Carmen Shek Cerne is Specialist in the Chinese Paintings Department in Christie’s Hong Kong and Head of Sale for Chinese Contemporary Ink. She joined Christie’s in 2009 and in 2013 curated Beyond Tradition, Christie’s first exhibition devoted to Chinese contemporary ink paintings, which travelled to New York and Hong Kong. In 2014 she launched the twice-yearly auction for the category. Carmen works closely with collectors worldwide to assemble and manage their collection of Chinese paintings. She focuses on client advisory and business getting in Hong Kong and overseas, as well as catalogue and exhibition planning.

Prior to joining Christie’s Carmen was Assistant Curator at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. She is educated in Hong Kong, Italy and the UK and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Ancient History and Social Anthropology from University College London. In this talk, Carmen will introduce the current ecology of Hong Kong Art Market of the Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings.

石嘉雯現任佳士得中國書畫部專家、中國當代水墨拍賣主管。自2009年1月加入佳士得以來，她在2013年策劃了佳士得首次當代水墨展《閱墨》，展覽在紐約與香港兩地舉行。2014年，石嘉雯領導開創每年兩次的當代水墨拍賣專場，領銜當代水墨板塊發展藍圖。她與全球藏家緊密合作，協助徵集和安排寄售事宜。此外，石嘉雯也負責圖錄撰寫製作以及每季拍賣會期間的策展。

石嘉雯在香港、意大利等地升學，於倫敦大學學院取得歷史及人類學學士學位，曾任香港海事博物館助理館長。