The Unit London is not limited to one particular genre or medium, but instead strives to represent the best emerging artists. “We look for originality, someone who is unique but also technically gifted. I would say that our top five selling artists all use different mediums, too.” The Unit’s top-selling artist is Ryan Hewitt — a self-taught painter who uses oil to create contemporary surrealist portraits that are nothing but highly engaging — who is highly sought after, particularly by the bigger galleries. Hewitt is part of a tight-knit group of “core artists who all feed into this young energy.” explains Chris. Despite the gallery being in its infancy, it’s got its sights set on joining the big boy’s table. “It’s a very young gallery but we have so much energy” Chris exclaims excitedly. “We are thinking about moving to Mayfair and into a space that’s bigger than our current one. We want to level up.” Chris and his colleagues aren’t getting ahead of themselves, though. “We’re not up there with the Gagosians or Blain Southerns, yet, but to secure a space across the street would get us a seat at the table.” Whilst the aforementioned galleries have earned their reputation over numerous decades, the fact that the Unit London is less than five years old is astonishing and the way its covered so much ground is through hard work and utilising Instagram from the latter’s infancy, which is a tool that few established galleries used until recently.