Suzy Sikorski
Specialist
Suzy Sikorski is a Specialist of Middle Eastern 20th & 21st Century Art, based out of Dubai and part of a team building Middle Eastern art auctions within regional and international sales. Since joining the Dubai team in 2017, Suzy works on building Middle Eastern art auctions, private selling exhibitions and valuations in the region and abroad that has historically recognised Christie’s as one of the global market leaders for modern and contemporary works from the Arab and Iranian world. She continues to develop key Middle Eastern and Post-War & Contemporary consignments in international and private sales as part of a fresh new strategy for the region within a Middle Eastern market that has achieved growing international appetite across private and institutional buyers.
Originally from New York, Suzy is a Fulbright Scholar (2016-2017), with a research focus on modern Gulf Art History and completed a Bachelor’s Degree at Fordham University, with a major in Middle East Studies and minors in Art History and French.
Suzy speaks French and intermediate Arabic, travelling extensively throughout the Middle East region, with over seven years of residing in Dubai since studying abroad as an exchange student at American University of Sharjah.
Suzy’s extensive work across commercial and curatorial sectors is also demonstrated through her active interactive and informative programming, as found across social media: her art storytelling platform Mid East Art, in podcasts, lectures, and published essays along with collaborations at embassies and cultural foundations within the region.