Kingston Gallery is an artist-run gallery incorporated in 1982, Boston's second oldest such institution presently in operation. It takes its name from its original location at 129 Kingston Street near Boston's Chinatown. In 1997, the gallery relocated to 37 Thayer Street in the South End (now 450 Harrison Avenue #43), a short walk from the Boston Center for the Arts. 

Kingston was founded by two Massachusetts College of Art graduates—Joanne Jolly and David Kay. The pair served as the gallery's first directors, succeeded by Joann Winkler, Nancy Rider, Rob Todd, Steve Novick, Kathleen O'Hara, Caroline Taggart, Jeanne Griffin, Janet Hansen Kawada, Luanne Witkowksi, Ilona Anderson, Mary Lang, Barbara Moody and Kathleen Archer, Christina Pitsch and Jennifer Moses.

The gallery is governed and staffed by dues-paying, exhibiting artist members with the mission of showcasing high-quality contemporary art. In 2015, the membership appointed its first non-member artist, part-time Director, Shana Dumont Garr, then in 2016 the gallery hired non-member Jessica Burko as Director of Marketing, to increase the gallery's profile and reach. Currently, Chloe Tomasetta is the non-member Gallery Manager, hired in 2024.

More than sixty artists have held membership in and shown at the Kingston Gallery, with hundreds more exhibiting in invitational and juried events. Gallery exhibitions receive numerous visitors and attention in both print and online publications including Art in America, Art New England, ArtScope, The Boston Globe, and Big Red & Shiny.

Kingston Gallery wishes to recognize the following members In Memoriam:

Stacey Alickman
Susan Greer Emmerson
Julie S. Graham
Rose Olsen