A creative experiment by Private Technology Group
Where the paint flies and the rules don't.
We had more warehouse than we needed. So we built a place for artists to make a mess, take a risk, and find out what happens when creativity has room to run. Welcome to PTG Studios.
What is PTG Studios
We're a tech company. This is our other side.
Private Technology Group grew — and our new warehouse gave us more space than product to fill it. Instead of letting it sit empty, we turned it into something we actually believe in: a creative space built to support the artists we work with and the artist community at large. Part laboratory, part clubhouse, part launchpad. Some of what happens here is polished. A lot of it is gloriously not. That's the point.
The Spaces
Four rooms. Four states of mind.
The FreEmotion Portal
Pronounced "Free Motion." Wrapped floor-to-ceiling in protective plastic so nothing is off-limits. Paint flies in every direction without a hint of hesitation — just the raw freedom to fling, drip, and discover what shows up when you stop holding back.
The Thomas Burger Harmonograph
Pendulum painting. Order, gravity, and mathematics making art. Named for the world's greatest designer, Thomas Burger, it lets a swinging pendulum trace the elegant, repeating curves only physics can draw — precision as a creative tool.
The Lois Lounge
Comfortable seating, extraordinary Meridian Audio sound, and zero agenda. Where artists and intellectuals land between bursts of work to argue about art, philosophy, life — and where to get dinner. Some of the best ideas here never touch a canvas.
The Artist Work Zones
Dedicated, flexible studio space where our artists-in-residence do the real work — including room to go big. Larger walls, larger canvases, larger ambitions.
Our artist-in-residence program gives working artists the space, materials, and freedom to push their practice further than their own studio allows. Our inaugural resident,Kim Johnson, is using the room to paint at a larger scale and chase new possibilities.
Kim is one of our best-selling artists — so kicking off this project with her was easy. She's got the years, the discipline, and the hard-won craft. What makes her the right choice is that she paints like she's still discovering it for the first time, with the kind of wonder and nerve a project this ambitious runs on.
Our artist-in-residence program gives working artists the space, materials, and freedom to push their practice further than their own studio allows. Our inaugural resident,Kim Johnson, is using the room to paint at a larger scale and chase new possibilities.
Kim is one of our best-selling artists — so kicking off this project with her was easy. She's got the years, the discipline, and the hard-won craft. What makes her the right choice is that she paints like she's still discovering it for the first time, with the kind of wonder and nerve a project this ambitious runs on.
A structured creative challenge open to everyone — from lifelong professionals to people who haven't picked up a brush since grade school. One theme. One limited palette. Infinite interpretations.
Constraint doesn't limit creativity — it reveals it. Everyone starts with the identical palette and the identical theme, but what happens next is entirely up to you. Pros, beginners, and our CEO: same box, wildly different art.
A structured creative challenge open to everyone — from lifelong professionals to people who haven't picked up a brush since grade school. One theme. One limited palette. Infinite interpretations.
Constraint doesn't limit creativity — it reveals it. Everyone starts with the identical palette and the identical theme, but what happens next is entirely up to you. Pros, beginners, and our CEO: same box, wildly different art.
Shop the Cause
Art you can wear. Money that goes where it matters.
Standout pieces from the Challenge Series become limited-run t-shirts and stickers. Every purchase splits its profits three ways — and half goes straight to the artist who made the image.
The Artist
Half of all profits go directly to the artist who created the image. Their art, their reward.
The Studios' Artists
Canvases, paints, starter kits, emerging-artist scholarships, and materials that keep artists creating.
Keeping the Lights On
Operations and ongoing upgrades so the Studios stay open, evolving, and free for artists to use.
The Mission
Everyone can be an artist. And there's something sacred about the people who devote their lives to it.
