Gvantsa Jishkariani (b. 1991) graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Tbilisi State Academy of the Fine Arts, then completed an informal master's program at the Centre of Contemporary Art-Tbilisi. Multimedia artist works in a range of media including painting, photography and sculpture. Dedicated to experimentation, the artist likes to explore traditional craft – investigate her own associations, research into the tradition and then employ the knowledge to create her art. Her works often deal with her personal emotions and experiences as well as reflect socio-political conditions of present-day Georgia. The artist often employs humour to address these deeply
personal and highly relevant subjects.
Gvantsa is the co-founder of the contemporary art galleries in Tbilisi, Patara Gallery and The Why Not Gallery. In 2021 Gvantsa received Prince Claus Foundation Seed Awards. In 2020 she was selected for the Forbes 30 under 30 list, Between 2017 and 2019, Gvantsa was the curator of the Tbilisi Photo Festival Night of Photography. In 2019 she won the NARS Foundation Studio Grant, New York and in 2017 the artist received the Tsinandali Award in Visual Arts. Gvantsa was the founder of the first Georgian online magazine Gargar magazine on art and fashion (2013-18). Gvantsa is widely exhibited in Georgia and abroad, including Brussels, Prague, Zurich, Dusseldorf, Naples and Baku.
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Forbes women Georgia- Gvantsa Jishkariani receives Prince Claus seed awards.
Public Broadcaster - Gvantsa Jishkariani interview
Artarea - Together Forever Gvantsa Jishkariani solo show
Caucasus Business Week - The Last tarot
Home is - The Why Not Gallery Interview
Regarder - Together Forever Gvantsa Jishkariani solo show review
KubaParis - Together Forever - Gvantsa Jishkariani Solo Show
Hammock Magazine - Gvantsa Jishkariani solo show , Art in Public spaces
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week - Group Fungus interview
Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum - Talk about alternative Art platforms during pandemic
Forbes - 30 under 30 Gvantsa Jishkariani
Forbes Tv - Gvantsa Jishkariani
Tzvetnik - A Tree Gvantsa Jishkariani Solo show
Mutual Art - Permanent Adolescense Gvantsa Jishkariani Solo show
Georgian Video Art Archive - Gvantsa Jishkariani
Forbes - 30 under 30 გვანცა ჯიშკარიანი
Tv Imedi - Gvantsa Jishkariani art practice Interview
“ხელოვნების წრე” - მარიამ ნატროშვილი და გვანცა ჯიშკარიანი
არტარეა - ჯგუფური გამოფენა Gallery Artbeat
SanatAtak - Gvantsa Jishkariani Art practice review
Forbes US - Curator Nino Matcharashvili - Art is not canceled
Buyers Magazine - Gvantsa Jishkariani
Buyers Magazine - Random thoughts
Fotograf Gallery - Gvantsa Jishkariani Interview
Holafilm - Gvantsa Jishkariani Patara gallery
Materiel Tbilisi - Collaboration with Gvantsa Jishkariani
Materiel Tbilisi - About Collaboration with Gvantsa Jishkariani
Tv Imedi - Gvantsa Jishkariani about Patara gallery and The why not gallery
Two Utopias with three sculptures about angels - Genevieve Goffman and George Targamadze
Terrible Dreams - Ana Chaduneli Solo show
Thousand Secrets -Ruska Badriashvili Solo Show
Forbes Woman - The Why Not Gallery Gift Shop