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Andrea M. Zorrilla, AAA has over a decade of experience in the fine art industry, with expertise in modern & contemporary Latin American art in addition to the Latinx diasporas.
She is a Certified Member of the Appraisers Association of America, the premier, national association of independent appraisers dedicated to fine art. Andrea is distinguished with being one of four Certified Members specialized in the field of Latin American art in the United States; of these four, she is the only Certified Member currently based in the state of Florida. Certified membership is the highest level an appraiser can achieve.
Andrea has been interviewed by the press or her subject matter and market expertise. In addition to being requested as a guest presenter on the Latin American art market to various professional organizations, she is also frequently invited to moderate panel discussions on various art market topics such as responsible transacting in the art market and current market & collecting currents of Latinx art, among others.
Andrea most recently served on the National Programming Committee of ArtTable, the foremost professional organization dedicated to advancing the leadership of women in the visual arts. She also previously served on the Steering Committee for the World Monuments Fund Moi Circle.
Prior to establishing AMZ Art Advisory & Appraisals LLC in 2022, Andrea held the role of Vice President, Specialist of Latin American art at Sotheby’s New York.
Throughout her twelve-year tenure at the company, Andrea championed and oversaw record-breaking sales for Latin American women artists such as the surrealists Maria Martins and Alice Rahon and contemporary artists Olga de Amaral and Zilia Sánchez.
Andrea’s time at Sotheby’s also included passion projects that resonated with her areas of scholarly interest. In 2015 she co-organized the acclaimed private selling exhibition Cherchez la Femme: Women and Surrealism which showcased over 50 works by the most celebrated women artists of the Surrealist movement including Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington, and Bridget Bate Tichenor among others. In 2021, Andrea spearheaded the online sale sequence ¡Presente! Artists for El Museo del Barrio, the first dedicated presentation of Latinx artists at international auction.
Andrea graduated from Villanova University with a BA in Economics and Spanish Language & Literature and received her Master of Arts with Distinction in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York / University of Manchester, England.
Get to Know Me
How did you begin your career in the art world?
My career path in the art world has been non-linear. When I graduated college, I started off as a qualitative analysis for a boutique investment advisory firm in Boston. Finance was not fulfilling for me, however, and I took a risk applying to the Sotheby's Institute of Art Master's Degree program in New York (SIA was partnered with the University of Manchester, England at the time). I was accepted, moved to New York, got my first art world internship at a major arts magazine, and began working at Sotheby's while I was in the midst of preparing my Master's Thesis Dissertation. I completed my thesis, graduating with honors, and remained at the auction house for over a decade working in the Latin American art department. I then made the decision to become independent, and have been using my expertise to perform fine art appraisals and highly specialized art advisory services to collectors of Latin American art.
What international art destination do you want to visit most?
Las Pozas located within the Huasteco Potosino in eastern Mexico. This sculpture garden was built by British arts patron Edward James, one of the greatest supporters of the surrealist artists.
What work of art do you wish you owned? What would you do to get it?
The complete series of photographs of "A Logo for America", the seminal 1987 work by Alfredo Jaar documentating his takeover of Times Square elecctronic billboard signs.
:sharpen(level=1):output(format=jpeg)/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Olga-de-Amaral.jpg "5 Questions with Art Advisor and Appraiser Andrea M. Zorrilla, AAA")