshop Gallery

   May 2024 — Present

   Accountable for US and Latin America performance including the annual budget, P&L, investment, and cash flow• Define and implement a three-year strategic plan for the Americas, including business development, operations and capabilities• Actively contribute to the global 3-Y strategic plan, in tandem with the senior management team• Communicate and translate strategy into actionable plans for the Americas team• Oversee operations in the United States (including, but not limited to, logistics, HR, gallery management, and exhibition calendar) in collaboration with the different departments• Improve overall efficiency of operations, develop and monitor implementation on new processes• Manage the Americas team, including recruitment, onboarding, coaching, performance reviews, and retaining high performers• Build and maintain trusting relationships with key customers, clients, partners, and stakeholders• Contribute to CWG senior management meetings and Board meetings• Contribute to transversal projects (e.g, EVP, B. Corp certification)

Education

• UC San Diego

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  1986 — 1994