EDZGVERADZE GIA

Born 1953 in Tbilisi, Gia Edzgveradze is a visual artist, sound/music performer, writer, art-event organizer. Since 1988 artist moved to the West and had solo-shows: at Venice Biennale, Tate Gallary (St. Ives), MCA (Budapest), De Apple (Amsterdam), Sprengel Museum (Hannover), NCCA (Moscow) etc. and group shows: Documenta 13, Kassel, Fridericianum, Kassel; Ludwig Forum, Aachen; Arnolfini, Bristol, UK; Daimler-Benz, Stuttgart/Berlin; Haus der Kunst, Munich; MMA, Stuttgart; New National Gallery, Berlin; ZKM, Karlsruhe; ICA, Detroit; MuseumMAfrikA, Johannesburg; Zimmerly Art Museum, New Jersey; Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf; Tokyo Opera City Gallery; Museum de Arte de Sao Paulo; CoBrA, Amsterdam; etc. In his two monographs and numerous catalogues texts wrote: Boris Groys, Hubertus Gassner, Saskia Bos, Rainer Crone, Renate Damsch-Wiehager, Carla Schulz-Hoffmann, Igor Zabel etc. Lectured at: Columbia University; Royal Academy, London; UDK, Berlin; Academy of Media Arts Cologne; Rutgers University, Vrije University, Amsterdam; Academy of Fine Arts, Munich; De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam.

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