• EXTENSION.GE. IF YOU LIVED HERE, YOU WOULD BE HOME

    EXTENSION.GE. IF YOU LIVED HERE, YOU WOULD BE HOME

     

    TATO AKHALKATSISHVILI, UTA BEKAIA, TAMARA KVESITADZE, LUCA LAZAR, LEVAN MINDIASHVILI, DARO SULAKAURI, RUSUDAN KHIZANISHVILI, LEVAN CHELIDZE, NINO CHUBINISHVILI, GIORGI CHKHEIDZE

     

    Triumph Gallery in partnership with Ria Keburia Foundation, ERTI Gallery and Window Project, Tbilisi, presents the 11th edition of the EXTENSION project—If You Lived Here, You Would Be Home. In line with now traditional approach to exploring different national art scenes, ten Georgian contemporary artists, who represent various media and subject matters, are brought together by their interest in heritage and cultural memory.

     

    Georgia has always existed at the crossroads, from the Ottoman Empire to the Soviet regime, from the Rose Revolution to the era of the new oligarchs. Having overcome a deep trauma, Georgia is now a vital link in cultural exchanges. In spite of many years of migration, regime change and economic turmoil, Georgians have managed to preserve their national heritage, avoiding the fate of “the cultural melting pot” that has befallen neighboring lands. This cultural depth and richness can be seen in the work of Georgian contemporary artists, who continue to explore their deep ties with tradition and cultural memory, even if working in cities all over the world. Georgia, with its special cadence of life, seems to have avoided the identity crisis that many other nations face today. With a slower pace to life and a tendency towards meditative contemplation, the atmosphere of this country lets you focus on actual values, reflect upon the changing present and consider alternative ways forward.

     

    Extension.ge: If You Lived Here, You Would Be Home displays an overview of Georgian contemporary art by presenting artists with diverse background. All exhibition artists belong to the generation which is part of the new dynamic scene that looks beyond the geography of their national borders. Without ignoring their cultural identity and possessing particular experience of contemporary reality, these artists make a claim to international presence and benefit from their openness and desire for exchange.

     

    Exploring transitional fluid state of historically accepted social forms and paradigms, the exhibition revisits the notions of place, identity and history. It doesn’t propose answers or solutions, but it does offer opportunities to closely examine artistic practices, storytelling and new perspectives. The profound intergenerational impact of postcolonialism, economic exploitation and ideology requires nuanced insights and experiential responses, which inevitably shapes the reality and brings about new artistic practices. Participants of Extension.ge: If You Lived Here, You Would Be Home are renegotiating the definitions of place and home in order build renewed links between the notions of memory, geography, identity.

  • "IMAGE AND LIKENESS" – Exhibition at Moma Tbilisi

    “IMAGE AND LIKENESS” – Exhibition at Moma Tbilisi

     

     

Rusudan Khizanishvili lives and paints in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was born in 1979 and received her two BFAs in Painting from J.Nikoladze Art School and from Tbilisi State Academy of Art. In 2004 Rusudan received her MA in Film Studies from Tbilisi State Academy of Art. For Rusudan a blank canvas is an escape road or intradimensional portal to the new world created by her imagination. This world is populated by strong women who carry their social burden day in and day out, while retaining their archetypal allure. Rusudan also frequently includes animals that serve as symbolic guides between cultures and identities. Her confident use of color combined with a palpable and often sensuous handling of oil paint demonstrates a maturity that proved her interesting to many galleries and residences across the world. In 2015 ten of her works have been bought by the Georgian National Museum of History and Culture as part of the Georgian national heritage.

 
2019
Solo Exhibition, Museum of Fine Art, Nalchik, Russian Federation

 
2018
Solo Exhibition — Conversion Device/Literature Musem, Tbilisi, Georgia
Solo Exhibition, Mark Rothko’s Art Residency, Daugavapils, Latvia
3 Künstlerinnen aus dem Land des goldenen Vlieses, galerie Halle, Linz, Austria
Rusudan Khizanishvili and KC Ortiz, New Image Art Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
Solo Exhibition, Oni Local Museum, Oni, Georgia
Three Georgian Women, Villa Wessel, Iserlohn, Germany
Group Show Wilma W.Daniels, Wilmington, NC, USA

