Sheri Pasquarella

Executive Director

Sheri Pasquarella

Prior to joining The Church, for 17 years Sheri owned and operated SLP, LLC, a NYC-based consultancy with service categories across the contemporary art ecosystem, including a popular art advisory for museum board members and legacy collectors. From 1998 – 2002 she was an Associate Director of Marlborough Gallery, NY and 2002 -2005 Director of Gorney Bravin + Lee gallery. In 2002, she conceived and co-founded the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), a global 501c6 organization of which she is President Emerita. In 2020 she founded the SLP Women’s Group, a national network of female arts leaders; and in 2021 co-produced, with the Black Women in Visual Arts, The Convening. From 2002 – 2019 she was on the Art Advisory Board of the Coalition for the Homeless and served as a consultant to that organization. Since 2019, she has been on the Board of Participant, Inc. From 2003 – 2012 she was Adjunct Faculty in the Art Market M.A. Program at SUNY FIT and delivered lectures on her research in the American art market and its culture at Yale University, Columbia University, and others. She holds a B.A. (Art History and Criticism) and a B.S. (Biology) from SUNY Stony Brook; did post-baccalaureate course work at Reid Hall, Paris; and in 2022 earned a certification in CORe Business Fundamentals from Harvard Business School online.