|| 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.