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Irina Gabiani

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Website: http://www.irinagabiani.com/

Relationship status: married

College / University: Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Art. Amsterdam

Program: Free Direction

Member type: Artist

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?: Conceptual, Digital, Drawing, Installation, Performance, Photography, Sculpture, Video

I am...: Artist.

About my artwork: Irina Gabianis concepts:
Oriental philosophy considers our consciousness as divided into two polarities, such as masculine (+) and feminine (-), rational and emotional, good and bad, microcosm and macrocosm, finite and infinite, time and eternity. By putting these two opposites together one can reach the balance, harmony and peace within oneself, which is –in accordance with this philosophy- the aim of each human being….

…Since we all live in the physical, dualistic system, which has and is based on its own rules (rules which force us continuously to distinguish between good and bad, negative and positive etc.), every one of us, whether we like it or not, abides by these rules and is a kind of a “slave” of them. If we want to get free from this slavery, we need to step out from this “game of the dual system”.

Reaching this state and level of freedom would be possible only for “balanced persons”, who merge both (+) and (-) polarities within themselves. Such a person would not depend any more on the rules of the dual system and would be free from them.

Artists I like: Leonardo da Vinci,Sandro Boticelli,Giotto, Hieronymus Bosch, Rene Magritte, Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Bill Viola, Jan Fabre, Louise Bourgeoise, Richard Long, Tony Cragg, Nedko Solakov, Luigi Mainolfi, Shirin Neshat, Duane Michals, Carol Rama.

Interests: Art, music, theatre, performance, dance,science, philosophy.

Centre of the artworld:: nowhere and everywhere

Irina Gabiani: Curriculum vitae

Born 1971, Tbilisi (Georgia), lives and works in Luxembourg

Education:

Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Art, Amsterdam (Jewellery Department) 1996-1997
Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Art, Amsterdam (Free Direction Department) 1994-1996
Academy of Art of Tbilisi (Painting and Drawing Department) 1990-1994
School of Art of Tbilisi (Painting and Drawing Department) 1986-1990

Exhibitions

Selected Group exhibitions

2010
Nudi su tele, curated by Willy Darko (Upcoming)
HEP - China (Beijing), AFA - Beijing Contemporary Art Centre, Beijing, China, curated by Jose Drummond

2009
Video Dia Loghi 2009, The Vitruvian Woman Video-installation, Museo del Cinema - Cinema Massimo, Torino, Italy, curated by Michael Chang
Video Dia Loghi 2009, The Vitruvian Woman Video-installation, Velan Centre for Contemporary Art, Torino, Italy, curated by Michael Chang and Willy Darko
HEP – Macao, AFA, Macao, China, curated by Jose Drummond
Sguardi Sonori 2009, Festival of Media and Time based Art, Hep, Rocca dei Rettori, Benevento, Italy, curated by Carlo Fatigoni (Faticart)
HEP - Portugal, Malhoa Museum, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, curated by Alberto Guerreiro
Optica Festival Madrid 2009, Festival Internacional de Videoarte, Espacio Espora, Madrid, Spain
Out of range, Castello di Frontone, Pesaro, Italy, curated by Carlo Fatigoni (Faticart)
Artisterium 09, 2nd Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition, The manifest of changes and an inner experience, Georgian National Museum - Tbilisi History Museum “Karvasla”, Tbilisi, Georgia, curated by Magda Guruli, Lika Mamatsashvili and Iliko Zautashvili
Sguardi Sonori 2009, Festival of Media and Time based Art, Hep, Scuderie Aldobrandini, Roma, Italy, curated by Carlo Fatigoni (Faticart)
Optica Festival Paris 2009, Festival International d’art vidéo, Collège d’Espagne, Paris, France
Optica Festival Cordoba 2009, Festival Internacional de Videoarte, Filmoteca de Andalucia, Cordoba, Spain
Fest i nova, International Festival of Contemporary Art – Garikula 09, Hep – Georgia, Art Villa Garikula, Akhalkalaki, Georgia, curated by Karaman Kutateladze
Sguardi Sonori 2009, Festival of Media and Time based Art, Hep, Villa d’Este, Tivoli, Roma, Italy, curated by Carlo Fatigoni (Faticart)
13eme Rencontre d’Art Contemporain - L’Art Contemporain de Géorgie, Chateau de Saint Auvent, Saint Auvent, France, curated by Shalva Khakhanashvili
Stop waiting Georgia, Georgian National Museum - Tbilisi History Museum “Karvasla”, Tbilisi, Georgia, curated by Alexandra Matsatso Gabunia and Nino Gujabidze
Collettiva Vincitori Premio Nazionale Città di Novara, Museo Civico del Broletto, Salone Arengo, Novara, Italy
HEP - Portugal, Museu de Ceramica, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, curated by Alberto Guerreiro
Tbilissi Underground, Cosmopolis - Espace International de la Ville de Nantes, Nantes, France, curated by Shalva Khakhanashvili and Arnaud Contreras
HEP – Italy - Roma (2nd Rome screening), Brancaleone, Roma, Italy, curated by Carlo Fatigoni (Faticart)
HEP – Spain, La Sala, Valladolid, Spain, curated by Debbie Douez
The Vitruvian Woman Video Project, Formverk Art Space, Eskilstuna, Sweden, curated by Michael Chang
HEP - Italy - Roma, Brancaleone, Roma, Italy, curated by Carlo Fatigoni (Faticart)
On CDOs and Double Clubs, London East Festival, August Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom, co-curated by Giacomo Picca
Human Emotion Project (HEP - Australia), Guildford Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, curated by Alison Williams

