Karen Jenkins-Johnson


Karen Jenkins-Johnson is an American art dealer; owner and director of Jenkins Johnson Gallery, a contemporary art gallery with locations in San Francisco and Brooklyn.

Early life and education

Jenkins-Johnson moved to the Bay Area to get her MBA at University of California, Berkeley, studying entrepreneurship.

Jenkins Johnson Gallery

In 1996, Karen Jenkins-Johnson opened Jenkins Johnson Gallery in San Francisco. In 2005, the gallery opened a second space in Chelsea, NYC. The Chelsea space operated until 2014. In 2017, Jenkins Johnson Gallery opened a community oriented project space emphasizing curators and artists of color. - Jenkins Johnson Projects - in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn.

Honors

Jenkins-Johnson was a Gala Honoree of the Museum of the African Diaspora Afropolitan Ball - 2018.