APPRAISER’S QUALIFICATIONS Scott McCue
Education: University of California, Berkeley, 1974, awarded Bachelor of Art Degree, Anthropology/Archaeology
Employment:
Owner, Scott McCue Photography, Orinda CA, 1982 to present, working with a wide range of artists, museums, galleries for
Publications and commercial clients. Developed specialty in photographing all types of artwork.
Past and current clients include Museum of Modern Art, SF, CA; Museum of African Art, NY; Oakland Museum,
Oakland, CA; St. Mary’s Museum of Art, Moraga, CA; Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA; James Willis
Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Tambaran Gallery, NY; Museum of Craft and Folk Art, SF, CA; Artworks Foundry,
Berkeley, CA; Northpoint Gallery, SF, CA; Solomon-Dubnick Gallery, SF, CA; Bonhams Auctions, NYC; Dolby
Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Artists: Stephen De Staebler, John Toki, John Battenburg, Bruce
Beasley, Judy Mckie, Lorraine Vail, Nathan Oliveira, David Ruth, Margaret Keelan,
Owner, McCue Tribal Art, Orinda, CA. 1984 to present, exhibiting and selling art from Africa, Oceania and the
Americas, providing fine works of art to private clients, dealers and galleries. Operated as an art gallery with
exhibitions. Exhibited at Caskey-Lees Tribal art shows in San Francisco and Santa Monica, CA. Kim Martindale
Tribal Shows in Marin, CA, and Santa Fe, NM, and planned, organized and ran art shows in Emeryville and San
Francisco, CA 1990 – 2014.
2002 to present created and maintained website: www.mccuetribalart.com for online sales worldwide.
Owner, McCue Gallery 83, Orinda, CA 2009 to 2018. Exhibition gallery showing and selling contemporary art including
bronzes, ceramics, glass and paintings in addition to Tribal art.
Appraiser of Personal Property, nationwide, 2002 to present.
Produced professional documents for insurance, tax deductible donations, and estates.
Partnered with Gregory Ghent, 2010, to form Ghent and McCue Art Appraisals.
Curator of public exhibitions of African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian art, 1990 to present.
Emblems of Passage: Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA, 2002 with Gregory Ghent.
Touched by Wonder: The Ethnographic Collections of the Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA, 2006 with Gregory Ghent.
Planned: The Power of Patina, 2013 with Gregory Ghent.
Consultant: 2016 to present, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, the African and Oceanic collections.
Collector: 1974 to present. Built collection based on knowledge from University of California, Berkeley and private
study covering areas of Africa, Oceania, the Americas, Indonesia, the Near East and ancient Middle East.
Magazine articles and publications: African Art magazine, Arts d’Afrique Noire magazine, Tribal Arts
magazine, Art Forum, Ceramic’s Monthly, American Craft, Arts of Asia, Bonhams, and other numerous
catalogs and exhibition publications for museums and art galleries.
Recent Book projects:
The Kayanic Tradition, Volume 1 Mark Johnson 2020
African Art & Silicon Chips, Jay Last 2015
Matter and Spirit: Stephen De Staebler, 2012, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
The Comprehensive Keith: The Hundred Year History of the St. Mary’s College Collection of Works by William
Keith, 2011. St. Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA
Touched by Wonder: Ethnographic Art at St. Mary’s College, 2011 with Gregory Ghent.
Art of the Lesser Sundas 2005 Granucci, Didier Millet pub.
Aberrations & Oddities in Tribal Art, 2004.
Remnants of Ritual, Selections from the Gelbard Collection of African Art 2003 Ethnos Pub
Early Artists of the Bohemian Club 2002 Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s, Moraga, CA
Emblems of Passage: Art of Africa, Oceania, & The Americas, 2002 with G. Ghent. SF Craft & Folk Art Museum, SF, CA
Mentawai Art 1999 Carpenter and Wiggers, Archipelago Press
Land of the Morning, Treasures of the Philippines 1995 SF Craft and Folk Art Museum
African Alchemy: Art for Healing in African Societies, 1994 with Gregory Ghent.
Professional Affiliations:
- 2010 – Present: Member of ATADA, Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association Santa Fe, NM.
- 2010 – Present: Member of Los Angeles Ethnic Arts Council, Los Angeles, CA
- 1992 – Present: Current advisory Board Consultant, past President and Recording Secretary, Friends of Ethnic Art, San Francisco, CA
- 1989 – 2002: Member, Ancient and Tribal art committee, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
- Mr. McCue has assisted in charity auctions at the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk and Friends of Ethnic Art functions.
- He attends numerous auctions and art fairs in San Francisco, New York, London, and Paris.
- Mr. McCue has taken USPAP course work and passed the examination as recently as January 19, 2020 and is USPAP compliant through January 19, 2022.
Association Membership: Candidate, American Society of Appraisers