Jeremy Stone, ASA, has worked in the art world for over 40 years. She received a BS Degree in Organizational Behavior from USF in 1994 after undergraduate studies at The Cooper Union School of Art, NY, and New York University. Stone’s foundation in art history, particularly modern and contemporary art, derives from her early work experience at a major New York City gallery. After an internship at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and the Commonwealth Cultural Preservation Trust, Boston, Stone curated her first exhibition Thirty Years of Box Construction, at a Boston gallery. The show was reviewed in three newspapers and art publications. Stone began her art consulting career with Massachusetts General Hospital’s Grey Building.
Stone founded and directed a contemporary and modern art gallery in San Francisco at the age of 24. After curating over 80 exhibitions, Stone appraised her first artist estate in 1991. She held leadership positions with LEAP ( Learning Through Education in the Visual Arts), and The Jewish Museum San Francisco and curated shows for Nestle Beverage Company’s corporate headquarters in San Francisco. While serving as director of Career Services and visiting faculty at the San Francisco Art Institute from 1994 to 1998, she began the process of becoming an Accredited Senior Appraiser of Fine Art. Stone joined the American Society of Appraisers in 1996 after being called to testify as an expert witness in numerous legal cases involving artists and artwork. Jeremy’s practice is national and works with attorneys on cases involving art in California, Connecticut, Florida, New York, Washington, and for the government of Canada. She has guest lectured at numerous colleges and universities. In 2018, she organized two Personal Property Mini-Seminar panel lectures for SFADA and ASA members and museums called Working with Galleries, Part 1 and Part 2, at Minnesota Street Projects, hosted by Rena Bransten Gallery. In 2018, she curated A+: Susan Hauptman, Irene Pijoan & Richard Sheehan, which was mounted at Main Gallery, Pier 2, Fort Mason Campus, SFAI Graduate Center, January through February 2019. In 2019, Stone organized "It doesn't end with Death," a forum for galleries and appraisers to discuss artists' estates, for the Northern California Chapters of SFADA and ASA. Stone has served as a guest lecturer at CCA in the Curatorial Practices class on "The Life of an Art Work" in 2017 and 2021. In October 2021, Stone moderated the West Coast premiere screening of "An Improbable Journey: The Life and Times of Brian Wall" at the San Francisco Art Institute. In November 2021, for ArtTable Northern Calif. Chapter, Stone interviewed Gabrielle Selz, author of Light on Fire, the first comprehensive biography of Sam Francis, on Self-Mythology and the Unreliable Narrator. Stone co-chaired Looking Forward, a Benefit Gala and Art Auction for the San Francisco Art Institute, with Christie's, on November 4th, 2021, which raised over $650,000. She is interviewed in the documentary Robert S. Neuman: Pieces of the World, which premiered in August 2022. Her articles on artist Wayne Thiebaud and gallerist Rena Bransten have appeared in the San Francisco Examiner.
Stone’s area of expertise is post-war and 20th-century American art, as well as the dynamics of the auction, gallery, and museum worlds. Gifting, charitable contributions, artists’ estates, sales advice, insurance, and strategic planning for art collections are her primary focuses. She is an Accredited Senior Appraiser, Fine Art, and a member of the American Society of Appraisers. Her client base is national, and she assists artists, artists’ families, collectors, attorneys, galleries, and trustees with issues and important decisions regarding works of art and art collections.