jean griffin borho, founder and director of jgb berlin, is a berlin-based arts professional. born and raised in new york city, she has been intimately connected to the new york art world for thirteen years, beginning her career at the two largest auction houses in the world, christie’s and sotheby’s respectively.

ms. griffin borho has been a trustee of new york city’s sculpturecenter since 2004 and also a private collector of contemporary art for the past ten years. after graduation from brown university, where she took classes at the acclaimed rhode island school of design, she has worked exclusively in new york city and in berlin.