Date of birth 1952, Tbilisi, Georgia

Education
1974 - Graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Georgia
1978 - Post-graduate diploma in art history and theory, from the Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Georgia

Field Multimedia

Solo Exhibitions
2002 “Schwarzmeer”, nt-areal, Basel, Switzerland
2001 “Gauguin in Four Dimension”, performance and video action, Club “Basement” Tbilisi, Georgia
2000 “Iliko Zautashvili - as it is”, Old Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
1998 “Am I you?”, Performance, International workshop, Mirzaani, Georgia; “Birth in birth”, video concept, Theatre Artistic Athevains, Paris, France; “No Wall”, Performance, I.Z. and Core Performance Company, Tbilisi, Georgia
1994 “Body context”, photo and video action, Tbilisi, Georgia
1993 “The Lost City”, action, Tbilisi; “Through Nature”, Scheper Gallery, R.A.S.P. Amsterdam
1992 “cote Coeur”, cote couleur’, Freyming Art Centre, France
1991 “Light Darkness”, Friedrich Gallery, Cologne, Germany
1990 “Drawings on the Body”, Performance, Georgia Film studio, Tbilisi
1988 “Concept as a plastic idea”, Petrovski lines exhibition hall, Moscow, Russia
1987 “Fire Destructions”, Action, House of Artist, Moscow; “Playing with the wind in the mirror”, Performance, Georgia Film studio, Tbilisi; “Presence” , Performance, Freyming Art Centre, France
1981 “Wall”, IFID, Tbilisi, Georgia
1978 “Reality”, Merani Art Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

Selected group exhibitions
2009 “Born in Georgia”, Cobra Museum, Amsterdam
2008 “Voyage a Tbilissi”, Musee des Braux-Arts de Nantes, France
2007 Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Georgia; Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Ankara, Turkey; “Atmosphere 41 Degree”, the parallel exhibition of the 10th International Istanbul Biennale, Siemens Art Gallery, Istanbul
2006 “Transfusion”, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland; “Atmosphere 41 Degree”, National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia; “Atmosphere 41 Degree”, East-West Festival, Die, France; “Caravansarai - Station Paris” “Heart galerie”, Paris; “Nuit Blanche”, International contemporary art exhibition, Paris, France
2005 “In the Shadow of Heroes”, 2nd Bishkek International Contemporary Art Exhibition; “Georgian Art in Australia”, Shepparton Gallery, Australia
2004 “Aspects de la photography contemporaine du Caucase du Sud”, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brussels, Belgium; “New Resident”, Tbilisi History Museum, Georgia;
“Country of Artists”, c/o BP, btc, SCP, Tbilisi History Museum, Georgia; “Double Bottom”, Club 22, Goethe Institute, Tbilisi, Georgia
2003 Braziers International artists Show, Proof Gallery, London, UK; “Something about Love”, casino-Luxembourg, Luxembourg; “Beware Religion”, Sakharov Center, Moscow, Russia
2002 “S’il vous plait”, Thun, Switzerland; “Landscape and Territory” , Swiss-Georgian exhibition, N-Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia; “Aspects of contemporary Photography of Southern Caucasus”, Museum of Photography, Thessalonica, Greece; “Transmission”, Gallery Priestor, Bratislava, Slovakia; “Vitae Curriculum”, Tbilisi History Museum; “7+7, More Transparent”, Baku, Azerbaijan
2001 “Table”, International Art Dinner, Bristol, UK; “Counter-Culture in Georgia 1960-2000”, National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia; “The Great Atrophy”, Hay-Art Cultural Center, Yerevan, Armenia
1999-2000 “On the other Side of History”, Appolonia, Strasbourg, La ferme Du Buisson, Paris, France; “Total Space II”, Georgian – Israeli project, National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
1999 “Camouflage”, Maison de l’Europe de Geneve, Switzerland
1998 “N-context”, “N Gallery”, Tbilisi, Georgia; “Trans-formation”, UNESCO, Paris; Spike Island International Art Show, Bristol, UK
1997 “Between Photography & Painting”, IFA Gallery, Berlin; “couriered to … belt”, Belt, London, UK
1996 “Mega Universe”, Gallery “TMS”, Tbilisi, Georgia
1995 “Ein Dialog”, Haus der Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Theodor-Hauss Academy, Gummersbach, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany
1993 “Silk Road”, British-Georgian Project, Tbilisi History Museum, Georgia;
1992 “Black market”, Tbilisi History Museum, Georgia; “Heat and Conduct”, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield & Arnolfiny Gallery, Bristol, UK
1991 “A rest on the way to Egypt”, Palace of Youth, Moscow; “DA, Gegen verbotene Ostkunst”, Vienna, and ‘Sovangard’ Art Gallery, Berlin
1989-1990 “Russian-Soviet Avant-garde”, Bodenschatz Gallery, Basel, Switzerland; “Georgische Kunstler”, Korner Park Gallery, Berlin; ‘Red and White’, Dijkstra Gallery, Amsterdam, and Arsenal Foundation, Warsaw; “Total Space”, Mars Gallery, Moscow;
“Georgia on my Mind”, Museum Friedericianum, Kassel & Dumont Kunsthalle, Cologne
1988 “Avant-garde 88”, Tbilisi History miseum, Georgia
1987 “Non figurative art”, Hermitage Gallery, Moscow and National Gallery, Tbilisi
1986 “Generation 80”, House of Artists, Tbilisi, Georgia
1980 “Contemporary Georgian Art”, House of Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria

Contact
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