levan mindiashvili

|| susurros [whispers]

susurros_01, 2009
mixed media on canvas, 40x30 cm.

susurros_02, 2009
mixed media on canvas, 40x30 cm.

| | cama [in bed]

_01, 2009
mixed media on canvas, 30x50 cm.
France, Private Collection

_02, 2009
mixed media on canvas, 30x80 cm.

| | elle

Ella, 2009
mixed media on cardboard, 30x20 cm.
Berlin, Private Collection

Marilia, 2009
mixed media on canvas, 30x30 cm.

Laura, 2009
mixed media on canvas, 50x50 cm.

Vera, 2008
mixed media on cardboard, 30x30 cm.
Buenos Aires, Private Collection

Levan Mindiashvili @ ART BASEL MIAMI 08

Levan Mindiashvili @ ART BASEL MIAMI 08
represented by art gallery NES (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

4 - 11 December, 2008
ATELIER - fine art gallery
3863 Shipping Ave.
Miami, FL 33146

| | sterile ones

series for the project HETERODOXA

sterile_01, 2008
egg tempera and charcoal on panel, 30x60 cm.

sterile_03, [to georgia] 2008
egg tempera, gold and charcoal on panel, 40x50 cm.

|| HiStory of love : passion : desire : devotion : sex : [works of 2005 / 2007]

HiStory of love, passion, desire, devotion, sex, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 53 x 85 cm.

HiStory of love, passion, desire, devotion, sex.01, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 84 x 85 cm.

HiStory of love, passion, desire, devotion, sex.02, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 87,5 x 85 cm.

HiStory of love, passion, desire, devotion, sex.03, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 84 x 85 cm. Georgia, private collection

hands...[01] , 2008
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 30 x 25 cm.

hands...[02] , 2008
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 25 x 30 cm.

hug.01, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 30 x 27,5 cm.

hug.02, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 30 x 27,5 cm.

smooth touch.01, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 25 x 35,5 cm.
private collection, Georgia

smooth touch.02, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 25 x 35,5 cm.
Ukraine, private collection

desire, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 27 x 46 cm.
Ukraine, private collection

vector lovers, 207
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 27 x 30 cm.
Georgia, private collection

Lovers.01, 2006
Egg tempera and charcoal on panel, 62 x 110 cm. Germany, Private Collection;

Lovers.02, 2006
Egg tempera and charcoal on panel, 46 x 89 cm.

The Kiss 01, 2005
Egg tempera and charcoal on panel, 107 x 99 cm. Japan, Private collection;

The Kiss 02, 2006
Egg tempera and charcoal on panel, 40 x 60cm. Germany, Private Collection;

The Kiss 03, 2006
Egg tempera and charcoal on panel, 67 x 67 cm. Germany, Private Collection;

The Kiss 04, 2006
Egg tempera and charcoal on panel, 37 x 71,5 cm. Japan, Private collection;

The Kiss 05, 2006
Egg tempera and charcoal on panel, 70 x 71,5 cm. Georgia, Private collection;

|| females [works of 2005 / 2008]

dancer, 2008
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 26,5 x 23 cm.
Georgia, private collection

friends [girls], 2008
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 30 x 40 cm.

sisters 01, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 30 x 26,5 cm.
Georgia, private collection

sisters 03, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 28,5 x 30,4 cm. Argentina, private collection

sisters 02, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 28,5 x 30,4 cm.

sisters 04, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 27 x 30 cm.

sisters 05, 2007
egg tempera & charcoal on panel, 27,5 x 27,5 cm.
Georgia, private collection

portrait of the writer Anna Kordzaia - Samadashvili, 2006
egg tempera, sepia & charcoal on panel, 50 x 80 cm. Georgia, private collection.

tartan blanket, 2005
egg tempera on panel, 34 x 42 cm. Germany, Private Collection;

thought, 2005
egg tempera on panel, 40 x 40 cm. Germany, Private Collection;

expectation, 2005
egg tempera on panel, 40 x 28 cm. France, Private Collection;

the series PASSENGERS was created for the international art project STRASSEN_verbinden KULTUREN organised by IKV [internationaler kuenstler verein] .
the project was held in the two cities of Germany - in Gelsenkirchen [october/december] and in Dortmund [november/december] - in 2006.

passengers.01
egg tempera on panel, 69,5 x 85,5 cm.

passengers.02
egg tempera on panel, 80 x 72,5 cm.

passengers.03
egg tempera on panel, 110 x 110 cm.

