Nicole Bray is the Founder of Mercer Contemporary, an art advisory, appraisal, and legacy planning firm based in Manhattan, Montauk, and Connecticut. Nicole and her team advise private collectors and estates on acquiring, selling, managing, and displaying their collections. Nicole was awarded the Emerging Curator Fellowship by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in 2014. In 2016 she was awarded a Curatorial Residency in Mexico by the Curatorial Program for Research. Nicole is USPAP certified and an Accredited Appraiser with the American Appraisal Association. She lives in New York with her husband and two little boys.

Both romantic and psychological, Mamma Andersson’s textured brushwork and confident lines have always drawn me into her complex and layered narratives. Browse the work.

I live on 9th Street in Greenwich Village, right by the former Cedar Tavern and New York Studio School (the first home of The Whitney Museum. The history of the neighborhood, and particularly the Ninth Street Women, hold a special place in my heart as an especially inspiring trailblazing group of American female artists. Browse the work.

I have loved the work of James Rosenquist for a long time – his palette, movement, and the collage-like effect of his pieces are eternally visually interesting. Browse the work.

This work is gentle, ethereal, and absolutely magical. It is such an iconic portrayal of Yuskavage’s signature figures. Browse the work.

I wrote my MA thesis on Rauchenberg and the Semiotician, Umberto Eco’s text, The Open Work, in addition to my appointment at the Rauschenberg Foundation as their Emerging Curator in 2014. I consider him my art world mentor - who I’ve never actually met. Browse the work.