Gabrielle Selz

Accredited Senior Appraiser, Fine Art (ASA) · American Society of Appraisers

Accredited Member, Fine Art (ISA AM) · International Society of Appraisers

2026
International Society of Appraisers
Accreditation, Accredited Member in Fine Art
2021
American Society of Appraisers
Accreditation, Senior Appraiser in Fine Arts
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)
2014
City University of New York
Master of Arts, Writing
1980
University of California, Santa Cruz
Bachelor of Arts, Art History

2018 – Present

Selz Fine Art Appraisals

Appraising fine art for private clients and prominent art institutions

Current

Vice President, Northern California Chapter, American Society of Appraisers
Personal Property Representative, National Ethics Committee, American Society of Appraisers

Light on Fire: The Art and Life of Sam Francis, University of California Press, 2021 · Nonfiction Finalist, California Book Awards
Unstill Life, W.W. Norton, 2014 · Best Memoir, American Society of Journalists and Authors

Art reviews published in Artforum, Hyperallergic, Art Papers, Squarecylinder, Art & Object, Berkeleyside, HuffPost, and Hamptons Art Hub
Freelance contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, Literary Hub, and others

2017 – 2018

Distinguished Visiting Professor

Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA

Developed and taught courses in creative nonfiction at the graduate and undergraduate levels
Presented lectures, readings, and workshops integrating personal narrative with social and historical context
Served as thesis advisor for MFA candidates

“Miljohn Ruperto: Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral,” Squarecylinder, 2026
“‘Routed West’ at BAMPFA Reframes the Story of Black Quilt Making in America,” Berkeleyside, 2025
“‘Making Their Mark’ at BAMPFA Is a Call to Action to Champion Women Artists,” Berkeleyside, 2024
“Rohini Devasher: Visions of the Sun,” Squarecylinder, 2024
“Katherine Vetne’s Unstill-Lifes,” Squarecylinder, 2024
“Crossing the Border with Arleene Correa Valencia,” Squarecylinder, 2023
“Kim Anno: In the Company of Animals,” Squarecylinder, 2023
“Mika Rottenberg @ Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco,” Squarecylinder, 2023
“Alice Rahon,” Artforum, 2023
“Dewey Crumpler,” Artforum, 2022
“Lava Thomas: Pencils Are My Weapons,” Berkeleyside, 2022
“Breaking Into the Art Boys Club,” The Daily Beast, 2021
“Breaking Through Self-Mythology,” Literary Hub, 2021
“Joan Mitchell @ SFMOMA,” Squarecylinder, 2021
“Kiki Kogelnik, a Pop Artist with a Feminist Bent,” Hyperallergic, 2021

“The Role of Art Fairs in Art Appraisal Research” – Panelist, ASA International Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2025)
“Latinx & Puerto Rican Art on the Rise: Innovators, Shifting Trends, and Market Growth” – Panelist, ASA International Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2025)
“The Circle of Sam Francis: Experimenting in California” – Featured Speaker, Bakersfield Museum of Art (2023)
“Sam Francis: Art Market” – Featured Speaker, American Society of Appraisers (2023)
“Sam Francis in California” – Featured Speaker, Anderson Collection, Stanford University (2022, 2023)
“Sam Francis: An Artist’s Legacy” – Featured Speaker, Professional Appraisers Round Table (2022)
“Encountering the Unreliable Narrator in Biography” – Panelist, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (2021)
“Self-Mythology of a 20th Century Male Artist” – Featured Speaker, ArtTable, San Francisco (2021)

American Society of Appraisers (ASA): Vice President, Northern California Chapter; Personal Property Representative, National Ethics Committee
International Society of Appraisers (ISA)
Professional Appraisers Round Table
Catalogue Raisonné Scholars Association
ArtTable
College Art Association
PEN America