Luis De Jesus Los Angeles

What Luis De Jesus Los Angeles does

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is a privately held contemporary art gallery founded in 2007 by partners Luis De Jesus and Jay Wingate. Originally launched as Luis De Jesus Seminal Projects in San Diego, the gallery relocated to Los Angeles in 2010 and currently operates an expansive physical space at 1110 Mateo St. on the edge of the downtown Los Angeles Arts District, which it has occupied since spring 2021. The gallery represents a roster of 26 contemporary artists, maintains affiliations with 11 emerging artists, and holds estate relationships with Nathan Gluck and Miyoshi Barosh.

The gallery's core offering centers on artist representation, physical exhibition programming, and participation in 40+ international art fairs per cycle, including Art Basel Miami Beach, The Armory Show, Frieze Los Angeles/New York, EXPO Chicago, NADA, and UNTITLED Art. It also operates an online viewing room (viewingroom.luisdejesus.com) for remote acquisitions and publishes catalogs and press materials. The gallery is a member of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), and the Gallery Association of Los Angeles (GALA).

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles generates revenue through one-time sales of contemporary artworks by represented artists to private collectors, museums, and institutions. Pricing is conducted via private inquiry and negotiation — no public price list exists — and the gallery does not accept unsolicited artist submissions. The customer base is split between major museums and cultural institutions (which have acquired works by gallery artists 20+ times across 2023–2026, including LACMA, the Getty, Whitney, MoMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art, MFA Houston, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and others) and private collectors reached through exhibitions, art fairs, and direct outreach. Technology infrastructure is limited to the standard Artlogic CMS and online viewing room platform; no proprietary technology, data products, or AI capabilities are disclosed.

Name

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles

Legal name

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles

Website

https://luisdejesus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is a privately held contemporary art gallery representing 26+ diverse artists, selling works to private collectors, museums, and institutions through exhibitions, 40+ annual art fairs, and an online viewing room.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery Services

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920), Art Dealers (45992)

akta.pro primary industry

Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH)

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artist representation
• Fine art sales
• Art exhibition services
• Contemporary art dealer

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Art Sales: Primary revenue generated through the sale of contemporary artworks by represented and affiliated artists to private collectors, institutions, and museums. Sales occur through gallery exhibitions, art fairs, and direct inquiry/negotiation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is a contemporary art gallery representing a diverse roster of 26 represented artists, 11 affiliated artists, and 2 estates. The gallery presents rotating exhibitions at its physical space in the Los Angeles Arts District, participates in 40+ international art fairs annually, and operates an online viewing room for remote acquisition. Primary revenue is generated through the sale of contemporary artworks to collectors, museums, and institutions.

Product overview

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is a contemporary art gallery that operates as a single unified offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The gallery's core offering centers on artist representation and exhibition programming, combining physical gallery exhibitions with an online viewing room for digital sales. The program is organized around represented artists, affiliated artists, and estates (including Nathan Gluck and Miyoshi Barosh), with additional services including participation in international art fairs, publications, and news/press coverage. The gallery has garnered recognition for supporting artists whose work addresses themes of migration, race, cultural identity, and social justice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gallery Exhibition Program Rotating exhibitions featuring the gallery's roster of represented and affiliated artists, showcasing contemporary art that engages with regional and global art discourse, exploring personal, social, cultural, and aesthetic concerns.
• Online Viewing Room A digital platform accessible at viewingroom.luisdejesus.com that allows collectors and art enthusiasts to view and acquire works by gallery artists remotely.
• Artist Representation Ongoing contractual representation of a diverse roster of contemporary artists including Edra Soto, Ken Gonzales-Day, Hugo Crosthwaite, Zackary Drucker, Evita Tezeno, and others, providing exhibition opportunities, institutional placement, and market development.
• Art Fair Participation

Quantifiable outcome

• Artists' works acquired by 20+ major museums and institutions globally
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA)coreOthersThe gallery is a member of the Art Dealers Association of America, a professional organization of established art dealers committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct.
• New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA)coreOthersThe gallery is a member of NADA, a non-profit organization of professional art dealers, gallery owners, and artists committed to advancing the careers of contemporary art and artists.
• Gallery Association of Los Angeles (GALA)coreOthersThe gallery is a member of GALA, a Los Angeles-based organization supporting and promoting galleries and the visual arts community.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• David Kordansky Gallery: Los Angeles-based contemporary gallery with a roster of mid-career artists regularly acquired by major museums. Directly comparable business model: single flagship in a Los Angeles gallery district, art fair participation, and institutional sales focus.
• Tanya Bonakdar Gallery: Contemporary gallery with locations in NYC and Los Angeles (Melrose Hill). Focuses on mid-career artists working across media with strong institutional presence — closely aligned business model and artist-stage targeting.
• Jeffrey Deitch: LA contemporary gallery with an emphasis on emerging and historically under-recognized artists, particularly within post-war and contemporary practice. Comparable in terms of curatorial experimentation and museum-collaboration programming.
• Regen Projects: Los Angeles-based contemporary gallery founded in 1989, representing a roster of established and mid-career artists with strong museum placement histories. Operates a similar exhibition-and-art-fair model out of a single LA location and competes for the same emerging-to-blue-chip artist pool.
• Blum & Poe: Los Angeles contemporary gallery with a long-running exhibition program of mid-career and established artists, active across major international art fairs. Closely comparable in artist-stage focus (mid-career with institutional presence) and gallery-district footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Lehmann Maupin: Contemporary gallery with locations in New York, London, Seoul, and Hong Kong. Represents a roster of artists that overlaps in theme (identity, social practice) and competes at the same international art fairs and museum placement tiers.
• Pace Gallery: Global contemporary gallery with multi-city presence (NY, LA, London, Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong). Operates the same primary-market model at greater scale and competing for the same institutional buyers and museum-grade placements.
• Hauser & Wirth: Worldwide contemporary gallery with locations in NYC, LA, London, Zurich, Hong Kong, and Somerset. Overlaps in artist-stage focus, museum placement strategy, and art-fair presence; competes for both emerging talent and major institutional placements.
• David Zwirner: Major New York-based contemporary gallery with global locations (NY, London, Paris, Hong Kong, LA). A leading competitor for representation deals with mid-career artists and dominating the same art fair circuit.
• Marian Goodman Gallery: Established contemporary gallery with locations in NYC, Paris, and London. Represents historically and currently significant artists with deep museum placement — sets the institutional benchmark that mid-size LA galleries aspire to compete with.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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