Sofia Urbina Puertas

Sofia Urbina, the driving force behind Art Advisory Services (www.artadvisoryservices.org) has worked in the art world since 1998. Her experience is the result of working in New York and London where she has lived for 10 and 5 years respectively. Sofia has worked at Christie’s, several galleries, and at art publications at Brandt Publications and LTB Media. She has also curated photography shows in NY and Dubai and has been the correspondent for several cities at Arte y Parte magazine. In addition, , Sofia has given talks on contemporary art and its market at Caixa Forum Barcelona, Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, and the young art fair Just Mad in Madrid.

Sofia has collaborated in the cultural section of ok Diario (2017- 2018) and ABC Cultural (2018). Since 2018 she successfully teaches the class “Contemporary Art and its market” at IE University.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Founder at Art Advisory Services (www.artadvisoryservices.org), 2008 – Present

• ALBION GALLERY Gallery Director, London, UK, 2007

• ART + AUCTION, MODERN PAINTERS, LTB Media New York, NY Sales Executive (regions included USA and Latin America), 2005 – 2006

• ART IN AMERICA, Brant Publications New York, NY Sales Executive (regions include US East Coast, Latin America, Spain, Greece, Italy, Israel, Switzerland, Portugal), 2003 – 2005

• LATINCOLLECTOR, Gallery Director New York, NY, 2001 – 2003

• Video Blog at ABC CULTURAL, Artview, Madrid, Spain: Exclusive speaker for the Contemporary Art section (abcblogs.abc.es/art-view), 2018 – Present

• OK DIARIO, Madrid, Spain. Weekly correspondent for the Arts section, 2016 – 2018

• ARTE Y PARTE MAGAZINE, Santander, Spain: NY and London Correspondent Santander, Spain. Bimonthly articles on exhibitions focused on the Spanish and Portuguese markets, 2001 – 2005

• Adjunt Professor at INSTITUTO DE EMPRESA, Madrid, Spain. English seminary: Contemporary Art and its market, 2017 – Present

• Abbas Kiarostami at Meem gallery in Dubai, UAE, 2009

• Hugo Tillman at Elementa gallery in Dubai, UAE, 2008

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• CUNY, HUNTER College and Graduate Center New York, NY Art History, concentration in Contemporary Art, 2000 – 2004

• MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE, New York, NY BA- Art History, 1997

• JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY Rome, Italy, 1993 – 1996

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• CUNY, HUNTER College and Graduate Center New York, NY, 2000 – 2004

• Art History, concentration in Contemporary Art.

• MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE, New York, NY BA- Art History, 1997