Private Sales Lead, Artsy and Columnist & Curator, Gay Times

Gemma Rolls-Bentley works closely with artists, collectors and galleries to explore new ways of creating, presenting and discovering art; her specialist interests include queer culture, gender equality and community engagement.  Gemma leads the Private Sales business for online arts platform Artsy, which she joined in 2015, and is a member of the board of trustees at SE London charity Deptford X. Gemma writes the queer art column Art Hole for Gay Times Magazine and in 2017 curated The Gay Times Honours in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery. In 2011 she launched the arts arm of the Fawcett Society’s East London branch and ran their 2012-2013 Art Audit campaign. Gemma holds an MA in History of Art from both the Courtauld Institute of Art and the University of Edinburgh.