Mila Askarova
Mila Askarova is the founder and CEO of Gazelli Art House , a contemporary art gallery based in London, established in 2010 as an additional space to its Baku gallery. The gallery has built a consistent and diverse programme with artists working in sculpture, photography, painting, performance, video, and virtual reality. In 2015, Askarova launched GAZELL.iO , the digital arm of the gallery, starting with an online residency for artists working in the digital realm. In 2020, to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the successful VR group exhibition series, “Enter Through the Headset,” she launched the GAZELL.iO VR Library. The GAZELL.iO Project Space was also created in 2020 to provide digital artists with a permanent space to showcase their works physically at a commercial gallery.
From The Lumen Interview | Nye Thompson and UBERMORGEN, September 2022