COLLECTION BUILDING

For clients beginning to collect or refining an existing collection, we provide strategic guidance that balances personal resonance with market insight. We help shape collections with lasting significance -- thoughtfully assembled over time rather than one acquisition at a time. 

ART ACQUISITION

We source and acquire exceptional works that align with each client's aesthetic, goals, and vision. Drawing on relationships cultivated over more than three decades, we help clients discover opportunities across the contemporary art market, ensuring every acquisition contributes meaningfully to the collection as a whole.

ART & ARCHITECTURE

The placement of art can transform how a home is experienced. We advise on scale, proportion, sightlines, and natural light to ensure each work complements its surroundings and contributes to the overall design. Whether a residence is newly completed, undergoing renovation, or being thoughtfully reimagined, our goal is to ensure art enhances the character of the home and feels naturally connected to its architecture.

INSTALLATION & STEWARDSHIP

From final placement through installation, we oversee every detail with care and precision, working closely with designers, contractors, and art handlers to ensure each piece is presented at its best. Our relationships with clients often continue long after installation, providing ongoing guidance as collections evolve over time. Throughout every engagement, we maintain the highest standards of professionalism and discretion.

WORKING WITH ARCHITECTS & INTERIOR DESIGNERS

Many of our clients begin thinking about art while building, renovating, or thoughtfully reimagining their homes. When architects and interior designers are involved, we work collaboratively to ensure that art is considered with the same care and intention as every other element of the project.

When architects and interior designers are involved, we collaborate to ensure art is considered early in the process, creating a natural dialogue between architecture, interiors and the way a home is ultimately experienced.

Our involvement may include:

- Advising clients on collecting goals and long-term vision.

- Identifying opportunities for art placement as plans and interiors evolve.

- Sourcing and acquiring works that complement the architecture and design.

- Coordinating installation to ensure each piece is presented with care and precision.  

We adapt our role to the needs of each project, collaborating closely with clients and their design teams while respecting the creative vision that makes every home unique. 

June Lee

FOUNDER

June Lee has spent over thirty years at the center of the contemporary art market, working directly with the world's leading galleries and building significant collections for private clients and institutions across the US and ASIA. Her relationships -- with artists, with galleries, with the people who shape the market -- are the foundation everything JLCA is built on. 

Jeene Um

ADVISORY

For more than seventeen years, Jeene has worked alongside June advising collectors and helping shape thoughtful, enduring collections. Her curatorial perspective, close relationships with clients, and deep understanding of the collecting process bring continuity, care, and discernment to every engagement.

Monica Jerde-Blackburn

ADVISORY

After more than fifteen years running her own production company, Monica returned to JLCA with a passion for discovering exceptional art and helping collectors build meaning, lasting collections. She enjoys building relationships across the contemporary art world, seeking out new opportunities, and helping clients find works they'll live with and love for years to come.