Andro Wekua
Andro Wekua ( Georgian ანდრო ვეკუა * 27. October 1977 in Sukhumi , Socialist Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ) is a Georgian artist who mainly engaged in since 1995. Switzerland was alive.
Life
In his youth, Wekua attended the national art school in his hometown Sukhumi from 1986 to 1991 , before studying at the Gogebashvili Institute in Tbilisi in 1993 and 1994 . From 1995 to 1999 he was at the Visual Art School Basel .
Wekua has been exhibiting his works both in his home country and internationally since 2000.
Honourings and prices
- 2002–2003: Studio grant from the Binz 39 Foundation in Zurich
- 2003: Federal Prize for Fine Art
- 2004: Studio grant from the City of Zurich for Paris
- 2005: Prize from the Kiefer Hablitzel Foundation
- 2006: Manor Art Prize of the Canton of Zurich
- 2011: Proposed for the National Gallery Prize for Young Art , Berlin
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 2016: Andro Wekua - Call , Kölnischer Kunstverein
- 2012: Andro Wekua. Dreaming Dreaming , Gladstone Gallery, London.
- 2011: Pink Wave Hunter , Kunsthalle Fridericianum , Kassel. Catalog.
- 2011: Andro Wekua: A Neon Shadow. Castello di Rivoli , Turin.
- 2011: Never Sleep with a Strawberry in your Mouth. Kunsthalle Wien , Vienna
- 2011: NN Kunsthalle Fridericianum , Kassel and also in the Castello di Rivoli, Turin .
- 2010: God is dead, but the girl is not. Schinkel Pavilion , Berlin.
- 2009: Workshop Report. Museion , Bozen and then at Wiels , Brussels.
- 2008: Sunset - I Love The Horizon , Grenoble. Catalog.
- 2007: Wait to Wait. Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum , Rotterdam , Netherlands.
- 2006: Without Mirror. Gladstone Gallery , Upstairs Gallery, Manhattan , New York City, USA.
- 2006: If there ever was one: Andro Wekua , Kunstmuseum Winterthur , Winterthur , Switzerland.
- 2005: Without Mirror. The Rubel Family Art Collection , Miami , Florida, USA.
- 2005: Insert: Andro Wekua. Palace for contemporary art , Kunstverein Glückstadt, Glückstadt .
- 2004: That Would Have Been Wonderful. New Art Gallery St. Gallen , St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- 2003: Piano Nobile, Genoa .
- 2000: Exhibition Hall, Tblissi, Georgia.
Group exhibitions
- 2011. National Gallery (Berlin)
- 2011: Biennale di Venezia , ILLUMInazioni, Arsenale : Pink Wave Hunter , installation of 15 sculptures on pedestals from 2010 to 2011, later that year in Kassel and Turin
- 2010: Abstract Resistance. Walker Art Center , Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA
- 2009: Born In Georgia. Cobra Museum , Amstelveen , Netherlands
- 2008: Shifting Identities. Kunsthaus Zurich , Zurich
- 2007: Absent without Leave. Victoria Miro Gallery , London
- 2006: Infinite Painting. Villa Manin , Center for Contemporary Art, Passarino , Codroipo , Italy
- 2005: Here / elsewhere. Art panorama , Lucerne
- 2004: Emotion One. Ursula Blickle Foundation , Kraichtal , then in the Frankfurter Kunstverein , Frankfurt am Main
- 2004: Dessins et des Autres. Foundation Binz 39, Zurich; then in Paris, Galerie Anne de Villepoix
- 2003: It's in Our Hands , Migros Museum , Zurich
- 2002: Centro d'Arte Contemporanea Ticino , Bellinzona , Ticino
- 2001: From afar. Künstlerhaus Boswil , Boswil
- 2001: intervention: hotelzimmer , thalwilerhofkunst.ch , Thalwil
- 2000: boys and girls. Warteck , Basel
literature
- Rem Wolfs et al .: Pink Wave Hunter . König, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-86560-961-8 .
- Andro Wekua and Alessandro Baricco : Workshop Report . König, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-86560-648-8 .
- Andro Wekua and Boris Groys : Wait to Wait: a Conversation. , JRP Ringier, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-03764-021-0 .
- Benjamin Sommerhalder (Ed.): Shadows on the Facade. Nieves, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-905714-38-8 .
- Sandra Gianfreda (Ed.): If there ever was one: Andro Wekua , Kunstmuseum Winterthur 2006, ISBN 3-905701-86-3 .
- Andrew Wekua: Without Mirror . König, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-86560-064-6 .
- Gianni Jetzer (text), Andro Wekua (ill.): That would have been wonderful. Edition Frey, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-905509-58-X .
Web links
- Biography of the artist
- Biography, works and literature
- Exhibition Vienna 2011
- Exhibition National Gallery 2011
- Stefanie Kasper: Wekua, Andro. In: Sikart
Individual evidence
- ↑ Strawberry in the mouth. In: Der Spiegel . 7/2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wekua, Andro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ვეკუა, ანდრო (Georgian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Georgian artist living in Switzerland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sukhumi , Abkhazia Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , Soviet Union |