I explore different techniques and also the qualities of found and manipulated two or three dimensional objects or textural components. All these materials turned into colors, shapes, lines and textures, sometimes hidden but still existing somewhere between the layers of paint - oil, acrylic or whatever, create an impression that things are often not what they seem, giving rise to doubt in the reality of visible.

1964 Born in Tbilisi, Georgia

1988 Graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts with a diploma in Graphic Design.

1990 Studied at Glasgow School of Art under a post-graduate exchange program.

SHOWS

1990 Galeria Brok, Barcelona, group exhibition

1990 Artbank Gallery, Glasgow, group exhibition

1991 Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, group exhibition

1994 The British Council, Edinburgh, one-man show

1995 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, one-man show

1995 Consulate General of the Russian Federation, Edinburgh, one-man show

1995 Roy Miles Gallery, London, group exhibition

1995 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, SSAC exhibition

1996 Central House of Artists, Moscow, group exhibition

1996 Gallery 47, London, group exhibition (SFAG)

1997 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, RSA Summer Exhibition

1997 The Scottish Fine Art Group (SFAG), Inverness, joint exhibition

1997 Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh College of Art, one-man show

1998 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, RSA Summer Exhibition

1999 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, RSA Summer Exhibition

1999 Hobby Gallery, Tbilisi, joint exhibition

2000 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, RSA Summer Exhibition

2000 The Mall Galleries, London, Art of Imagination Open Exhibition

2000 The Kerr Cultural Center, Scottsdale, Arizona, group exhibition

2001 Karmelklooster, Drachten, the Netherlands, Art Beyond Borders group exhibition

2001 Central House of Artist, Moscow, the International Art Salon

2001 The City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy Summer Exhibition

2001 Generali Insurance Company, Linz, Austria, Art Beyond Borders group exhibition

2001 Municipal Gallery Burg Stolberg, Germany, Art Beyond Borders group exhibition

2002 Grillparzerhof, Kirchberg o.d. Donau, Austria, Art Beyond Borders group exhibition

2002 Galerie Kandinsky, Vienna, Austria, Art Beyond Borders group exhibition

2002 Hobby Gallery, Tbilisi, one-man show

2002 Karvasla Tbilisi State History Museum, Actual Dreams group exhibition

2003 The Jersey Galleries, London, Artlives First International Exhibition

2003 Art Orient Gallery, Tbilisi, Joint exhibition

2003 Cultural Center Usina do Gasometro, Porto Alegre, Brazil, International Miniart Exchange

2003 Kopala Gallery, Tbilisi, Joint exhibition

2003 Kunstverein Erkelenz (near Cologne), Germany, Art Beyond Borders group exhibition

2004 Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York, Milieu Through Mixed Media exhibition

2004 The Embassy of Georgia to the U.K., London, Points of View (exhibition of 23 Georgian artists)

2004 Art Caucasus 2004, 1 st International Visual Art Expo, Tbilisi, Georgia, Hobby Gallery one man presentation

2000 John Murray Thomson Award. The President and the Awards Committee of the 2000 Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition

Artist Highlights

• Lives In:    Georgia
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