2008
Minividfest 2, Total Kunst Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Video Dia Loghi 2008, Velan Centre for Contemporary Art, Torino, Italy, curated by Willy Darko and Olga Gambari
Dipinti e grafiche di 40 artisti contemporanei, Martinarte, Torino, Italy, curated by Willy Darko
8° Premio Nazionale d’Arte Città di Novara, Finalist Artists Exhibition, Video Section, Museo Civico del Broletto, Salone Arengo, Novara, Italy, curated by Willy Darko
Third International Art Prize Arte Laguna, Finalist Artists Exhibition, Sculpture – Installation Section, Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche - Spazi Bomben per la Cultura, Treviso, Italy, curated by Igor Zanti
Minividfest, Edinburgh Art Festival 2008, Total Kunst Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Perezagruzka 3 – New Georgian Art Festival, Teatr.doc, Moscow, Russia, curated by Maya Mamaladze
Arte tra i piedi, Wannabee Gallery and La Posteria, Milano, Italy, curated by Igor Zanti

2007
Not closed, Galerie Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Otto donne ed un mistero, Zaion Gallery, Biella, Italy, curated by Igor Zanti

2003
Collettiva, Galleria Giancarlo Salzano, Torino, Italy

2000
Group Exhibition, National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

1999
157a Esposizione Arti Figurative, Società Promotrice Belle Arti, Torino, Italy

1997
Rietveld Academy Jewellery Department in Porvoo, Porvoon Taidetehdas Konstfabriken, Porvoo, Finland
Millenium II, International Jewellery Art Exhibition, Rotermann’s Art Centre, Tallin, Estonia, organised by Estonian Academy of Arts
Uit Antwerpen–uit Amsterdam, Der workshop Unter dem Kometen, Gallery Ademloos, Den Haag, The Netherlands

1996
Schuttingtaal, Open air exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, organised by Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Art

1995
Group Exhibition, Karvasla - Tbilisi History Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia

1993
Young Georgian Artists, Chateau de la Bourbansais, Pleugueneuc, France

1992
Group Exhibition, White Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

Solo exhibitions / performances

2009
Unknown reality, Fest i nova, International Festival of Contemporary Art, Art Villa Garikula, Akhalkalaki, Georgia, curated by Karaman Kutateladze

2007
Video Dia Loghi 2007, Videoinstallazioni: I. Gabiani / G. Cugno, Unione Culturale Franco Antonicelli, Torino, Italy, curated by Willy Darko and Olga Gambari
Looking at the world vice versa, Rustaveli Georgian National Theatre, Tbilisi, Georgia
Samaia or Triamazikamno, live performance, Rustaveli Georgian National Theatre, Tbilisi, Georgia
Samaia or Triamazikamno, live performance, Georgian State Pantomime Theatre, Tbilisi, Georgia

2006
When I look at myself, Art Gallery at the Leonidze State Museum of Georgian Literature, Tbilisi, Georgia
The Slaves of the system, live performance, Art Gallery at the Leonidze State Museum of Georgian Literature, Tbilisi, Georgia
The Slaves of the system, live performance, Georgian State Pantomime Theatre, Tbilisi, Georgia

2005
Drawings, Georgian Cultural Centre Mziuri, Moscow, Russia

1997
Performance at the Millenium II Symposium, Academy of Art, Tallin, Estonia
Performance for the Academy’s Open day, Rietveld Academy of Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1995
Public Library of Barn, Barn, The Netherlands

1994
Gvelis Perangi, White Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

Public collections

Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milano Italy
Rustaveli Georgian National Theatre, Tbilisi Georgia
Georgian State Pantomime Theatre, Tbilisi Georgia
La Iglesia de los Angeles, El Milagro Argentina

Awards

2008 Third International Art Prize Arte Laguna Sculpture Best foreign artist
2008 Third International Art Prize Arte Laguna Sculpture Virtual Jury Prize
2008 8° Premio Nazionale d’Arte Città di Novara Video III prize