 
2017
Breedartstudios, Amsterdam, Netherland
Group Exhibition, Allouche Gallery, NYC, USA
Solo exhibition, Kunsthaus Summerau, Germany
Art3F with Norty Paris Mecenat, Metz, France
Art3F with Norty Paris Mecenat, Lyon, France
Solo Exhibition, Galerie Am Roten Hof, Vienna, Austria
Group Exhibition, 19Karen Contemporary Space, Gold Coast, Australia
Art3F with Norty Paris Mecenat, Nantes, France
Art3F with Norty Paris Mecenat, Toulouse, France
Art Madrid, with Norty Paris Mecenat, Madrid, Spain
Art3F with Norty Paris Mecenat, Paris, France
Group Exhibition, Arundel Contemporary, Arundel, UK

 
2016
Solo Exhibition, Tours, France
Solo Exhibition with French sculpture Anselm Kiefer, Mauregard, France
Affordable Art Fair, Bruxxels, Belgium
Art Strasbourg, France
Affordable Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
Art Nantes, France
Porte De Versallies, Paris, France
Art Metz, France
Art Expo New York, NYC, USA
Contemporary Art & Craft Fair, MoMA, Tbilisi
Main Prize at ZwiązekPolskichArtystówPlastyków, Poland
Sianoja International Art Symposium, Participation and Group Exhibition, Spain
Group Exhibition — The Paper Work, Upstream Gallery, New York, USA
Group Exhibition, North Carolina University, USA
Gallery Mezanine, North Carolina, USA
Art F4, Solo Exhibition, Paris, France
Brussels Art Fair F3, Belgium
The Other Art Fair, London UK
Affordable Art Fair Nacka Strandsmassan, Stockholm
Expo 4Art Nice, France
Carroussel Du Louvre, Paris, France

 
2015
Group Exhibition “Artist’s Book”, Georgian National Museum of History, Tbilisi, Georgia
Rusudan’s works are saved in Georgian Museum of History and Culture as part of Georgian National Heritage
One of creators of Georgian National Pavilion at the 56th Venice Art Biennale
Solo Exhibition, MauregardGallery, France
Group Exhibition, AndlyMarholGallery, Brussels, Belgium
Solo Exhibition, Vienna, Galerie Am Roten Hof
Group Exhibition, Galerie Crabbe, Spain
Group Exhibition, Arundel Art Gallery, UK
Solo Exhibition Cross Pass, Contemporary Art Center, Russia, Vladikavkaz
Group Exhibition — CFCC’s Wilma W. Daniels Gallery, NC, USA
Group Exhibition, winner in Call For Chelsy, Chelsy, NY, USA
Solo Exhibition — MakowskiGalerie, Berlin, Germany
International Art Symposium LUZ, Competa, Spain
Crawling Border — Kiev, Ukraine

 
2014
Solo Exhibition, SfumatoGallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
Group Exhibition, Qatar, Doha
Group Exhibition, Eger, Hungary
Group Exhibition Konya, Turkey
Group Exhibition, Art Festival Zhas-star, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Netherland, Horst-Paningen
ArtArnhem, Netherlands
Solo Exhibition with Nino Morbedadze, “No Name”, SfumatoGallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
Group Exhibition, MauregGallery, Paris, France

 
2013
Solo l Exhibition, Amman, Jordan, Gallery Foresight 32
Group Exhibition, Amman, Jordan, Gallery Foresight 32
Exhibition, Netherland, Horst, IROK—Gallery
International Art Symposium, Sarkad, Hungary
International Art Symposium, Eger, Hungary
Group Exhibition, Eger, Hungary
Mark Rothko’s Art Residence, Daugavapils, Latvia—participant
Group Exhibition, Mark Rothko’s Art Center, Daugavapils, Latvia
DIAS – Dubai International Art Symposium, participant

 
2012
Group Exhibition in Museum of Cinema, Teathre and Music.
Solo Exhibition, France, Galerie Eclat D’Art
Group Show, Netherland, Horst, IROK—Gallery
International Festival of Art Marbella- Batumi 2012

 
2011
Group Exhibition “Karvasla-gallery” — caucasian artist exhibition “Hello, Caucasus”
Solo Exhibition “The lost secrets”, “ArtMix Gallery”, Moscow, Russia
 
2008 — Solo Exhibition “Kopala Art Gallery”, Tbilisi, Georgia
2007 — Group Exhibition “Kopala Art gallery”, Tbilisi, Georgia
2006 — Cinema Festival Sesily, Tbilisi 2006, Group Show
2005 — Cinema Festival Sesily, Tbilisi 2005, Group show
2002 — Group Exhibition in “Basement Club”, Tbilisi, Georgia
2002 — Solol Exhibition “Basement Club”, Tbilisi, Georgia
1998 — Group Exhibition in Modern Art Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia



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