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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Curator and advisor to both private and corporate collections. Extensive knowledge in all facets of the art world, both curatorial and administrative, national and international, commercial and not-for-profit with a career concentration in 20th and 21st century modern and contemporary art.

 

 

Amiel & Phillips fine art services, New York, New York and CA                                                                                                                                2003-Present

President/Owner

 

Karen Amiel Modern and Contemporary Art, New York, New York                                                                                                                             1984-2003                                    

President/Owner                                                                   

 

Central Park Conservancy, New York                                                                                                                                                                                2003-2005

Co-Chair, Target Benchmarks Central Park and Picturing Central Park, fundraising events featuring 

commissions by national and international contemporary artists

 

Artnet

Senior Art Advisor (consultant), New York, New York                                                                                                                                                    2001-2003 

 

Vice President of Content Development and Promotions                                                                                                                                            2000-2001

 

Director of Project Development                                                                                                                                                                                       1999-2000

 

Senior Specialist, 20th Century Art                                                                                                                                                                                              1999  

 

FORMER POSITIONS AND PROJECTS                                                                                                                                                                             1973-1984

 

Delahunty Gallery, New York, New York                                     

Director

 

Multiples, Inc./Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York    

Associate

 

Congreve Publishing Company, New York, New York           

Associate Editor and Consultant

  • Devised and edited Antonio's Girls (illustrations of Antonio Lopez), co-publisher Thames and Hudson, London

  • Edited Eye For Elegance, a monograph of the work of George Hoyningen-Huene

 

Waddington Gallery, London and New York 

Associate Director

 

Arts Council of Great Britain, London, England                           

Curator of the Arts Council of Great Britain Collection 

 

Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

Museum Assistant

 

American University, Washington, D.C.

Art History Slide Librarian

 

RELATED ART AND PUBLISHING PROJECTS   

  

Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia, New York Consultant to Print Department

 

Consultant to Alliance Capital Management Corporation, New York, catalogued major collection of 20th century American prints 

 

Consultant to the Arts Council of Great Britain, London, selected and negotiated loans for major 20th century traveling exhibition 

 

Advisor to artist Sol LeWitt, produced book of black and white drawings for Paula Cooper Gallery and John Weber Gallery, New York

 

Palais Thurn and Taxis, Bregenz, Austria                                                     

Exhibition Selector and Organizer (major exhibition of history of Post-War British Art)

 

Landseer Productions, London, England                           

Film Consultant

 

London Weekend Television (ITV), London, England                   

Creative Consultant on “Lives,” a documentary based on an exhibition organized by Karen Amiel by same name at Serpentine Gallery, London

 

Viscom, London, England                                           

Creative Consultant for documentary film, “How Does it Feel," with David Hockney, Michael

Tippitt and R.D.Laing   

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 

  • Art Galleries Association, England (past)

  • Museum Association, England (past)

  • Former Trustee, Arts Horizon, New York

  • Former Board member, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

  • ArtTable, New York (currently inactive)

 

LECTURER

  • San Jose State University (guest lectures to BFA students)

  • New York University, New York (Master in Arts Professionals course)

  • Fashion Institute of Technology, New York

  • New York Academy of Art, New York

  • Art Appraisers Association of America, New York

  • Baruch College, New York

  • Indiana Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

 

EDUCATION

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, MFA

American University, Washington, D.C., B.A., Fine Art and Art History

San Jose State University, San Jose CA (summer program)

Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri