Sopo Cherkezishvili

Sopho Cherkezishvili was born in Georgia in 1971. She has graduated Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and Garret Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands. First art education Sopo received at Tbilisi Iakob Nikoladze Art College. Cherkezishvili is a conceptual and figurative artist. She works in different mediums : Fine art, sculpture video art. She belongs to the Georgian contemporary art space of the 90s. Cherkezishvili lives and works in Georgia

2014 – until now – Audio and visual faculty lecturer, Gipa

2018 – until now – Art Teacher, European School

2010-2018 – Invited Lecturer, at the faculty of fine arts, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts

2007-2011 – Art/Drawing teacher, 49 Public School

1999-2006 – Art Teacher, Tbilisi Iakob Nikoladze Art College

Personal Exhibitions:

2022 – If Neded Even Ships will Stop, Gamrekeli Modern

2020 – Point of Contact, Gamrekeli Modern

2019 – Caucasian was thinking about me, Tbilisi History Museum

2018 – The place which belongs to you, ArtArea Tbilisi

2016 – Hard move, Gallery “Overground”, Vienna, Austria

2016 – Know I am not waiting for you, Literature Museum, Tbilisi

2013 – Sometimes my eyes are red, Gamrekeli Gallery

2012 – My Birth Date –Vanda Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

2001 – In the Cage, “N” Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

2000 – The heart is on the left, Theater Basement, Tbilisi, Georgia

2000 – Why is the grass growing on my head, Tbilisi History Museum

1997 – The Wishing Tree, Pavilion, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands 

Group Projects

2017 -  Treffpunkt Vienna, Austria

2017 - International Print Festival, TBC Bank, Tbilisi, Georgia

2017 - Tell Me It’s Possible, Gallery “Overground”, Vienna, Austria

2016 - Heavy move, Gallery “Overground”, Vienna, Austria

2015 – Georgian Painters in Israel, Israel

2013 – International Art Symposium, Alania, Vlady Caucasus, North Osettia, Russia

2013 – John Cage 100 years, National Museum, Tbilisi

2012 – Insulin, Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia

2012 – Another 8 March, House of Europe, Tbilisi

2011 – Exit, Exhibition of the Georgian Artists, Iran

2011 – Eco Inspiration, The House of Europe, Tbilisi, Georgia

2010 - Showroom with artificial flowers, pandoras box…Tbilisi State Academy Of Arts

2010 – The House Museum of Tsinandali

2010 – Istanbul 2010, Project 12. Openly, Istanbul, Turkey

2010 – Reserve in Art, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts

2010 – Video Project, The City Of A Minute, Shanghai, China

2009 – Aluminum, International Exhibition, Baku, Azerbaijan

2009 – Artisterium, Second International Exhibition of Tbilisi, Tbilisi History Museum

2009 – Transkaukazia 2009, Poland

2009 - The Project – Can Not Change The Heartbeat of My Country, Gori, Telavi

2009 - The Project – Bethlehem Micro District, Tbilisi, Georgia

2009 - Open the Ethnographic Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia

2009 - International Forum – To Be A Woman, Baku, Azerbaijan

2009 – Stop Waiting Georgia, Tbilisi History Museum

2008 – Let’s Strengthen The Justice In Georgia Together, Art Center Tbilisi

2008 – Gender and Harmony, Cinema Amirani, Tbilisi

2007 – Atmosphere 41, Moscow, Russia

2007 – Tbilisi Digital Story, Tbilisi State Academy Of Arts

2006 – I am an European Citizen, France

2006 – Georgia To Georgia, Exchange Photo Exhibition, USA

2006 – One minute is enough to see the whole life, Gallery TMS, Tbilisi

2006 – Gender and Politics,Tbilisi  Marriott Hotel

2005 – The Project – Women Fantasies, “N” Gallery, Tbilisi

2005 – ArtCaucasus, Tbilisi

2005 – Iakob Nikoladze Art College’s exhibition, TBC Bank, Tbilisi

2005 – Via Video, Baku, Azerbaijan

2004 – The Project – Human’s rights is the part of Georgian Culture, Akhaltsikhe

2004 – Public Information Box, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts

2004 – You have not right to change my heartbeat, Iashvili Gallery, Telavi

2003 – Please don’t be weak, Rustavi Dramatic Theater 

2002 – Through art to peace, Tbilisi History Museum

1999 – UN WEEK, Gallery of Contemporary Art

1996 – Library, Burn, Nederlands