Deborah Zafman Fine Art

Deborah Zafman is a fully certified art appraiser with the Appraisers Association of America (AAA) specializing in Post-War, Contemporary and Emerging Art who earned her doctoral degree in the History of Art at UC Berkeley. She worked as an art historian, an art critic, and an independent curator before opening her own contemporary art gallery in Paris, France. Zafman went on to become an art advisor in New York City leading to completion of NYU's fine art appraisal certification program. She started Gallerie Deborah Zafman out of her own home in Montclair, New Jersey in 2014 and has been the executive curator of the Van Vleck House and Gardens since 2016. She also teaches a wide breadth of courses at the Montclair Public Library's Adult school as well as in her home gallery. Her depth of knowledge and expertise has been formed by a unique combination of experience in both the academic and commercial sides of the art world.