Galerie Jocelyn Wolff

Based in Paris, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff has been promoting a rigorous and committed vision of contemporary art for over twenty years, supporting emerging artists while fostering the recognition of historical figures. The gallery has developed an artistic program guided by progressive aesthetic values, encouraging the circulation of both artworks and ideas.

Founded in 2003, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff opened in a very small space in Belleville, in eastern Paris, with a solo exhibition by Clemens von Wedemeyer. At that time, the gallery focused primarily on young artists from the German-Swiss avant-garde scene, including Prinz Gholam, Ulrich Polster, Christoph Weber, and Isa Melsheimer – many of whom were exhibiting in a gallery setting for the first time.

In 2006, the gallery moved to a larger space in the same neighborhood, on rue Julien-Lacroix. Dedicated to the discovery of emerging artists, the gallery gradually expanded its program to include major historical figures such as Franz Erhard Walther and William Anastasi. Driven by a deep interest in sculptural practices, the gallery presents a variety of mediums, including painting, video, installation, and performance. Over this decade, it further enriched its program with artists such as Miriam Cahn, Katinka Bock, Frédéric Moser & Philipp Schwinger, Elodie Seguin, Zbyněk Baladrán, Francisco Tropa, and Diego Bianchi.

In 2019, the gallery co-founded the collective project Komunuma in Romainville, alongside several other galleries. Over the past six years, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff has presented exhibitions that have significantly shaped its identity and reaffirmed the ambition of its curatorial vision. In this spirit, it has started working with artists such as Santiago de Paoli, Irene Kopelman, Harald Klingelhöller, and Mélissa Boucher Morales.

In parallel, the gallery has strategically developed activities related to the secondary market and historical research, notably through the management of artists’ estates such as Manuel Alvess, Marcelle Cahn, Colette Brunschwig (who passed away recently), and the art critic and editor Imre Pán. The gallery has also invited curators to conceive several ambitious historical exhibitions, including a Warburgian exploration of grisaille, an exhibition devoted to Eugène Carrière, and a transhistorical project on Surrealism.

This dynamic was accompanied by the opening of Abraham & Wolff, an experimental space at 12 rue des Saints-Pères in the 7th arrondissement, conceived as both a drawing cabinet and a curatorial laboratory.

Launched in 2023, the gallery also initiated the development of an experimental outdoor sculpture site in Normandy, extending the research work conducted in Paris with its artists. This site is structured around several core principles: advanced experimentation in contemporary art, respect for architecture and heritage, and environmental concerns. The Manoir d’Alvémont, a typical building of the Pays de Caux region, also serves as a rural residency space for the gallery’s artists.

In 2025, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff is relocating to central Paris, at 1 rue de Penthièvre, in the 8th arrondissement. This move to a traditional district of the Parisian art market marks a break from the gallery’s previous locations but remains in continuity with the work developed through Abraham & Wolff. Establishing a research and experimental project in the Matignon area—where the secondary market plays a dominant role—offers, by contrast, new energies and perspectives for the gallery’s development.

The gallery regularly participates in major international art fairs such as Art Basel (Basel, Paris, Hong Kong), Frieze Seoul, Artissima (Turin), ARCO Madrid, Westbund Shanghai, ART SG (Singapore), arteBA (Buenos Aires), and NADA Warsaw. The gallery has also taken part in Frieze Masters London, Independent New York, Art Basel Miami, and MiArt Milan.