A second-generation art dealer, Daniel Hamparsumyan has been developing an international private and corporate client base since the late 1980’s.
He has focused on both the primary contemporary market as well as the secondary market of American and European paintings, sculpture and works on paper ranging from Modern to Contemporary Art. Prior to joining Leila Heller Gallery as a director in September 2012, Mr. Hamparsumyan held his first position as assistant director at Galerie Framond in Paris, was the director of the Helen Drutt Gallery and then of Loveed Fine Arts in New York. These positions allowed him to expand his range of contacts and sources in various parts of the expanding global art market as well as nurture invaluable relationships with private collectors, museum directors, curators and critics. In addition, he worked with Leila Heller in New York from the mid to late 1990’s, dealing privately in 20th Century and Contemporary Art. Since joining Leila Heller Gallery, he has been in a position to develop his expertise in the expanding Middle Eastern art market, traveling extensively to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Istanbul.
Raised in Paris, Daniel Hamparsumyan graduated from the University of Paris Law School, majoring in Business Law and completed his BA in Contemporary Art from l’Ecole du Louvre in Paris.