AFIKARIS Gallery

Founded in 2018 by Florian Azzopardi, to promote emerging and established artists from Africa and its diaspora, AFIKARIS Gallery opened a dedicated Paris-based gallery space in 2021. Engaged in promoting cross-cultural and disciplinary exchange, AFIKARIS acts as a platform for artists to engage with the wider public. A mirror and space for reflection on the contemporary African art scene, it provides artists with a space to address the topical local and international issues at the heart of their art. The AFIKARIS programme includes group and solo exhibitions, art fairs, publications and institutional partnerships. In 2023, the gallery opened its artist residency on the outskirts of Paris. The residency is a place dedicated to creation, at the disposal of the artists working with the gallery or who wish to develop a project for a future presentation with the gallery. In November 2022, the gallery enriched its programmation with a ‘Project Room’: an innovative and experimental program situated within the gallery’s final room. The ‘Project Room’ acts as a dynamic and flexible platform to present specific projects, enriching the curatorial choices of the gallery with new proposals.