Roy Saper -Juror

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Roy Saper is the creator and owner of Saper Galleries and Custom Framing, a full service fine arts gallery based in East Lansing, Michigan, USA.Saper Galleries serves customers world-wide with an actively accessed website which receives inquiries from nearly 100 countries from where 48 languages are spoken. In 1986 Saper designed and built its present 6,000 square foot contemporary gallery which has won numerous awards for its design, efficiency and use of large skylights to bathe the gallery interior with natural daylight. Saper has also won awards for its marketing successes, use of computer technology, and creative management.

In August, 2009 Saper was recognized with the Art Business News Gallery Excellence Award, the top honor in the United States presented to an art gallery for the success of it exhibitions. Saper Galleries was recognized by Décor Magazine as the number one American gallery in 2007 for its Picasso exhibition. The 2009 award was for its Dr. Seuss art exhibition. Saper has been recognized as the Outstanding Small Business Person of the Year by the Lansing (Michigan) Chamber of Commerce and was awarded the Business Arts Award bythe Arts Council of Greater Lansing.

Saper regularly juries art exhibitions throughout the United States and lectures on all aspects of collecting art and other topics such as the challenge of modern art, art and architecture, fakes and forgeries, art-in-public places, and other art topics. He is called on to serve as an expert witness in legal cases involving art fraud and insurance cases. Saper also serves as an art appraiser for community art evaluation events, advising people of the value of their artwork, and as a consultant to various arts organizations.

*Presenting 1 Gallery Contract Award