PortMay Gallery

PORTMAY Art Gallery is a young but civilized island of culture in Vladivostok. The gallery opened on July 25, 2004, and the first exhibition presented the work of the famous seaside marine painter Valery Shilyaev. After six months of work, during which the creative and commercial landmarks were determined, in February 2005 the collective exhibition of the seaside avant-garde "March from the East" was presented in the gallery. With this exhibition, the gallery declared itself as a serious phenomenon in the artistic life of the city and region, sharply expanded the audience circle of the gallery, attracted the attention of the media. Located in the center of the city, in its historical part, the PORTMAY Gallery has become a creative territory where the paths of contemporary art of the Far East, Siberia, Central Russia and foreign countries converge. The gallery gives viewers a vivid idea of major masters and promising directions of modern artistic life of the region, our country and abroad. Through its exhibition activities, the Gallery not only recalls the artistic values created in previous years, places them in the cultural context of modernity, but also presents new names to the viewer. Here, at the junction of cultural traditions of the West and the East, the Gallery accumulates artistic ideas and opportunities of Far Eastern Russia, serves as a meeting place and creative communication of representatives of the cultural environment. In two multi-level exhibition halls of the PORTMAY Gallery, personal and collective expositions of paintings, graphics, sculptures, works of applied art are constantly operating. From each exhibition, collectors of fine arts, fans of a particular artist can purchase their favorite works in their own collection. And the Gallery offers services for the performance of art works on request. Along with the exhibition activities, the PORTMAY gallery produces a variety of printing products - prospectuses, posters, posters, posters representing art projects, exhibitions, the work of individual masters. Starting with the exposition of the seaside avant-garde “March from the East”, a collection of catalogs is formed dedicated to the exhibitions and works of individual artists, which can always be purchased. Catalogues are distinguished by high printing quality, corporate style of the Gallery. They include reproductions of the most characteristic works of the author, a conceptual art history article and other information about artists.