Soltesz Fine Art Consulting

Melissa Soltesz has been working in the fine art gallery business for over 16 years.  In 2007 she founded Soltesz Fine Art Consulting, a business specializing in fine art appraisal.  Ms. Soltesz has extensive experience in art acquisitions, collection management and appraisals.  She has assisted numerous clients to acquire art and has appraised works by internationally acclaimed artists including Ansel Adams, Marc Chagall, Richard Diebenkorn, Sam Francis, Nam June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, Auguste Rodin, Andy Warhol and many others.

Ms. Soltesz has a degree in Art History and is affiliated with the American Society of Appraisers.  She serves on the Executive Council of the Young Benefactors at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and is in her second term on the Park City Public Art Advisory Board.

EDUCATION:

• October 2008             

• February 2006- November 2006     

University of California, Irvine

Certificate in Appraisal Studies in Fine & Decorative Arts

UCI in partnership with American Society of Appraisers (ASA).

• February 2006           

USPAP for Personal Property Appraisers

• August 2000              

“The Avant Garde and the Photographic Image 1920s-1960s”,  Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

• 1992-1996

Marist College Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art & Art History

EXPERIENCE:

• Soltesz Fine Art Consulting

Park City, Utah

President, Appraiser, January 2007-present

• Julie Nester Gallery

Park City, Utah

Art Consultant, February 2006-present                                 

• Terzian Galleries

Park City, Utah

Assistant Director, October 2004-January 2006                    

• Scanlan Gallery

Park City, Utah

Assistant Director, September 2002-October 2004   

• Zabriskie Gallery

New York, New York

Assistant Director, April 2000-May 2001

• Old Town Gallery,

Park City, Utah

Art Consultant, December 1996-September 1999 & June 2001-April 2002

• Barrett Art Center/Dutchess County Art Association

Poughkeepsie, NY

Administrative Assistant/Projects Coordinator, January-June 1996

RELATED EXPERIENCE: 

• 2010 Panel Discussion: Collecting Art. Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
• 2010 Kimball Arts Festival, Juror.  Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
• 2010 Panel Discussion: Art Collecting & Appraisal. Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT 
• 2009 & 2010  Artist in Residency Program, Juror.  Spiro Arts, Park City, UT

AFFILIATIONS:

• American Society of Appraisers, Candidate Member
• Public Art Advisory Board for the City of Park City,Elected Member
• Young Benefactors Executive Council, Utah Museum of Fine Arts