About me
Emerging Art Curator with strong knowledge of Contemporary Art and passion for connecting art to new audiences.
Warm and caring hard worker offering a deep appreciation for the arts and history. Recognized for sheer determination in achieving objectives when performing detail-oriented projects. Highly organized professional who makes sound judgement calls and accurately assesses daily priorities within fast-paced, high-volume work setting. Quickly and easily gain the trust, confidence, and respect of staff, management, clients, and people of all ages.
Advanced user of Office Suite / Application, and InDesign, Photoshop and vGallery. Completely fluent in English and French. Expert in customer relationship management with a knack for giving customers full attention; passionate about improving a customer’s situation by providing the best service possible – all while resolving problems with calm and grace.
Work history
Team Assistant & Office Manager
Writing catalogue essays for the Contemporary Art Evening and Day sales (October 2015) And New Now Sale (December 2015)
Helping specialists write proposals for upcoming auctions
Researching artworks for upcoming Contemporary Art Day and Evening Sales in October 2015 (using the department library, online databases, offsite libraries and archives)
Developing and implementing new administrative systems (I created a "Building Location Books" database)
Preparing Fact sheets for upcoming auctions, such as New Now (December 2015)
Managing filing systems
Taking installation shots of the works for the Departmental Administrators
Working under pressure with deadlines in a busy environment
Assistant Curator & Assistant to Albert Benamou
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Curating:
Art Paris Art Fair 2015 - Le Grand Palais - Paris
- Selected Artists Li Hongbo, Xoang Choi, Aidan Salakova, Zhong Biao, Huang Yan, Almagul Menlibayeva, Wolfgang Stiller
- Selected Artworks
- Artist researches
- Coordinated shipping from Asia to Paris
- Scenography
- Exhibition set up
- Sales & Negotiations
Writing artist's essays for upcoming events
Researching artwork for upcoming events
Art collection classification
Managing diaries and travel arrangements
Managing day-to-day social media
- Increased Facebook +2x to 5000 followers (from 2450 in October 2014)
- Increased Instagram to 700 followers (from 0 in October 2014)
- increased Twitter to 250 followers (from 0 in October 2014)
Developing and implementing new administrative systems
Responding to customer enquiries and complaints
Maintaining the condition of the office
Recording office expenditure and managing the budget
Managing filing systems
Working under pressure with deadlines in a busy environment
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Skills
- Events
- Marketing PR
- Visual Arts
- Graffiti
- Public Art
- Fine Art
- Problem Solving
- Project Management
- Social Media Marketing
- Event Organisation
- Relationship Management
- Indesign
- Office
- Photoshop
- Powerpoint