Born 1968 in Tbilisi, Georgia

Lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia

Education

1985-1990

Studied at the Architectural Department of the Tbilisi Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia

1990

MA in Architecture

Selected solo exhibitions

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2020

Passage, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany

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2017

Follow Georgia, 25th Anniversary, 1992–2017, United Nations, WIPO, World

Intellectual Property Organisation, organised by the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia, Geneva, Switzerland

Center of Georgia, Geneva, Switzerland

2016

Dramatic Flesh (with Rodolfo Villaplana, D Contemporary, London, England

Any Direction, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany

2013

Red, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany

Atelier Visconti, Paris, France

2011

54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Georgian Pavillon, Venice, Italy

Galerie Orem, Paris, France

Effigies showroom, Paris, France

2009

Holster Projects, London, England

2005

Gallery TMS, Tbilisi, Georgia

2001

N Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

2000

Gallery Chardin, Tbilisi, Georgia

1999

Gallery Chardin, Tbilisi, Georgia

Selected group exhibitions

2020

Curated exhibition by Tamara Kvesitadze, Saatchi Gallery, London, England

ART021 Shanghai contemporary art fair with Galerie Kornfeld Berlin, Shanghai, China

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2019

ART021 Shanghai contemporary art fair with Galerie Kornfeld Berlin, Shanghai, China

2018

Lebensguss | Marc Krepp, Galerie Kornfeld and 68projects, Berlin, Germany

The King is Female, Kunstverein Iserlohn, Villa Wessel, Germany

Farbenspiele, Ministerium der Finanzen Potsdam, Germany

Art Genève, Geneva, Switzerland with Erti Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

A Group Show with Georgian Artists, Saatchi Gallery, London, England

2017

Cosmoscow, Moscow, Russia with Erti Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

Supper Club, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany

The Devil Inside Me, Public House of Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

VOLTA NY, Galerie Kornfeld, New York, USA

2016

Someplace Else Right Now, Utility Muffin Research Kitchen in Los Angeles, USA

Art16London, Galerie Kornfeld, London, UK

2015

Paper Plains, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany

Art International Istanbul, Galerie Kornfeld, Istanbul, Turkey

Group exhibition with kinetic dolls, Writer's House of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia

2014

At the Crossroads II: Contemporary Art from Istanbul to Kabul, Sotheby's London, England

2013

At the Crossroads: Contemporary Art from the Caucasus and Central Asia, Sotheby's London, England

2012

Art Saint Germain des Près, Gallery Atelier Visconti, Paris, France

2007

52nd International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Georgian Pavillon, Venice, Italy

OPEN 10, Lido, Venice, Italy

2003

Installation, N Gallery, Art Cologne 2003, Cologne, Germany

2001

Thomas Boland Gallery, Jacob Javits Center, New York, USA

2000

CFM Gallery, New York, USA

1999

Thomas Boland Gallery, Jacob Javits Center, New York, USA

1998

2 Dagen, International Centrum Poppenkunst, Goes, The Netherlands

1997

Multimedia Sculpture, CFM Gallery, New York, USA

Art Against AIDS, Stricoff Fine Art Gallery, New York, USA

1996

Transformation, CFM Gallery, New York, USA

Artworks in public spaces

2019

Sigh, 18,5 m tall kinetic outdoor sculpture, Wuxi, China

Man and Woman, 8,5 m tall kinetic outdoor sculpture, Nh Trang, Vietnam

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2018

Any Direction, Centre Republic Multifunctionla Centre, Tbilisi, Georgia

The Tsinandali Estate, A Radisson Collection Hotel, designed by Tamara Kvesitadze and world-renowned industrial designer Ingo Maurer, Kacheti, Georgia

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2013

Man and Woman, 3 m tall kinetic outdoor sculpture, Chinshea Museum, Chinshea, China

2012

Hours, Marjanishvili Street, Tbilisi, Georgia

TBC Clocks, outdoor sculptures, project with TBC bank, Tbilisi, Georgia

2011

Rotation, Khimshiashvili Avenue, Batumi, Georgia

Man and Woman, 2 m tall kinetic outdoor sculpture, Four Seasons Hotel, Terre Blanche, France

2010

Man and Woman, 9 m tall sculpture in the harbor of Batumi, Georgia

Kinetic Chandelier, Chinshea Museum, Chinshea, China

Publications

2019

Online radio feature  for BBC, In the Studio Programme. Interview by Natalia Golysheva following the story of Sigh, a large moving sculptural piece by the artist, due to be installed in Wuxi city, China October 2019

100 Sculptures of tomorrow, by Kurt Beers, Director of Beers London, and published by Thames & Hudson

2018

The King is Female, Rusudan Khizanishvili, Tamara Kvesitadze, Natela Grigalashvili Drei Künstlerinnern aus Georgien, ed.: Alfred Kornfeld, Wienand Verlag, Köln written by curator Nina Mdavani and published for the international book fair in Wienland Verlag. The corresponding art exhibition was located at Kunstverein Iserlohn, Villa Wessel in Germany

Google Arts & Culture: Artist Tamara Kvesitadze’s work showcased on Google Arts and Culture, Agenda.ge

2013

Tamara Kvesitadze, ed.: Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin

2011

TamaraStudio, 54. Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, Partezipazioni nazionali , book published on the occasion of the solo presentation of Tamara Kvesitadze at the Georgian Pavillon at the 54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Maretti Editore

Theatre

2017

Cherry Orchard, costumes and set design with David Doiashvili, National Theatre of Bucharest, Romania

2011

Keto and Kote, costumes and set design for a musical, with David Doiashvili, Tbilisi, Georgia

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