About
Founder and CEO
Barbara Koz Paley is the Founder and CEO of Art Assets, an art consulting firm that integrates art and culture into real estate projects and art programs for the corporate community. Innovative products and services of Art Assets include ArtLease, a tax-deductible lease designed to acquire fine art for real estate and other companies.
Art Consultant
Ms. Nee has nine years of combined experience in art consulting and management. Most recently, she worked with the Harvard University Real Estate Academic Initiative, an interfaculty, interdisciplinary program focused on real estate research and education across the University. Prior to REAI, Ms. Nee worked as a project manager and administrator for several art consulting firms and institutions, including Sotheby's Auction House and the Institute of Contemporary Art. Ms. Nee has a range of international experience and has worked in London, Dublin and Toronto.
Curator
Born in Afghanistan and raised as a young teenager in the United States, Ahmady is an independent art curator, educator, and a noted specialist in art from Central Asia. For over ten years, Ahmady has designed unique gallery spaces all over New York, implementing innovative programs that welcome varied art forms. She is also Director of Asian Contemporary Art Week (ACAW) at Asia Society, an annual citywide event showcasing artists at leading Museums and galleries across New York City
CURATOR
Ombretta Agrò Andruff has lived in New York City since 1998 where she works as an independent curator and art critic. Born in Turin, Italy, in 1971 she graduated from the University of Art and Literature in Siena, Italy, in 1995 and holds a post-graduate degree in International Cultural Management from the ICCM in Salzburg and Fitzcarraldo Foundation in Turin. In 1996 she started her career as a curator of a not-for-profit space, VELAN, dedicated to showcase the work of emerging Italian and international artists.