Esso Gallery & Books is an art enterprise founded in New York City in 1996. Since its beginnings in the Lower East Side in 1996, Esso has introduced the work of a number of important Italian artists from different generations to the American public, while expanding the visibility of American artists both in the US and abroad. In 2009 Esso closed the physical space of the gallery to focus on collaborating with selected artists' projects and productions, and consulting with collectors and curators. In 2022 Esso started an outdoor sculpture park in the Catskills Mountains upstate New York, dedicated to Richard Nonas and Alighiero Boetti in Andes, NY.

Jennifer Bacon has degrees in Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute Chicago and from Temple University. She opened Esso Gallery in 1996 and has since worked with a diverse range of contemporary international artists. She has successfully introduced European artists to the American audience and presented American artists overseas. She has been the adviser of several private and public collections. Her interest in design and applied arts has brought her to start a collection of artist designed jewelry.

Jennifer Bacon, photograph by Carlo Farbotto di Montepadula