Our Story

Now, more than ever, where we spend our money matters. Making the investment in art to start our collections, adorn our personal spaces or to celebrate a loved one deserves to be one-of-a-kind. MRKT allows for meaningful procurement of unique works of art, whilst supporting underrepresented, emerging creatives. 

Unlike other art-selling platforms*, we support our artists with fair compensations of 60%, while providing a seamless experience for art enthusiasts to discover incredible talent. It is our hope that this initiative confronts ‘elitist’ characteristics often associated with the buying and selling of art and design, and therefore invites a more inclusive earnings bracket to the field.

*When compared to fees by Etsy, Fy, and more.

Meet The Team

Ravista Mehra

CO-FOUNDER AND CO-CEO

Ravista Mehra is an Educator and Visual Storyteller based between New Delhi and London. She has a BFA in Graphic Design, and Comparative Literature & Creative Writing from the Rhode Island School of Design. And an MA in Visual Communication from the Royal College of Art.

As a creative practitioner her design practice lies in decolonising the human narrative through the interdisciplinary fields of graphic design, experiential design, and post-colonial history. Mehra was chosen as one of the top 20 designers under the age of 35 in India, by DesignxDesign for her ongoing research and work in human conscious storytelling, through projects Broken Englizh and Icons of People of Colour.

Zarna Hart

CO-FOUNDER & CO-CEO

Zarna is a Trinidadian art director, curator, lecturer and writer based in London. Currently teaching at UAL Camberwell College of Arts, Kingston University, and University for the Creative Arts, Zarna focuses on design theories and practices towards anti-colonialism, and means of archiving in the post-colonial context.

The mêlée of her Caribbean heritage and academic background inform her sensibilities in her design practice and global perspective of culture, as she often works with designers, artists, institutions to design, curate and write about projects of all scales. Zarna is an alumnus of Cardiff Metropolitan University (2014-17) and the Royal College of Art (2022-23). 

Sara Gibson

Artist Relations & Cataloguing

Sara Gibson Lopez (she/her) is a designer and barista based in London. She recently graduated from a BA in Graphic Design at Kingston University, currently working in the spheres of publishing, creative facilitation and art research. Her design values are centered around sustainability, community participation and approaching design from a decolonial and intersectional feminist perspective. Having lived between Mexico City and London throughout her life, she is interested in international forms of visual communication in different contexts, and is an avid collector through photography, digital and physical archives. She leads a self initiated artist collective - Splinter, which serves to empower artists of colour through creating networks and community. Outside of design Sara enjoys the culture of tattoos, coffee and plants.

Lola Komolafe

SOCIAL MEDIA & DIGITAL MARKETING

Lola Komolafe is an East London-based graphic designer, illustrator and storyteller with a spark for bringing alive the humanity behind brands. Her design thinking is shaped greatly by the world views and lived experiences of the communities around her, bringing new facets and perspectives to light.

In 2021 she received her Foundation Diploma in Visual Communication from Kingston School of Art, and in 2024 completed her Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design at Camberwell College of Arts.