28/07/2022
MRK Contemporary is thrilled to announce and introduce James Bacchi Art Consulting and Advisor to MRK Contemporary Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
James Bacchi is a prominent Art Consultant, Curator and Collaborator who has and continues to enjoy conducting art business in New York, San Francisco, Palm Springs since 1998, and now partnered with internationally exhibiting artist Meena Kamal ‘s MRK Contemporary art gallery as an art Consultant /Advisor in Dubai, UAE. Bacchi continues to represent and exhibit a rotating, diverse contemporary collection of works in various media by many of the outstanding East and West Coast Artists that captured his attention beginning back in the day including Artist Meena Kamal, owner of MRK Contemporary in Dubai UAE
As an accomplished Gallerist, Bacchi co-founded the award-winning ON THE WALL in New York’s East Village and Jagendorf-Bacchi in SOHO. In the early 1990’s, his interests became increasingly drawn to art consulting. Bacchi left the gallery business, and accepted an offer to join ArtVue, a Manhattan-based corporate Art Consulting Firm owned by one of his clients. In 1996, he partnered with Art Consultant Annette Schutz and opened ArtHaus, soon voted “Best Art Gallery” on the BAY AREA A-LIST for three years running. In 2016, the San Francisco Small Business Administration recognized the gallery’s outstanding contributions to the community, and unanimously voted ArtHaus for inclusion on the SF Legacy Business Registry.
Embracing the changes of how to conduct business, brought on by The Pandemic, Bacchi felt the need to reinvent. Drawing from many facets of his professional career, he launched James Bacchi Contemporary, a boutique Art Consultancy and by-appointment Collectors Art Salon, in Palm Springs, CA on September 1, 2021.
James Bacchi Contemporary focuses on representing and sourcing contemporary art worldwide for presentation and placement with private collections, corporations, and museums. The New York and California architectural/interior design communities continuously utilize his expertise in selecting site specific art and orchestrating large-scale commissioned works and installations.
Over the years, Bacchi has curated, lectured, and juried exhibitions for Arc Gallery, Google, The Children’s Aid Society, Manhattan International Arts, The Academy of Art University, Coupar Consulting and the International Mobile Photo Awards.
