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Qualifications: Gregory Ghent
Employment
Assistant Manager, Los Robles Galleries, Palo Alto, CA. 1975-1981.
Bought, sold, and appraised ancient and modern art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; as well as modern and contemporary American and European art, unique furniture, crafts, and folk art.
Owner, Gregory Ghent Fine Arts, Inc., San Francisco, CA. 1981-1989.
Planned and coordinated all aspects of a fine art gallery exhibiting ancient and modern art from Africa, Oceania, and The Americas. He was the west coast distributor of the Peter G. Wray Collection of Pre-Columbian art and the Bruce Lawes collection of art from New Guinea.
Exhibited and sold contemporary and modern art by both well-known masters and mid-career artists.
Directly helped build art collections now valued in the millions of dollars.
Developed an international network and established permanent relations with collectors, art dealers, appraisers, museums and other art professionals.
Appraiser of Personal Property, nationwide, 1975 - present.
Passed the Uniform Code of Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice examination as required by the Federal Appraisal Foundation, Washington, D.C. and administered by the American Society of Appraisers and the International Society of Appraiser. He has continuously produced professional reports for insurance, tax deductible donations, estates, claims arbitration, and division of property settlements. Values at times in the millions of dollars. He is an associate and advisor to several general personal property appraisers nationwide. He has completed countless appraisals of major gifts of art to public institutions, all accepted by the Art Advisory Panel of the IRS. Uniquely qualified, Mr. Ghent is a nationally recognized expert in the Art of Africa, Oceania, and The Americas, as well as Modern and Contemporary Art.
Curator of public exhibitions of African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian art, 1990 - present:
Aberrations & Oddities: Tribal Curiosities (co-curator), the Firehouse at Fort Mason, San Francisco, February, 2005.
The African Mask as Sculpture, University Art Gallery, California State
University at Chico, 1990. Essay in exhibition brochure.
Before Columbus: the Art of Ancient West Mexico,
traveling exhibition: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA, and University Art Gallery, California State University at Chico, 1992. Essay in exhibition brochure.
African Alchemy: Art for Healing in African Societies, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA, 1994. Catalog essay and full descriptions of each artwork.
Emblems of Passage: Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA, 2002. Catalog essay and writer and editor for descriptions of artworks.
Shamanic Power Objects (Consultant), University Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward, 2002-2003.
Touched by Wonder: The Ethnographic Collections at the Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, CA 2006.
Appraiser, Cataloguer, Department Manager:
Ethnographic Art Department, Butterfields auction house, San Francisco and Los Angeles, 1994 - 1995.
Butterfields was the third largest auction house nationally and the fourth largest worldwide. He appraised a wide variety of Africa, Oceanic and art of the Americas. Created twice yearly sales with illustrated catalogues of 250 to 500 artworks for each auction.
Director and Specialist in Charge:
Modern, Contemporary, and Latin American art department, Butterfields auction house, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, 1996 - 1999.
Appraised a wide variety of Modern and Contemporary art and created twice yearly sales with illustrated catalogues of 250 to 500 artworks for each auction, with sales of $3.8 million in 1998 alone.
Consulting appraiser for several local auction houses, 1999 - present.
Director of the Fine Arts Department, Michaan's Auctions Alameda, CA April 2010 - June 2011.
Art critic and writer
Magazines Feature articles and exhibition reviews published in:
Visual Dialog
Peninsula
African Arts
Arts d'Afrique Noire
Books:
John Haley, 1993
African Alchemy: Art for Healing in African Societies, 1994.
Emblems of Passage: Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, 2002.
Scheduled publications (working titles): Touched by Wonder: The Ethnographic Art Collections of the Hearst Art Gallery (2012)
Elected
Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, President of the Advisory Board, 1990-92.
Friends of Ethnic Art, Board Member and President (2 terms), 1980-1995, 2004-2008, currently on the Advisory Board.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (The M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum), Member of the Ancient and Tribal Art Committee, 1989 - 2002.
The Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, Board of Trustees, 1998 to 2003.
Haley Charitable Foundation, Richmond, CA, Administrator and Trustee.
Village Relief Foundation, Board Member, 2004 – 2008.
Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Board Member, 2004 – present, Chairman of the Board 2011 - present.
Juror
The Sedona Contemporary Arts Festival, Summer, 1998.
Artist's Invitational, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, April, 2000.
Television appearances
Antiques Roadshow guest appraiser of Modern and Contemporary art: P.B.S., U.S., 1996-98.
HGTV cable (Home and Garden television) guest appraiser of Modern and Contemporary art, in cooperation with Butterfields auction house, 1998-1999.
Bali Television (Indonesia), interview at contemporary art opening, broadcast during morning and evening primetime April 25 & 26. Also an article about Gregory Ghent published in the Bali Post (in Indonesian), April 19, 2003, page 2.
