Focusing on female artists only, Valeria Napoleone has assembled a pioneering collection that has been growing for over 25 years. She is also the founder of ValeriaNapoleoneXX a platform dedicated to increasing the representation of female artists in major public museums and institutions.

Valerie is an independent curator and gallerist based in Dallas. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of New England in Portland and curatorial practice from New York University.

Pencil on Paper Gallery was awarded Best Art Gallery in Dallas in 2021, Best Art Space in Dallas in 2023 and Best Art Gallery for Emerging Artists in 2024 by D Magazine.

Jerry Saltz is an American art critic. Since 2006, he has been senior art critic and columnist for New York magazine. Formerly the senior art critic for The Village Voice, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2018 and was nominated for the award in 2001 and 2006. He is also the author of New York Times Best Seller “How To Be an Artist”.

Liz founded her business as an art advisor in 2012 after working as an in-house curator for a corporate collection. Recognizing the need for professional art advisory services, she established Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design, an art gallery and full-service art advising firm working with personal and corporate collections.

Sarah Brook is an art gallery and community-driven space. They work closely with a group of artists across a wide range of media, including painting, photography and sculpture.

Lakwena has created works in the public realm internationally, from installations at Tate Britain, Somerset House and the Southbank Centre in London, to a juvenile detention centre in Arkansas, a monastery in Vienna, and the Bowery Wall in New York City.

Her intensely coloured, large-scale, graphic design-inspired murals have taken over the streets of London, New York and Miami with hopeful affirmations and striking colour-schemes.

Kitty is Subject Matter’s Artist Director and Curator. Kitty co-founded a business programme with London's Royal College of Art and over the last 7 years she has curated exhibitions across London. Kitty is passionate about the sustainability of artist careers and she regularly participates in artist groups and workshops to help build a sustainable art career.

A seasoned art consultant having worked with both emerging and well established blue chip artists. I received formal training in Fine Art at the Fashion Institute of Technology and have an inherent knowledge of process. I am able to communicate clearly with clients regarding all aspects of the art market and facilitate all levels of collecting.