Garage Project Space is a new experimental art platform launched in Moscow in February 2014 and entirely dedicated to presenting the work of artists based in Russia and Eastern Europe, as well as diasporic Russian artists. Garage Project Space is the place where a new generation of artists and curators test out ideas and form new tendencies in art. On February 7, 2014, Garage Project Space opened the application period for Russian curators and prospective exhibition projects.

In 2012 Garage Center for Contemporary Culture launched a special scholarship program in support of young Russian artists. Every year, the expert board selects recipients of a 12-month merit-based scholarship from a pool of applicants aged 18 to 35. The principal selection criteria include originality, use of novel forms and materials, and credibility of artistic solutions.

“Our incentive system is a radically new practice in Russia and I hope it will help us shape a new generation of domestic artists. For Garage, it signifies another step in supporting contemporary Russian art and we are happy to have launched the program,” said Garage founder Dasha Zhukova.

11, a group exhibition by Garage scholarship recipients, will become the second project realized at Garage Project Space. The exhibition features eleven works reflecting the diversity and current trends in the emerging Russian art in a range of genres, including sculpture, painting, watercolor, video art, and photography.