ABOUT PACE PRIMITIVE

Founded in 1973, Pace Primitive is the tribal art department affiliated with the Pace Gallery. The gallery maintains an inventory of museum-quality African, Himalayan, Oceanic, and Native American art. Pace Primitive is a member of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA).

	Carlo Bella has been the director of Pace Primitive since 2002 and has worked with tribal art for over twenty years. He has been quoted as an expert in the field by such publications as Le Monde de L'Art Tribal and the London Financial Times.
	Austin Kennedy holds a BA in Literary Translation from Brown University and studied Photography at the Rhode Island School of Design. He joined Pace Primitive in 2005 with experience in contemporary art and commercial photography.
	Carly Passuite comes to Pace Primitive with experience in art and the fashion industry. She received her BA from Boston University, where she studied Art History and Studio Art and interned at the MFA Boston. She also studied Fashion at Parsons School of Design in New York.

Pace Primitive has been a lender to the following recent exhibitions:
"Lasting Foundations: The Art of Architecture in Africa,"
  Museum for African Art (traveling exhibition), 2006-2008.
"Where Gods and Mortals Meet: Continuity and Renewal in Urhobo Art,"
  Museum for African Art, New York, April - August 2004.
"Material Differences," Museum for African Art, New York, April 8 - August 15, 2003.
"Doubly Blessed," Museum for African Art, New York, October 2003 - March 2004.
"Facing the Mask," Museum for African Art, New York, September 2002 - March 2003.

Member Art Dealers
Association of America

Our clients include these major institutions:
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin
Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva
City College of New York
Dallas Museum of Art
Hamline University, Saint Paul
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
New Orleans Museum of Art
Rubin Museum of Art, New York
Toledo Museum of Art
The United Nations
U.S. Department of State
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven