AWITA Members

AWITA has brought together inspirational women working in the arts world. Membership has grown steadily and represents a cross section of females in the art world: gallerists, collectors, auction house representatives, arts journalists, museum and public sector professionals, art fair representatives/directors, academics, family offices, art advisors, academics and dealers.

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Diane Abela
Director for the Middle East at Gurr Johns
Alayo Akinkugbe Founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt
Lisette Aguilar Partner at Keystone Law
Asmaa Al-Shabibi
Director of Lawrie Shabibi
Sabina Apostoloff Sales and Gallery Assistant at Josh Lilley
Charlotte Appleyard
Director of Development & Business Innovation at Royal Academy of Arts
Mila Askarova
Owner of Gazelli Art House
Katharine Arnold Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Europe at Christie’s
Aleksandra Artamonovskaja Partnerships lead at Joyn.xyz
Anastasia Anastasiadou Gallery Manager at Michael Goedhuis Ltd

B

Allyson Bari-Guida Producer at McKay Williamson Art Gallery and Creative Agency
Jo Baring
Founder - Jo Baring Art Advisory; Director of Ingram Collection
Francesca Barra
Art Lawyer
Katy Barron
Curator
Martina Batovic
Independant Consultant
Carin Baur
Associate Director, Kew Gardens
Sarah Barker Partner at Withersworldwide
Agata Becker Director at Agart Ltd
Marisa Bellani
Founder, Roman Road
Katya Belyaeva
Director at Russian Art Map, RSA Fellow, AWITA Member, NUJ Member
Giovanna Bertazzoni
Co-Chairman of the Impressionist and Modern Art Department, Christies
Emma Bleasedale
Strategic Advisor, EKB Advisory
Lana Bountakidou
Co-Founder, Bosse & Baum Gallery
Sarah Bourghardt
Director of Hauser & Wirth
Holly Braine
Director, Head of Day Sales, Sotheby’s
Bridget Brown
Consultant - Bridget Brown Art
Bernadine Bröcker Wieder
CEO of Arcual
Rachel Brown
Strategic Development Director, SPACE Studios
Louisa Buck
Art Critic and Contemporary Art Correspondent for The Art Newspaper
Weronika Burgess
Art Consultant, Founder, Art Excelled
Clare Burnett
Former President of Royal Society of Sculptors 2015-2022
Sarah Bolwell Head of Partnerships at Burlington Magazine
Stephanie Braun Director, Karin Weber Gallery
Florence Batchelor Head of Contemporary Art at Portland Gallery
Kate Brown Creative Director at Halcyon Gallery
Adriana Buckley Founder of AB Artvisory
Katy Byatt Co-Founder of Artfeed
Emma Black Culture and Heritage Advisor, Emma Black Consulting
Andrea Buticchi Associate at CBM&Partners
Celeste Baracchi Director at Alma Pearl
Kerry Bishop Founder & Director - Know Your Place | Board Chair - Create London
Daniela Bianco Director of Client Development at Artscapy
Elif Beleli Founder & Director of Heritage Geneve Art Gallery
Olivia Bayley Director at Workplace Gallery

C

Aretha Campbell
Senior Artist Liaison at Bridgeman Images and Art Advisor at Ace Art Advisory
Livia Carpeggiani Co-Founder and Partner of Collecta
Janine Catalano
Director of Development at Whitechapel Gallery
Natasha Chagoubatova
Co-Founder of ArtCircle
Vestalia Chilton
Founder & Director of Kensington + Chelsea Art Week
Niamh Coghlan
Sales Director at Richard Saltoun
Sarah Collicott
Founder at Artscape Management
Elena Cologni Senior Research Fellow and Research Convener at Cambridge School of Art
Cristina Colomar
Artist Liaison at Gagosian Gallery
Harriet Cooper
Head of Visual Arts at Jerwood Arts
Mary Cork
Co-Director at ARCADE
Beckie Cove Business Development and Marketing Manager at Jason Bruges Studio
Pamela Crystal
Co-Chair British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel BFAMI
Cynthia Corbett Director at Cynthia Corbett Gallery & Founder The Young Masters Art Prize
Marina Cochrane Founder of Marina Cochrane Art Consulting

