Principals

Zesty Meyers is a pioneering figure in design, art, and curatorial innovation, continuously reshaping how to think about and collect objects. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1969, Meyers co-founded the radical performance collective the B Team in 1990. The group redefined the boundaries of glass as a medium by integrating molten glass into live performances that combined elements of craft, fine art, and theater. The B Team’s groundbreaking work is currently being chronicled in an upcoming documentary by the Corning Museum of Glass, with their archives preserved in the museum’s Rakow Library.

In 1997, Meyers co-founded R 20th Century (now R & Company) with fellow B Team member Evan Snyderman. Under their direction, the gallery has become a global leader in collectible design, known for reviving interest in historical design, including icons such as Verner Panton, Wendell Castle, Greta Magnusson Grossman, Joaquim Tenreiro, and Sergio Rodrigues. Meyers also contributed to the publication of Brazil Modern: The Rediscovery of Twentieth-Century Brazilian Furniture in 2016, the first internationally available inquiry into Brazil’s significant design history.

Beyond his gallery work, Meyers is deeply involved in arts advocacy and education. He serves on the Board of Governors at the RISD Museum, is a board member of Arch Athens, and sits on the National Council of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. His commitment to fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and supporting emerging artists continues to influence the evolving landscape of contemporary art and design.

Evan Snyderman is the co-founder and creative director of R & Company. With a career rooted in the discovery, promotion, and preservation of design, Snyderman has played a central role in reintroducing major historical designers to contemporary audiences, including Wendell Castle, Greta Magnusson Grossman, and Verner Panton. Under Snyderman’s artistic leadership, R & Company has also championed a new generation of designers, including Jeff Zimmerman, The Haas Brothers, Katie Stout, Roberto Lugo, David Wiseman, Rogan Gregory, Joyce Lin, and Jolie Ngo—many of whom launched their careers with the gallery.

 Snyderman has designed countless exhibitions and fairs over the years and curated multiple museum shows, including Greta Magnusson Grossman: A Car and Some Shorts (Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm, 2010), Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms, Works from 1959–1979 (Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut, 2012), and SuperDesign: Italian Radical Design 1965–1975 (Italian Embassy, Toronto, 2017). A contributor to critical design scholarship, Snyderman has published texts on a wide range of twentieth- and twenty-first-century movements, including on the Italian Radicals and for the Objects: USA series. Snyderman also produced the 2017 documentary film SuperDesign alongside filmmaker Francesca Molteni and curator Maria Cristina Didero.

Born in Philadelphia in 1970, Snyderman earned his BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology (1992) and MFA from the Tyler School of Art (1994). Early in his career, Snyderman received a Wheaton Fellowship and gained a teaching position at Urban Glass in Brooklyn. He was also a member of the renowned hot glass performance group The B-Team. Today, Snyderman serves on the Board of Directors of Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado.