Blaise Barber is an independent contemporary fine art advisor, dealer and curator.

A native New Yorker, Blaise traded her Upper East Side limestone stomping grounds for Charleston’s historic cobblestones in 2018.  

After attending The Chapin School, Blaise earned her BA in Art History (cum laude) and MA in Art Business (with merit) from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art, where her thesis addressed collateralizing ephemeral video art in art finance.  

Blaise then cut her teeth at Sotheby’s New York, supplying the contemporary art specialists with confidential long-term strategy to ensure the top echelon of collectors did not wander across Central Park to Christie’s.

After then representing emerging artists under her own shingle, Blaise attended Fordham Law School, where she was an associate editor of the Law Review.  As a litigator at Wall Street’s oldest law firm, Blaise represented activist investors in proxy fights before then working as a public servant on the U.S. District Court in Charleston for four years. 

Now, as a product of her environment, Blaise harbors the restlessness of a New Yorker and embraces the linger of the South. A relentless eye for detail with a quiet study. Bold, but considered.

Blaise combines her sharp eye for talent, market acumen, and love for storytelling to support contemporary art collectors, collaborators, and creators.