D

Anne-Pierre D’Albis-Ganem
France & UK Ambassador of les Cahiers d'art and Founder of the Parcours-Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Anne-Claude D'Argent
Cheffe du service Mécénat et Activités Commerciales and Paris Musées
Adelaide Damoah
Founding Member of BBFA Collective and Artist
Karen Davies
Head of Artist Development at Space Studios
Pauline De Souza
Founder and Director of Diversity Art Forum
Emma Dexter
Director of Visual Arts at The British Council
Ifeoma Dike
Founder and Ceo, Idioblast Dynamic Development UK
Elizabeth Dellert Director of Membership & Business Development at Cromwell Place
Mary Drake Director Atelier of Being
Maeve Doyle Art Critic & Artistic Director, Maddox Gallery

E

Florence Evans
Managing Director of The Fine Art Society's London Space
Maryam Eisler
Independent Arts and Crafts Professional
Aindrea Emelife Independent Curator, Art Critic, Art Historian
Nicole Estilo Kaiser Associate Director, Public Gallery
Isil Ezgi Celik Director of capitArt

F

Flora Fairbairn Founder/Director Independent Curator and Art Advisor
Whitney Ferrare
Senior Director at Pace Gallery
Katherine Finerty
Independent Curator
Caroline Fisher
MA Curation Subject Specialist at Norwich University of the Arts
Francesca Fiumano
Director, Fiumano Clase
Elise Foster Vander Elst
Head of Exhibitions, The Design Museum
Kathlene Fox Davies
Founding Director - Black Box Projects
Anne-Francoise Gavanon
Director of Frederick Mulder Ltd
Martina Fusari
Partnerships Manager at Cromwell Place
Leyla Fakhr Artistic Director, Verse
Jade Foster Curator and Strategist
Millie Jason Foster Director at Gillian Jason Gallery
Kate Fellens Business Development and Client Advisory at Strauss and Co.

G

Enam Gbewonyo
BBFA Collective Founder
Joanna Gemes
Founding Director of L'étrangère
Valerie Genty
Founder, Ethos of London
Melanie Gerlis
Journalist and Author
Sasha Gomeniuk Senior Director at Hales Gallery
Daisy Gould Curator and Researcher
Tracey Grace
Partner at GBS Fine Art
Beth Greenacre
Director at The Strand & Curator at Allbright
Jennifer Greitschus
Head of Exhibitions at Arup
Antonia Grosse
Head of Patrons at the Serpentine Galleries
Maria Galea Art Advisor & Cultural Strategist
Lucy-Anne Garnett Senior Vice President, Art Advisory & Finance | EMEA Impressionist, Modern and Post-War Art, Citi Private Bank
Olga Grishina Independent Art and Cultural Advisor and Founder of A-LINE
Cat Gardiner Owner and Curator at gallery TEN
Leonie Grainger Head of Department Postwar and Contemporary Art at Bonhams

H

Jane Hindley Chair at Collectors’ Group
Nina Hartl Director at Richard Nagy Ltd.
Elise Huff Founder of Next Up Collectors, Art Advisory
Caroline Hansberry Events and Exhibition Producer
Maria Hinel Curator, Writer

I

Lyndsey Ingram
Founder of Lyndsey Ingram Gallery
Aurelia Islimye Founder & CEO Bleur Gallery

J

Tima Jam
Founder of Blue Rhino Consultancy
Selina Jones
Partner at Scott & Co
Marcelle Joseph
Director and Curator of Marcelle Joseph Projects
Jagdip Jagpal International Contemporary Art Specialist | Founder of Silvia’s Mother Gallery | Former India Art Fair Director and International Programmes at Tate

K

Huma Kabakci
Founder of Open Space Contemporary and Development Manager at Drawing Room
Magdalena Kaggwa Communications and Projects Coordinator at Yinka Shonibare Foundation
Evangelia Kamperoglou Sales Executive at Roche Bobois
Daria Khan
Founder & Curator at Mimosa House
Anna Kirrage
Art Advisor and Consultant
Daria Kirsanova
Founder of Narrative Projects and Co Founder of Hazina Foundation (Zanzibar)
Laura Kugel
Art Dealer at Galerie J. Kugel
Annka Kultys
Founder at ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
Romana Kunz Founder & CEO at iazzu
Nicole Kaiser Associate Director Public Gallery
Alkistis Koukouliou Founding Director Ione & Mann Gallery
Flora Kessler Director of Audience and Enterprise at Serpentine
Antje Kiewell Founder and Curator, Artphilia
Madeleine Kennedy Independent Curator and Lecturer in Exhibition Studies
Lana Kadzhaia Founder of abcollab
Irene Kukota Curator, Art Manager, Lecturer and reelance Journalist

