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Georgia, 2021
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Beka Sakvarelidze
Beka Sakvarelidze is a contemporary Georgian painter living and working in Tbilisi. He studied at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, where from 2010 to 2016 he completed both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Painting. Since graduation he has continued his affiliation with the Academy as an invited professor. He is also a member of the art group Colorful Cabriolet and serves as Artistic Director of the international exhibition project Kultura.Synchron in Dresden, Germany.
Sakvarelidze has achieved recognition early in his career: he received the Canaletto Prize (Dresden) in 2018 and 2020, and the Giraffe Award (Tbilisi) in 2017 as “best young visual artist”. His exhibition history is broad and international: he has participated in group and solo exhibitions across Europe and Asia — from Germany and Italy to China — and in Georgia he has been featured in major venues. Among his notable solo shows is “Someone Is Stirring” at the Georgian National Gallery in 2023–2024.
Artistically, Sakvarelidze’s work is characterized by expressive intensity and emotional commitment. In interviews, he describes his creative process as “impulsive,” demanding both “emotional and physical effort,” and often challenging but necessary to give form to his internal impulses. His paintings range across styles and media, yet they share a sensibility grounded in raw energy and honesty rather than purely decorative aims.
Sakvarelidze’s art resonates because it balances personal introspection with broader cultural and conceptual ambition. His works evoke a sense of inner movement — stirring memories, emotions, existential questions — rather than offering fixed narratives. In a gallery context, his paintings demand active engagement: they do not simply depict but provoke reflection, inviting the viewer to confront the tension between stability and flux, identity and transformation.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition “Someone is Stirring”, D. Shevardnadze National Gallery, 2023-2024, Tbilisi, Georgia
Exhibition FUTURUM III, ADAMIA GALLERY, 2022, Dresden, Germany
China International Biennale, 2022, China
Group Exhibition, Tbilisi History Museum, 2021, Tbilisi, Georgia
Group Exhibition “Temporary walls”, ORIANI gallery, 2021, Tbilisi, Georgia
Group Exhibition “Modern art in the ancient city”, 2021, Uplistsikhe, Georgia
“BI Auction”, 2020, Tbilisi, Georgia
Exhibition “Renoir Award” – Gallery M.A.D.S Milano, 2019, Milan, Italy
“Art Without Borders” – Belgrade National Gallery, 2019, Belgrade, Serbia
“I Create Reality” – GeoArt Gallery, 2018, Berlin, Germany
Opening Exhibition of the Museum of Fine Arts of Georgia, 2018, Tbilisi, Georgia
Group Exhibition, International Print Festival “Life’N’style” – TBC Bank Art Gallery, 2018, Tbilisi, Batumi, Georgia
“New Generation”; “Vanda” Gallery, 2017, Tbilisi, Georgia
Exhibition at the American Embassy, 2017, Tbilisi, Georgia
“Kultur.Synchron” – Festival Palais Sommer, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, Dresden, Germany
Bulgaria Biennale, 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria
Group Exhibition, “Awakened Artist”; House of Europe, 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia
Artbank, 2016, Beijing, Shanghai (China)
Group Exhibition “Curriculum Vitae”; Tbilisi State Art Academy, 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia
Exhibitions at the residence of the Ambassador of Germany, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, Tbilisi, Georgia
Solo Exhibition “Rider”; Art Gallery “Alliance 22, 2015, Tbilisi, Georgia
Solo Exhibition “Khvicha is going to run away”; Art Gallery “Silk”, 2015, Tbilisi, Georgia
Group Exhibition “Free Territory”; “TBC” Art Gallery, 2015, Batumi, Georgia
Group Exhibition “Time”; Stalin House Museum, 2015, Gori, Georgia
Workshop Del Bianco, “Palazzo Coppini”, 2014, Florence, Italy
Festival “Les Papillons”, Carpentras, 2013, France
Group Exhibition “Batman”; Tbilisi State Art Academy , 2012, Tbilisi, Georgia