Maker Verified provides an independently administered certification that your organization can reference alongside its own curatorial, seller-review or trust processes.
FOR GALLERIES & PLATFORMS
A trusted signal for human authorship in the age of generative AI.
Maker Verified gives galleries, marketplaces and creative platforms a credible way to recognize certified creators, communicate human authorship accurately and give buyers a public record they can verify.
WHY MAKER VERIFIED
Support human-made creativity without creating another review system.
Build Buyer Confidence
Give buyers a recognizable signal that connects a human-authorship claim to a published Standard and an official registry record.
Support Certified Creators
Give artists and makers a meaningful way to carry certification into exhibitions, listings, profiles and buyer communications.
Keep the Claim Consistent
Use approved language and assets so the meaning of certification remains accurate wherever the creator and their work appear.
WHERE IT FITS
Make human authorship visible at the point of discovery.
The Mark can appear alongside a certified creator in exhibitions, profiles, listings, editorial features, seller pages and printed materials. Its value comes from staying connected to the individual and to a registry record buyers can check.
For Galleries
Use certification as an additional trust signal when reviewing artists, preparing exhibitions, writing biographies, communicating with collectors or presenting work online and in print. It strengthens the creator’s story while remaining separate from curatorial judgment, provenance research, authentication and appraisal.
For Creative Platforms
Use certification in creator onboarding, profiles, seller education, featured collections, editorial content and trust workflows. The registry provides a consistent verification destination without requiring the platform to recreate or broaden the certification claim.
A PRACTICAL WORKFLOW
Four steps for bringing certification into your experience.
Keep the public claim connected to the certified individual and the official registry.
Confirm Current Status
Search the registry using the creator’s name or certification number before relying on the claim.
Match the Creator and Claim
Confirm that the registry name and certification number match the materials or profile you were given.
Use Approved Materials
Use approved assets and language without implying that your organization or every individual work is certified.
Keep Verification Accessible
Connect the public claim to the official registry so buyers can confirm current status directly.
VERIFY A CREATOR
Check the registry before displaying the Mark.
Search by the creator’s name or certification number. The registry confirms the certified individual’s name and certification number. An optional directory profile may be available separately when the creator chooses to publish one.
THE PUBLIC MEANING OF CERTIFICATION
A meaningful claim with boundaries that protect its value.
What It Confirms
The individual named in the registry completed Maker Verified’s application, signed commitment, interview and review against the published Standard for human authorship.
What It Does Not Confirm
Certification does not certify your organization, judge artistic quality or value, establish ownership, authenticate individual works or guarantee a transaction.
What Your Organization Retains
Your organization remains responsible for curation, seller review, provenance, authenticity, legal compliance, transactions and any other due diligence appropriate to its role.