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Tekla Kighuradze
b. 2000, Tbilisi

 

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in the year of a dragon (and dragon slayers). Some said the world would end in 2000. But maybe us who were born in ‘00, changed some cycles of the universe. Maybe we, the dragons, slayed the slayers.

Georgia, a country of traditions, where finding one's self, and reinterpreting these traditions becomes the norm. My work comes through exploring myself, manifesting these outlets into different mediums. Works I create help find the answers to how I can morph the culture to my own environment, because in external environments, where conceptual, and physical resources are scarce, this is the only thing that helps me get through.


















 
We Georgified the American pavilion…

The installation, done with Tekla Kighuradze, was part of a group exhibition
Here at Home, While You Make Your Way hosted by Artvilla Garikula. 
The installation–which was quickly dubbed “Tekla and Nodo’s church”
 by some visitors–revolved around the themes of spirituality for sale

19.10
22.10
/24

duo-show
Art Villa Garikula
Nodo Ugulava, Tekla Kighuradze 

Project presented by artists Tekla Kighuradze and Nodo Ugulava. 
‘I Hide Myself Within My Flower’ is based on the idea of adapting to 
foreign environments which exist around us. How some living beings
manage to bloom in what one might consider, a wrong habitat. 

28.06
20.08
/23

duo-show
Nodo Ugulava, Tekla Kighuradze 




HIDDEN SPARKS  


The series presents my musings on the transitional stage in life, 
that of leaving childhood behind and entering adulthood. 
In this journey of self-revelation and maturation, childhood memories 
suddenly attain an extra layer of warmth and importance to them.  

25.06
31.08
/22  

solo show
The Why Not Gallery







SKETCHBOOK-1  


The sketchbook contains 18 gouache paintings
and 37 pencil drawings, some adorned with
multiple layers of paper cutouts...

10.03
19.07
/21 










LIGHT ME WHEN I’M DARK  
/PAPER WORKS

 
After completing the sketchbook "Hidden Sparks," the journey continued onto large-scale papers, exploring darkness with a childlike approach.
The series comprises 18 gouache paintings.

23.08/
2021
20.01/
2022