Shane Pomajambo
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Lead Staff
Shane Pomajambo
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General Manager
Jen Steadman
Food & Beverage Manager
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Executive Chef
Cecilia Aquino
Event Coordinator
A cultural leader Since 2007
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Born and raised in Queens, NY, Shane Pomajambo has been an avid art collector for over twenty years and gallery owner since 2007. He opened Art Whino ten years ago bringing the much needed Low Brow voice to the nation’s capital. With over 120 curated exhibits centered on this art movement, the gallery ranks among the top five galleries for low brow artists today and continually pushes to bring attention to this art form that Pomajambo is so passionate in sharing with the rest of the world. Projects such as The Richmond Mural Project have played an integral role in gaining momentum for mural art world in the US, with the largest grouping of murals in the nation. Pomajambo’s publications, “Art Whino Mag” and the books “Newbrow: 50 Contemporary Artists” bring new brow and mural art to the public at large in an accessible printed format. As well as the “Art of the Mural”, a four part book focusing on 50 of the top muralists worldwide in each edition. With 200 muralists in the series it will be the all encompassing book focusing on Murals which a special Foreword and 4 part essay by the critically acclaimed New York Art Critic Carlo McCormick. In 2013, Shane Pomajambo created his Non Profit Blind Whino SW Arts Club created to motivate and inspire art throughout DC, providing the space as an art beacon and art cultivator. Through the efforts of all of these projects, Pomajambo has achieved many honors such as being named Best of DC by the City Paper seven years in a row and has created a following over 350,000 strong in social media outreach.