Cynthia Corbett

Cynthia Valianti Corbett, a native of Marlborough Massachusetts is the Director of The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, an international contemporary art gallery which has an annual exhibition programme and regularly exhibits at contemporary art fairs.

Cynthia trained as an art historian at Christie’s Education before launching her gallery in 2004. Prior to this, she had a high-profile career as an international economist specialising in emerging markets and was the architect and founder of the debt conversion plans for most of Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1980s. Cynthia was a regular commentator in the financial broadsheets at the time in both New York and London.

Cynthia obtained a BA honours at UMASS Amherst in Political Science and an MA from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy – Tufts / Harvard Universities, whose notable alumni include Lord Michael Dobbs (House of Cards fame), ambassadors from many countries, and the former President of the Juilliard School in New York.

Since opening her gallery, Cynthia’s original stable of artists have all established successful careers and Cynthia enjoys the process of identifying trends and supporting fledging careers (from emerging markets to emerging artists), and with this in mind launched The Young Master’s Art Prize in 2009 which is a unique not-for profit competition, open to international and UK-based artists. The prize aims to give an international platform and exhibition opportunities to both emerging and established artists. The Prize was founded to celebrate artistic skill and innovation with awareness of the Old Masters and the art of the past. In 2014, the Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramic’s Prize was launched to showcase the growing renaissance in ceramics world-wide and 2017 saw the addition of the Young Masters Emerging Women Artist Award.

Cynthia Corbett is a founding member of the Association of Women Art Dealers (AWAD) and an AWITA member, BFAMI supporter, patron of the Tate, Serpentine Gallery, The V&A, a friend of The Royal Academy of Arts and ArtAngel Angel and a member of both The Arts Club in London and the Norwood Club in New York.

Cynthia’s other passions include theatre, travel and Jazz singing. She is married with one daughter and lives in Wimbledon, London.

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