Damon Crain began his career as founder of the Dynamo Arts Association in Vancouver, a gallery focusing on sculpture and multi-media work. After relocating to New York as a consultant, his clients included the Marian Goodman Gallery, Matthew Marks Gallery, trustees of the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim and the New Museum, among others.

In the early aughts, Damon’s purview expanded to include historical design, with a focus on mid-20th century production and proto-Studio Glass. Recognized as a leading expert after years of study and careful research, he has published a book and numerous articles, served as board member of Art Glass Forum | NY, and was elected a Fellow of the Corning Museum of Glass.

Since 2014 Damon has applied his knowledge of historical art and design to develop a program that gives form to an expanded vision of contemporary art by engaging functional typologies in a salon format setting. The culmination of this vision is Culture Object, which Damon opened in March 2020 in Midtown Manhattan and subsequently mounted over two dozen solo and group exhibitions.

Culture Object’s program seeks to answer the question 'what can art do?' by concentrating on objects that integrate conceptual and functional approaches. We champion work of skillful manufacture that engages with technical innovation and material exploration in service of narrative exposition and the engagement of historical dialogue and classical themes, seen through a lens of contemporary relevance.