About Dr. Jack Roberts

 I am invested in art, but to dispel any potential misunderstanding, the investment in question for me is not a pursuit of financial gain, but that of emotional investment. Art matters for more than just money, I am fascinated by the multitude of motivating factors that stimulate people to ‘invest’ in art, whether they be investing for economic, symbolic, cultural, or social reasons. The objectified state of cultural value is my motivation to ‘invest’ in art. In other words, I am ‘addicted’ to possessing objects from the canon of art history. When talking to artists, many speak of an unquantifiable urge to make, it overrides other more logical necessities. They have to make, they are addicted to it and have to continually create as if the act of making is their ‘fix’. I have a similar unquantifiable urge, the illogical urge to possess art – I am an ‘Art Addict’

I place ‘value’ in having owned a piece of art, having lived with it - even if I no longer have that piece, I feel invigorated having held it within my collection. I do not conform to the typical paradigm of the ‘art dealer’, I do not have large levels of stock, turn over a large volume of sales or have a stable of artists as the mainstay of my dealing activities. Instead, as a dealer I buy individual pieces of art that I feel passionate about, which excite me. Many galleries and dealers act as ‘brokers’ joining buyers and sellers, this is not what I do (I do not sell or list artworks that I do not own) - my guarantee is that if I list an artwork, I own it and it is available for sale.

I have been dealing in art since 2008. My career as a dealer started through curating and hosting exhibitions in London for artists and exhibiting their art at art fairs (further details about the history of Art Addict can be seen here).