Sharon Chrust, AAA
Sharon Chrust has been involved in the Contemporary Art market for over 25 years. In 2003, she started Sharon a Chrust & Associates, which provides appraisal and art consulting services to private and corporate clients. She has attained the highest accreditation of the Appraisers Association of America, that of a Certified member and is the Immediate Past President of the Board of the organization. In addition, Sharon has been an adjunct instructor at New York University in the Appraisal Studies program, is an instructor for the Appraisers Association of America's CASP program, and was President of the Board of Franklin Street Works, a non-profit arts space in Stamford, Connecticut.
Sharon has participated in a number of national and international panels, and discussions on art and art appraising, in cities as diverse as Shanghai, New York City, Greenwich, and Sarasota. She has been quoted in articles in Artnews, and Artsy.
Prior to starting Sharon Chrust & Associates, Sharon was a gallery director at the Waterside Art Gallery in Stamford, CT, a docent at the Whitney Museum of American Art and worked in the public relations department of the Cooper Hewitt Museum. She has a Masters in Art History from Hunter College, a BA from Boston University, has completed the Certificate of Appraisal Studies at NYU and has passed the Uniform Standards of Appraisal Practice Exam.