Anka Akhalaia

Biography

Anka Akhalaia is a contemporary Georgian artist, born in Russia in 1998. She graduated from the British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow, receiving a joint BA degree with the University of Hertfordshire in 2019. Following her studies, she completed an artist residency at RARO Gallery in Madrid.

Akhalaia has participated in numerous group exhibitions, art fairs, and auctions. Her works are held in private collections in Russia and internationally.

Artist Statement

Anka Akhalaia’s artistic practice explores the transformation of visual images within human consciousness, focusing on the tension between reason and emotion. The abstract forms in her works originate from dream imagery, translated into fluid compositions on translucent fabric.

The work engages with the liminal state between reality and imagination — moments when memory and perception distort and reconstruct experience. Transparency functions as a metaphor for consciousness itself: a space through which thoughts pass, dissolve, and leave only traces.

By working with light, layered materials, and text fragments, the artist creates environments where viewers can project their own meanings. The works are not narratives but open structures, inviting personal interpretation and emotional response.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo:

2024 — Veil of Words, Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA), Moscow

2022 — It Will Be Clear Tomorrow Morning, Triumph Gallery, Moscow

Group & Fairs:

2025 — Conversation in Color, Serene Gallery

2024 — Catalog Art Fair

2023 — Cosmoscow Art Fair (DeepList Gallery)

2022 — Art Moscow Art Fair

2021–2022 — Blazar Art Fair, Museum of Moscow

2021 — Seoul — Moscow: Shared Intentions, Museum of Moscow