Portrait of Anita Rogers

Photo by Hunter Canning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anita Rogers is the owner of British American Household Staffing, British American Talent, and Anita Rogers Gallery in SoHo, New York.

Rogers was born in Swanage, Dorset in the United Kingdom. Her father is Jack Martin Rogers, a fine artist who worked in a variety of styles and mediums.

Growing up in Greece and Turkey, Rogers was exposed to art and music at a young age and first began singing at the age of nine, accompanied by her father, who played the lute, bouzouki, and guitar. Rogers later trained as a classical harpist and opera singer. Prior to her permanent move to New York City, Anita performed in Italy, Ireland, Greece, and England. Rogers hold a  degree in Ethnomusicology from The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).

In 2012, Rogers founded British American Household Staffing, the nation’s leading domestic staffing agency. BAHS provides staff for high-end homes, private aviation staff and crew for super-yachts around the world. BAHS is headquartered in NYC with offices in Los Angeles, as well as Miami and London. BAHS provides staff to clients who live and work on the east and west coasts of the US, as well as the United Kingdom, Europe, Central and South American, the Middle East, and the Caribbean.

After many years spent in the entertainment industry as a professional singer, Rogers founded British American Talent Management, a talent management firm that represents a roster of UK born and trained actors, as well as a select group of American performers. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles and New York City, and represents an established and eclectic variety of artists.

Since opening its doors in 2016, Anita Rogers Gallery has shown work from painters and sculptors, both figurative and abstract. The gallery’s international artist roster includes Anas Albraehe, Virva Hinnemo, Henry Mandell, George Negroponte, Jack Martin Rogers, William Scott, Robert Szot, Mark Webber, and Mahreen Zuberi.   Many of the gallery’s primary market artists have works in the permanent collections of prominent museums, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and the Morgan Library and Museum. The gallery has exhibited work by secondary market artists, including David Hockney, Brice Marden, Ben Nicholson, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, and William Scott.