Gallerist Sorella Acosta first developed a deep love and appreciation for Africa on a six-month trip traveling across the Sahara Desert. At the time, Sorella was a partner at Artexis Group, the organizer of Art Brussels. The artists she met in Africa often asked if she could help them exhibit their works in Europe, which inspired Acosta to open OOA Gallery (short for Out of Africa), a gallery focused on contemporary African art, in 2011.
