My work experience spans the art, law and finance sectors.
I’ve worked at an auction house, a non-profit and conducted art market research
After interning as a cataloguer in the Post-War & Contemporary Art department at Christie’s, New York, I joined a non-profit as a research fellow studying Korean artists working in America.
While I was an MA student at Christie’s, I also worked for a fine art appraiser conducting research on the specific sector of contemporary art, and I continue to work with her today. My research experiences have led me to advise on assessing an artist estate (active during the 1960s-80s) and assist as advisor for purchases and sales.
I also wrote and published artist books.
My first experience as a project manager for an artist book in 2018 helped me to create my own book on the virtual environments of Animal Crossing during the pandemic. It also became the catalyst for a creative collaboration that is part of an artist’s on-going practice in multi-media and performance.
I understand the grant-making process.
Part of my volunteer work involves heading a grants committee at a non-profit where I assess community-based grant requests for funding. I am also on the grant policy committee for another community organization. As a result, I’m familiar with written grants and the necessary steps to take for supporting documents, including following up for renewal or post-grant reports.
I’ve dealt with legal and finance issues.
My legal career started in London, where I worked in banking finance, and ended in New York, where I worked in securitization. I then moved to a rating agency and worked on securitizations and renewable energy. In total I worked in finance for over 14 years. While I do not practice law any more, nor engage in finance work, I do have transferable skills from my career in each sector.
If you need more detail about any of my experiences, I have a fuller LinkedIn profile.
Background image: Glass skyscrapers rising up to a blue sky dotted with clouds. Photography by Matthew Lee.