Lola Flash
Working at the forefront of genderqueer visual politics for more than three decades, photographer Lola Flash’s work challenges stereotypes and gender, sexual, and racial preconceptions. An active member of ACT UP during the time of the AIDS epidemic in New York City, Flash was notably featured in the 1989 “Kissing Doesn’t Kill” poster. Their art and activism are profoundly connected, fueling a life-long commitment to visibility and preserving the legacy of LGBTQIA+ and communities of color worldwide. Flash has work included in important collections such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Brooklyn Museum. They are currently a proud member of the Kamoinge Collective.
Working at the forefront of genderqueer visual politics for more than three decades, photographer Lola Flash’s work challenges stereotypes and gender, sexual, and racial preconceptions. An active member of ACT UP during the time of the AIDS epidemic in New York City, Flash was notably featured in the 1989 “Kissing Doesn’t Kill” poster. Their art and activism are profoundly connected, fueling a life-long commitment to visibility and preserving the legacy of LGBTQIA+ and communities of color worldwide. Flash works primarily in portraiture with a 4x5 film camera, engaging those who are often deemed invisible. Flash’s practice is firmly rooted in social justice advocacy around sexual, racial, and cultural difference.
Flash has work included in important collections such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Brooklyn Museum. Flash had a solo show in 2018, Lola Flash: 1986 – Present, at Pen + Brush in New York. Flash's photography is featured in the 2009 book Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present. They are currently a proud member of the Kamoinge Collective.Flash received her bachelor's degree from Maryland Institute and her Masters’ from London College of Printing, in the UK.
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AIPAD 2024
The Photography Show 25 - 28 Apr 2024We will be participating in The Photography Show presented by AIPAD with Andre Wagner and Lola Flash at The Park Avenue Armory.Read more -
FOG Design+Art
San Francisco, CA 18 - 21 Jan 2024Jenkins Johnson will present eleven artists of the African Diaspora that include works by Adrian Burrell, Renee Cox, Dewey Crumpler, David Driskell, Lola Flash, Violet...Read more -
Art Basel | Miami Beach
Miami, FL 6 - 10 Dec 2023Jenkins Johnson Gallery will participate in Art Basel Miami Beach, December 8 - 10, 2023 Booth B31. We will feature artists that explore social and political issues of the African Diaspora by connecting past and current moments: Mary Lovelace O'Neal, Wadsworth Jarrell, Gordon Parks, Ming Smith, Patrick Alston, Adrian Burrell, Dewey Crumper, Lisa Corinne Davis, Violet Fields, Alex Jackson, Blessing Ngobeni, Gregory Rick, Enrico Riley, and Raelis Vasquez. Jenkins Johnson Gallery will be participating in the Kabinett sector with a solo presentation of works on paper by Mary Lovelace O'Neal, featuring her iconic Lampblack (1970's) and Desert Women (1990's) series. In the Lampblack drawings she layers black charcoal and pastel, allowing slivers of negative space to invade the surface. These drawings speak to her affair with an "uncluttered minimalist viewpoint", invoking both a cultural and aesthetic sentiment. In Desert Women series, Lovelace O'Neal portrays garments worn in the Sahara Desert in Egypt and the Atacama Desert in Chile. She studied with master printmaker James Lesene Wells and at The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. Lovelace O'Neal creates based on feeling and perception, forming moments of fleeting light. Her work is in museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Baltimore Museum, DeYoung Museum, and Brooklyn Museum. She has an upcoming solo exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in Spring 2024.Read more -
Paris Photo
Ming Smith, Lola Flash, Aïda Muluneh, Renee Cox, and Poulomi Basu 9 - 12 Nov 2023Jenkins Johnson Gallery is thrilled to participate in this year's Paris Photo at the Grand Palais Ephémère. The gallery will present five art canon-breaking women...Read more -
The Photography Show presented by AIPAD
