Vajiko Chachkhiani is a

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artist whose work mostly involves

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and visual installations. Currently he lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Tbilisi, Georgia. Chachkhiani's work has been shown at the

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

Early life

Vajiko Chachkhiani was born in

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, Georgia. He studied Mathematics and Informatics at the Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, before turning to Fine Arts, which he studied at

Universität der Künste The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...

, Berlin, Germany and

Gerrit Rietveld Academie The Gerrit Rietveld Academie, also known as Rietveld School of Art & Design and Rietveld Academy, is an art academy in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The academy was founded in 1924 and offers programs in fine arts and design. History In 1924, the I ...

in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Career

At the

in 2017, he showcased a Georgian log cabin, that he received from the mining town of Chiatura. The cabin was filled with typical furniture and ordinary objects. Eventually, the rain started getting inside the work, causing moss to grow and creating an inversion between inside and outside. The title "A Living Dog in the Midst of Dead Lions" probably relates to the exhibition's location in Venice, whose symbol is the lion. At the Bonn Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany (also known as the Bundeskunsthalle) in 2018, Chachkhiani showed the disturbing story of a family in the short-film "Heavy Metal Honey". The film starts with a quiet family meeting and turns unreal when the mother starts shooting the family members. In the ending, everyone is sitting unharmed at the table.

Solo exhibitions

* 2014 – ''Both'', , Siegen, Germany * 2017 – ''Living Dog Among Dead Lions'', Georgian Pavillon,

57th Venice Biennale The 57th Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art exhibition held between May and November 2017. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Christine Macel, the chief curator at the Centre Pompi ...

, Venice, Italy * 2018 – ''Winter Which Was Not There'', Turku Art Museum, Finland * 2018 – ''Heavy Metal Honey,'' Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn * 2018 – ''Flies bite, Its going to rain,'' Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan * 2019 – ''Film'',

Berlinische Galerie The Berlinische Galerie is a museum of modern art, photography and architecture in Berlin. It is located in Kreuzberg, on Alte Jakobstraße, not far from the Jewish Museum. History The Berlinische Galerie was founded in 1975

, Berlin, Germany * 2022 - ''The New Year'', Pori Art Museum, Finland

Collections

* , Clermont-Ferrand, France * Han Nefkens Foundation, Barcelona, Spain * , Siegen, Germany

Awards

* 2013 – DAAD-award, Bonn, Germany * 2014 – 7th Rubens Promotional Award, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany * 2015 – Arbeitsstipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany * 2017 – ''Future Generation Art Prize 2017'',

PinchukArtCentre PinchukArtCentre is a private contemporary art centre, located in Kyiv with a collection of works by Ukrainian and international artists. The museum was opened on 16 September 2006 by the steel billionaire Victor Pinchuk. The mission of the Pinc ...

, Kyiv, Ukraine * 2019 – One of 4 recipients of a Villa Aurora fellowship for visual arts, Los Angeles, USA

References

External links

* http://www.danielmarzona.com/artists/vajiko-chachkhiani/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Chachkhiani, Vajiko 21st-century artists from Georgia (country) Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Germany Living people 1985 births Gerrit Rietveld Academie alumni