Patti Wong

Patti Wong is one of the most experienced people working in the art world today. She has extensive knowledge in dealing with clients across Asia and throughout her thirty-year tenure at Sotheby’s represented major Asian collectors. She continues to focus on this region and work with clients through her eponymous art advisory, Patti & Associates, established in 2023. For nearly 15 years of her time at Sotheby’s, Patti was based in London, where she held the post of Head of Private Client Services Department, before her appointment as Chairman of Sotheby’s Asia in 2004. She was instrumental in the significant expansion of the company’s client base in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, building access to some of the most powerful buyers in Asia. Patti was also appointed Chairman of Sotheby’s Diamonds, a global retail venture established in 2005 that provides global clients with an exclusive opportunity to acquire important diamonds and fine diamond jewellery privately, all year round.

 

Patti serves as an independent non-executive Director of Dickson Concepts (International) Limited, Hang Seng Bank Limited and MGM China Holdings Limited. She is also a Governor of The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong and a Member of the Board of M Plus Museum Limited (M+ Board).

 

Educated both in Hong Kong and the UK, she received her bachelor’s degree in Monetary Economics from the London School of Economics, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Asian Arts at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University.

 

❝Curiosity is the heartbeat of artistic discovery. As an art advisor, it compels me to look beyond aesthetics, to question context, process, and meaning. Each work of art becomes an open dialogue rather than a finished statement, inviting exploration of the unseen forces that shape creativity.❞ — Patti Wong on "Curiosity"

 

Portrait: Courtesy of Patti Wong & Associates