Manifesto

For Our Community

Azure Arts is a nomadic gallery anchored in supporting emerging and mid-career artists living in New York City. We are here to connect and cultivate a community for creative minds who maintain a genuine curiosity about human nature, the universe, and an appreciation for the practice of making the intangible tangible.

For Artists and Collectors

At Azure Arts, we foster equitable relationships with artists and meaningful connections between artists and art collectors. We host and facilitate artist dinners, gallery talks, studio visits, and many more opportunities for curious collectors to gain insight into any artist’s creative process. We believe acquiring art is an emotional investment that should bring you joy to see it in your space, not because you are practicing in the next hot trend.

For The Experience

While our primary focus remains on the visual arts, many artists showcase their creativity more fluidly. So we often invite performance artists to enrich the experience at our unique gatherings.

Our Founder

Elizabeth Chatham

Elizabeth Chatham is the Azure Arts owner and curator, established in 2021. Previously, Chatham founded the Codex Project, a Chelsea pop-up gallery.

Born in Dallas, Texas, and based in New York City since 2010, her entire career has been devoted to the fine arts, including working for institutions like Sotheby’s Auction House and Gagosian Gallery.

Chatham holds an MFA from New York University in Visual Arts Administration.

The name, Azure Arts, honors the artistic affinity of Elizabeth’s late mother, whose favorite color was Azure. Rebecca was a fervent supporter of Elizabeth’s ambitions to find and support artists’ careers and legacies.