Thursday, October 8, 2009

About me

Education
2003 Diploma in Public and Industrial Communication (GWK). University of Arts Berlin (UdK Berlin)
1997-2003 Studies of Public and Industrial Communication (GWK). University of Arts Berlin (UdK Berlin)
1996-97 Studies of Art History. Berlin Technical University (TU Berlin)
1998 Diploma in Art History. Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
1993-1998 Studies of Art History. Tbilisi State Academy of Arts

Working Experience
since sept. 2009 Scholarship for Curators from Eastern Europe, Museum of Contemporary Art (GfZK), Leipzig, Germany
2006-2009 Art Derector of the “Focus” Citymagazin, Tbilisi
2006-2007 Graphik Design for Goethe-Institut Tbilisi
2004-05 Graphic Design for Advertising Agency “Imedi Contact”
since 2004 Free-lancing in Graphic Design
Planned, designed and executed campaigns for diverse Georgian and International companies:
Avon Cosmetics, Georgian National Museum, United Nations Development Programme Georgia,
The First Step Foundation, Photo Contest KOLGA, Aldagi, Bata, Investbank, GPC, Radio Liberty, BGI Legal...
2004-2005 Production manager for “Trigger Tiger”, Film by Salome Machaidze
2002-2004 Student Assistant in the field of Graphics. Berlin Fraunhofer Institute (Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik (IPK) Berlin)
2001 Trainee and work at Advertising Agency “Scholz & Friends” Berlin
Production assistant for Project DCVD Berlin (DaimlerChrysler Vertriebsorganisation Deutschland). Planned, organized and designed works outing to St. Petersburg.
1999 Planned, designed and executed the introductory campaign for the Chinese Garden Berlin/Gruen Berlin, Park und Garten GmbH

Projects
2009 Art of Returning Home, Solo exhibition for Lado Pochkhua, Arci Gallery, Tbilisi
Archidrome Presents - Georgian Artist Portfoglio Presentations at Arci Gallery (Kote Jincharadze, Sophia Tabatadze, Tamar Chabashvili)
2008 Meeting Pirosmani II - Inernational Artist Project in Honour of Pirosmani in Tbilissi, Georgia
OFF Europa - Salome Machaidze’s Exhibition (delikatessenhaus.com) & Kavkas Lab with
Georgian Artists (ditorei Leipzig); Both exhibitions organized for the
Theatre Festival OFF EUROPA in Leipzig.
Exchange Academy - A collaborative project between Georgian, Dutch, Armenian and Turkish artists
Archidrome Presents - Georgian Artist Portfoglio Presentations at Arci Gallery (Koka Ramishvili, Guram Zibakhashvili, Nino Sekhniashvili, Kote sulaberidze, Goga Japaridze)
since 2007 Founder and Manager of ‘Archidrome’ The Contemporary Art Archive
2007 Cultural Agenda Tbilisi, project by Onno Dirker
2006 Meeting Pirosmani - Inernational Artist Project in Honour of Pirosmani in Tbilissi, Georgia
Georgia, here we come! - A collaborative project between Georgian, Dutch, Belgian and Polish artists

Projects with Goethe-Institut Tbilissi:
Organazed and designed EcoTopia – contemporary art and nature in the Caucasus;
Givi Margvelashvili - Man between cultures;
Gia Chkhatarashvili - Georgians in Germany

Trainings / Workshops
Nov. 2007 Creative Collaboration In Europe and Beyond, Istanbul; Organized by British Council
Sept. 2006 Cultural Scene, Berlin; Seminar by Goethe Institut

Membership
http://geoair.blogspot.com/
http://archidrome.blogspot.com/