CBS, San Francisco Bay Area, Numerous episodes of "Eye on the Bay", May 2010 - June 2011, discussing various aspects of the art market. Research Travel Outside California
Extensive travel and research into cultural arts of West Africa, Indonesia, the American Southwest, Mexico, Panama, and Turkey. In Europe he studied the ethnographic art collections in Tervuren (Brussels), Amsterdam, Berg-en-Dal, Leiden, and Paris. Soon you be able to visit web pages dedicated to his travels in the Links pages.
Qualifications: Scott McCue
Education: University of California, Berkeley, B.A. degree in Anthropology1974, specializing in Archaeology and
Ancient Cultures. Studied with Robert Heizer and William Bascom, field work in early American Indian
cultures including Lovelock Cave, NV. Extensive travel and research in museums and field work in Europe, Middle East, Indonesian and Japan.
Employment:
Manager, Gersh Photo, Berkeley, CA 1972-84, working with artists, students, and professionals.
Owner, Scott McCue Photography, Orinda, CA 1974 to present, working with a wide range of artists, museums,
galleries and commercial clients. Developed specialty in photographing all types of artwork. Past and current clients include Museum of Modern Art, SF, CA, Museum of African Art, NY, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, James Willis Primitive Art, S.F. CA, Tanbaran Gallery, NY, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, SF, CA. Artworks Foundry, Berkeley, CA, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, Northpoint Gallery, SF, CA, Bekris Gallery, SF. CA, John Berggruen Gallery, SF, CA, Solomon-Dubnick Gallery, SF, CA,
Artists: Stephen De Staebler, John Toki, John Battenburg, Bruce Beasley, Judy Mckie, Lorraine Vail, Nathan Oliveira, David Ruth, Margaret Keelan,
Owner, McCue Tribal Art, Orinda, CA 1984 to present, exhibiting and selling art from Africa, Oceania and the
Americas, providing fine works of art to private clients, dealers and galleries. Operated as an art gallery with exhibitions at Caskey-Lees Tribal art shows in San Francisco and Santa Monica, Kim Martindale Tribal Shows in Marin, CA, and planned, organized and ran art shows in Emeryville and San Francisco, CA 1990 – 2003. 2002 to present created and maintained website: www.mccuetribalart.com for online sales worldwide.
Owner, McCue Gallery 83, Orinda, CA 2009 to present. Exhibition gallery showing and selling contemporary art
including bronzes, ceramics, glass and paintings.
Appraiser of Personal Property, nationwide, 2002 to present.
Produced professional documents for insurance, tax deductible donations, and estates
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Curator of public exhibitions of African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian art, 1990 to present.
Emblems of Passage: Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA, 2002 with Gregory Ghent.
Touched by Wonder: the Ethnographic Collections of the Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA, 2006 with Gregory Ghent.
Planned: The Power of Patina, 2013 with Gregory Ghent.
Collector: 1974 to present. Built collection based on knowledge from University of California, Berkeley and private
study covering areas of Africa, Oceania, the Americas, Indonesia, the Near East and ancient Middle East.
Magazine articles and publications: African Art magazine, Arts d’Afrique Noire magazine, Tribal Arts magazine, Art
Forum magazine, Ceramic’s Monthly magazine, American Craft magazine, Arts of Asia magazine,
Bonhams, and other numerous catalog and exhibition publications.
Book projects:
Stephen De Staebler, The Figure 1988 Chronicle Books.
Before Columbus: The Art of Ancient West Mexico, 1992 Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
Nathan Oliveira, Figurative Works, 1958-1992 1992, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
African Alchemy: Art for Healing in African Societies, 1994 with Gregory Ghent.
Land of the Morning, Treasures of the Philippines 1995 SF Craft and Folk Art Museum
C.S.Price, Landscape, Image and Spirit 1998 Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
Mentawai Art 1999 Carpenter and Wiggers, Archipelago Press
Jack Schnier, Art Deco and Beyond 1998 Mills College, Oakland, CA
Emblems of Passage: Art of Africa, Oceania, and The Americas, 2002 with Gregory Ghent. SF Craft and Folk Art Museum, SF, CA
Early Artists of the Bohemian Club 2002 Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
Masquerade and Revelation, A William Wolff Retrospective, 2002 Hearst Art Gal., St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
Remnants of Ritual, Selections from the Gelbard Collection of African Art 2003 Ethnos Pub.
Aberrations & Oddities in Tribal Art, 2004.
Art of the Lesser Sundas 2005 Granucci, Didier Millet pub.
Touched by Wonder: Ethnographic Art at St. Mary’s College, 2007 with Gregory Ghent.
The Comprehensive Keith: The Hundred Year History of the Saint Mary's College Collection of Works by William Keith 2011 St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA
Matter and Spirit: Stephen De Staebler 2012 UC Press, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Elected: Board Member and past President of the Friends of Ethnic Art, 1986 - 2008. Elected recording secretary1992-1996, elected president 1996-98, 1998-2000, currently on the advisory board
Member of the Ancient and Tribal Art Committee, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (The M. H. De Young Memorial Museum), S.F., 1989 - 2002. Assisted in auctions of Tribal material at S.F. Craft and Folk Art Museum and Friends of Ethnic Art functions. Attended numerous auctions and art fairs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, London and Paris.
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