Elene Rakviashvili is a multidisciplinary artist based in Georgia. Since graduating from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, she has worked in installation, conceptual photography, video, and visual art. Her installations are often large-scale, focused on reflecting social and identity issues. In her early solo exhibitions, she presented her main concepts by uniting ready-made objects, video, and photography into immersive installations.

Elene focuses on various media, creating site-specific installations that often incorporate video and sound. By using waste fabric and second-hand textiles, she constructs large-scale pieces alongside conceptual photography.

Inspired by nature, she addresses environmental issues, using video art to advocate for ecosystem preservation amidst urban development.

Later, focusing on calligraphy traditions and the properties of Georgian red wine, she began working more intensely, linking performance with conceptual site-specific installations.

Originally from the Republic of Georgia in the South Caucasus, she draws upon rich cultural traditions. Her artwork also reflects the experiences of the challenging economic and political situations of her homeland.

selected

works

(Solo exhibitions)

  • 2025

    The Dose That Kills and Heals

    Medium: curated by SLCT Gallery in collaboration with Beyond Gallery
    Exhibited at: Artizan Hotel, Tbilisi
    Country: Georgia

  • 2024

    MEDEA’S GARDEN

    Format: Paintings, installation
    Medium: Solo show, visual works on canvas (150×300 cm) ink and wine, installation
    Exhibited at: National Gallery
    Country: Georgia

  • 2011

    SOLO SHOW

    Format: Photo installation
    Medium: Solo show of Photo installations
    Exhibited at: Stadhalle Gallery, Oelsnitz and Gorlitz, Kinger Gallery; organised by Transkavkazia Foundation
    Country: Germany

  • 2010

    WHERE YOU BELONG

    Format: Installation
    Medium: Conceptual photography and video installation
    Exhibited at: Historical Museum of Tbilisi
    Country: Georgia

(performances)

  • 2019

    QVEVRI ESCAPE

    Format: Performance
    Medium: Performance 10 min
    Exhibited at: Qala, The 6th International Biennale, Baku
    Country: Azerbaijan

  • 2019

    WINE IS LOVE AND LOVE IS WINE

    Format: Public performance
    Medium: Public performance
    Exhibited at: Picnic Pavilion project, Venice / New York
    Country: Italy / USA

  • 2018

    SECOND NATURE

    Format: Installation / performance
    Medium: Silk cocoon Installation, wine interactive performance
    Exhibited at: Artisterium, Kutaisi
    Country: Georgia

  • 2015

    LOVE IS A BRIDGE

    Format: Installation & Performance
    Medium: Installation and Performance
    Exhibited at: Women Looking From (Artist Residency & Exhibition), Galerie nEUROPA / Kultur Aktiv, Dresden
    Country: Germany

  • 2013

    BRIDGE 1 & 2

    Format: Performance
    Medium: Performance using wine-painting on textile
    Exhibited at: BORDER-KEY-NEUROPA (International Land Art Project), Zittau
    Country: Germany

(SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS)

  • 2026

    Healing

    Format: Curated by ArtTent, Maia Bichikashvili, in collaboration with five female artists
    Exhibited at: Tbilisi Art Fair (TAF)
    Country: Georgia

  • 2025

    Voluntas vitae / ნება სიცოცხლისა / The Will of Life / IF YOU SEEK ANOTHER SURFACE

    Format: Handprint and video
    Medium: Serigraphy. 70×100 cm. 20 editions. Video 1 min
    Exhibited at: “IMPRINT #9” – The 9th International Print Festival, MoMA Tbilisi
    Country: Georgia

    This handprint is part of the series Medea’s Garden. It explores the fragile threshold between remedy and poison, inspired by the ancient wisdom of Medea of Colchis. The serigraphy is inspired by the endemic Digitalis ferruginea and Digitalis purpurea, portrayed as a union of two plants from the same family yet carrying a dual essence: capable of soothing or harming, saving or destroying, while also embodying symbolic female and male principles.

    A Video work (1 min) in which Silkworm cocoons as “living Material” trace a cardiogram across shifting surfaces, revealing how a single pulse is shaped by its environment.

