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Professional work in the art world, with letters of reference, exhibition catalogs and press coverage.

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Résumé

  • 2011-2018Managed private studio, bought and sold secondary market artworks for collectors and for my own account from my studio in Hell’s Kitchen, NY.
  • 2007-2011Consulted with Artists Rights Society (ARS) and Art Resource on business development strategies. Developed a campaign to expand new member artists and museums. Advocated advancing the Artists Resale Royalties initiative by organizing and moderating a panel on Artists Resale Royalties at NYU’s La Maison Française and had the transcript of the proceedings published in the IFAR Journal (International Foundation for Art Research Vol.12 No.4 2011). Co Curated HENRI MATISSE: Writers on Paper, Selected Drawings and Prints from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation at NYU’s La Maison Française.
  • 2005-2007Founded, Directed and Curated MEET A MUSEUM, a museum initiative which brought focused exhibitions to Midtown Manhattan from museums worldwide. I negotiated with museum directors and curators, proposed exhibitions which were curated in collaboration with them, managed their formats and accompanying events. Supervised all functions which included managing logistics shipping, insurance, installations, writing announcements, brochures, catalogs and press releases. Co-Produced a documentary on “Hide/Seek Difference and Desire in American Portraiture”, an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery Washington, which was aired by PBS.
  • 1999-2005Private Investigator, focused on art related investigations for law firms with art recovery and art insurance practices as well as galleries and private clients. Developed and Instructed “Global Issues in Art and Crime” at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. Organized and moderated a panel discussion titled “Cultural Genocide: Keys to Political, Economic, Religious and Cultural Dominance” at The New School, New York.
  • 1993-1999Co Published, in collaboration with Museum Towers Editions, prints and portfolios by contemporary artists which are in private and museum collections including MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums San Francisco, The Whitney Museum, The Brooklyn Museum.
  • 1989-1993Estate of Pierre Matisse, worked with the trustees on issues of conservation management, blind distribution of art to heirs and institutions.
  • 1983-1989Art Director at Condé Nast magazines, designed editorial and promotional materials for Vanity Fair, Vogue, GQ, House & Gardens.
  • 1981-1983Graphic Designer/Storyboard artist for 35mm film, Tropicana Animation Studios, Los Angeles.
  • 1980-1981Art director/storyboard designer for animation and commercial industrial shows, New York.
  • 1973-1980Account Executive, Ross Woodruff Advertising, London.

Education

  • St. Joseph’s College, Manorhamilton, Ireland
  • B.A. Balinafad College, Ireland
  • Art Students League, New York
  • National Academy of Design, New York

Museum directors and curators, letters of reference

Letter from Linda S. Ferber, Executive Vice President and Museum Director, New-York Historical Society, August 16, 2008
Linda S. Ferber, Executive Vice President and Museum Director, New-York Historical Society, August 16, 2008
Letter from Joan Rosenbaum, Helen Menschel Goldsmith Director, The Jewish Museum, February 7, 2007
Joan Rosenbaum, Helen Menschel Goldsmith Director, The Jewish Museum, February 7, 2007
Letter from Franklin W. Robinson, The Richard J. Schwartz Director, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, January 16, 2008
Franklin W. Robinson, The Richard J. Schwartz Director, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, January 16, 2008
Handwritten letter from the Office of the Director, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, signed Willard, March 14, 2007
The Office of the Director, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, signed Willard, March 14, 2007
Letter from Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director, Norman Rockwell Museum, May 14, 2008
Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director, Norman Rockwell Museum, May 14, 2008
Letter from Barbara Rose, Consultant for International Exhibitions, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, June 2, 2008
Barbara Rose, Consultant for International Exhibitions, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, June 2, 2008
Letter from Alessandra Carnielli, Executive Director, Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, September 23, 2008
Alessandra Carnielli, Executive Director, Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, September 23, 2008
Letter from Thalia Vrachopoulos, Associate Professor, Art and Music Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, December 17, 2008
Thalia Vrachopoulos, Associate Professor, Art and Music Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, December 17, 2008

A sample of MEET A MUSEUM exhibition catalogs

MEET A MUSEUM brochure: Alex Katz, Early Paintings, The Farnsworth Art Museum, March 15 to May 4, 2007, The Gallery at the Park Avenue Bank
Alex Katz, Early Paintings, The Farnsworth Art Museum, March 15 to May 4, 2007, The Gallery at the Park Avenue Bank
MEET A MUSEUM brochure: Andy Warhol, Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century, The Jewish Museum, January 18 to March 2, 2007, The Gallery at the Park Avenue Bank
Andy Warhol, Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century, The Jewish Museum, January 18 to March 2, 2007, The Gallery at the Park Avenue Bank
MEET A MUSEUM brochure: Norman Rockwell, Drawings for Classic Saturday Evening Post Covers from the Norman Rockwell Museum, April 22 to June 6, 2008, The Gallery at the Park Avenue Bank
Norman Rockwell, Drawings for Classic Saturday Evening Post Covers from the Norman Rockwell Museum, April 22 to June 6, 2008, The Gallery at the Park Avenue Bank

Henri Matisse exhibition catalog

Catalog cover: Henri Matisse, Writers on Paper, Selected Drawings and Prints from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation

Henri Matisse: Writers on Paper, Selected Drawings and Prints from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Co-curated at NYU’s La Maison Française.

Publicity

Managed all press contacts for reviews and articles published in a broad range of news outlets including The New York Times, The Art Newspaper, New York Magazine, The New York Sun, and Yahoo.

Television production story consultation

Co-Produced documentary Hide/Seek Difference and Desire in American Portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC. Aired on PBS stations nationwide.

Watch Hide/Seek on YouTube

Public programming

  • NYU: organized and moderated the panel discussion Artist’s Resale Royalties. Transcript published in IFAR Journal Vol.12 No.4 2011. IFAR Journal
  • The New School: organized and moderated the panel discussion Cultural Genocide: Keys to Political, Economic, Religious and Cultural Dominance.

Media coverage of MEET A MUSEUM exhibitions