Founded in 2018 by Florian Azzopardi in his apartment, AFIKARIS Gallery opened its first public space in Paris in 2020, before moving in 2022 to a larger venue in the heart of the Haut Marais, on Rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth.
Committed to fostering intercultural and interdisciplinary dialogue, AFIKARIS Gallery has, from the beginning, focused its program on artists from the African continent and its diaspora.
Today, the gallery represents around fifteen artists, often socially engaged and driven by a desire to speak about society, their culture, their heritage, and to write their own story. AFIKARIS offers its artists a platform for expression through ambitious solo exhibitions, for which it regularly collaborates with internationally renowned curators such as Christine Eyene, Louise Thurin, and Pascal Odille. The gallery also supports its artists in their institutional exhibitions and Biennials. Finally, the gallery takes part in numerous international art fairs, mainly in Europe and the United States.
In 2022, AFIKARIS opened a residency space in Montreuil for artists preparing projects with the gallery.