Draft:Eteri Chkadua

Eteri Chkadua (born 1965 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian painter. Eteri Chkadua has produced many figurative paintings, mainly portraits and self-portraits. Her work as been termed as "magic feminism". Most of her paintings are in the private collection of Gian Enzo Sperone.

Education
Chkadua studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in Tbilisi (Georgia), and then emigrated to the United States of America in 1988.

Biennials

 * 2007: 52nd Venice Biennale, Georgian Pavilion, Venice, Italy

Solo exhibitions

 * 2023: Eteri Chkadua Retrospective Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art Zurab Tsereteli, Tbilisi, Georgia
 * 2018: Gaumarjos, The Pool NYC gallery, Milan, Italy
 * 2013: An Unusual Exhibition, Museum of Literature, Tbilisi, Georgia
 * 2013: Selvatica, The Pool NYC gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
 * 2013: Bloom On The Edge, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
 * 2012: Colors Insulting To Nature, Gallery 151, NYC
 * 2012: Eteri Chkadua Paintings, The Pool NYC gallery, Bolognia, Italy
 * 2011: Eteri Chkadua Paintings, Museum of Dolls, Tbilisi Georgia;
 * 2009: Eteri Chkadua Paintings, Luna Kulturhus Konsthallen, Sodertalje, Sweden
 * 2009: Remembering Heroes, National Music Theatre, Tbilisi, Georgia
 * 2005: Eteri Chkadua Paintings, Corridor Gallery, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
 * 2004: Eteri Chkadua Paintings, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
 * 2004: Eteri Chkadua Paintings, Casas Riegner Gallery, Miami, FL
 * 1995: Eteri Chkadua Paintings, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, NY
 * 1995: Art Chicago, Maya Polsky gallery, Chicago, IL
 * 1990: Eteri Chkadua Paintings, Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago, IL

Collaborative exhibitions

 * 2024: Georgian women artists, organized by Consulate of Georgia, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
 * 2023: Self-Portrait By The Mirror, D.Shevardnadze National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
 * 2023: La Guerra e Finita, La Pace Non è Ancora Iniziata, Fondazione Imago Mundi, Gallerie Delle Prigioni, Treviso, Italy
 * 2022: Ballots No Bullets, White box, New York, NY
 * 2022: Art For Ukraine, The Church, Sag Harbor, NY
 * 2021: Perfect Day, (Drugs and Art), White Box, New York, NY
 * 2021: Dreamers, Dreamers art project, video installations in urban spaces, Brooklyn, NY
 * 2021: Love Is In The Air, The PooL NYC Gallery, Milan, Italy
 * 2020: We Must Be Free, project by American Embassy, ArtTent, Tbilisi, Georgia
 * 2018: Divagazioni, Gian Enzo Sperone Gallery, Sent, Switzerland
 * 2018: East End Collected 4, Southampton Art Center, South Hampton, NY
 * 2018: Natural Proclivities, Fiterman Art Center, New York, NY
 * 2017: Alien Bloom, collaborative Installation with Gocha Chkadua, Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY
 * 2017: VITEL TONNE, The Pool NYC Gallery, Palazzo Cesari-Marchesi, Venice, Italy
 * 2016: Bloom Since January, collaborative Installation with Gocha Chkadua, Consulate of Georgia, New York, NY
 * 2015: Anonymous, collaboration with Tbilisi LGBTQ society, Europa House, Tbilisi, Georgia
 * 2015: ART 3 AM, Sonchino, Italy
 * 2015: OPEN 18, Venice, Italy
 * 2015: 60 Americans, Elga Wimmer gallery, New York, NY
 * 2015: A Palace With A View, The Pool NYC Gallery, Palazzo Cesari Marchesi, Venice, Italy
 * 2014: The Book, Gala gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
 * 2014: Brooklyn Bloom, collaborative installation with Gocha Chkadua, GGrippo's art+design, Brooklyn, NY
 * 2014: Neighbors, Istanbul Modern Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
 * 2014: Water Tank Project, New York, NY
 * 2014: Wide Shot, The Pool NYC gallery, Venice, Italy
 * 2012: Portraits/Self -Portraits From The 16-Th to the 21-Th Century, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, NY
 * 2012: En Plein Air, Stux gallery, New York, NY
 * 2010: Gender Check, Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
 * 2010: Scope Art Fair NY, The Pool NYC, New York, NY
 * 2009: Gender Check, MuMok, Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, Austria
 * 2009: L’exposition Géorgienne d’art Contemporain, Château de Saint Auvent en Limousin, France;
 * 2009: Open 12, Lido, Venice, Italy, curated by Paolo Grandis.
 * 2008: Kingston On The Edge, Kingston, Jamaica;
 * 2001: Art and Politics, Tribe, New York, NY
 * 1999: Dumbo Double Deuce, Brooklyn, NY
 * 1999: Nude, Aldredge Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
 * 1997: Upton gallery, Buffalo State college Museum of Art and Archeology, University of Missouri, Missouri
 * 1997: The Kitchen Art Center, New York, NY
 * 1997: Reversing The Gaze, Indiana University (Northwest) Museum, Indiana
 * 1997: From Georgia to Georgia, International Art Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
 * 1996: Art Chicago, Maya Polsky gallery, Chicago, IL
 * 1994: Art Chicago, Maya Polsky gallery, Chicago, IL
 * 1990: Eteri Chkadua Paintings, Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago, IL

Awards

 * 1998: Creative time grant
 * 1997: New York Foundation For The Arts grant
 * 1994: Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant