Vajiko Chachkhiani Biography

Vajiko Chachkhiani operates somewhere between the outside world and the human psyche, bringing the shadowy aspects of our conditio humana (human condition) to awareness through subtle and intriguing visual poetry. Frequently based on performances or transformative actions, many of his sculptures have an affinity to minimalism. At the same time, they are charged with narrative meaning.

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Through sculptures and installations, he seeks to address psychological conditions such as loneliness, violence, and angst, weaving them with topics from religion, politics, literature, and poetry. Reoccurring themes in Chachkhiani's work are conflict, culture/nature, and the oscillation between the outer reality and the inner life of the individual being.

Chachkhiani's work includes films, sculptures, performances, photographs, and large-scale installations. Vajiko Chachkhiani (b. 1985 in Tbilisi, Georgia) lives and works in Berlin and Tbilisi. He studied at the University of the Arts (UdK), Berlin, with Prof. Gregor Schneider until 2013.

Previously, he studied Mathematics and Informatics at the Technical University of Tbilisi. His solo exhibition includes: Lower than the Sky, Kunstmuseum Brandts, Odense, Denmark (2021); Heavy Metal Honey, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany (2018); Many Lives Passing Through While Imitating Death, Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin, Germany (2015); Both, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany (2014).

His works were also presented at NIRIN – The 22nd Biennale of Sydney, various venues, Sydney, Australia (2020); A Good Neighbour, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, in cooperation with Istanbul Biennale (2018); Wieder und Wider, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (2018); WAITING. Between Power and Possibility, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (2017). In 2017, his work Living Dog Among Dead Lions was shown in the Georgian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Chachkhiani was nominated for the Kunstpreis Böttcherstraße 2018, and he received Villa Aurora Fellowship in Los Angeles and a Residency Grant Tokyo in 2018, and the Rubens Promotional Award in 2017.

Text courtesy SCAI The Bathhouse.

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Big and Little hands by Vajiko Chachkhiani contemporary artwork moving image
Vajiko Chachkhiani Big and Little hands, 2024 Single channel video
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I See Your Big Fangs by Vajiko Chachkhiani contemporary artwork sculpture
Vajiko Chachkhiani I See Your Big Fangs, 2022 Stainless steel, spring, cement
77 x 80 x 41 cm
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We Are in The Circle But You Aren’t (The Night is Full of Stars) by Vajiko Chachkhiani contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, sculpture, drawing
Vajiko Chachkhiani We Are in The Circle But You Aren’t (The Night is Full of Stars), 2022 Wood, LED light, edding marker, acrylic
119 x 60 x 20 cm
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Do This and Do That by Vajiko Chachkhiani contemporary artwork sculpture
Vajiko Chachkhiani Do This and Do That, 2022 Stainless steel, spring, chain, granite
180 x 130 x 97 cm
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Don't Do This and Don't Do That by Vajiko Chachkhiani contemporary artwork sculpture
Vajiko Chachkhiani Don't Do This and Don't Do That, 2022 Stainless steel, spring, chain, granite
136 x 175 x 97 cm
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The First Possessions (X) by Vajiko Chachkhiani contemporary artwork sculpture
Vajiko Chachkhiani The First Possessions (X), 2022 Stainless steel
197 x 130 x 102 cm
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The First Possessions (XS) by Vajiko Chachkhiani contemporary artwork sculpture
Vajiko Chachkhiani The First Possessions (XS), 2022 Stainless steel
125 x 53 x 111 cm
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Not-Me Possession by Vajiko Chachkhiani contemporary artwork sculpture
Vajiko Chachkhiani Not-Me Possession, 2022 Stainless steel
196 x 131 x 174.5 cm
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