Gallerist Jessica Silverman on Building a Diverse Gallery Program

This episode we are thrilled to be joined by an amazing gallerist - and friend - Jessica Silverman. Jessica founded her namesake gallery in 2008 in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district; after completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art at Otis College in Los Angeles and a Master of Arts in Curatorial Practice at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. 

Since then, the gallery has moved to a newly renovated space in the city’s Chinatown neighborhood, with an impressive roster of artists such as: Judy Chicago, Hugh Scott-Douglas, Isaac Julien, Andrea Bowers, and (one of our personal favorites) Hayal Pozanti - just to name a few. 

Renowned for punching above its weight, the gallery has an international reputation for curating compelling exhibitions and building artists’ careers. 

Works by the gallery’s artists have been acquired by leading museums all over the world including: Tate (London), Centre Pompidou (Paris), MoMA (New York), MCA Chicago, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art - among many others. Visit the gallery's website here. 

Some artists discussed in this episode:

• Yoko Ono
• Ay-O
• Soo Kim
• Woody De Othello
• Dashiell (Dash) Manley
• Isaac Julien
• Judy Chicago
• Andrea Bowers
• Clare Rojas
• Catherine Wagner
• Sadie Barnette
• La Monte Young
• Robert Smithson
• Rose B. Simpson
• Howardena Pindell
• Joan Jonas
• Jackson Pollock
• Clyfford Still
• Barnett Newman 

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