passengers.04
egg tempera on panel, 92 x 89,5 cm.
University of California, Oakland CA, (USA)

passengers.05
egg tempera on panel, 70 x 107 cm.

passengers.06
egg tempera on panel, 70 x 98,5 cm.

passengers.07
egg tempera on panel, 70 x 107 cm.

|| curriculum vitae

Levan Mindiashvili

visual artist | independent curator | performer

was born in tbilisi [georgia] in 1979. lives and works in buenos aires [argentina]

education

1987/1996 Tbilisi state Art School for Children; 1997/2003 Tbilisi state Academy of Fine Arts; 2008 Master degree in multidisciplinary projects at IUNA - Instituto Universitario Nacional de Arte, Buenos Aires

exhibitions | projects | events

2009 – Negro Barocco – Encontre Arte Gallery, Buenos Aires (Argentina); NES_zona 54 - Buenos Aires (Argentina); Kunst en Religie - Denderleeuw (Belgium); Weltreise der Sinne II – IKV, Bonn (Germany); ArtIsterium 09 – International Forum of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi (Georgia); Feria Tres Cool - Buenos Aires (Argentina); New Generation – Gallery Arsi, Tbilisi (Georgia); Punctum – 4 Gatos espacio de arte, Buenos Aires (Argentina); Vulnerando Frontersa HADE II - Centro Cultural Chilavert, Buenos Aires (Argentina); Primer Salon de Arte Erótico – Te Matare Ramirez, Buenos Aires (Argentina); South Contemporary Art by EFFA – EFFA Home Boutique, Banfield (Argentina); Cuerpos, Tecno índices y SentidoEncuentro Multidisciplinario de Soporte Performatico – Gallery Arcimboldo, Buenos Aires (Argentina); Kunst Raub #003 – Gallery Kunstraub99, Cologne (Germany);DeutschArty – ArtyThursday by Axel Hotel, Buenos Aires (Argentina); Queer Art – Casa Brandon, Buenos Aires (Argentina); Kunst im BPA - Bonn (Germany)

2008 - ART BASEL MIAMI 2008, FL (USA); Festival DIVERSA - gallery NES, Buenos Aires (Argentina); Festival de Arte Queer - Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aies (Argentina); heterodoxa - Salon Dorado, Teatro Roma, Buenos Aires (Argentina); sazgvari_border_frontiere_frontera [project in progress]; Weltreise der Sinne - IKV, Bonn (Germany);

2007 - international art road _ kunst aus 4 kontinenten alte feuerwache, Cologne (Germany); OW_ART 07 International Art Fair, Buchen (Germany); perdus - GalerieD’Art Paris8, Paris (France); ArtVent - Gallery Art Gerecht, Eberbach (Germany);

2006 - STRASSEN_verbinden kulturen - Gallery Atelierhaus Westfallenhuette Dortmund / WissenschaftsPark, Gelsenkirchen (Germany); The Lost Ones - Gallery Universe, Tbilisi (Georgia); Georgian Visual Art - National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan (Armenia);

2005 - Figurative Art Studio, expo II - Gallery Universe, Tbilisi (Georgia); The 20’s - La Maison Caucase, Paris (France); Tbilisi Impronte Gallery Borgo Arte, Borgomanero; Kunst aus Georgien III - Gallery CultiG7, Mannheim (Germany);Impulse 2005 International Art Fair - Osnabrueck (Germany);

2004 - Ponto Art Festival, Gonio (Georgia); Figurative Art Studio, expo I - Gallery Universe, Tbilisi (Georgia);

2003 - Kunst aus Georgien II - Gallery CultiG7, Mannheim (Germany);

awards

2009 Jury special prize at the Primer Salon de Arte Erotico, Buenos Aires (Argentina);2007 The 1st prize at the International Art Fair OW_ART 07, Buchen (Germany); 2006The Oxford Health Alliance (Oxha) – winner Photograph in the smoking category; 2006The 3rd prize for the best Georgian initiative concept of the year; 2005 The 1st prize at the International Art Fair Impulse 2005, Osnabrueck (Germany)

His works are kept in the galleries: Leonides Arts - NY (USA); NES_zona 54,LaGuanacAzul - Buenos Aires, (Argentina); Universe, Hobby, Chardin - Tbilisi (Georgia); CultiG7 - Mannheim (Germany), KunstRaub99, IKV - Cologne (Germany)

In the University of California, Oakland, CA (USA) and in private collections in Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Japan, US, Argentina, Ukraine, Russia, Austria and Georgia.