MODE
FOUNDER BIO
Abbey Meaker is an artist, writer, publisher, and entrepreneurial art professional whose work unfolds at the intersection of contemporary art, cinema, and theory. With nearly two decades of experience driving growth, cultivating collectors, and managing international gallery relationships, Abbey specializes in elevating artist visibility through tailored market positioning, long-term brand building, and refined strategy, with a focus on language and visual narrative.
Her approach is deeply informed by rigorous research and a sustained inquiry into art history, film, and psychoanalytic theory—fields that inspire her interest in underlying drives, desire, atmosphere, narrative construction, and the creation of immersive worlds. This intellectual grounding shapes everything from curatorial partnerships and large-scale public commissions to editorial strategy and organizational development.
Abbey’s career bridges the conceptual and the pragmatic. She has led long-range planning, brand identity work, and institutional transformation for artists, curatorial initiatives, and publishers, fostering clarity and cohesion amid complexity. Her fluency in language—writing and refining texts that articulate nuanced ideas and emerging practices—make her a trusted collaborator for artists and institutions seeking to deepen how they communicate their vision.
With an academic foundation, Abbey approaches her work through the lens of narrative, mood, and world-building. This research-driven methodology informs her writing and editorial practice, which is centered on articulating complex ideas with clarity, depth, and resonance. Her texts—ranging from essays, poetry, and publications—shape not only how a brand or an artist’s work is perceived, but how it exists in the world.
At the core of her practice is a belief that language and structure are inseparable from vision. Through MODE, she and her creative partners design frameworks that allow ambitious creative work to emerge, evolve, and strengthen—with integrity, nuance, and enduring impact.
Selcted Ongoing Work
Photo and Film
Another Earth
Richard Erdman Studios
NOIMA
Celluloid and Marble
Artist Field
Overnight Projects
Her approach is deeply informed by rigorous research and a sustained inquiry into art history, film, and psychoanalytic theory—fields that inspire her interest in underlying drives, desire, atmosphere, narrative construction, and the creation of immersive worlds. This intellectual grounding shapes everything from curatorial partnerships and large-scale public commissions to editorial strategy and organizational development.
Abbey’s career bridges the conceptual and the pragmatic. She has led long-range planning, brand identity work, and institutional transformation for artists, curatorial initiatives, and publishers, fostering clarity and cohesion amid complexity. Her fluency in language—writing and refining texts that articulate nuanced ideas and emerging practices—make her a trusted collaborator for artists and institutions seeking to deepen how they communicate their vision.
With an academic foundation, Abbey approaches her work through the lens of narrative, mood, and world-building. This research-driven methodology informs her writing and editorial practice, which is centered on articulating complex ideas with clarity, depth, and resonance. Her texts—ranging from essays, poetry, and publications—shape not only how a brand or an artist’s work is perceived, but how it exists in the world.
At the core of her practice is a belief that language and structure are inseparable from vision. Through MODE, she and her creative partners design frameworks that allow ambitious creative work to emerge, evolve, and strengthen—with integrity, nuance, and enduring impact.
Selcted Ongoing Work
Photo and Film
Another Earth
Richard Erdman Studios
NOIMA
Celluloid and Marble
Artist Field
Overnight Projects
Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt, 1963
Daphné Hérétakis’s What We Ask of a Statue, 2024
Roberto Rossellini‘s Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia), 1954
Chris Marker‘s La Jetée, 1962