Mark Alexander

Director and Owner of Art Services 2000 Ltd. Fine Art Appraisals and Consulting since 1999

Curator: John James Audubon, American Artist and Naturalist, a nationally traveling exhibition 2003- 2011



Education:

Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Course 2010

International Society of Appraisers Re-qualification Course 2010

International Society of Appraisers Re-Qualification Course 2005

International Society of Appraisers Fine Art Specialty Course 2004

International Society of Appraisers Fine Art Specialty Course 1999

International Society of Appraisers Appraisal Studies Courses 1999

Post Graduate Studies in Art Education Rollins College 1977

Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art, Florida State University 1975

Bachelor of Arts in Art, University of Central Florida 1972


Experience:

Director / Owner Art Services 2000 Ltd. Fine Art Appraisals 1999 - present

Executive Director Deland Museum of Art 1998- 1999

Director of Art Galleries University of Texas at El Paso, 1993-1997

Independent Fine Art Curator and Consultant 1990-1993

Director of Art Galleries Appalachian State University 1988- 1990

Director of the New Gallery University of Miami 1987- 1988

Director of Art Galleries Cameron University 1984-1987

Curator of Exhibitions and Education Tarble Art Center 1982-1984

Director Crealde School of Art 1979 -1981

Art and Photography Instructor Valencia and Seminole Colleges 1977-1982

Owner and Managing Editor Art Visions Inc. 1979 - 1982


Appraisals, Research and Brokerage:

Past corporate clients include Liberty Mutual Insurance, Wells Fargo Business Credit, Allstate Insurance, Marriott International, Vanguard Insurance.

Mr. Alexander regularly works as a contracted fine art appraiser for the United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Marshals Service Department of Asset Forfeiture on cases for the DEA, FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

He is the organizer and curator of the original traveling exhibition John James Audubon, American Artist and Naturalist that has been presented by The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, The Gilcrease Museum of Art, The Mississippi Museum of Art, The Museum of History and Industry Seattle, The Ella Sharp Museum and over a dozen other museums and cultural organizations throughout the United States.

He served as a consultant for "John James Audubon, Drawn from Nature" a documentary film about the artist and naturalist created by Hott Productions and Florentine Films and funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The film was presented as a part of the "American Masters" series by PBS.

In addition to his fine art appraisal and consulting business Mr. Alexander serves as a professional fine art broker for private clients and works regularly placing works of art with collectors and international fine art auction houses, including Sotheby's, Christie's. Phillips De Pury and others.

Mr. Alexander is available as a speaker and lecturer and presents fine art consulting days for art museums and other not for profit organizations on a regular basis.