Since 2006, Drew Porterfield has served as the curator and director of Long View Gallery. He has grown the gallery's representation to include approximately forty of the nation's leading contemporary artists, and he has led the gallery's evolution into Washington, DC's largest fine art gallery. He has also become a leading consultant on corporate art placement, having sold and installed art to major national retailers, law firms, hospitals, consulting firms, and developers.
Drew's art education began in the mountains of North Carolina studying traditional photographic techniques. After earning a minor in photography at the University of North Carolina at Appalachian, he practiced freelance photography for several years while teaching math at a public high school in central North Carolina. In 2004, he continued his advanced degree studies at Parsons the NewSchool for Design. At Parsons, Drew expanded and refined his craft to incorporate digital photography with his own unique arduous, hands-on process of physically weaving images together. His work has been shown in North Carolina, New York, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. While in New York, Drew worked for several contemporary art galleries, including The Edward Carter Gallery and Flowers Gallery.
Drew resides in the historic Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC, with his husband, Ralph Brabham. He is an owner of the Beau Thai restaurants, where he can often be found when not at the gallery. He is a world traveler, an aspiring chef, a CrossFit devotee, and a loyal dog owner to his boxer-beagle mutts, Walker and Sadie.
Long View Gallery’s events team is led by the woman founded, owned and run Catering & Events Team that brings you the Nationally acclaimed and locally coveted, Heirloom DC. Since January 2021, Vicky Theodorou – an established entrepreneur and Catering & Events Expert, and her group of event professionals preside over the events, sales and operations of the entire gallery offering improved client and vendor experiences, refined internal processes and flexible use of the space. An avid supporter of local communities, Vicky and her team in a very short time have revived the gallery from the lingering effects of the pandemic while restoring its place as the venue you aspire to be at. Boasting International clients and high profile events, while also hosting meaningful life events like weddings, mitzvahs and social celebrations, and corporate gatherings like pop-up retailers, conferences, cocktail soirees and launch parties.
Vicky and her team look forward to enhancing the DC venue community, supporting other DC venues and events and to contribute to DC being one of the top and best event markets in the country. When Vicky isn’t “event’ing” or doing all the business/Heirloom things, she enjoys every moment of time with her husband and family of three, traveling the world, spending time with family and friends and just simply, living. Tell learn more about Vicky, check out her bio here