Our Art Approach

We build authentic and resonating art collections with rich storytelling by engaging with artists from around the world whose artwork helps bring these stories to life in impactful and visceral ways.

ART TYPES

Fine Art Commission

Driven by our Art & Curatorial team, we work directly with artists to create a custom artwork produced for a specific space, address a specific subject matter, or to align with a particular theme.

Beverly Fishman, "Untitled (Panic Disorder, Osteoporosis)", 2021, Hand-pulled serigraph prints on paperssioned pieces

Fine Art Original

Typically acquired through a gallery or from an artist’s studio directly, we work with artists and representatives to purchase pre-existing fine art originals for our clients’ art collections.

Farmboy Licensed

Our licensed artwork includes images by our Artist Partners from around the world as well as our internal artists that exist as digital content in the Farmboy Image Library.

Park MGM - Harry Gruyaert, "Spain", 1998 Magnum Photos, Courtesy Gallery FIFTY ONE

Single Use License

Single use licenses are images by an artist or designer that is digitized and licensed to Farmboy to produce in-house, including client-owned or archival imagery that requires a usage license.

Environmental graphic design for Ford Retail in Shanghai, China

Environmental Graphics

Through this art type, we’re able to weave in an artistic and cohesive narrative across spaces large and small by incorporating intuitive direction across the customer journey – from entrance to hallway, from common room to private spaces – that improves the clarity, focus, and impact of the overall guest experience.

Sourced Objects

Sculptures, craft items, and other accessories are great options to provide dimensional variation in your spaces. Not typically associated with a particular artist and are widely produced, sourced objects are considered decorative pieces that round out the spatial experience and design aesthetic of a space.

Custom fabricated reception wall art at the Hilton Quebec City

Farmboy Fabricated

If you have a specific need or particular vision that you’d like to see realized, our team is well-equipped to design and develop custom art objects ranging from wall-mounted sculptures to site-specific installations. Our fabrications offer endless opportunities to further your collection’s narrative, storytelling, and viewer engagement.

Jessica Drenk
Bibliophylum, 2021 and Interleave, 2021
Montage Big Sky – Big Sky, Montana

Douglas Coupland
Fordite Series, 2019-2021
Ford Experience Center – Dearborn, Michigan

Ola Volo
The Valiant Ladies, 2021
Virgin Voyages Valiant Lady – Barcelona, Spain

Christopher Derek Bruno
ad radices montis, 2020
Piedmont Atlanta Hospital – Atlanta, Georgia

Featured Artist Spotlight

Monica Gilles-BringsYellow

As an emerging Indigenous woman artist, Montana-based Monica Gilles-BringsYellow shares more about her evolving practice, the importance of storytelling in her work, and her process in her largest commission to date for Montage Big Sky in a conversation with Art & Curatorial Coordinator Mariana Rivera.

Artist Partners Program

We’ve built our artwork library through developing and maintaining grassroots relationships with artists from around the world who have joined our Artist Partners Program. Compiled of thoughtfully curated selections of works by our Artist Partners, the library offers our team access to a range of artworks for use in our client projects while the program offers artists an opportunity to connect to our global community and gain exposure in international markets.