Roza Azora Gallery
The Roza Azora Gallery was established in 1991 shortly before the failed coup that led to the collapse of communist rule. The new gallery's spirit reflected that promise of change and freedom that inspired a whole generation.
The founders were the artist Elena Yazykova, the future director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art Marina Loshak and the TV producer Lyuba Shaks. Since than the gallery has regularly taken part in the Art Moscow fair of contemporary art, as well the Moscow Biennale. It has also staged a series of exhibitions in collaboration with leading Russian museums including the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg, the State Shusev Museum of Architecture, the Literary Museum, the Museum of Oriental Art and the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art.
Roza Azora has emerged as one of the most active representatives of Russian contemporary art. The Gallery works with such artists as Maria Arendt, Andrey Bartenev, Haim Sokol, Sergey Gorshkov, Ivan Loungine, Dina Khaichenko, Alexei Lantsev, Alena Kirtsova, Marina Koldobskaya, Pavel Leonov, Andrew Logan, Natalia Nesterova. Ivan Yazykov. It gives a chance to young undiscovered artists to exhibit themselves but also has a tradition of hosting established contemporary classics working in various art forms.
