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PROFILE

Kristiane Backer has been active in the field of Arts, Culture and Music since she began her professional life in Germany and now works as a Fine Art consultant based in London. Her focus is on Modern and Impressionist paintings as well as Post War and some Contemporary Art. Kristiane enjoys discovering talents and help giving them a platform. She takes a personal interest in Islamic and Eastern art and has curated a major Art exhibition by the Egyptian Calligraphy Artist, Ahmed Moustafa, in Sarajevo in 1998.

Kristiane has an excellent network of contacts world-wide and has successfully sold blue chip paintings of different genres to collectors, galleries and investors. She also advises collectors in building their collections. Kristiane is involved in several cultural projects and is engaged in intercultural dialogue.

With a background on international TV as a presenter and public speaker, she regularly chairs conferences and interviewed a variety of artists for cultural projects of the German Embassy in London.

Her education as a Radio Journalist in Germany her first celebrity interview was with Pop Artist Keith Haring.

At the age of 24 Kristiane became one of the leading presenters on MTV Europe. She interviewed most major artists and musicians of her time for over seven years. She created her own youth show in Germany and later presented a daily guide to culture and entertainment, ‘The Ticket NBC’ on NBC Europe. Kristiane hosted a travel show for a number of years on Travel Channel and She studied all aspects of the art market during art business courses at Sotheby’s institute and Christie’s including art law, art valuations, art curating and art history. The latter she also studied at City Lit. Kristiane Backer advises high net worth individuals on alternative assets such as Art.