Ashley Stewart Rödder, a director at Gagosian, died earlier this week on the age of 42 after battling a extreme sickness over the previous a number of years, the gallery informed ARTnews in an e-mail Saturday.
Stewart Rödder had served as a director at Gagosian since 2019, the place she labored intently with artists, most notably Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Stanley Whitney, Titus Kaphar, and Deana Lawson. The gallery mentioned she labored on quite a few exhibitions throughout its places in New York, Beverly Hills, Paris, London, and Athens. Stewart Rödder beforehand served as director of gross sales at Salon 94 for 4 years and held quite a lot of positions at David Zwirner over the course of seven years.
In an emailed assertion, supplier Larry Gagosian mentioned Stewart Rödder was a “fierce advocate” for her artists. “She was additionally deeply revered by her colleagues on the gallery and all the time performed herself with nice professionalism,” he mentioned. “Her passing is an incredible loss and our ideas are along with her husband, household and associates.”
The gallery additional described Stewart Rödder as “a trusted advisor,” a “valued colleague,” and a “consummate group participant.” She was a member of Gagosian’s Variety, Fairness & Inclusion Committee, led the gallery’s Modern Council, and was a board member of the American arts nonprofit Performa and the Kids’s Artwork Guild.
Stewart Rödder was born in 1984 and grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia, earlier than shifting to New York, the place she earned her undergraduate diploma at Marymount Manhattan Faculty and a grasp’s diploma from Sotheby’s Institute of Artwork.
In a submit on Instagram, Salon 94 described Stewart Rödder as “a beloved colleague” and a “tireless advocate” for artists.
“We’re saddened by the lack of Ashley Stewart Rodder, a beloved colleague who spent 4 years at Salon 94 as Gross sales Director and artist liaison,” the submit reads. “She was a deeply trusted, tireless advocate for the artists she represented, most notably Nathaniel Mary Quinn, whose profession she championed with unwavering dedication and adopted to Gagosian. Ashley was not merely a colleague; she was a cherished buddy who we keep in mind for her grace, discernment, and dedication— a uncommon expertise gone too quickly.”
On Friday, artist Marilyn Minter posted a tribute to Stewart Rödder on Threads, writing, “A uncommon expertise who died too quickly. She was a director of Salon 94 for a number of years and have become my lovely mannequin on a number of tasks…”
