Band of Vices

Our mission is to harness the power of all our differences to create a greater whole. We support strong voices and community. Band of Vices serves as a platform for emerging, mid-career & established contemporary artists that matter. Their discipline includes painting, drawing, mixed media, photography & sculpture and their approach is fearless, thought-provoking & unapologetic. With two exhibition spaces, Band of Vices is one of the leading contemporary art spaces in the burgeoning West Adams Arts District of Los Angeles, founded in 2015 by veteran actor & art curator Terrell Tilford. His first gallery, Tilford Art Group (1999-2010) was launched in New York City, then relocated to Mid-City, Los Angeles. Tilford rebranded the gallery as Band of Vices, and along with partners Darryl E. Wash, Melva Benoit & Melvin A. Marshall, opened their flagship location. In addition to its contemporary art base, Band of Vices also offers rare works by Modern American Masters and has participated at auction with SWANN Auction Galleries. The gallery has been the subject of recent profiles, location film shoots and various collaborations with Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay & OWN TV, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Artnet News, Los Angeles Magazine, ARTsy, NBC/Universal Television, KCRW, DiscoveryLA, Adidas + Bephie, CurateLA, KCET, Whitewall.Art, the Observer, Art and Cake, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Revolt TV, Black Art in America, Supersonic Art, Culture Hog, Forth Magazine, Artillery, BEYONCÉ.com and other media outlets. They have participated in internal partnerships with Zoom Communications, TIME magazine, The Capital Group and most recently, have been included in the source guide from HBO’s Black Art: In the Absence of Light. In 2018, Academy Award nominee Ms. Angela Bassett also served as Guest Curator for one of their exhibitions. Band of Vices believes in disrupting the model... The digital publications of the gallery will soon be found in the archives of New York’s The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Member of the newly-formed Gallery Association Los Angeles (GALA).