What was your personal journey like into the art world?
Contemporary art was my first real passion and love. I ended up pursuing a more “traditional” career path in law and politics. When I graduated, I got a policy job and ended up working on Brexit policy. It was one of the most strenuous and emotionally taxing times of my life. I needed my own exit plan – excuse the pun.
I still maintained my interest and involvement in art. As a collector, I met a lot of artists (primarily Black British artists at the time), and I built a great rapport with them. People around me knew me for being a collector, and they would pick my brain about artists they could potentially buy for their homes. I became an art advisor by default.