Built from the inside.
Art Trackers was founded by David Daw — not as a technology project, but as a practical answer to a problem he had lived firsthand across more than twenty years working at the intersection of community and government.
Founding Story
David had seen what happens when public art records are kept on spreadsheets that outlive the staff member who built them. He had watched agencies scramble to prove provenance during audits. He had seen artists sell work and lose all connection to it the moment it walked out of the studio. He had watched community members stand in front of extraordinary public artworks with no way to learn their story.
The technology to solve all of this — NFC chips, cloud databases, real-time provenance tracking — already existed. It just had not been assembled in one place, built for the specific reality of how government arts administrators actually work.
Art Trackers is that assembly.
One Platform. Four Audiences.
A permanent identifier. A physical tag. A platform that serves everyone.
The government managing the collection
Complete inventory management, compliance reporting, and community engagement data — built for the specific requirements of public arts administration.
The artist who created it
A permanent record that stays attached to their work forever — through every sale, loan, and ownership transfer, in every jurisdiction.
The collector who owns it
Verified provenance, scan analytics, and a direct connection to the artist whose work lives on their wall.
The community member who just stopped to look
The full story of any public artwork — accessible by tapping a smartphone. No account. No app. No barrier.