Sally Burgess graduated from University College London with joint honours degree in Art History and English Literature, with First Class Honours in Art History.
She has over ten years experience in the commercial art world having worked as a fine art consultant at a major art dealership in Mayfair with all the main responsibilities of sales and research within the gallery. Exhibiting at most of the renowned world fine art & antiques fairs including Grosvenor House, The Armory Show in New York, 20/21 British Art Fair at the Royal College, The London Art Fair, Islington and IFAF Olympia, she has initiated and maintained alliances with and made sales to major museum curators, private clients and experts worldwide. She has also worked on many publications and lead vocal presentations to individuals and museum groups.
She was headhunted in 2007 to advise a renowned auction house and a range of private clients. With her passionate approach to the art she buys and sells and a grounding in academia, she founded Clerkenwell Fine Art independently in 2008, specialising in British Visionary, Symbolist and Surrealist art.