Beka Sakvarelidze

Beka Sakvarelidze – born in 1991, lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts (Painting Department) at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (2010–2016, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees).

Currently, he is a visiting lecturer at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts; Artistic Director of the Dresden international exhibition “Kultur.Synchron”; and a member of the art group “Colorful Cabriolet.” In 2018, 2020, and 2022, he was awarded the Canaletto Prize (Dresden, exhibition “Kultur.Synchron”). In 2017, he became the winner of the “Giraffe” Visual Arts Award.

Artist Statement

The works presented at TAF reflect the condition of humanity in the 21st century. His art vividly captures contemporary life, gathers psychological types, and tells clear, multilayered stories.

International Exhibitions and Projects

In 2023, his works were sold at a Helsinki auction.

FUTURUM III, ADAMIA GALLERY, Dresden, Germany, 02/2022 (Curator: Mariam Shakarashvili)

China International Biennale, 2022

“BI Auction”, Tbilisi, 2020

“Renoir Award” Exhibition, M.A.D.S Gallery, Milan, 2019

“Art Without Borders”, National Gallery of Belgrade, 2019

National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, 2018

“I Create Reality”, GeoArt Gallery, Berlin, 2018

“Kultur.Synchron”, Palais Sommer Festival, Dresden (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021…)

Artbank Beijing, 2016

Artbank Shanghai, 2016

Del Bianco Workshop, Palazzo Coppini, Florence, 2014

“Les Papillons” Festival, Carpentras, France, 2013

Bulgarian Biennale, Sofia, 2016

Exhibitions in Georgia

Exhibition-action “Binaoba”, Private Space of Maia Gogheliani, Curator: Mariam Shakarashvili, 12/2021

FUR ALEKO, Tbilisi History Museum, 10/2021

“Where is My Bed?”, Gallery 9, 2021