Jonathan Travis has helped drive many New York galleries to relocate to Tribeca over the past decade, starting with a cold email in 2013 to a Chelsea dealer. He has found Tribeca spaces for about 40 galleries and alternative Manhattan locations for about 20 others. In 2021, Travis and Ethan Rafii founded Wolf Hill, an artist residency in Chappaqua, New York, operating from a jointly owned country house that also displays their collections. Their collections include works by multiple contemporary artists. Travis described his collecting process as varying by situation, with immediate decisions when he can view a work in person and more extensive research when encountering new artists presented unexpectedly.
"One of the driving forces behind New York galleries' mass migration to Tribeca over the past decade has been the realtor and art collector Jonathan Travis, a partner at Redwood Property Group. Since sending a cold email to a dealer looking to move their gallery out of Chelsea in 2013, Travis has found Tribeca homes for around 40 galleries-many of which will be open late on 15 May for Tribeca Gallery Night-and found spaces elsewhere in Manhattan for around 20 others."
"In 2021 Travis and his friend Ethan Rafii founded Wolf Hill, an artist residency in Chappaqua, New York, operating out of a jointly owned country house that also displays their art collections-which include works by Sasha Gordon, Jenna Gribbon, Arcmanoro Niles, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Jordan Kasey, Bony Ramirez and Dominique Fung."
"What was the first work you ever bought? Jonathan Travis: The first was a painting on paper by Nicole Eisenman, which I purchased from a Paddle8 charity auction about ten years ago. What was the most recent work you bought? The most recent was a painting by the Japanese artist Masanori Tomita."
"How quickly do you decide to buy a work of art? Oh, man, that varies a lot. If I can stand in front of the work physically, the decision is often immediate. I get strong gut reactions when I'm able to see a work in person. If not, more goes into the thought process. It also depends on whether it's an artist I've been trying to buy from for a long time, or a new discovery someone presented to me out of the blue."
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