Phone Number: 0492 149 053
Email: catherine@catherineasquithart.com
Web: www.catherineasquithart.com
Catherine Asquith
1996 B.Litt. (Hons.), Sociology, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
1995 Summer School in Shakespeare, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
1991 B.A., Art History, La Trobe University, Victoria, AustraliaJune 2016 - present: Patron Member, Florence Guild
February 2016 - present: Art Advisor, inART
February 2015 - present: Board Member, Sydney Art Zone
February 2006– June 2013: Member, Australian Commercial Galleries Association
November 2010– November 2011: State Chair (Vic/TAS), Australian Commercial Galleries Association
November 2010– November 2011: Member of the Board, Australian Commercial Galleries Association
February 2009 – November 2013: Convenor, Collingwood Arts Precinct
2013 to present Catherine Asquith Art, Melbourne, Art Advisor
2003 to 2013 Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne, Owner and Director
1997 to 2003 Catherine Asquith Art Consultancy, Melbourne, Art Consultant
2000-2001 artnet.com, New York/Berlin, Senior Account Executive, Asia-Pacific Region
1999 Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Curatorial manager
1998 to 1999 Phillips Auctions Australia, Assistant Manager, Paintings Department
Former Melbourne based gallerist now art advisor, Catherine Asquith has an academic background in Art History, extensive international travel and residency and, in excess of 20 years working within the Australian art market, and latterly, the Asian and International art market, across both the primary and secondary sectors.Catherine’s art expertise comprises Australian Modernist, Contemporary and Indigenous art, S.E. Asian Contemporary art, and International Modern, Post war and Contemporary art.
Currently managing several corporate collections and developing a number of private collections, Catherine is frequently engaged in advisory and consulting roles on curatorial projects across various sectors including commercial and residential property developments nationally, in addition to museum and cultural infrastructure projects, internationally.
Catherine Asquith is a member of the Art Consulting Association of Australia, an AVAA Certified Practising Valuer (Auctioneers and Valuers Association of Australia), a member of the City of Melbourne’s external assessment panel (visual arts) and a member of international arts professional platform, Art Mavens, and provides advisory and appraisal services to the global art consultancy, Velvenoir.
February 2017