L

Silvana Lagos
Curator & Writer
Anastasia Lander
Founder of Landerlander
Nina Langford
Director at D.R.A.W Recruitment
Judith Le Roux Artist and Curator
Georgina Lewis Independent Business Consultant
Funmi Lijadu Press Officer at Serpentine, Freelance artist and journalist
Anna Lipskaya
Founder and CEO · dART METHOD
Lana Locke Senior Lecturer, BA Fine Art Painting, Camberwell College of Arts
Harriet Loffler
Curator of the New Hall Art Collection at Murray Edwards College
Sarah Le Quang Sang Founder of For Goodness Sake and SLQS Studio
Paola Lucente Director and Curator at Procreate Project
Tessa Lewis Marketing Director, Halycon Gallery
Katrine Levin Founder of Katrine Levin Galleries
Fuensanta Soriano López Patrons Manager at Tate
Anaïs Lerendu Artist and Partnerships Manager at Artiq
Victoria Law Solicitor and Founder at Victoria Law Projects
Helene Love-Allotey Head of Sales and Specialist for Modern and Contemporary African Art, Bonhams
Kathy Lin Trade Partnerships Manager at LiveArt
Melanie Liaw Co-Founder and Director at Duelle Studio

M

CeCe Manganaro
Exhibitions Director at Karsten Schubert London
Belinda Martin Artist Consultant and Co-Founder of Lava Art Project
Jessica McBride
Founder and Director of Dellasposa Gallery
Sarah McCrory
Director at Goldsmiths CCA
Kate McMillan
Artist & Teaching Fellow at King's College London
Victoria Helena Mihatovic Artist, Finance/Business Coach and Head of Finance at Random International
Coline Milliard
Executive Editor, Art Basel
Kimiya Minoukadeh Art Collector & Patron
Jane Morris
Editor-at-large the Art Newspaper and Cultureshock
Sid Motion
Founder and Director of Sid Motion
Lady Alison Myners
Chair of the Royal Academy Trust
Lizzy Mason Associate Director at Ben Hunter Gallery
Paula Mickute Digital Project Manager at Substrakt and a Founder of Artnresto
Lindsey Mendick Founder/Director at Quench Gallery
Christina Makris Author and Apollo Magazine regular features writer
Davina Mallinckrodt Chair of Cockpits Arts
Anna McHugh Partnerships Manager at Art Money
Megan Moncrieff Head of Operations Development at White Cube
Martha Mosse Director at Paul Smith's Foundation

N

Helen Nisbet
Artistic Director for Art Night, Arts Council Collection's Acquisitions Committee
Devon Nocera
Strategy and Partnerships at Pelham Communications
Liberté Nuti
Fine Art Specialist and Art Dealer at Härb Nuti
Maria Nekrasova

O

Lea O'Loughlin
Co-Director at Acme Artists Studios Ltd
Maggie O’Regan
Founder of InSitu Art Consultants Ltd
Reine Okuliar
Art Historian
Katherine Oliver
Founder of Oliver Projects
Louise Oram Independent Communications Consultant and Director at Button Collective
Tova Ossad
Founder of Ossad Art Management
Péjú Oshin Associate Director of Gagosian
Amy Orrock Art Historian and Curator
Asli Ozok Artist and Academic, Professor of Art and Painting at the University of Seville
Nese Otimur Research Associate at SOAS University of London

P

Hannah Payne
Founder of The Art Five
Sara Pearce
Arts Advisor
Jessica Persson Conway
Manager of Art Programme & Philanthropy at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
Catherine Petitgas
Art Historian and Philanthropist
Helen Pheby
Head of Curatorial Programme at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Francesca Filippini Pinto
Global Gallery Director at Magnum Photos
Arianne Piper
Founder and Director of Arianne Piper Art Advisory
Martina Poiana Art Researcher and Curator
Virginie Puertolas-Syn
Freelance Art Consultant
Kim Puchois Founder @MuseMuse app
Sissi Pan Managing Director at HdM Gallery (Europe)

