Anthony Moya, who has a long history of fraud, is running a vanity art gallery called Effeleven Gallery in the River North area of Chicago. He is a known scam artist from his prior career as a fashion photographer. There are scads of reports on the internet about his history of fraud and poor business practices.
He is at it again. He rents wall space to painters and artists for a fee and charged commission if he sells their art work. His business practices are fraudulent. He has not been paying the commissions to the artist who sell their work. He accepts fees for rental space that he does not have. He has not paid his employees and was evicted his original gallery space on Institute Place for failure to pay rent. He is now not paying rent at his current gallery.
If you purchase art here, be aware the artist will not get paid or will have to threaten to sue him to get any money. If you display art - beware that you will be ripped off and not paid if your work sells. Very little artwork sells - he is just interested in the fees from wall space. He does nothing to promote your work to buyers.
He has a long history of business fraud. (Primia Facie, Redvalet photography, Earbound Magazine, BHIP style, MODEX Photo expo rip off described on MUSEcube, evictions from several past studios, lawsuits from employees who were never paid).
Beware
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