MA, Columbia University
MA, Sotheby’s Institute of Art
BA, The University of Hong Kong
Valencia Tong is an award-winning writer, digital marketer, growth strategist, and consultant who specializes in art, business, law, technology, and luxury. Valencia previously oversaw an e-learning platform with 150,000+ users, where she led a team of engineers, designers, educators, editors, and content developers. She is an expert in luxury lifestyle branding and she has also spearheaded digital marketing campaigns for businesses, trade organizations, and non-profits.
As a published author internationally, Valencia has lectured extensively on topics related to the art market and emerging technologies. She explores the intersection between art and fintech, such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), blockchain, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR). She has had speaking engagements at conferences such as MuseumNext, where she shared best practices related to sustainability, diversity and inclusion, social media strategies, and web content accessibility guidelines.
Her work has been published in ARTnews, Blouin Artinfo, Art+Auction, Modern Painters, ArtAsiaPacific, Art & Market, The Artling, Art Radar Journal, CoBo Social, Artomity, HK ARTION, TheArtro, Luxglove, LUXUO, Yacht Style, VRScout, Zolima CityMag and the Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia editions of Tatler Asia, among others.
Valencia serves on the ArtTable New York chapter programs committee and she mentors entrepreneurs at various startup events such as Women in AI Global Responsible AI Hackathon.
