About us

JGM Gallery was founded in 2017 by Australian-born Jennifer Guerrini Maraldi, one of the United Kingdom’s leading specialists in Indigenous contemporary art. Guerrini Maraldi has more than 20 years experience in collecting, dealing and promoting First Nations artists from across Australia.

 

Through its exhibition programme, JGM Gallery provides a platform for the histories and contemporary art forms of First Nations artists, with a focus on the uses of traditional materials and techniques, innovation and social commentary. The gallery seeks to counter the pervasive and misplaced perception that Indigenous contemporary art is homogenous. Instead, it emphasises the genre’s plurality of styles, materials, techniques, themes and content. In the words of Guerrini Maraldi, “The styles of this movement’s leading figures are as varied, complex and sophisticated as any in the Western canon.” 

 

In addition to championing First Nations contemporary artists, the gallery has a roster of British and global contemporary artists. These artists further reflect contemporary art’s multifaceted and fluid nature. Since its inception, JGM Gallery has promoted and placed the work of these artists in significant private and institutional collections.

 

Part of JGM Gallery’s mission is to adequately contextualise the practices of the artists it represents and emphasise this as an important aspect of the appreciation of art. In alignment with this approach, JGM Gallery produces a variety of publications, with a focus on artist collaboration, interviews, editorial design, and scholarship. A commitment to our publications expands the gallery programme beyond its exhibitions, an ethos which fosters reflection and conversation from JGM Gallery’s audience and community.

 

 " JGM Gallery, London’s premier venue for Australian Aboriginal Art... Today JGM Gallery is recognised as having the UK’s best selection of contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art."

 - Brummel Magazine, 2019.

 

"...eclectic and refreshingly inventive…"

- The Upcoming, 2020.

 JGM Gallery works with Indigenous Australian artists and deals with artworks from Aboriginal-owned Art Centres. The Gallery commits to ethical trade in Aboriginal Art and supporting economic development in remote communities. Director, Jennifer Guerrini Maraldi, has worked with Aboriginal Art Centres for more than 20 years. JGM Gallery is also a member of the Indigenous Art Code and the Aboriginal Art Association of Australia.

The Gallery maintains direct relationships with Aboriginal Art Centres so as to provide the correct provenance and documentation relating to the work of First Nations Australians. Art Centres play an important role for Aboriginal artists, supporting the security and the wellbeing of them and their extended families. This is vital to the stability required to undertake important custodial duties.

 

 

 

JGM Gallery is a member of The Aboriginal Art Association of Australia, which serves and represents artists, individuals and organisations that produce, promote, protect or support Aboriginal art and the cultures that create and nurture that art. 

 

We ensure the work is authentic, properly documented, define the provenance of the work and determine where and how it was made, and how it has come onto the market.

 

All our artwork comes from reputable sources, and we subscribe to the AAAA's Code of Ethics.

 

We consider an artists reputation and profile, and how the artworks compare in quality with other works by the same artist.

 

 

 

 

JGM Gallery is a member of the Indigenous Art Code.

The purpose of the Code is to establish standards for dealings between dealers and artists to ensure:

(a) fair and ethical trade in artwork;

(b) transparency in the process of promotion and sale of artwork; and

(c) that disputes arising under the Code are dealt with efficiently and fairly.