+ People / Founders & Keepers
Operators and makers, not analysts. Every keeper has run a room of their own.
Founder & Managing Partner
Brandon started Folklore House with one conviction: the corner shop is the last real institution left. He has spent his career inside operating rooms and holding structures that refuse to trade culture for scale, and now deploys capital, aligns partners, and protects the long horizon. His job is to make sure the art outlives the spreadsheet.
Partner, On Skin
Ryuu has spent two decades moving between traditional irezumi and contemporary machine work, and he treats skin as a living archive. He sets shop standards, builds apprenticeship pipelines, and makes sure the business never forgets that the needle is older than the spreadsheet.
Partner, On Body
Sloane came up on the barbershop floor, where the chair is a confessional and a crew is a family. She designs apprenticeship systems, shop economics, and founder transitions that keep the original crew in the room while the business grows into something that lasts.
Partner, On Walls
Cole treats walls as public infrastructure, whether they live in a white cube, a skate shop, or the side of a warehouse. He runs openings, print programs, and collector lists that move artists from solo shows to sustainable careers without sanding off their edge.
