1957
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia (former USSR)
 
1972-1976
Nikoladze Art College, Tbilisi (BA)
 
1976-1982
Georgian State Art Academy, Tbilisi (MA)

1985-1988
Stay in Moscow; Association of avant-gardist artists
 
1988
Stay in Paris; artist-in-residence Gallery Bernard Felly
 
1989
Stay in Kassel (Germany); artist-in-residence Museum Fridericianum
 
1990-2003
Live and work in Cologne (Germany)
 
since 1997
Visiting lecturer at the European Academy of Fine Arts, Trier (Germany)
 
since 2003
Lives and works in New York, N.Y. (USA) 
 

Selected Exhibitions

2026

2025 “Collection of Françoise Friedrich”,  ANAGI Art Foundation, Tbilisi, Georgia

2024 “International artists of Georgian descent”, YARAT Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan  

2023 “Mantras in the garden”, Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia [C]

2021 “81 – 21” Z. Tsereteli Museum Of Modern Art, Tbilisi, Georgia [C]

2020 “At what price”, Georgian national museum, Tbilisi history museum

“Art Dubai”, UAE

2019 “Moving Stills and beyond: Eternal Transformations”, Erti gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia [C]

2018 “State of Play”, Contemporary Art Gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan [C]

2017 “State of Play”, Georgian national museum, Tbilisi, Georgia [C]

2016 “From Perestroika to the present day”, House of Art History, Tbilisi, Georgia

2011
“Fest-i-nova” – Art Festival, Georgian Art Centre “Garikula”, Georgia
“Georgian Artists working in Europe”, as part of European days events – Tbilisi, Georgia

2010
“ART MOSCOW”- Moscow
“COINCIDENCE” – Spektre Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (USA)

2009
“Born in Georgia”, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, (Netherlands) [C]
“L’Art Contemporian De Georgie” Chateau de Saint-Auvent, (France)
“Tbilissi Underground’ 09’’(France) 

2008
“Paris Montparnasse Tbilissi” Le Musee du Montparnasse, Paris, (France)[C]
 
2007
“Moving Stills” 55 Mercer Gallery New York, NY (USA)
 
2006
A Space Gallery – presents “Intrinsic Form” Brooklyn, NY (USA)
 
2005 / 2006
“Moving Stills” Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne (Germany)[C]
 
“Gematria“ in series of exhibitions under the title “Mysticism in Art”, Grant Gallery – Soho, New York, NY (USA)
 
2004
“Art from Perestroika till today”, State Art Museum, Tbilisi (Georgia)[C]
 
“Invitation to a Beheading” (original title in German: “Einladung zur Hinrichtung”), Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne (Germany)
 
2003
“Statements Basel-Köln”, Gallery Kämpf, Basel (Switzerland) and Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne (Germany)
 
2002
“ART Frankfurt” (Germany)[C]
 
2001
“One-liners”, Gallery Jule Kewenig Frechen-Bachem (Germany)
 
2000
“The White Curtain”, Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne (Germany)
 
1999
“Fazit” – Moving Images, Neon-installation, Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne (Germany)[C]
 
1998
“Transformation” Installation – UNESCO, Paris (France) [C]
 
“BRÜCKENGANG” (Bridging) Art-in-public-spaces, Cologne (Germany)
 
“Opposite of Eden” Installation, Art House Kaufbeuren (Germany) [C]
 
“Dialogue” Museum for Regional History and Art, Hamburg (Germany) [C]
 
1997
“Dialogue“ Museum für Regionalgeschichte und Kunst, Hamburg (Germany) [C]
 
“The Conscience” – “STADT(t)ART, Kunst in 56 homöopatischen Dosen” countrywide cooperation project on art in public spaces, Hürth (Germany) [C]
 
“M.E.S.S.A.G.E.” Positions of current art –Video-installation Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne (Germany) [C]
 
1996
“Dialogue” Leopold Hoisch Museum, Düren (Germany) [C]
 
1995
Art Cologne 4, Josef-Haubrich-Art-Hall, Cologne (Germany) [C]
 
Ursula-Blickle-Art-Prize for “Installation”, 1st prize, Ursula-Blickle-Foundation, Kraichtal (Germany) [C]
 
“Dialogue” Theodor-Heuss-Akademie, Bildungsstätte der Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, Gummersbach (Germany) [C]
 
1994
“Last Supper” – Gallery Jule Kewenig, Frechen-Bachem (Germany)
(In the Showroom of Gallery Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne) [C]
 
“Dialogue” Erholungshaus der Bayer AG, Leverkusen (Germany) [C]
 
1993
“Crusades III” – Installation, Cologne (Germany) (in cooperation with Gallery Friedrich, Cologne) [C]
 
1992
“The Cradle of Humanity”, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
(In cooperation with Price Waterhouse Corporate Finance and the Worldwide Life Foundation) [C]
 
1991
Two Georgian Painters – Museum St. Wendel (Germany)
 
1990
“Georgia on my Mind” – Four Painters from Tbilisi, DuMont Art Hall, Cologne (Germany) in collaboration with Museum Fridericianum-Kassel and Documenta Archive, Kassel [C]
 
Paintings from Georgia, Mona-Bismarck-Foundation, Paris (France) [C]
 
International Exhibition in the House of Arts, Cagnes (France): 2nd prize by Art critics jury [C]
 
Two Georgian Painters – Arts Hall Kiel (Germany)
 
1989
Soviet Contemporary Art, Hôtel de Ville Strasbourg (France) (with Ilya Kabakov) [C]
 
Exhibition on new Soviet Painting, Warschau (Poland) [C]
 
“Perestroika Man” – Three Georgian Painters, Soviet Art House, Moscow (Russia) [C]
 
“Georgia on my Mind” – Four Painters from Tbilisi, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel (Germany) [C]
 
Autumn Exhibition, Artist house Tbilisi (Georgia)
 
1988
“Glasnost” – the new freedom of Russian painters, Art Hall Emden (Germany) [C]
 
New Art from the USSR and Bulgaria, Dallas (USA) [C]
 
1987
“Generation-80”, House of Arts Tbilisi (Georgia) [C]
 
Exhibition Georgian Abstract Art, Exhibition Hall “ Ermitage”, Moscow (Russia) [C]
 
First Group Exhibition of abstract art by Georgian artists, State Gallery, Tbilisi (Georgia)
 
“Interart-87”, International Art Fair of Socialist countries, Warschau (Poland) [C]
 
1984-1987
Participation in several exhibitions throughout the Soviet Union