Jack Shainman Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in
New York City
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. The gallery was founded by Jack Shainman and his then-partner Claude Simard (19562014) in 1984 in
Washington, D.C.
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The gallery has a focus on artists from
Africa
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,
East Asia
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, and
North America
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.
History
In 1986, the gallery moved to New York to open a gallery in the East Village, followed by a move to Soho.
From 1997, it was headquartered in the
Chelsea gallery district.
In 2018, the gallery opened a exhibition space called The School in
Kinderhook,
New York
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In 2022, the gallery announced plans to open a space at
108 Leonard,
[Laura van Straaten (16 November 2022)]
In the Gallery Race, Shainman Expands Beyond Chelsea to TriBeCa Landmark
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The Jack Shainman Gallery
soft opened at 108 Leonard in January 2024.
Artists
The gallery represents numerous living artists, including:
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Nina Chanel Abney
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El Anatsui
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Shimon Attie
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Radcliffe Bailey
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Yoan Capote
Yoan Capote is a Cuban sculptor who was born in 1977 in Pinar del RĂo. He received the UNESCO prize during the 7th Havana Biennial with the artists' collective DUPP (Desde Una Pragmática PedagĂłgica).
Biography
Yoan Capote lives and works in Hav ...
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Nick Cave
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(since 2005)
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Geoffrey Chadsey
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Gehard Demetz
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Pierre Dorion
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Vibha Galhotra
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Kay Hassan
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Brad Kahlhamer
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Hayv Kahraman
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Anton Kannemeyer
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Tallur L.N.
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Deborah Luster
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Kerry James Marshall
Kerry James Marshall (born October 17, 1955) is an American artist and professor, known for his paintings of Black figures. He previously taught painting at the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2017, Marshall ...
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Enrique Martinez Celaya
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Meleko Mokgosi
Meleko Mokgosi (born 1981) is an artist and associate professor of painting and drawing at the School of Art at Yale University. His work includes large-scale paintings that explore themes of colonialism, democracy, nationalism, and life in Southe ...
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Richard Mosse
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Adi Nes
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Jackie Nickerson
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Odili Donald Odita
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Toyin Ojih Odutola
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Garnett Puett
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Claudette Schreuders
Claudette Schreuders (born February 6, 1973) is a South African sculptor and painter operating out of Cape Town, South Africa. She is known mainly for her carved and painted wooden figures, which have been exhibited independently and internation ...
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Malick Sidibé
Malick Sidibé (1935 – 14 April 2016) was a Malian photographer from a Fulani ( Fula) village in Soloba, who was noted for his black-and-white studies of popular culture in the 1960s in Bamako, Mali. Sidibé had a long and fruitful career as ...
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Rose B. Simpson (since 2021)
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Paul Anthony Smith
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Michael Snow
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Susana Solano
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Becky Suss
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Hank Willis Thomas
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Carlos Vega
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Leslie Wayne
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
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In addition, the gallery manages various artist estates, including:
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Emanoel AraĂşjo (since 2023)
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Barkley L. Hendricks
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Gordon Parks
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The gallery has in the past worked with the following:
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Carrie Mae Weems
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(2008–2023)
[Alex Greenberger (6 December 2023)]
Carrie Mae Weems Joins Gladstone, Departing Her Longtime New York Gallery in the Process
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References
External links
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Art museums and galleries in Manhattan
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