Q & R

Danielle Radojcin Journalist and Broadcaster; Founder In Talks With
Leslie Ramos
Philanthropy Advisor, Arts & Culture. Co-Founder, The Twentieth.
Sherece Rainford
Founder and Gallerist at Gallery OCA
Emma Ridgeway
Chief Curator and Head of Exhibitions and Learning at the Museum of Modern Art Oxford ltd
Angela Roldan Global Sales Director at Art Money
Stéphanie Ruth Independent Curator and Art Historian
Beatrice Ridley Art Advisor, Beatrice Ridley Art Advisory
Destinee Ross-Sutton Founder & President of Destinne Ross-Sutton & Assoc, Ross-Sutton Gallery
Emma Quinn Director of Cnaipe Limited.
Marina Ruiz Colomer Head of Middle Market Sales, European Contemporary Art, Sotheby’s
Tara Rastrick Regional Managing Director, Christie’s, 20/21st Century Art

S

Isabel Sachs
Founder of I LIKE NETWORKING
Sylwia Serafinowicz Managing Director of Blessed Foundation
Abi Shapiro Assistant Curator, The Hepworth Wakefield
Catherine Shearn
Founder of Vertigo Projects
Sadie Sherman Gallery Director, TAFETA, specialising in 20th-century and Contemporary African Art.
Jessica Shiel Arts Manager, Vital Arts
Freya Simms
CEO of Lapada
Lisa Slominski
Cultural Producer of Slominski Projects and Co-Founder of Art et al.
Caroline Smith
Coach and Artist at the Guildhall School
Tina Sotiriadi
Co-founder Director of HS Projects and art critic
Beatrice Spengos
Co-Founder of Ione & Mann
Zoe Sperling
Director at Hauser & Wirth
Diana Spiegelberg
Deputy Director at Somerset House
Rakeb Sile Co-Founder Addis Fine Art
Jo Stella-Sawicka
Senior Director at Goodman Gallery and Co-founder of London Gallery Weekend
Gemma Stewart-Richardson
Freelance Marketing and Creative Services
Charikleia Stringa Business Development and Marketing Assistant at Jason Bruges
Maria Sukkar Collector
Helen Sunderland-Cohen Director at Lucet Limited
Sneha Shah Director, Curator and Collector
Poppy Sebire Sales Director, Frith Street Gallery
Aphra Shemza Managing Director Estate of Anwar Jalal Shemza and Artist
Sonnet Stanfill Senior Curator, Textiles and Fashion, Victoria & Albert Museum
Nicole Saikalis Architect, Collector, Consultant and Founder of WeArt Projects | Circolo | Saikalis Bay Foundation
Natalie Savva Co-Founder, Director at Studio Naama
Cyrielle Secrestat Provenance Researcher

T

Nadine Talalla
Arts writer and painter
Rakhi Talwar Owner of RTalwar Compliance
Catherine Thomas
Owner and Director of Art Acumen
Nicola Togneri
Art Consultant and Artist Representative
Anne-Marie Tong
Founder of a.i. Gallery
Ehryn Torrell
Doctoral Researcher at Loughborough University
Jade Yesim Turanli
Founder and Director of Pi Artworks
Claire Toole Artist Lead at Avant Arte & Director at Newcube
Joanna Turney Co-Founder of Artfeed

V

Giada Vaghi
Art Consultant
Maria Varnava Founding Director Tiwani Contemporary
Marlene Von Carnap
Director at Michael Werner Gallery
Bina Von-Stuaffenberg Independent Fine Art Professional
Paola Myriam Visconti Art Historian, Writer and Founder of 71STRUCTURALART

W

Claire Walsh
Director of Brunswick Arts
Rachel Wang
Founder and Director of Chocolate Films
Alexandra Warder
Co-director of Bosse & Baum and freelance curator
Rosanna Widen
Director, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Auction, Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie's
Caroline Widmer Director and Co-owner at Pickles PR
Cornah Willis
Head of Art at Quintessentially
Riley Winnifred Grant
Secretary at Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Sarah Wiseman
Gallery Director at Sarah Wiseman Gallery
Caroline Worthington
Director of the Royal Society of Sculptors
Sophie Wright
Photography and Art Consultant
Caroline Widmer Director and Co-Owner of Pickles PR
Mandy Wang Art dealer, Curator, Advisor
Hannah Watson Director at TJ Boulting Gallery
Alys Williams Founding Director at VITRINE
Elizabeth Weeks Partner at Rosenblatt

Y

Burcu Yuksel
Artkurio Consultancy
Binnaz Gül Yeter
Gallery Manager at 50 Golborne
Victoria Yanakova Honorary Ambassador, Cultural Ambassador, Art Collector, Patron of Kostaki Collection & OursetFund.

Z

Daria Zlobina Media Strategy Manager at Warner Bros. Discovery
Mariam Zulfiqar Director of Artangel