Nini Jaliashvili

Nini Jaliashvili is a Georgian contemporary visual artist. In 2022, she enrolled at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (Apollon Kutateladze), majoring in Film and Television Production Design.

Over the past three years, she has been actively working in painting, and for the last two years has consistently participated in solo and group exhibitions as well as artist residencies.

Artist Statement

Nini Jaliashvili’s artistic practice is rooted in the idea of art as evidence of existence — a process through which internal experiences are transformed into visible forms.

Her work does not rely on structured thinking. Instead, her visual language emerges spontaneously, shaped by fragmented impulses, thoughts, memories, and words that, at the moment of their appearance, resist full comprehension. These elements gradually coalesce into narratives or scenes deeply embedded in the subconscious. For the artist, a finished work rarely provides a definitive answer; rather, it becomes a space that generates new questions and meanings.

For Jaliashvili, art functions as an intuitive dialogue with both herself and her surroundings — a process in which chance plays a significant role. Within this process, connections begin to surface not only with individual experiences but also with collective ones. Her interest lies in sensations and forms that do not stem from specific personal memories, but instead arise from a deeper, shared, pre-individual layer — a space without a clear origin or author.

In her work, meaning and form are inseparable: every visual decision is preceded by an internal transformation. The imagery is often direct, at times even raw — a conscious choice aimed at preserving the primal, almost animalistic impulse from which form originates. As a result, her compositions evolve into visual structures where unrefined, intuitive layers coexist with more deliberate, resolved forms.

The diversity of materials and media is an essential aspect of Jaliashvili’s practice. On canvas, she works with oil and acrylic, while on paper and other surfaces she uses watercolor, ink, pencil, oil pastel, and gouache. She frequently employs mixed media, particularly when moving beyond the constraints of traditional formats. The choice of medium is determined both by the internal logic of the work and by her immediate emotional state.

Her current body of work can be understood as an attempt not to represent specific memories, but to explore the invisible connections that shape sensation, form, and the tension that exists between them.

Solo Exhibitions:

• “False Memory Syndrome,” January 2026 — Vanda Art Gallery, Tbilisi

• Solo Exhibition / Residency, October 2025 — Ria Keburia International Residency, Ambassadori Exhibition Space, Kachreti

 • “Fisherman in Search of a Driver,” May 2025 — Giorgi Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation, Tbilisi (Curator: Mariam Shakarashvili)

• “Capitano, Go Bring Me Firewood,” November 2024 — KUBI Context, Tbilisi

Group Exhibitions:

• “Reflection,” June 2025 — Vanda Gallery, Tbilisi

• “Children of Resistance,” April 2025 — De Bouwput Gallery, Amsterdam

• “Who Needs Concept Anyway,” August 2024 — Artarea, Tbilisi

Residencies:

• Ria Keburia International Residency, February 2025 — Cannes, France