Nara Roesler organized her first contemporary art exhibition in Recife in 1976 and moved to São Paulo in 1986, where she consolidated the gallery under her own name in 1989. Today, she is one of Brazil’s leading gallerists, recognized for playing a key role in the promotion and internationalization of more than 50 artists. Based in São Paulo, the gallery expanded its program to Rio de Janeiro in 2014 and became the first Brazilian gallery to establish an international presence by opening a space in New York City in 2015, reinforcing its commitment to the global circulation of Brazilian art.
Consistently fostering curatorial practice and critical research, she created Roesler Hotel in 2002, a program that promoted exchanges between foreign and Brazilian curators and artists. In 2011, the gallery became the first contemporary art gallery in Brazil to establish a publishing house, Nara Roesler Books, which has published more than 30 titles to date.
Throughout its trajectory, the gallery has made a significant contribution to the development of its artists’ careers, offering ongoing support and high-profile platforms for the presentation of their work, and facilitating their inclusion in major institutions as well as in important private collections in Brazil and abroad. Its program features established artists such as Abraham Palatnik, Amelia Toledo, Antonio Dias, Artur Lescher, Daniel Buren, Heinz Mack, Julio Le Parc, Lucia Koch, Tomie Ohtake, and Vik Muniz, as well as a new generation of established artists, including André Griffo, Bruno Dunley, Jaime Lauriano, Jonathas de Andrade, and JR.