About us
Manifesto
Free mind to think.
Free ideas to share.
Free arts to wonder.
Free spirit to create.
Free time to explore.
Free space to exhibit.
Free forum to discuss.
History
Once upon a time, we held academic degrees and were professionals in some respected fields. We worked around the clock to earn more money and social credits to stand out and feel good. At some point, after permanently exhausted, we asked ourselves: Is there an easier way to feel good?
We figured it out and made it in three bold steps. First, we freed up some time to pursue the arts. Second, we set aside some money to buy a space. Third, we liberated ourselves from nine-to-five jobs and opened a gallery.
We're not sure this is the end of our story, but the rest of it belongs to the future.
Owners
Iris & Dima Romanov
iris Romanov
Iris Romanov is a painter and psychotherapist with over 30 years of clinical practice. Born in 1969, she has spent decades working with people at their most vulnerable and honest — a perspective that shapes every canvas she creates.
She has painted throughout her life, but committed to her art seriously over the past five years, following her move from Israel to Georgia. It was here, at the intersection of two cultures and two vocations, that her central image emerged: the donkey.
For Romanov, the donkey is neither an animal nor a symbol — it is a mirror. Patient, stubborn, resilient, and persistently underestimated, it reflects what she has observed in people for three decades: strength disguised as weakness. Her series "Donkey: Symbol, Myth, Human" explores this figure across the full emotional spectrum — from tender lyricism to dark expressionism.
She works in mixed media: oil, acrylic, pastel, oil crayon. She holds no formal art degree, and considers this a source of creative freedom rather than a limitation. Her gallery is located in Batumi, Georgia.