Nino Sekhniashvili

Born 1979 in Tiflis/Georgia.

The Georgian artist Nino Sekhniashvili studied fine arts with Rosemarie Trockel at the Art Academy Düsseldorf (until 2000) as well as at the graphics department of the Art Academy of Tiflis (until 2002).

In her often conceptual work she uses different media and mostly focuses on the notion of identity. In 2005 she initiated the »fake« music project »DARIO RADIO« together with Kate Siamashvili.

Selected exhibitions: »Die Kultur der Angst«, in cooperation with the foundation Federkeil, Leipzig and Knut Birkholz, ACC Galerie Weimar and Stiftung Federkeil, Leipzig (2006); »Luft Holen«, Kuenstlerhaus Klagenfurt and Kulturzentrum Unikum, Klagenfurt/Austria (2006); »Alternative Vision«, three artists from the Caucasus, Gallery Art Point/Austrian Educational Cooperation KulturKontakt, Vienna/Austria (2006); »Art without Borders«, Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan/Armenia (2006); »Utopia«, Caucasian Photography, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations ifa Gallery Berlin and ifa Gallery Stuttgart (2005); »Neo Geo«, a project of the Guelman Gallery in the Central House of Art Moscow ( 2004).