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
(exhibitions)
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
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
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
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:
Country:
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.
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
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
2017
LOST LANDSCAPE
Format: Short film
Medium: Short film 8 min
Exhibited at: International Art Residency and Exhibition, Oni
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
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
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
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
2012
SYMBIOSIS
Format: Short film
Medium: Short film 8 min
Exhibited at: International Contemporary Art Exhibition “JOURNEY TO THE EAST”. Arsenal Gallery
Country: Poland
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
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