Virginia Damtsa is also working with musician Peter Gabriel on an art and music project for his new album, i/o.The project features renowned artists such as Annette Messager, Olafur Eliasson, Ai Weiwei, Tim Shaw, David Spriggs, Cornelia Parker, Barthélémy Toguo, Nick Cave, and many others. Damtsa is currently planning to tour the project in various museums.

Director- Virginia Damtsa With a wealth of experience spanning nearly three decades, Virginia Damtsa stands as a seasoned and respected Curator, Gallerist, Cultural Strategist, Art Dealer and Artist Agent, bringing a unique and invaluable perspective to the art world. From pioneering Riflemaker in the 2000s to spearheading VirginiaVisualArts in 2018 and collaborating with Peter Gabriel on the i/o art & music project, her experience is vast.At the age of sixteen, Damtsa entered the art market to help her uncle to open the Museum of Alekos K. Damtsa, in The Art Centre Giorgio de Chirico. While studying her Master’s degrees in Arts, she started showcasing emerging artists and curated several exhibitions in her space, and other galleries. From 2003-2017, she co-owned with Tot Taylor the gallery Riflemaker London, curating exhibitions with artists such as Judy Chicago, William S. Burroughs, Gavin Turk, Martin Kippenberger, Yoko Ono, Takis, Penelope Slinger, Sebastião Salgado, Chris Levine, Christopher Bucklow, Liliane Lijn, Stuart Pearson Wright, Wolfe von Lenkiewicz and many others. She facilitated some important art deals with museums and art institutions.Damtsa also collaborated with musician Peter Gabriel on his i/o album bringing prominent artists such as Ai Weiwei, Cornelia Parker, Olafur Eliasson, Annette Messager and others.She manages fifty artists, teaches art history and the art market, mentors, writes in major newspapers, features on TV and creates links between artists, galleries, major collectors and museums. Damtsa curates exhibitions in galleries in London and internationally where she mainly shows mid-career, emerging international contemporary artists alongside established artists. Her latest exhibitions have included artists such as Michael Craig-Martin, Keith Tyson, Henry Moore, Gordon Cheung, Jonathan Yeo, Henry Hudson, Von Wolfe, Richard Wathen, and others. She runs more than twenty art exhibitions per year and participates in art fairs.