Georgian artists, Project ArtBeat set for VOLTA New York fair
Tweet 
Share
Some of the most celebrated contemporary artists from Georgia will exhibit their works at one of the highlight events of the international art scene in New York next month.
Artists Lado Pochkhua, Levan Mindiashvili and Tamara Kvesitadze will be among creators representing 96 gallery venues from across the world at the VOLTA NY fair in New York.
Celebrating the 10th anniversary edition of the global fair, the participating galleries and artists will come together at the city's Pier 90 venue from March 1-5.
A work from the series ‘The Book for the New Aristocracy’ by Lado Pochkhua. Photo courtesy of artist/Project ArtBeat.
Described by fair director Amanda Coulson as "an inspiring force for artistic discovery”, the VOLTA NY event will focus on solo presentations.
The three Georgian creators featured at the exhibition will represent galleries from Tbilisi, Berlin and New York.
Tbilisi-based Project ArtBeat will take up booth E6 at the occasion to present works by Lado Pochkhua.
The New York-based Georgian artist’s exhibits will showcase his series The Book for the New Aristocracy.
Pochkhua’s works explore the "existential emptiness of modern power”. Photo courtesy of artist/Project ArtBeat.
[Pochkhua] will create a salon simulacra in the gallery booth while considering the existential emptiness of modern power”, said Project ArtBeat in a preview of the display.
Born in Sokhumi, Georgia, Pochkhua graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts with a degree in painting and printmaking in 2001.
Currently based in New York, his works have been exhibited at exhibitions and venues including the 2009 Prague Biennale, while he has also featured at the inaugural exhibition of the Brooklyn Box Gallery in New York.
The VOLTA fair will also exhibit works by Levan Mindiashvili, who will represent New York’s The Lodge Gallery at the occasion.
Levan Mindiashvili, ‘Untitled’, from the series ‘Unintended Archaeology’. Photo courtesy artist/the Lodge Gallery.
Dealing with subjects including "preconditions created by sociocultural constructions”, Mindiashvili’s work is based on varying art disciplines.
The artist’s hand-produced sculptures often visualise images of his experiences from places of his past residence and seek to challenge established understandings of "truth”.
Mindiashvili graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 2003 and the National University of Art of Buenos Aires in 2012. His past artistic series include Borderlines, which focused on the connection between urban landscapes and identity and was exhibited at the Lodge Gallery in 2014.
The Brooklyn-based artist’s portfolio also includes the 2016 display Unintended Archaeology, for which he collaborated with another Georgian creator Uta Bekaia.
The fair will be held at the Pier 90 venue of New York. Photo: VOLTA NY.
The participation of Georgian artists in VOLTA NY fair will also be marked by the display of works by Tamara Kvesitadze.
Representing Berlin’s Galerie Kornfeld, Kvesitadze is currently featured within the exhibition Supper Club in the German capital.
Founded in 2005 by dealers Kavi Gupta, Ulrich Voges and Friedrich Loock, VOLTA brings together contemporary creators and galleries for two international art occasions - VOLTA, held in Basel, Switzerland, and VOLTA NY, hosted in New York.
The 2016 edition of the Basel occasion featured Georgian artists from Project ArtBeat as newcomers of the display.
More than a dozen Georgian artists will exhibit their works at a week-long contemporary art fair, launching in Ukraine's capital Kiev today.
Tbilisi-based contemporary art platform Project ArtBeat will be among this year's newcomers at the VOLTA 12 contemporary art fair in the Swiss city of Basel in June.
Georgian diplomats plan to contribute to the development of art projects and collaborations in the country within a new initiative launched in capital Tbilisi today.
Tbilisi-based gallery Project ArtBeat will showcase works by Georgian artists Levan Mindiashvili and Konstantin Mindadze among exhibits from worldwide art venues at the Art Dubai fair in the United Arab Emirates next week.
Georgian artist Giorgi Danibegashvili is among finalists of the annual competition organised by the Francois Schneider Foundation in France that aims to reveal some of the most fascinating works by contemporary creators from around the world.
Art enthusiasts in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi are invited to an exploration of power in works by contemporary artist Lado Pochkhua, hosted at the city’s popular creative venue Fabrika starting tomorrow.
Tbilisi-based Project ArtBeat will present three Georgian artists at this year’s ArtVilnius’17 International Contemporary Art Fair in Lithuania, exhibiting works by Maka Batiashvili, George Gagoshidze and Levan Mindiashvili at the event.
An exploration of the ever-moving experience of time and place is taking place at the acclaimed Svaneti Museum in Georgia’s north, where works by New York-based artist Levan Mindiashvili are on display.
The art form of print works is set to be celebrated by dozens of local and foreign artists flocking to two locations in Tbilisi to mark the highlight of this year’s Life N Style Print Festival.
Georgian contemporary artist Levan Mindiashvili is among 20 creatives based in the New York City borough of South Brooklyn who have been selected for this year's Brooklyn Information & Culture (BRIC) Biennial that opened on Wednesday.
Georgian artists Konstantin Mindadze and Lado Pochkhua will be among over 500 creatives exhibiting their works at Art Dubai, a major cultural event of the Middle East region launching in March.
Georgian artists Tamara Kvesitadze and Natela Iankoshvili are in focus at an ongoing exhibition at Berlin’s Galerie Kornfeld venue featuring contemporary works unified by the biblical theme, the Last Supper.