NEW YORK, NY.- MARC STRAUS Gallery welcomes two new senior team members to the gallery: Sean Horton and Parker Jones.
Sean Horton will be joining MARC STRAUS as a Senior Director, focused on sales and new opportunities. Sean has 17 years of experience running his gallery in New York City. At Horton Gallery, he has worked directly with artists to present 250+ exhibitions in the Chelsea, Chinatown, Rose Hill, and Upper East Side neighborhoods of New York City. He was also responsible for acquiring 100+ artworks for the permanent collection of Soho House globally.
Parker Jones will be the gallery’s new Managing Director, focused on business management and strategy. Parker has two decades of experience in art sales and business development, largely in Los Angeles. He was a partner and director of the Black Dragon Society Gallery for five years before starting his gallery. At Parker Jones Gallery, he was responsible for all programming, marketing, and operations. He also has an extensive background in art advising and account management, both at the Gagosian Gallery and as an independent advisor to private art collectors.
“I have known both Parker and Sean since 2005. They are important additions to our team after another unprecedented year of growth in 2023,” says founder Marc Straus. “This upcoming year, Parker and Sean will help the gallery expand our reach by attending more art fairs, adding to our artist roster, and doubling down on our relationships with our current artists and collectors.”
Established in 2011, MARC STRAUS is a contemporary art gallery on the Lower East Side of New York, occupying a fully reconstructed four-story historical building on Grand Street. Marc and Livia Straus have been collecting contemporary art since the age of twenty-one and their collection has had 13 museum tours. Marc opened the gallery after a 35-year career as an oncologist. MARC STRAUS represents 29 artists from 18 different countries.
Gallery artists have works acquired by international museums such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The National Gallery of Canada, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Denver Art Museum, The Smithsonian Institute, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Guggenheim, Tate Gallery London, Musée Centre George Pompidou Paris, Whitney Museum of American Art, and many more. Gallery artists have been included in the Venice and Prague Biennials, Prospect New Orleans, and Site Santa Fe. Further extending its program to a wider audience, the gallery has participated in major art fairs both in the US and on an international platform in Mexico, Europe, India, and Asia.
