greengrassi is a contemporary art gallery in Kennington, south London, opened by Cornelia Grassi in 1997. Since 2004 it has occupied 1a Kempsford Road, having moved there from Fitzroy Street to larger premises.
The gallery works with artists from the UK, Europe and the United States. Those it has represented include Tomma Abts, Moyra Davey, Roe Ethridge, Vincent Fecteau, Joanne Greenbaum, Sean Landers, Simon Ling, Margherita Manzelli, Silke Otto-Knapp, Jennifer Pastor, Alessandro Pessoli, Allen Ruppersberg, Frances Stark and Pae White.
Grassi studied art history at New York University and at the Courtauld Institute in London. She has served on the executive committee of the Society of London Art Dealers, is a founding member of the International Galleries Alliance and sits on the advisory committee of Artists’ Lives, the oral history programme of National Life Stories at the British Library.
Recent exhibitions
From 4 June to 25 July 2026 the gallery presented A Hand of Light Caressed My Eyelids by The Otolith Group, the collective’s third exhibition at greengrassi after shows in 2023 and 2024. It included the 2014 lightbox works Named after Tayeb and Made for Theodosia.
Margherita Manzelli’s exhibition Stupide Stelle runs from 3 September to 7 November 2026. It brings together new small oil paintings on linen, among them Mirzam, Rigel, Adhara and Altair.
The gallery opens Tuesday to Saturday, from 11am to 6pm. The nearest Tube stations are Kennington and Lambeth North.
Location: Kennington, London, United Kingdom
Address: 1a Kempsford Road, London SE11 4NU, United Kingdom
Website: greengrassi.com
