WHO I AM
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nationality: Georgian
Date and Place of Birth: 1 April 1967, Tbilisi, Georgia
EDUCATION
1982-1985 Tbilisi Vocational Art College
1985-1990 Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts, Textile Department
WORK EXPERIENCE
Since 1990 Independent Artist
Since 1997 Georgian Textile Group, Tbilisi
1997 Member of Georgian Artists’ Union
2003-2007 Teaching practice at Georgian Textile Group Workshop
WORKSHOPS & MASTER CLASSES
2005 Silk Painting, Cold Batik Technique, the Netherlands
2013 Making Silk Paper and Wool Felting, Sanibel, Florida, USA
2013 Making Silk Paper and Wool Felting, Augusta, Maine, USA
2013 Making Silk Paper and Wool Felting, Hallowell, Maine, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Gallery VANDA. Tbilisi, Georgia
2013 BIG ARTS, Founders Gallery, Sanibel, Florida USA
2005 Exhibition at UN Office
2005 Gallery “Z.T.” (Untitled), Groningen, Netherlands
2002 Exhibition at UN House in Tbilisi, Georgia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Wahrnehmung, Kulturort Höfli 7, Switzerland
2018 Tbilisi Art Fair, Gallery VANDA, Tbilisi, Georgia
2014-2020 The Fine Art of Contemporary Crafts Watson MacRae Gallery, Sanibel, Florida, USA
2010 Exhibition dedicated to Guillaume Siemienski and deceased in Haiti
Gallery “Hobby”, Tbilisi, Georgia
2008 Exhibition dedicated to Medea, National Museum of Georgia
History Museum of Tbilisi
“Karvasla”, Georgia
2007 Contemporary Georgian Tapestry. Felt, Carpet. Gallery “ARSI”, Tbilisi, Georgia
2004 11th International triennial of Tapestry, Central Museum of Textile, Lodz, Poland
2003 4th International Textile Art Symposium, “Karvasla”, Tbilisi, Georgia
2002 Open Studios at IAAB, International Artists Exchange Programme
Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
2001 Crossroad – 3rd International Textile Symposium, Tbilisi, Georgia
2000 Contemporary Georgian Fiber Art, SeamGallery, Megadim, Israel
2000 From Lausanne to Beijing- International Tapestry Art Exhibition, Beijing, China
2000 Modern Art from Georgia, Contemporary Art Gallery, Valencia, Spain
1999 6th International Exhibition of Minitextiles, Angers, France
1999 Silk Road 99- 2nd International Textile Exhibition, National Picture Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
1999 Contemporary Georgian Applied Arts, National Picture Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
1997 Make Friends – 1st International Textile Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia
1997 Georgian Tapestry Retrospective Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia
1993 Georgian Applied Art, Moscow, Russia
1993 L’ Art En Georgie, Frances Comte, Tourinnes La Grosse, Belgium
1991 NEC Workshop Exhibition of Traditional Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
PUBLICATIONS
1998 Fiberarts Book Six, USA
“Textile Plus”, Netherlands
LANGUAGES
Georgian – native language
Russian, English
AWARDS RECEIVED
1997 Best Tapestry of the Year – Award of the Ministry of Georgia for “Iraklis Window”
1983 Medal of the NEC – National Exhibition of Arts, Moscow, Russia
GRANTS RECEIVED
2002 Five Months Scholarship, IAAB - International Artists Exchange Programme
Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
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