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GEORGINA CASPARIS Email: Tel: + I Citizenship: Swiss j May 29, 1982 EDUCAT ON Aug. 2008- CHRISTIE'S EDUCATION Dec. 2009 Masters of Arts in 'Contemporary Art History, Flistory of the An Market & Connoisseurship' NY, USA Criminate with Hammers: Awardfir Ad Historicaland Critual Understanding Dissertation: "Ai IFeirei — Forinalising Utopia" 2001-2006 CENTRAL ST. MARTINS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN London, UK Bachelor of Arts in 'Graphic Design' — Specialisation in Illustration Additional courses: Photography, Experimental Drawing & Typography 1998 PARSONS UNIVERSITY NY, USA Visual Design - Pre-University 1986-2000 INTER COMMUNTIY SCHOOL (International School) Zurich, CH International Baccalaureate, IGCSE EXPER ENCE From May '10 CHRISTOPHE GUYE GALERIE Gallery Director Zurich, CH Contemporary Art Gallery - Leadng role in set-up of the gallery: company structuring, artist & work selection, administration, and entire visual appearanceAD - Sales & client relation; artist liaison & work selection; organisation of exhibitions, including PR and creation of catalogues; research; administrative work; intern supervision May-June '10 ART BASEL 41 —Art Parcours Assistance Basel, CH - First-time special exhibition project positioning contemporary performance and installation art in the city of Basel Jan.-May '10 SOTHEBY'S AUCTION HOUSE Assistant/Internship Zurich, CH - Assistant to Director; Client Services Oct.-Dec.'09 CHRISTIE'S AUCTION HOUSE Post War & Contemporary Department Internship NY, USA - Assistance prior to, during and following the auctions of Autumn 2009: in-depth research, working on the catalogue, setting up of the auction exhibitions, specialist support, client liaison, administrative work Sep.'07- DU — DAS KULTURMAGAZIN An Director / Personal Assistant to Editor-in-Chief Walter Keller June '08 International German-written Ms Magazine. founded in 1941, Switzerland Zurich, CH - Responsible for the complete re-design of 'DU', incl. typeface, logo, and layout; overall visual appearance - Art direction of magazine: layout, artist & image selection, contact with artists, galleries & writers, proofreading May-Sep.'07 KELLERKUNST Creative Assistant / Personal Assistant Zurich, CH Freelance curator and publisher Walter Keller; Co-Founder of Parkett art magazine, Founder of SCALD Publishing and the Swiss Photography Museum in Winterthur, and director of the gallery Walter Keller - Working on exhibition projects; searching for new talent, installation of exhibitions, curatorial assistance - Publishing projects: text writing, graphic design e.g. exhibition catalogues incl. layout, image selection, design - Personal assistance: administrative and office work 2005-'07 I-MANAGEMENT LTDJMICHEL COMTE ESTATE Artist Liaison (pan-time) Zurich, CH International photography/art trading company - Liaison during museum exhibition preparations, such as 'Michel Comte Retrospective', NRW Forum, Dusseldorf, and '30 Years Michel Comte', Zurich Museum of Design, 2009 - Assistance to Curator of Exhibition: 'The Face of Pace', Pinakothek Der Madame, Munich, 2005 Oct. '06- PATRIZIO DI RENZO Creative Assistant April '07 International Photographer Zurich, CH - Creative & personal assistant: creating visual ideas for photo-shoots, administrative work incl. running the studio May-Oct.'06 VIVIENNE WESTWOOD Department of Visual Merchandising/Graphics London, UK International womens & mans prat-a-porter label - Interior visual concept of stores (worldwide), window display design and in-house graphic & fabric design 2002-'04 MICHEL COMTE Personal Assistant LA, USA International Fashion and Celebrity Photographer: Italian. German & American Vogue. Vanity Fair, Interview. etc & Paris, FR - Personal assistant to Michel Comte ind. client contact, organisation of shoots, bookings & post-shoot responsibilities; development of photographs, scarring and digital storing - Photographic assistant for numerous shoots (8 x 10 and 4 x 5 format) 1999-'02 VIVA, MUSIC TELEVISION Pan-time, and then full time Presenter Zurich, CH Music Television Station (largest MN Competitor in Europe) - TV presenter for live-broadcasted shows, ind. interviews with people from music, fashion, arts and nightlife 1998-2000 CHINDERHUUS Pan-time job as supervisor Zurich, CH Daytime Children's Home for disadvantaged children - Supervision of, helping children ages 7 to 13; giving advice and support with personal and school problems SK L L S Languages - Fluent: English, German & Swiss German; Proficient: Italian & French Computer - Microsoft Office, ArtDimensions, Photoshop, Ilkistrator, InDesign & SketchUp EFTA01091479