Jonson Gallery

The Jonson Gallery is a historic building on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Completed in 1950, it initially served the modernist painter Raymond Jonson as both a home and a gallery. As a center for modern and abstract art in New Mexico, it also housed a large collection of his own works. The simple Pueblo Revival–style structure was designed by John Gaw Meem. It sits on a slope, and its facade presents a horizontal volume with a central entrance and asymmetrical windows. Steel awning windows with concrete sills define its appearance. The upper floor was Jonson's residence, while the gallery occupied the ground floor. Since 2009, the collections have belonged to the university's art museum, and the building itself is now used as office space.