History
In 1987, before downtown Louisville re-emerged as an active business district, a small group of artists saw an entrepreneurial opportunity for a new kind of gallery and moved into an empty building on West Main Street in the middle of what was to become a re-vitalized commercial corridor of the city. Zephyr Gallery began as an ever-changing artist-run cooperative intent on building both infrastructure and enthusiasm for local art through innovative exhibitions with the primary vision of providing individual artists control over the presentation of their work. One can map the expansion of Louisville's downtown with Zephyr Gallery's relocation trail. Zephyr became a catalyst for new retail enterprises moving into adjacent buildings forcing the gallery to move five times in response to rising rents. In 1997 Zephyr relocated for the final time and purchased the building at 610 East Market Street where it currently operates. The Louisville art scene has grown and changed dramatically
Specialties
Zephyr Gallery is a multidisciplinary exhibition space located in the East Market Street Business District of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The mission of Zephyr Gallery is to serve as a platform to incubate, advocate, and facilitate innovative ideas in art and artistic practices in the region. In 2014, Zephyr launched an ongoing Project series with curated proposal-based exhibitions as well as collaborations with universities, colleges, and cultural institutions.