Berj Art Gallery was founded in 1996 by Joyce Quarshie and was first located at 3rd Ringway Link at the Ringway Estates in Accra. Joyce’s vision was to exhibit and champion African and Ghanaian works of art in an environment that enhances their aesthetic and monetary values as well as promoting the artists.

As an avid art collector herself since 1981, Joyce had an eye for that piece of painting or sculpture as a pure art form, pleasant in its own right, or as an investment, appreciating in value over time.