Parker Open · Art and galleries
Your art store,
organized by artist.
Parker Open is a Shopify theme created by Mister Mikel for galleries, artists and stores selling prints and editions: a page for every artist, with their bio and all their work underneath, and a product page with technique, dimensions, support, edition and signature. It’s free if you install it yourself. And if you’d rather skip the wrestling, we set it up for you.
This may sound familiar
A painting is not a phone case.
Most Shopify themes put one artwork next to another: title, price and a photo. No artist, no technique, none of what makes someone take a piece home.
People who buy art don’t buy an object. They buy the person who made it.
The artist has no place
No bio, no background, no “all their work” in one place.
The product page falls short
Technique, dimensions, support, edition, signed or not. It doesn’t fit in a generic product page.
Originals and prints, all mixed up
The one-off piece and the reproduction on the same shelf. Each needs its own place.
The collector is far away
Languages and currencies to reach Europe and Latin America without making a mess.
In Parker, the author. Here, the artist.
The same idea, told for your gallery.
A gallery with exhibitions? Each exhibition can be a collection with its own page, and each artist gets theirs.
What Parker Open brings for art
Built to sell work with a name behind it.
A page for every artist
Portrait, bio and background at the top. Exhibitions or statement in a “More details” dropdown. Underneath, all their work.
Artwork product page
Up to five fields with whatever label you want: technique, dimensions, support, edition, signature. Plus type and year.
Filter by type
Original, print, limited edition, object. The catalog filters by type with no extra apps.
“By the same artist”
On every piece, the rest of what you have by the same artist, right underneath.
Bilingual and international
Spanish and English with a language selector and a country/currency selector for selling outside Spain.
You run it yourself
Adding a product or changing a price takes two minutes. On Shopify, without touching code. Two styles to choose from.
How it looks
Three stores, one theme.
A painter made up for the demo. Her page tells how she works and how to commission a piece; underneath, two originals and a print, with technique, dimensions, support and signature on each product page.
See Ane Olano in the demo →
Five screen prints by a printmaker, also made up. Here the lead is the series: its page explains the print run and the paper, and underneath are the first screen print and the complete portfolio.
See the series in the demo →A small gallery with ten artists. Each has a page with a bio and available work; each piece’s product page states technique, dimensions, support and whether it’s signed.
How to get it
Two ways to get Parker Open.
The theme is the same either way. What changes is who installs it.
You install it yourself.
Write to us and we’ll send you the theme in both styles, with its guide. Upload it to your Shopify, load your catalog and start selling.
- Parker Open Classic and Parker Open Contemporary
- Installation and setup guide →
- No odd sign-ups, no small print
We set it up for you.
We install it and adapt it to your brand inside your Shopify store: artists, catalog, payments, shipping, languages. And we show you how to run it yourself.
- Installation and fitting to your brand
- Artists, catalog, payments and shipping set up
- Training at handover and a fixed proposal
Frequently asked questions
What people usually ask us.
Which Shopify theme works for an art gallery?
Parker Open, Mister Mikel’s free theme, is built for exactly that: every artist has a page with their bio and all their work, and each piece’s product page carries technique, dimensions, support, edition and signature.
Can I sell originals and prints in the same store?
Yes. The type filter separates original, print and limited edition, and each artist gathers everything of theirs on their page.
Does it work for a single artist?
Yes. If you sell your own work, the lead can be each series or collection, with its story at the top and its pieces underneath.
Does it work for digital products?
Yes. High-resolution downloads, wallpapers or courses by the artist are sold with apps such as Digital Downloads, and Parker Open presents them with the artist alongside.
Does the demo have an art section?
Yes. The demo has a painter with two originals and a print, and a series of numbered screen prints, each with its own page. See Art in the demo →
Does it work for selling outside Spain?
Yes. It comes bilingual (Spanish and English) with a language selector and a country/currency selector, built for selling to Latin America and Europe.
Is it free?
Yes. If you install it yourself, the theme costs nothing: we send it in both styles with the installation guide. What has a price is having us set it up and adapt it, if you’d rather.
What if I want you to set it up?
It depends on your catalog and on what you need. We don’t post a sticker price: tell us about your case and we’ll send a specific proposal with a fixed timeline. See the service →
Parker Open
Selling something else?
The same theme works for other catalogs with an author or an origin. See Parker Open →
Let’s talk
Shall we set up your art store?
Ask for the theme and we’ll send it over. Or tell us what you sell and where it gets stuck, and we’ll come back with a fixed proposal within 24 hours. And if you like, take a look at the demo first.