Born in 1991 in Rustavi, Georgia. Gvantsa Jishkariani is currently based in Tbilisi.
After studying at Tbilisi State Academy of Art (BA in Architecture), she gained an Informal MA in Inclusive Mediation at Center of Contemporary Art - Tbilisi.
Since 2013 Gvantsa, with Eliso Kirvalidze, founded first magazine about Georgian contemporary arts and design scenes - gargar.ge
In 2017, Gvantsa Jishkariani won “Tsinandali Award” in visual art (this is the only award for young artists, writers and scientists in Georgia).
In 2017 she, with Nata Kipiani founded Patara Gallery in an underpass shop in Tbilisi, which is a space for experimental, denied or not-yet-seen art and for game-changing young artists.
In 2018 Jishkariani with curator Ellen Kapanadze founded The Why Not Gallery in an underpass vitrine. in 2020 it was re-opened in a new location and transformed into a white cube gallery.
in 2020 Gvantsa was included in FORBES 30 under 30 list.
CV
EDUCATION:
2013-2014 Informal M.A. in Creative Mediation, Center of Contemporary Art Tbilisi (CCA-T) 2009-2013 B.A. of Architecture and Design, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES/GRANTS
2020
Exhibition Grant - Ministry of Culture Georgia
Forbes Georgia - 30 under 30 - visual arts
2019
Studio grant at Fotograf Gallery, Prague, Czechia
Studio grant at NARS foundation, NY, USA
2018
RESIDENCY GRANT at BINZ39, Zurich, Switzerland
2017
WINNER of Tsinandali award in Visual Art
RESIDENCY GRANT at Transcultural ArtLab, Juist, Germany
RESIDENCY GRANT at Frauenkulturburo NRW e.V., Dusseldorf, Germany
2016
RESIDENCY GRANT at Yarat, Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan
RESIDENCY GRANT at Batumi Back Yard Stories, Batumi, Georgia
REPRESENTED BY
A01 Fine art gallery (Naples, Italy)
Since 2019 Curator at Magic Carpets, Creative Europe
Since 2017 Curator at Tbilisi Photo Festival
Since 2017 Founder and curator of PATARA gallery and The Why Not Gallery
Since 2014 Founder of a portal about Georgian Art – Gargar.ge
COLLECTORS:
Alain Servais Collection Collezione Taurisano Zurab Tsereteli Collection
TBC Bank Collection Collezione Fabio Fresca Massimo Giorgetti Collection
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2020
Together Forever - Solo Show at Open Space, Tbilisi Georgia
Permanent Adolescence- Solo show in Ballon Rouge Club, Brussels, Belgium
2019
solo show at Project Artbeat, Tbilisi, Georgia
2018
a Tree.ხე at A01 gallery, Naples, Italy
REPTILIANS WITH WINGS at Template Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
GOODS ARE LEFT ON THE SHELVES-Performance at Nectar Gallery Performance Days, Tbilisi, Georgia
2017
SAVANNA SAVAGE at the Moving Gallery by Project ArtBeat, Batumi, Georgia
AVOIDING THE THOUGHT OF WHITE BEARS at Weltkunstzimmer, Dusseldorf, Germany
2016
WITCHCRAFT AND CURIOSITY at A01 gallery, Naples, Italy
COUNTERFEIT GOODS at Yarat, Baku, Azerbaijan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2018
ARTISSIMA art Fair, Turin, Italy
EENY, MEENY, MINNIE MOE at Project ArtBeat, Tbilisi, Georgia
IN AND OUT OF REALITY at Expo Georgia, Tbilisi Art Fair, Tbilisi, Georgia
TBILISI ART FAIR, Expo Georgia, Tbilisi
ARMENIA ART FAIR, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
2017
OCCURRENCES at Gallery Nectar, Tbilisi, Georgia
ARTVERONA at Verona, Italy
TAVIDAN at CCA TBILISI, Tbilisi, Georgia
NACHTFOYER at kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
SUFFOCATION VIA BUTTERFLY EFFECT at State Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
2016
FUTURE MEMORY at Fest i Nova, Garikula, Georgia
PERSONAL LOVE at Gallery Nectar, Tbilisi, Georgia
2015
MONOLOGUE WITH EQUIPMENT at D.U.O, Vienna, Austria
WELCOME performance at Flare festival, Manchester, UK
EXTREME TERRITORIES, in France, Ukraine, Georgia
LET’S SEE at Center of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi, Georgia
CONSUMER’S DREAM at Popiashvili-Gvaberidze Window Project