Contemporary Art Archive - Tbilisi

Doctor of Cultural Studies, Professor at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts; Head of the Direction of Fashion Design.Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific periodical – International Journal “Euro-American Scientific Cooperation” – published in Hamilton, Canada.Member of the Editorial Board of the International Conference “Sharing the Results of Research Towards Closer Global Convergence of Scientists” held in Montreal. The author of the first concept of design-education in post-Soviet Georgia. Authored a number of scientific and general educational publications on the fashion process in post-Soviet Georgia. Her works focus on the theoretical study of fashion as a complex social and cultural phenomenon, based on the facts and examples from the Georgian socio-cultural reality, considered within the general context of fashion theory. Thus, has prepared the new stage in the interpretation of the future systematic and fundamental study of post-Soviet clothing consumption.Is engaged in systematic work on curriculum updates, developing interdisciplinary programs and courses focused on tailoring the training of designers to meet the needs of today’s fashion market. Author and manager of educational-creative projects.Design Platform for Teaching Informal Educational Market Relationships / Alternative Discourse; Founder, Mediator Engaged in collaboration with successful designers representing the fashion business community, within the framework of the project “Alternative Discourse”. Trainer at international and local training sessions and master classes. Participant in a number of personal and group exhibitions.

Dimitri (Mito) Tumanishvili (1950-2019) Doctor of Art History and Theory. Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Giorgi Chubinashvili National Center for Georgian Art and Monument Protection, Full Professor of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts. In 1999-2006 he was the Deputy Director of the Institute of Georgian Art History: Head of the Department of Medieval Architecture; Taught a course in the history of Georgian architecture and the history of art at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts and the Tbilisi Theological Academy; Was an indispensable reviewer, editor, and consultant of works written in art science; For years he worked on the archives of scientists working in the field of Georgian art.

Teona Jafaridze studied in Tbilisi State University, faculty of History. She has been experienced jurnalistic and curatorial practises. Japaridze has been working as jurnalist in different magazines: 24 Hour, Ozon, Amarta, Focus, Tabula Art. She has also been art jurnalist for various television shows.

ძელი გალერეა ერეკლე მეორის და შარდენის ქუჩების კუთხეში 1996 წელს გაიხსნა და 2007 წლამდე მუშაობდა. გალერეა 1990-იან წლებიდან იყო მხატვრების და თანამედროვე ხელოვნებით დაინტერესებული საზოგადოების შეკრების ადგილი. გალერეის მეპატრონეები არჩილ დარჩია და მანანა ვადაჩკორია ხელოვანებთან ერთად ორგანიზებას უკეთებდნენ გამოფენებს, ხელოვანთა აქციებს, პერფორმანსებს. 

Daniel Spehr is a Swiss photographer. First, He came in Tbilisi in 1993 with the support of the Atelia Mondial IAAB scholarship. He became familiar with the Georgian contemporary artists and, as a result, developed unique photo portraits of the representatives of the contemporary art sector. In addition to these photos, his camera captured wide range of scenes of the Georgian rural areas and Tbilisi. Through these photos it is possible to explore the rhythm and the mood characherising the beginnings of 1990s. 

Nino Gujabidze is the author and producer of many projects from the second part of 1990s. Her professional development goes hand in hand with the development of contemporary arts curatorship in Georgia; it encompasses a range of unique, often difficult experiences, characteristic to developing Post-Soviet countries.

Photo artist Guram Tsibakhashvili joined “unofficial” artists collective by the second half of 1980s and has been a prominent figure in Georgian contemporary art ever since. His works from 1980-90s act as unique artistic chronicles of the contemporary art scene at a time, encompassing artists’ photo portraits and the documentation of artistic happenings. Along with artistic documentary photography, Guram Tsibakhashvili has created works of conceptual art, in the direction of subjective photography.

Maia Ghogheliani has graduated from the Tbilisi State University (Faculty of Phylology, 1984-89). In 1994 she started to work at the union "Arsi" under the Georgian Public Broadcaster for the TV show - "Shtrikhebi Portretistvis", focusing on the creative legacy of the Georgian contemporary artists. Between 1989 and 1994 she worked as a TV host in the morning show - "From 0 to 12" in the frameworks of the show - "Arti", encompassing the review of the Georgian art scene. In addition has given the lectures at the Tbilisi State University. Between 1997 and 1999 she worked as a correspondent and editor of the culture department at the TV news - "Moambe". From 2000 to 2003 she was the TV host of the show "Molberti".