The Pioneri Art platform and on-site gallery space brings together emerging visual artists and art lovers from the Balkan region and beyond.
Year founded
2022
Location
North Macedonia
Sector
Culture
Stage
Scale-up & growth
Emerging artists are often neglected and excluded by mainstream galleries. This impacts female artists disproportionately, as they have less access and visibility in the art market.
The Pioneri Art platform promotes and sell the artworks of emerging artists on the international market, with a special focus on female artists and sustainable art. The platform provides educational content, art consultations and an augmented reality (AR) tool to ease the process of buying. The on-site gallery will become a space for gathering through exhibitions, educational workshops, and art consultations.
The Pioneri Art platform aims to increase awareness and appreciation of emerging artists’ work through community building. It also wants to support livelihoods by disseminating works as widely as possible and displaying them for sale, thus, drawing both national and international attention to the Western Balkan contemporary art scene. In the first two months since their launch, they organized two exhibitions dedicated to prominent female emerging artists, attracting many viewers, supporters, and buyers.