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. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Jenkins-Johnson moved to the Bay Area to get her MBA at University of California, Berkeley, studying entrepreneurship. [5] [6]
In 1996, Karen Jenkins-Johnson opened Jenkins Johnson Gallery in San Francisco. [5] [6] In 2005, the gallery opened a second space in Chelsea, NYC. The Chelsea space operated until 2014. [5] 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. [5] [6] [1] [8]
Jenkins-Johnson was a Gala Honoree of the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) Afropolitan Ball - 2018. [9]
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