Are you an art-world professional or leader navigating your career in galleries, auction houses, museums, or cultural organisations?

With over 20 years’ experience working in the international art market, including Christie’s, Phillips, and establishing and managing a London gallery, I offer specialised career and leadership coaching tailored specifically for the art sector.

My coaching supports art market professionals, emerging leaders, senior executives, and art business owners to build confidence, develop effective leadership skills, and create fulfilling, balanced careers in this unique industry.

Unlike generic career coaching, my approach combines accredited coaching expertise with insider knowledge of the art world’s fast-paced and complex environment. This means practical, personalised support designed to help you overcome professional challenges and seize opportunities in your art career.

Whether you’re seeking guidance on career development, leadership growth, communication, or workplace wellbeing within the art market, my coaching is crafted to meet the specific needs of art professionals and organisations.

If you’re ready to take the next step in your art-world career with a coach who truly understands your industry lets have a no obligation call today:

Who I work with:
Early-career professionals
Finding your feet, building confidence and working out where you want your career to go.

Specialists & experienced professionals
Navigating progression, change, visibility, confidence or simply asking “what next?”

New & emerging leaders
Making the transition from specialist to manager and finding your own leadership style.

Mid-Career Women in the Art World
Supporting talented women who may feel unseen, stuck, or unsure about their next steps - whether you’ve faced career breaks, workplace challenges, or the unique pressures that often lead to talented women leaving the art world. Together, we’ll explore how to rebuild confidence, reclaim your career path, and create leadership opportunities that fit your goals and life.

Senior leaders & directors
A confidential space to step back, think strategically and navigate complex people and leadership challenges.

Art-world business owners
Working through the realities of leading a business, managing people, making decisions and trying to keep some balance along the way.

“I thoroughly enjoyed working with Vanessa, who provided some wonderful insight into what I should be thinking about as I try and develop as a person, whilst juggling the demands of business and personal life. I see Vanessa as not just a coach, but also a friend who I trust, and it's rare to have someone like this - someone you can be honest and open with, and who in return is therefore well placed to help navigate you towards your goals or move you in the direction you want to go” -Art Industry Founder