Andy Valmorbida

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Andy Valmorbida is a fine art businessman. He is president of Untitled-1 Holdings and founded River-Labs, a company in the generative art movement.

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Valmorbida became known as the "King of Pop Up" after organizing 45 pop-up art exhibitions in 12 different countries, primarily featuring street art. Notable artists, such as Richard Hambleton, Futura, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Francis Bacon, had works exhibited in these shows. [1]

Early life

Valmorbida was born in July 1978 [2] into a wealthy family [3] in Melbourne, Australia and was raised in New York City, United States. His father was Paul Valmorbida, an Australian businessman and son of Carlo Valmorbida. Andy Valmorbida studied business and began his career at the Valmorbida family's investment firm in New York.

Career

At 25, Valmorbida transitioned from Wall Street to street art. [4] He met artist Richard Hambleton in 2009, which led to a collaboration with Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld in 2011 promoting Hambleton's art. Giorgio Armani, an avid collector of Hambleton's work, sponsored several "pop up" [5] celebrity attended art shows exhibiting the works. [6]

Valmorbida acted as executive producer on the 2017 documentary Shadowman, reflecting Hambleton's life and career. [7]

In 2010, Valmorbida helped with the curation and donation of two Hambleton pieces to the amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research 17th Annual Cinema Against AIDS Gala During the Cannes Film Festival. The pieces sold for $920,000. [8]

In September 2021, Valmorbida was involved in a legal dispute regarding accusations of fraud and alleged efforts to conceal his tax residence, leading to his case being referred to Jersey's attorney general. [9] [10] [11] Valmorbida admitted to creating and using fraudulent documents. [11]

Personal life

In his earlier life, Valmorbida was noted as a socialte, having made headlines in 2008 for his credit card being stolen by oil industrialist Brandon Davis, who had been cut off from his family fortune, and for partying with people including Paris Hilton. [12] [13]

Valmorbida has two children. [14]

References

  1. ↑ Redactie, Door (20 September 2022). "Andy Valmorbida Spearheads River-Labs, A New Digital Art Movement". Mashable Benelux (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 November 2022. Andy Valmorbida became known as the "King of Pop-Up" (Huffington Post) after organizing over 45 pop-up art exhibits in twelve countries.
  2. ↑ "Andrew Paul VALMORBIDA personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Estcourt, Patrick O'Neil, David (19 September 2020). "Valmorbida patriarch pitted against son's widow in multimillion-dollar will dispute". The Age. Retrieved 28 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Seymour, Tom (19 August 2018). "The Tumultuous, Tragic Life of Street Art Pioneer Richard Hambleton". Artsy. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "13 Questions: King of the Pop-Up (Gallery): Andy Valmorbida". HuffPost. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Viewpoints / Openings: Richard Hambleton pop-up show @ The Dairy, London « Arrested Motion". ArrestedMotion. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  7. ↑ Acevedo, Yoselin (14 April 2017). "'Shadowman' First Look: Tribeca Documentary Explores the Life of '80s NY Street Artist Richard Hambleton — Watch". IndieWire. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "amfAR :: amfAR Holds 17th Annual Cinema Against AIDS Gala During Cannes Film Festival :: The Foundation for AIDS Research :: HIV / AIDS Research". www.amfar.org. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Coffee dynasty scion runs aground in Jersey" . Australian Financial Review. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  10. ↑ O'Neil, Patrick (23 October 2021). "Australian art dealer admits to multimillion-dollar frauds over Bacon, Basquiat paintings". The Age . Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  11. 1 2 "Art Dealer Andy Valmorbida Confessed to Falsifying Invoices and Pocketing Profits". The Observer . 27 October 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "Playboy In A Pickle" . Sydney Morning Herald . 22 November 2008. The Post report said Davis rang up $US75,000 ($120,000) on a credit card he "swiped" from Valmorbida. Valmorbida said the report was "accurate", but was reluctant to elaborate.
  13. ↑ "Playboy In A Pickle" . Sydney Morning Herald . 22 November 2008. Valmorbida says he intends to be in Sydney for News Year's Eve to celebrate with his "good friend" Paris Hilton ... Valmorbida, who was more keen to talk about his work as an art dealer, throwing lavish parties, hosting art shows around the world, attracting the rich and famous ...
  14. ↑ "Andy Valmorbida Announcing The Re-Launch of Valmorbida & Co". OK Magazine . 12 December 2022. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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