About
Our Mission
Founded in 2016, Residency Art Gallery is one of very few Black-owned commercial art galleries created with the purpose of serving LA's communities of color. At Residency Art Gallery, we celebrate contemporary artists that continue to make projects for their own communities. The artists exhibited at Residency tell multifaceted stories that speak directly to our community’s history, identity and resilience. Yet, often the stories are engulfed and misappropriated within the predominantly White, affluent and largely inaccessible art spaces in other regions of the city. The simple question that needed answering was, “How can work made by artists of color be seen by the intended audience in their own neighborhoods?”
Our vision
Residency Art is a commercial, contemporary art gallery with the goal of serving historical South Central Los Angeles. We hold exhibitions and projects from contemporary artists of color. In addition to exhibitions, we encourage dialogue between artists, activists and the community by regularly hosting discussions in the space. In addition to the main gallery, our Project Space site will showcase projects from various arts collectives, non-profit organizations and local artists.
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