C H A S E A R T COMPANIES is an artist management and publishing organization designed to offer select contemporary artists and arts organizations critical support in the areas of artwork fabrication, funding, sales, marketing and distribution. C H A S E A R T COMPANIES engages in long-term, comprehensive career development for emerging and mid-career artists, as well as the development of select projects for major contemporary talent and art institutions internationally. We are committed to working with a select group of artists and institutions which we feel have a unique or extraordinary vision. We align that vision with our innovative ability to reach the collecting public. C H A S E A R T COMPANIES achieves this by bringing a broad mix of arts patrons to the table, from public institutions, to gallerists, dealers, and collectors. The company creates collecting opportunities at each level which offer the chance for people to view, acquire and participate in the advancement of the artist's career or the institution's cause. Specifically, these efforts include the following:* Coordinating and funding the creation of unique or editioned work in multiple mediums* Sales, marketing and distribution of editioned and unique works to dealers and collectors internationally* Organizing and producing gallery exhibitions* Organizing and producing public exhibitions and installations* Managing career development initiatives for our artists and their individual projects, as well as for our institutional projectsC H A S E A R T COMPANIES resources include career development and long-term strategic planning services for artists; production management in a full range of print-making and sculpture fabrication; dealer support services (including catalog and book publishing, marketing. public relations, consultant education/training and event development); and artwork fulfillment services including warehousing and physical distribution.

William Ryan Homes is a third generation home builder currently operating in five major marketplaces. Over the course of Mike's 10 year tenure at William Ryan Homes, he rose from "sweeping basements" to a Division President in the greater Chicago area where William Ryan Homes operated as one of the 10 largest builders in the market. Mike's division generated more than $45 million in annual revenue under his leadership. The best home builders are perpetual entrepreneurs. Choosing to leave the industry near its peak in 2004, it was Mike's career in home building which gave him the foundation and know how with which to "build" a successful enterprise in something as seemingly disparate as the business of fine art.