About Bekris
Bekris Gallery's mission is to expand the audience for African contemporary art. To that end the Gallery presents work by emerging, mid-career and internationally acclaimed African artists, both those living in Africa and those who are a part of the vast African diaspora. The mediums we present include paintings, sculpture, works on paper and photography. The Gallery's rigorous exhibition program presents eight shows per year including individual, two artist and group exhibitions.
Proceeds from each Bekris Gallery exhibition are contributed to an organization which serves the goals of food security and human development in one of the many countries called home by artists whose work Bekris Gallery presents.
Bekris Gallery's Inaugural Exhibition
Posted: Oct 6, 2009 - 3:43 pm
Guests enjoyed works by Contemporary African Artists William Kentridge, Etiye Dimma Poulsen, Diagne Chanel, Nnenna Okore and Soly Cisse at Common Ground, Bekris Gallery's inaugural exhibition.
Organizations We Support
- Women for Women International
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Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, where millions have died in one of the deadliest conflicts in modern history, food, medicine, job skills training and housing have been provided to thousands of women victims of human rights violations by Women for Women International whose motto is “changing the world one woman at a time.”