Michele Thursz

Statement:

As a curator, I look at the artist’s process as a map of the now. In this action, all my exhibitions, productions are conceptualized.

Art and Life surpass the expected.


I am an independent curator and consultant based in New York City and Santa Fe, New Mexico. I have served as director of contemporary and outsider art galleries, media collectives, and art advisory companies, as well as consulted private collections.

I studied painting and art history at The Art Institute of Chicago and completed my master's in Curatorial Studies at The School of Visual Arts.

I am an accredited member of the Appraisers Association of America. I am Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) (compliant through September 2024).

Currently, I am a collection manager for a private collection in Palm Beach, Florida, Boston, and NY. I advise on art-related business as a disinterested party to transactions. I advocate for works of art that cannot speak for themselves and keep strict professional codes of confidentiality. I assist in pre-purchase due diligence of condition reports and valuation for independent information before entering into a purchase agreement and then ensure its care through its disposition to the next caretaker.

As an appraiser specializing in Pre War, Contemporary, and Emerging art valuation for estate, insurance, and charitable donations for IRS purposes. I have written donation reports from private collections to museums. The artists range from Mark Bradford, Betty Saar, Roman Oplaka, Francesco Clemente, Louise Bourgeois, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono, Man Ray, Jenny Holzer, Pepe Espaliú, Nam June Paik, Wang Quingsong, T Tracey Moffat, and more.

As an independent curator, I specialize in contemporary art and screen base- technology-driven artworks. Recently, I co-organized a colloquium,

Projects and Platforms: Exploring the culture of NFTs.

I have written and led public conversations about contemporary art and related professional issues. She has been a guest cultural producer as a critic for Creative Capital, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon, and taught thesis writing and research for the MFA, The School of Visual Arts, NYC. She is on the Board of Directors of Harvest Works, NYC, and the editorial board, University of California, Academic Journal, Resonance: Sound and Culture.

My actions have been reviewed and featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Wired, Art Forum, Art in America, Frieze, LA Times, and Asia Art Pacific.

Affiliation:

Accredited Member of Appraisers Association of America

Board of Directors, Harvestworks Digital Media Art Center, New York

Editorial Board, University of California, Academic Journal, Resonance: Sound and Culture