New York, NY 30 Mar - 2 Apr 2023Jenkins Johnson Gallery was please to participate in The Photography Show presented by AIPAD. The fair took place at the Center415 with Public Days from...Read more -
Frieze Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 16 - 19 Feb 2023Jenkins Johnson Gallery was pleased to participate in Frieze Los Angeles 2023 at Booth C8. We presented works by Patrick Alston, Lola Flash, Alex Jackson,...Read more -
The Photography Show presented by AIPAD
New York, NY 20 - 22 May 2022Jenkins Johnson Gallery exhibited at The Photography Show, presented by AIPAD, which occured May 20-22, 2022. We presented the works of Wesaam Al-Badry, Lola Flash,...Read more -
Frieze Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 17 - 20 Feb 2022Jenkins Johnson Gallery exhibited at Frieze Los Angeles,which occured Feburary 17-20, 2022. We presented the works of Lisa Corinne Davis, Lola Flash, Alex Jackson, Wadsworth...Read more
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AIPAD 2024
The Photography Show 25 - 28 Apr 2024We will be participating in The Photography Show presented by AIPAD with Andre Wagner and Lola Flash at The Park Avenue Armory.Read more -
FOG Design+Art
San Francisco, CA 18 - 21 Jan 2024Jenkins Johnson will present eleven artists of the African Diaspora that include works by Adrian Burrell, Renee Cox, Dewey Crumpler, David Driskell, Lola Flash, Violet...Read more -
Art Basel | Miami Beach
Miami, FL 6 - 10 Dec 2023Jenkins Johnson Gallery will participate in Art Basel Miami Beach, December 8 - 10, 2023 Booth B31. We will feature artists that explore social and political issues of the African Diaspora by connecting past and current moments: Mary Lovelace O'Neal, Wadsworth Jarrell, Gordon Parks, Ming Smith, Patrick Alston, Adrian Burrell, Dewey Crumper, Lisa Corinne Davis, Violet Fields, Alex Jackson, Blessing Ngobeni, Gregory Rick, Enrico Riley, and Raelis Vasquez. Jenkins Johnson Gallery will be participating in the Kabinett sector with a solo presentation of works on paper by Mary Lovelace O'Neal, featuring her iconic Lampblack (1970's) and Desert Women (1990's) series. In the Lampblack drawings she layers black charcoal and pastel, allowing slivers of negative space to invade the surface. These drawings speak to her affair with an "uncluttered minimalist viewpoint", invoking both a cultural and aesthetic sentiment. In Desert Women series, Lovelace O'Neal portrays garments worn in the Sahara Desert in Egypt and the Atacama Desert in Chile. She studied with master printmaker James Lesene Wells and at The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. Lovelace O'Neal creates based on feeling and perception, forming moments of fleeting light. Her work is in museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Baltimore Museum, DeYoung Museum, and Brooklyn Museum. She has an upcoming solo exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in Spring 2024.Read more -
Paris Photo
Ming Smith, Lola Flash, Aïda Muluneh, Renee Cox, and Poulomi Basu 9 - 12 Nov 2023Jenkins Johnson Gallery is thrilled to participate in this year's Paris Photo at the Grand Palais Ephémère. The gallery will present five art canon-breaking women...Read more -
The Photography Show presented by AIPAD
New York, NY 30 Mar - 2 Apr 2023Jenkins Johnson Gallery was please to participate in The Photography Show presented by AIPAD. The fair took place at the Center415 with Public Days from...Read more -
Frieze Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 16 - 19 Feb 2023Jenkins Johnson Gallery was pleased to participate in Frieze Los Angeles 2023 at Booth C8. We presented works by Patrick Alston, Lola Flash, Alex Jackson,...Read more -
The Photography Show presented by AIPAD
New York, NY 20 - 22 May 2022Jenkins Johnson Gallery exhibited at The Photography Show, presented by AIPAD, which occured May 20-22, 2022. We presented the works of Wesaam Al-Badry, Lola Flash,...Read more -
Frieze Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 17 - 20 Feb 2022Jenkins Johnson Gallery exhibited at Frieze Los Angeles,which occured Feburary 17-20, 2022. We presented the works of Lisa Corinne Davis, Lola Flash, Alex Jackson, Wadsworth...Read more