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
2018
Any Direction II, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany
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
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
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
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
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
Collections
The Tia Collection, USA
The Chinshea Museum, China
City of Tibilisi, Georgia
City of Batumi, Georgia
Caroline and Michael Haas
Jean Todt
Joana Schliemann
Olga Addison
Dabing Chen and others
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