David Alexidze

David Alexidze
David Alexidze in front of his artwork. Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. 2016
Born	(1966-04-10) April 10, 1966 Tbilisi, Georgia
Nationality	Georgian
Education	Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
Known for	painting, graphic
Notable work	The Gift to Adelaide, Venetian Mask, Watermelon Seller, A Tree

David Alexidze (Georgian: დავით ალექსიძე) is a Georgian artist. His art can most precisely be described as mystic realism. His works are introduced in many catalogues and preserved in various private collections. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Visual arts of Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.

David Alexidze. Nude.120x90,oil on canvas.1995

Education

Georgian art went through the complicated process of changes in 1990s, preceded by the decade which had formed and evolved new trends. The end of the Soviet era ( Revolutions of 1989 ) had severe impact on the country itself, followed by collapse of the fundamentals, the Georgian Civil War, notion of the upcoming disasters, hopelessness - nothing horizontal or vertical and as a result - amorphous visual expression in the Georgian cultural narrative ( Culture of Georgia (country) ). This was when artist David Alexidze first shared his art works with the public. It did not take him much effort to get established within the then active Georgian artistic society, where he found his place right after graduation from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Nikoloz (Koka) Ignatov ’s Workshop, 1988-1991. He was a prodigy in arts, having created in his early years a sophisticated artistic system through active philosophical and critical thinking.

Artwork and exhibition (selected)

In general four trends can be identified in Davit Alexidze’s art: graphical works on black background, figurative paintings on black background (times on textured surface) of elongated vertical or horizontal picture planes, yellow series and black-and-white abstract arts. Alexidze’s art is being created in late 20th and early 21st century. It is a collection of real senses, which regardless the richness of colors, is quite dark, although the audience does not get lost in this gloom; and this is a kind of a game or an idea on gaming, which is bright new to Georgian art.

2016

• "The Seven Secrets", Artbeep Exhibition, Backes & Strauss, London, UK.
• "Fillings transformation", Tapestry Museum, Tbilisi , Georgia
• "Gift to Adelaida", Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi , Georgia
• "Fragments", Gallery Overground, Vienna, Austria
• "Meeting of Masters “, Artbeep Inaugural Exhibition, Backes & Strauss, London, UK.
• Archeological Museum, Poznan, Poland.
• "Different Vision", Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.

2015

• “18x18”, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Tbilisi , Georgia.

2014

• Georgian Artists Exhibition, Riga, Latvia.

2013

• "Impromptu", Gallery “Galla”, Tbilisi , Georgia.

2012

• Georgian Artists Exhibition, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery , UK.

2011

• "Exit", ECO - International Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran.

2010

• St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy.

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