Gvantsa Jishkariani 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 New York, Brussels, Vienna, Prague, Zurich, Dusseldorf, Naples and Baku.
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EDUCATION:
2014-2015 Informal M.A. in Creative Mediation, Center of Contemporary Art Tbilisi (CCA-T) 2009-2013 B.A. of Architecture and Design, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES/GRANTS :
2022
LOTTOZERO residency, Prato, Italy
RIA KEBURIA FOUNDATION residency, Kachreti, Georgia
2021
PRINCE CLAUS SEED AWARDS for emerging artists and cultural practitioners - recipient
2020
EXHIBITION GRANT from Ministry of Culture Georgia Forbes 30 under 30 (culture)
2019
RESIDENCY GRANT at NARS foundation, NY, USA
Curatorial RESIDENCY GRANT at Fotograf gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2018
RESIDENCY GRANT at BINZ39, Zurich, Switzerland
2017
Tsinandali award in Visual Art - recipient
RESIDENCY GRANT at Frauenkulturburo NRW EV., Dusseldorf, Germany
2016
RESIDENCY GRANT at Yarat, Contemporary Art Center, Baku, Azerbaijan RESIDENCY GRANT at Batumi Back Yard Stories, Batumi, Georgia
Since 2017 Founder and curator of PATARA gallery
Since 2017 Founder and curator of The Why Not Gallery
Since 2014 Founder of a portal about Georgian Art – Gargar.ge
Since 2017 Curator of the Night of Photography at Tbilisi Photo Festival
COLLECTIONS (selected):
Alain Servais Collection
TBC Bank Collection
Collezione Taurisano
MSGM Collection
Vasili Tsereteli Collection
Maria Larsson Collection
Zurab Tsereteli collection
Agovino collection
Silk Museum of Georgia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2022
I DREAM OF FIRE - The Why Not gallery
2020
TOGETHER FOREVER Solo Show, The Why Not gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
VICTORINA at In-between Conditions, Tbilisi, Georgia
PERMANENT ADOLESCENCE at Balloon Rouge Club, Brussels, Belgium
2019
ALLOTTED FEAST AT THE END OF THE WORLD at HOTEL STAMBA, Tbilisi, Georgia
WHO WILL RECORD HISTORY? at Project Artbeat, Tbilisi, Georgia
2018
A TREE. at A01 gallery, Naples, Italy
REPTILIANS WITH WINGS at Template Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
GOODS ARE LEFT ON THE SHELVES-Performance at Nectar Gallery Performance Days, Tbilisi, Georgia
2017
SAVANNA SAVAGE at the Moving Gallery by Project ArtBeat, Batumi, Georgia
AVOIDING THE THOUGHT OF WHITE BEARS at Weltkunstzimmer, Dusseldorf, Germany
2016
WITCHCRAFT AND CURIOSITY at A01 gallery, Naples, Italy
COUNTERFEIT GOODS at Yarat, Baku, Azerbaijan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022
I AM NOBODY! WHO ARE YOU? at RHIZOME, Kortrijk, Belgium
SOFT OPENING at HALLE13, Vienna, Austria
SORRY, NO FLOWERS HERE, at The Why Not Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
2021
TWO SHAPES OF LEAF ON TREE at KAIR, Kosice, Slovakia
ALL YOUR FAVOURITE WITCHES & BITCHES at CAS Batumi, Georgia
2020
GROUP SHOW at Tbilisi online biennial.
2019
GROUP SHOW at project artbeat, Tbilisi, Georgia
UTILITIES, gallery Warehouse, Tbilisi, Georgia
2018
EENY, MEENY, MINNIE MOE at Project ArtBeat, Tbilisi, Georgia
IN AND OUT OF REALITY at Expo Georgia, Tbilisi Art Fair, Tbilisi, Georgia
2017
OCCURRENCES at Gallery Nectar, Tbilisi, Georgia
TAVIDAN at CCA TBILISI, Tbilisi, Georgia
NACHTFOYER at kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
SUFFOCATION VIA BUTTERFLY EFFECT at State Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia