Dennis Scholl

Dennis Scholl has been affiliated with Roth & Scholl for over three decades. He is retired. He also recently retired as the President and CEO of Oolite Arts, a Miami based artist support non-profit.

Previously, he was the Vice President/Arts of Knight Foundation, where he oversaw the granting of over $200 million to arts organizations across America.

He has had a long involvement in philanthropy in the visual arts. Over the last thirty years, he was founding chair of the Guggenheim Photography Committee, the Tate American Acquisitions Committee and the Perez Art Museum Collectors Council. Each group raised funds and acquired contemporary art for these museums. He has also been a board member of the Aspen Art Museum, Perez Art Museum, Linda Pace Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art, South Arts and the founding chair of the Locust Projects, an alternative art space.

A twenty-two-time regional Emmy winner, he is known for his documentary films about art and artists. He has made films about Frank Gehry, Wynton Marsalis, Ai Weiwei and Tracey Emim among others. He was recently awarded the Order of Australia for his efforts to bring the work of Aboriginal Australian contemporary artists to the United States.

He has been a contemporary art collector for over 40 years. He is a founder of Betts & Scholl and Mother Tongue Wines, which make award-winning wines in Australia. Previously he was a practicing attorney, a C.P.A. and an early leader in the redevelopment of the South Beach Art Deco District and the Wynwood Arts District.

Mr. Scholl graduated from Florida International University with a B.B.A. and University of Miami with a J.D. He and his wife Debra live in Miami Beach, Florida.