Formerly an independent consultant in Japanese Works of Art, Ms. Martin is the Director of Scholten Japanese Art.
Prior to consulting privately, Ms. Martin was an expert in the Japanese Department at Sotheby's New York (1993-1999), handling ukiyo-e woodblock prints, lacquer, netsuke, inro, porcelain, paintings and Meiji works of art. While at Sotheby's, Ms. Martin was the primary contact for the sale of the Donna and the Late Arthur Levis Collection of Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints (Sept. 1997, Mar. 1998), and the New York representative for the London auction of Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection in October 1997. Ms. Martin was also the specialist in charge during the series of auctions of inro, netsuke, and works of art from the Collection of the Late Charles A. Greenfield (Sept. 1997, March 1998, Sept. 1998).
Ms. Martin attended Residential College at the University of Michigan, where she studied Indian and Southeast Asian art and Indonesian language, graduating with a degree in Asian Studies in 1993. Ms. Martin has lectured for the School of African and Oceanic Studies (Oct. 1997); the Lowe Art Museum in Coral Gables (Feb. 1998); the Morikami Museum in Del Ray (Feb. 1998); the International Netsuke Society 1999 Convention in Chicago; The New York Graphic Arts Society (Dec. 2000); Lafayette College in Easton Pennsylvania (April 2001); and The University of Michigan Museum of Art (March 2006). Ms. Martin served on the board of the Ukiyo-e Society of America from 1997-2003, and has contributed to the International Netsuke Society Journal.
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