Amanda Sharp (born in 1969) is an English publisher and entrepreneur, who joined ''

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'' in July 1991 and, with

Matthew Slotover Matthew Slotover (born 1968) is an English publisher and entrepreneur. He is co-founder of Frieze, a media and events company, which now includes the Frieze Art Fair, ''frieze'' and Frieze Academy. Early life Slotover was born in London and ...

, co-founded

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in October 2003.

Life and career

Sharp grew up in

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, where at the age of 12 she met Frieze co-founder Matthew Slotover at a bar mitzva. She encountered Slotover again at

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, where both were studying, dabbling in writing and editing for university publications. Slotover launched Frieze magazine in June 1991, which Sharp joined in July that year. They co-founded Frieze Art Fair in October 2003, expanding it to New York in 2011. The duo were both appointed as Officers of the

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(OBE) in the 2012

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for services to the visual arts.

References

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