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| Art Services 2000 Ltd. |
Art Services 2000 Ltd. is a private company founded
to lend assistance, information and professional fine
art research, consulting and appraisal services to the
art profession, legal profession and the general public.
to lend assistance, information and professional fine
art research, consulting and appraisal services to the
art profession, legal profession and the general public.
Credentials
Our Director Mark Alexander founded the company as a result of the many requests he received
for information and honest guidance in the highly specialized and often perplexing world of fine art.
Mr. Alexander received his Masters of Fine Arts degree in Visual Art from Florida State University
in 1975. He is the past Director of Art Galleries at the University of Texas at El Paso, Appalachian
State University, The University of Miami, and Cameron University. He served as Curator of
Exhibitions and Education at the Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Director of the
Crealde School of Art and Managing Editor and Publisher of Art Visions, Inc.
He has taught studio art, art history art appreciation and museum studies at both the undergraduate
and graduate levels. Before founding Art Services 2000 Ltd., his private independent fine art
appraisal and consulting firm, Mr. Alexander was the Executive Director of the Deland Museum of
Art.
In his career as a museum and gallery director, exhibition curator, publisher and visual arts
consultant he has organized over two hundred exhibitions of fine art. His exhibitions, publications
and visiting artists programs have featured internationally recognized artists, scholars and critics,
including: Adam Straus, Robert Rauschenberg, Darryl Pottorf, Donald Saff, Eric Holt, Charles
Yoder, James Rosenquist, Lantz Caldwell, Jeff Whipple, Donald B. Kuspit, James Surls, Dave
Hickey, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Arthur Freed, Phil Perkis, Thomas McEvllivey, Duane Hanson,
Harmony Hammond, Trevor Bell, Jerry Uelsmann, Jack Burnham, Chris Burden, Milton Brown,
A.D. Coleman, Johann Eyfells, Don Boarman, Joel Oppenheimer, Ella Foshay, Mary Louise
Wood, Manuel Ocampo, Ummarid Eitharong and many others.
He has also had the distinct privilege of working with many private collectors during the course of
his career including Dennis Hopper, Tom Patchett and Frank Gehry among others.
Mark Alexander, AM, ISA, is a fully Accredited Member and a Graduate of the Appraisal Studies
Program of the International Society of Appraisers with a Fine Arts Specialty designation. He is a
USPAP certified appraiser and he adheres to all International Society of Appraisers and the
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Report Writing Standards and the
International Society of Appraisers ( ISA ) Code of Ethics.
He has been selected by the United States Department of Justice to work as a fine art appraiser for
the U.S. Marshals Service Department of Asset Forfeiture on cases involving artworks seized by
the FBI, DEA, and US Postal Inspectors Service.
Mr. Alexander is also the curator and originator of "John James Audubon, American Artist and
Naturalist" a nationally traveling exhibition that continues to be presented by museums throughout
the United States. Please see the Audubon and Schedule pages on this website for additional details
and museum venues .
Mr. Alexander is an independent professional member of the American Association of Museums.
for information and honest guidance in the highly specialized and often perplexing world of fine art.
Mr. Alexander received his Masters of Fine Arts degree in Visual Art from Florida State University
in 1975. He is the past Director of Art Galleries at the University of Texas at El Paso, Appalachian
State University, The University of Miami, and Cameron University. He served as Curator of
Exhibitions and Education at the Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Director of the
Crealde School of Art and Managing Editor and Publisher of Art Visions, Inc.
He has taught studio art, art history art appreciation and museum studies at both the undergraduate
and graduate levels. Before founding Art Services 2000 Ltd., his private independent fine art
appraisal and consulting firm, Mr. Alexander was the Executive Director of the Deland Museum of
Art.
In his career as a museum and gallery director, exhibition curator, publisher and visual arts
consultant he has organized over two hundred exhibitions of fine art. His exhibitions, publications
and visiting artists programs have featured internationally recognized artists, scholars and critics,
including: Adam Straus, Robert Rauschenberg, Darryl Pottorf, Donald Saff, Eric Holt, Charles
Yoder, James Rosenquist, Lantz Caldwell, Jeff Whipple, Donald B. Kuspit, James Surls, Dave
Hickey, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Arthur Freed, Phil Perkis, Thomas McEvllivey, Duane Hanson,
Harmony Hammond, Trevor Bell, Jerry Uelsmann, Jack Burnham, Chris Burden, Milton Brown,
A.D. Coleman, Johann Eyfells, Don Boarman, Joel Oppenheimer, Ella Foshay, Mary Louise
Wood, Manuel Ocampo, Ummarid Eitharong and many others.
He has also had the distinct privilege of working with many private collectors during the course of
his career including Dennis Hopper, Tom Patchett and Frank Gehry among others.
Mark Alexander, AM, ISA, is a fully Accredited Member and a Graduate of the Appraisal Studies
Program of the International Society of Appraisers with a Fine Arts Specialty designation. He is a
USPAP certified appraiser and he adheres to all International Society of Appraisers and the
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Report Writing Standards and the
International Society of Appraisers ( ISA ) Code of Ethics.
He has been selected by the United States Department of Justice to work as a fine art appraiser for
the U.S. Marshals Service Department of Asset Forfeiture on cases involving artworks seized by
the FBI, DEA, and US Postal Inspectors Service.
Mr. Alexander is also the curator and originator of "John James Audubon, American Artist and
Naturalist" a nationally traveling exhibition that continues to be presented by museums throughout
the United States. Please see the Audubon and Schedule pages on this website for additional details
and museum venues .
Mr. Alexander is an independent professional member of the American Association of Museums.
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