Amanda Sharp
Amanda Sharp (born in 1969) is an English publisher and entrepreneur, who joined Frieze in July 1991 and, with Matthew Slotover, co-founded Frieze Art Fair in October 2003.[1][2][3]
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Sharp grew up in London, where at the age of 12 she met Frieze co-founder Matthew Slotover at a bar mitzva.[2] She encountered Slotover again at Oxford University, where both were studying, dabbling in writing and editing for university publications.[2]
Slotover launched Frieze magazine in June 1991, which Sharp joined in July that year.[2][3] They co-founded Frieze Art Fair in October 2003, expanding it to New York in 2011.[1][2][3] The duo were both appointed as Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours List for services to the visual arts.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c d e Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).