Bluethumb
Bluethumb is Australia’s largest art marketplace, connecting collectors and art lovers
About Bluethumb
Bluethumb is Australia’s largest art marketplace, connecting collectors, art enthusiasts and interior designers with an unprecedented community of emerging and established local artists. Buy original paintings, drawings and limited edition prints direct from artists’ studios using our award-winning website and app, beautifully designed and curated by the Bluethumb team to help you find art you love
Bluethumb makes it easier to be an artist. Along with the exposure that comes with the hundreds of thousands of hits we get every month, we remove distractions by taking care of marketing and logistics, leaving artists to do what they do best
Our values
["environment", "communication", "diversity", "respect", "integrity", "empathy", "growth", "Team Spirit"]
Perks & benefits
["Open and trusting team (no daily/weekly reporting)", "Flexible hours based on your timezone", "Mentoring culture: Pair programming with senior engineers on complex projects", "Educational and work technology allowance", "Birthday cakes 🍰", "Monthly team trivia and fun online games", "Competitive salary packages and benefits", "Fortnightly 1:1s (well being check-ins with your team lead)"]
Team members
- Alex - Senior Engineer
10+ years experience. Originally from Russia, has lived in Thailand for 8+ years and recently moved to Australia.
- Paulo - Engineer (RoR)
Italian and Czech, lives in Japan - loves trivias and pineapple of his pizza.
- Keegan - Junior Engineer (RoR)
From the United States, lives in Bali (Indonesia), loves travel and NFTs.
- Sheeraz - Product Manager
Originally from India and has lived in Australia for 5+ years, and recently moved to New Zealand to live. Has a background in computer science with a degree in communications and experience in sales.
- Edward and George - Co-founders
The Hartley brothers love art and innovation and has made Bluethumb Australia's best and largest online art marketplace.
- Alexandra - Trade and Interior Designer
Alex is our in-house interior designer and leads the trade team to look after our architect and designer clients.
- Amelia - Art Advisory
Amelia is Bluethumb's resident art advisory. She has a background in law and moved to a more creative industry to express her love of art.
Company milestones
- 2012 - We started out in 2012, with a mission to empower Australia’s artists and open up the world of original art to everyday collectors. We were very small, with no funding and the odds against us. Everyone told us it was impossible. Established art galleries and those in the industry scoffed at the notion of buying art online, of treating all artists equally and allowing collectors to trust their own judgement. We thought it made sense and launched anyway. But more than that we didn’t want Australia to have to wait until our artists made it into a national gallery, or worse, for artists to have to die to discover their stories (like so many in history). And so Bluethumb was born. As Co-Founder and CEO I still remember that moment when we sold our first painting online. The high fives. The elation. And the tiny little website technology feature we built with the proceeds. 30,000+ Australian artworks sold later, and not much has changed. Only the power and scale of the technology and size of the community we’ve built. Now we have over 11,000 independent Australian artists, including many from remote and unique Aboriginal art centres deep in Australia’s harshest deserts and national parks. We still invest 100% of our proceeds back into building technology that improves the lives of Australian artists, and Australia’s arts ecosystem. We still exist in service of our artists. And we are still small in the scheme of things with a huge journey ahead. So thank you for being a part of it. Even if it was just taking the time to read this incredibly long founding story! Welcome to Bluethumb.
Our offices
- 72A King William Road, Goodwood, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- 52 Cambrigde Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
