diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 68d9429e4..6e667a1b5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `GriptapeCloudAssistantDriver` for interacting with Griptape Cloud's Assistant API.
 - `OpenAiAssistantDriver` for interacting with OpenAI's Assistant API.
 - `GriptapeCloudToolTool` for running Griptape Cloud hosted Tools.
+- `JsonLoader` for loading and parsing JSON files.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/docs/griptape-framework/data/loaders.md b/docs/griptape-framework/data/loaders.md
index ce403c9fe..14bc3eed2 100644
--- a/docs/griptape-framework/data/loaders.md
+++ b/docs/griptape-framework/data/loaders.md
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ The Loader will load audio in its native format and populates the resulting Arti
 --8<-- "docs/griptape-framework/data/src/loaders_10.py"
 ```
 
+### JSON
+
+Loads JSON files into [JsonArtifact](../../griptape-framework/data/artifacts.md#json)s:
+
+```python
+
+--8<-- "docs/griptape-framework/data/src/loaders_json.py"
+```
+
 ## Web
 
 !!! info
diff --git a/docs/griptape-framework/data/src/loaders_json.py b/docs/griptape-framework/data/src/loaders_json.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9b465ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/griptape-framework/data/src/loaders_json.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from griptape.loaders import JsonLoader
+
+# Load an image from disk
+JsonLoader().load("tests/resources/test.json")
+
+# You can also pass a Path object
+JsonLoader().load(Path("tests/resources/test.json"))
diff --git a/griptape/loaders/__init__.py b/griptape/loaders/__init__.py
index b86370607..d00c8c6d6 100644
--- a/griptape/loaders/__init__.py
+++ b/griptape/loaders/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from .base_file_loader import BaseFileLoader
 
 from .text_loader import TextLoader
+from .json_loader import JsonLoader
 from .pdf_loader import PdfLoader
 from .web_loader import WebLoader
 from .sql_loader import SqlLoader
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
     "BaseLoader",
     "BaseFileLoader",
     "TextLoader",
+    "JsonLoader",
     "PdfLoader",
     "WebLoader",
     "SqlLoader",
diff --git a/griptape/loaders/json_loader.py b/griptape/loaders/json_loader.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc387943b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/griptape/loaders/json_loader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+
+from attrs import define
+
+from griptape.artifacts import JsonArtifact
+from griptape.loaders import BaseFileLoader
+
+
+@define
+class JsonLoader(BaseFileLoader[JsonArtifact]):
+    def parse(self, data: bytes) -> JsonArtifact:
+        return JsonArtifact(json.loads(data), encoding=self.encoding)
diff --git a/tests/resources/test.json b/tests/resources/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..599b99619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resources/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "name": "John Doe",
+  "age": 30,
+  "email": "johndoe@example.com",
+  "isActive": true,
+  "roles": [
+    "user",
+    "admin"
+  ],
+  "address": {
+    "street": "123 Main St",
+    "city": "Anytown",
+    "state": "CA",
+    "postalCode": "12345"
+  },
+  "phoneNumbers": [
+    {
+      "type": "home",
+      "number": "555-555-5555"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "work",
+      "number": "555-555-1234"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/loaders/test_json_loader.py b/tests/unit/loaders/test_json_loader.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8802783de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/loaders/test_json_loader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import pytest
+
+from griptape.loaders import JsonLoader
+
+
+class TestJsonLoader:
+    @pytest.fixture(params=["ascii", "utf-8", None])
+    def loader(self, request):
+        encoding = request.param
+        if encoding is None:
+            return JsonLoader()
+        else:
+            return JsonLoader(encoding=encoding)
+
+    @pytest.fixture(params=["path_from_resource_path"])
+    def create_source(self, request):
+        return request.getfixturevalue(request.param)
+
+    def test_load(self, loader, create_source):
+        source = create_source("test.json")
+
+        artifact = loader.load(source)
+
+        assert artifact.value["name"] == "John Doe"
+        assert artifact.encoding == loader.encoding
+
+    def test_load_collection(self, loader, create_source):
+        resource_paths = ["test.json"]
+        sources = [create_source(resource_path) for resource_path in resource_paths]
+
+        collection = loader.load_collection(sources)
+
+        keys = {loader.to_key(source) for source in sources}
+        assert collection.keys() == keys
+
+        key = next(iter(keys))
+        artifact = collection[key]
+
+        assert artifact.encoding == loader.encoding