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Georgia, 2030
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Tariel Soziashvili
Tariel Soziashvili (b. October 20, 1974, Tbilisi, Georgia) is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist whose practice extends across painting, sculpture, and mixed media. A graduate of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Soziashvili has developed a visual language that engages deeply with material, memory, and psychological experience. His work is known for its expressive intensity and rich symbolic vocabulary, drawing on both personal history and broader cultural narratives to create imagery that resonates with emotional and conceptual depth.
Soziashvili’s artistic journey reflects not only technical versatility but also a commitment to exploring the human condition through visual form. His work has been exhibited in some of Georgia’s most important cultural venues, including the National Gallery and Art Alley Gallery in Tbilisi, where he has participated in numerous group exhibitions. He has also held solo exhibitions at the Tbilisi History Museum (2001, 2022) and the Old Gallery (2003), events that cemented his presence in the national art scene. Soziashvili’s paintings and sculptures are also included in private collections internationally, spanning Austria, Germany, England, Sweden, Estonia, and the United States—evidence of his broad appeal and international reach.
At the heart of Soziashvili’s work is a profound engagement with light, surface, and psychological space. Whether through polychromatic canvases or more monochromatic pieces, his use of color is both intuitive and expressive, serving as a conduit for emotional and conceptual exploration. His imagery often features fragmented faces, surreal figures, and symbolic elements that suggest themes of memory, communication, and the passage of time. This approach invites viewers to engage actively with the work, projecting their own interpretations onto compositions that balance ambiguity with narrative suggestion.
What makes Soziashvili’s work particularly compelling is his ability to harmonize expressive technique with existential inquiry. By prioritizing distortion, abstraction, and symbolic resonance, he produces paintings and objects that function not merely as visual statements but as psychological landscapes. This quality gives his work a universality that transcends specific cultural references, making it accessible—yet richly layered—to both intellectual and emotional audiences. It is this blend of emotional intensity and conceptual depth that has positioned him as an original and influential voice within contemporary Georgian art.
In recent years, Soziashvili has continued to engage with the evolving art world while maintaining a distinctive artistic identity. He participated in the 2025 group show “Seizing the Fractals” in Tbilisi, an exhibition that showcased leading contemporary Georgian artists working in diverse media and approaches, highlighting Soziashvili’s ability to innovate within a broader artistic dialogue. For collectors and institutions alike, Tariel Soziashvili’s works are prized not only for their aesthetic power and technical command but for the ways in which they embody a rich intersection of personal history, cultural memory, and visual invention—qualities that ensure his work’s relevance both within Georgia and on the international stage.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition "Puzzle" at art-salon "Iavnana", 2025, Tbilisi, Georgia
Group show “Seizing the Fractals”, 2025, Tbilisi, Georgia
Solo Exhibition at “Old Gallery”, 2003, Tbilisi, Georgia
Solo Exhibition at Tbilisi’s History Museum, 2001-2002, Tbilisi, Georgia