  • 2025

    WE ALL ARE MEDEA’S

    Format: Paintings
    Medium: Canvas, Acrylic, Ink. 150×550 cm (various)
    Exhibited at: International contemporary exhibition ARTISTERIUM, State Academy of Arts
    Country: Georgia

    View exhibition catalogue (Artisterium 18)

  • 2025

    AS A FOREIGNER IN ONE’S OWN COUNTRY

    Format: Video
    Medium: Video art (2:38 m)
    Exhibited at: Sarajevo Winter 2025, 40th International Art Festival, Bosnian Cultural Center, Sarajevo
    Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • 2022

    LOOKING FROM AFAR

    Format: Installation
    Medium: Site-specific Installation. Fabric, mixed media
    Exhibited at: BACK TO NORMAL, International contemporary Art exhibition
    Country: Hague, Netherlands

  • 2021

    TOUCH OF INNOSENCE

    Format: Photography
    Medium: Conceptual photography. Toilet paper, red wine
    Exhibited at: Eco AWAREART Gallery
    Country: Georgia

  • 2021

    CURTAIN

    Format: Installation
    Medium: Waste fabric, Installation 190x150x75 cm
    Exhibited at: Clearwater, Florida
    Country: USA

  • 2020

    WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR

    Format: Photo Installation
    Medium: Mixed media, towels, white sand. 95×75 cm
    Exhibited at: International Online Exhibition based on reusable fabric

    The accelerated rhythm of life devours emotion and tenderness, instilling fear of self-revelation. Nature, however, remains a space of forgiveness, offering a second chance to return to one’s essence.

    View exhibition catalogue (Dispose To Reuse)

  • 2019

    DUM SPIRO SPERO

    Format: Video Installation
    Medium: Video Installation 4’1m. Mixed media, fabric, wood
    Exhibited at: 4th International Print Festival “LIFE N STYLE”, MOMA Tbilisi
    Country: Georgia

  • 2017

    NO OTHER CHOICE YET

    Format: Poster (Photo)
    Medium: Photo. Mixed media, 60×80 cm
    Exhibited at: International poster exhibition “Plastic all over the world”, Tbilisi/Batumi/Racha
    Country: Georgia

  • 2017

    BRAIN TEASER

    Format: Video
    Medium: Video art 2’5 min
    Exhibited at: Tashkent Biennale 2017
    Country: Uzbekistan

  • 2016

    MAIL ART

    Format: Poster (Photo)
    Medium: Photo. Mixed media, 45×70 cm
    Exhibited at: International exhibition. Dresden, Kyiv.
    Country: Germany / Ukraine

  • 2016

    SHIFT

    Format: Installation
    Medium: Cardboard, wasted maps, acrylic. 120×75 cm
    Exhibited at: International exhibition Artisterium, Tbilisi
    Country: Georgia

  • 2014

    WHY YOU SHOULD COME TO GEORGIA

    Format: Photography
    Medium: Print banners series, 65×180 cm
    Exhibited at: International exhibition ARTISTERIUM, Tbilisi Historical Museum
    Country: Georgia

  • 2012

    SYMBIOSIS

    Format: Short film
    Medium: Short film 8 min
    Exhibited at: International Contemporary Art Exhibition “JOURNEY TO THE EAST”. Arsenal Gallery
    Country: Poland

  • 2008-2011

    PRIVATE LIFE

    Format: Photo installation
    Medium: Photography, 4 pieces, 50×55 cm each
    Exhibited at: International Exhibition “To Be A Woman” – Baku, Warsaw
    Country: Azerbaijan/Poland

(ART RESIDENCIES)

  • 2026

    If you seek another surface

    Format: Multidisciplinary project
    Medium: Self-curated, in collaboration with Irakli Lomadze
    Exhibited at: Art Residency at Ria Keburia Foundation, Kachreti
    Country: Georgia

  • 2017

    LOST LANDSCAPE

    Format: Short film
    Medium: Short film 8 min
    Exhibited at: International Art Residency and Exhibition, Oni
    Country: Georgia