Jenkins Johnson Gallery, founded in 1996, is a dealer of contemporary art, representing international artists working across disciplines. We are members of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers and the San Francisco Art Dealers Association. Gallerist Karen Jenkins-Johnson was featured in The New York Times Style Magazine as part of a small but influential group of black gallerists correcting history, and was interviewed on art world diversity by AIPADexposure. She is a Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco advisor, and in 2018, was named the MoADSF Patron of the Arts.

In 2017, the gallery opened Jenkins Johnson Projects in Brooklyn. Profiled in The New York Times, Jenkins Johnson Projects is a hub for critically acclaimed, emerging curators and artists of color. The mission of the project space is to enhance the cultural environment of its community, encourage collaboration, and provide a space for active dialogues. The space welcomes a rotation of guest curators who present exhibitions of contemporary artists working across disciplines. Past curators include Derrick Adams, Larry Ossei-Mensah, Zanele Muholi, and Dexter Wimberly.

Gallery artists have artworks in institutions including The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Our artists have participated in the Venice Biennale, Prospect, and other invitationals. Gallery artists’ works have been widely published as artist monographs, in art journals, and among critical theory texts. They have been reviewed in The New York Times, Artforum, The Los Angeles Times, Art in America, Hyperallergic, ARTnet, The New Yorker, and The San Francisco Chronicle among others. Jenkins Johnson Gallery has participated in art fairs including Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, Frieze New York, The Armory Show, Paris Photo, AIPAD, Expo Chicago, and Untitled Art.