"There is a lot between the sky and the earth only an artist can dare talk about; they are immortal, enjoying the interpretation of the magnificence of life. Each artist sets the limits of the experiment based on the elements of their inherited culture." - Gela Zautashvili

"In the 21st century, when word manipulation and conceptual reinterpretation are popular, I dare to create my own game and call my art 'Ezoterotics,' based on two of my main interests: esotericism and erotica. With these factors in mind, the present time can be seen as a complete showtime, and the so-called new art serves as a vivid example of this." – Gela Zautashvili

1951 - Born in Tbilisi, Georgia
1973 - Graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts

Exhibitions
1987 - Moscow, Russia - Union "Hermitage" Non-Figurative Art of Georgian Painters
1987 - Tbilisi, Georgia - Tbilisi National Gallery - Georgian Abstract Art
1987 - New York City, USA - Family and Society in USSR – Group exhibition
1988 - Moscow, Russia -  Cultural Centre On Petrine Line - Conception as a Plastics Idea – G.Zautashvili, I.Zautashvili, S. Adjiashvili
1988 - Brussel, Belgium - Exhibition of USSR Artists
1989 - Moscow, Russia - State Museum of Musical Culture - Solo Exhibition - Gela Zautashvili
1989 - Basel, Switzerland - Group Exhibition of Three Soviet Painters - Bodenschatz gallery
1989 - Chicago, USA - Soviet Avant-garde Art - International Art Fair
1989 - Minsk, Belarus - The Soviet Avant-garde Art 1920-1980 - Art Palace
1990 - Aix-en-Provence, France - Avant-garde Art of Soviet Union 1970-1980 - Vasarely Foundation
1990 - Warsaw, Poland - The Eastern Wave - "Read and white"
1990 - Adelaide, Australia - USSR Avant-garde Art-"Moscow Palitra" Gallery and Sonart Australia Association
1991 - Tbilisi, Georgia - New Gallery - Group Exhibition - Choice and Value
1996 - Moscow, Russia - Art Mif - III International Art Fair
1998 - Tbilisi, Georgia - First International Biennale - State gallery
1998 - Kungsbacka, Sweden -  Cultural Centre - Four Georgian Artists - G.Zautashvili, K.Peradze, M.Makhatadze, T.Kipshidze
1999 - Oftering, Austria - Cultural Centre - Personal Exhibition
2004 - Linz, Austria - Linz Trade Centre - Personal Exhibition
2008 - Tbilisi, Georgia - Solo Exhibition "10+1" - "Kopala" gallery – within the "Artisterium"
2010 - Tbilisi, Georgia - Solo Exhibition - "I Locked the Labyrinth" - "Gala" gallery
2014 - Batumi, Georgia - Batumi Street Art Festival
2016 - Tbilisi, Georgia - Solo Exhibition - "And Life Goes On" - "Vanda" gallery
2022 - Tbilisi, Georgia - Solo Exhibition - "The Great Play" - "Vanda" gallery
2022 - Tbilisi, Georgia - Solo Exhibition - "In Between" - "Vanda" gallery - within the Tbilisi Art Fair (TAF 2022)

Works are preserved in
The Collection of Moscow Modern Art Centre
The Collection of Moscow State Tretyakov Gallery of Russian Art
The Herman Hesse House Museum - Montagnola, Switzerland
The Collection of Georgian Modern Art Museum - Tbilisi, Georgia
The Collection Vasarely Foundation - Aix-en-Provence, France
The Collection of Modern Art Museum - Adelaide, Australia

Private collections
Emilia Kanevsky - New York City, USA
Klaus Shramaier - Berlin, Germany
Mishel Adam - Brussels, Belgium
Johan Ekberg - Gothenburg, Sweden
Leonid Bojanov - Moscow, Russia
Olga Sviblova - Moscow, Russia
Artiom Troicki - Israel
Baron Rudolf Andreas Kuture - Austria
Herman Sikura - USA
Bruni Huber - Italy
and in a number of private collections in different countries.

Bibliography
1988 - O. Sviblova "Georgian non-figurative art", magazine "Art", N10
1989 - Booklet "The Soviet Avant-Garde 1920-1980-x", gallery "Moscow Palette", Moscow, Russia
1989 - Red and white, "Foundation Arsenal", gallery "Moscow Palette", Warsaw, Poland
1989 - Booklet "Avant-garde in Soviet Russia 1970-1980", Aix-en-Provence Vasarely Foundation, France
1990 - Catalogue "Gela Zautashvili. Paintings, collages. 1988-1989", Moscow, Russia
2000 - Catalogue 2000-2001
2002 - Catalogue 2002-2003
2008 - Faces and Names - "The Best Personal Exhibition of 2008" by David Chikhladze
2014 - Batumi, Georgia - Batumi Street Art Festival
2016 - Catalogue 2016

Archive
Past works
Sketches
"I Locked the Labyrinth..." - Logic Against Cliché - Interview by Davit Chikhladze

Contact
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