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Irina Gabiani's Blog

HEP China BEIJING (Human Emotion Project)

HUMAN EMOTION PROJECT 2010 HEP - CHINA - BEIJING EXHIBITION will open: Saturday 16 January 2010 and will run until 21 March 2010 at: AFA - Beijing, Beijing Contemporary Art Centre The Exhibition will be divided in the following 4 sections which will run simultaneously in the 4 rooms of AFA - Beijing CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE: Paradox Dave Swensen Until Death Parts Us 01:23 - USA Nicole Rademacher Walk With Me 01:16 - USA Kh… Continue

Posted on 4th February 2010 at 12:29pm â€”

Vitruvian Woman Video Installation at International Festival Video Dia Loghi 2009

VITRUVIAN WOMAN Video Installation on international festival Video Dia Loghi 2009, at Cinema Massimo Sala 3 and Velan Center for Contemporary Art 14 December 2009 from 20:30 - 22:30, Cinema Massimo, Sala 3 (Via Verdi, 18 - Torino) http://www.museonazionaledelcinema.it/cinema_massimo.php At the opening evening of Video Dia Loghi 2009, the video of the first edition of the Video installation “Vitruvian Woman”, a project curat… Continue

Posted on 7th December 2009 at 1:00pm â€”

Here you can view: Samaia or Triamazikamno, a performance by Irina Gabiani (2007)

HERE YOU CAN VIEW A performance by Irina Gabiani "Samaia or Triamazikamno" 2007 http://www.irinagabiani.com/SAMAIA%20OR%20TRIAMAZIKAMNO.html

Posted on 15th November 2009 at 12:30pm â€”

Hep (Human Emotion Project) - Macao, Afa, Macao

HEP China, curated by Jose Drummond, will run from 14 November (opening) to 12 December 2009 at AFA @ Portuguese Bookshop Gallery Macau China The program will be as follow: Paradox – November 14 to November 20 Dave Swensen Until Death Parts Us 01:23 - USA Nicole Rademacher Walk With Me 01:16 - USA Khairy Hirzalla Looking for 01:54 - Jordan Hakan Akcura Catharsis 05:25 - Turkey/Sweden Larry Caveney Arm Wresting Interv… Continue

Posted on 12th November 2009 at 8:28pm â€”

Artisterium 2009, 2nd Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition

Artisterium 2009 - The Manifest of Changes and an Inner Experience Dear Sir/ Madame, The Artisterium Association have the honor to invite you to the International Contemporary Art Exhibition and Art Events “Artisterium 2009”. Opening: Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi History Museum, 8 Sioni Str. Karvasla. October 9, 17:00 pm The invitation is valid for all exhibitions of the event October 8 – 10:00/16:00 Internatio… Continue

Posted on 7th October 2009 at 12:00pm â€”

SGUARDI SONORI 2009 Villa d’Este Tivoli - Roma, HEP 2009 (Human Emotion Project)- Italy

GUARDI SONORI 2009 Villa d’Este Tivoli - Roma Il Festival Sguardi Sonori fa tappa nella meravigliosa cornice di Villa d'Este a Tivoli (RM).La serata del 1 agosto propone due live performance: la prima è un lavoro intitolato "LOOP WAVES" liberamente tratto dal testo di Virgina Woolf " Le onde" e vede la presenza di Patrizia Mattioli una delle piu' importanti musiciste elettronico/sperimentali in Italia, che propone la s… Continue

Posted on 4th August 2009 at 3:30pm â€”

Exposition of Georgian contemporary artists in Château Saint Auvent en Limousin, France, 2009.

L’exposition géorgienne d’art contemporain se tiendra du 25/07 au 30/08 2009 dans le Château Saint Auvent en Limousin. Les artistes plasticiens, photographes et vidéastes vivant en Géorgie mais aussi a l’extérieur du pays, offrent au public une vision ouverte sur la Géorgie, sa population, ses créations, son patrimoine. C’est une nouvelle étape culturelle dans les échanges entre la France et de la Géorgie. Cette exposition pro… Continue

Posted on 11th June 2009 at 7:48am â€”

STOP WAITING GEORGIA, KARVASLA - NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM

The exhibition opening on Friday , June 12, 2009 , 6:00 pm and run through June 19, 2009 at Tbilisi Historical Museum –Carvasla. ( 8, Sioni Str. 0105 Tbilisi Georgia. Tel: 92 32 27) In august after aggressive actions of Russian military forces stressful and depressive condition and the nihilism is still strong in wide society of Georgia. The aim of the exhibition is actual art should transform vital images by its… Continue

Posted on 9th June 2009 at 9:30pm â€”

HEP PORTUGAL 2009, Human Emotion Project.

Ceramic Museum(State Museum) Facilities Garden Street: Quinta do Visconde de Santarem, Rua Dr.llidio Amado 2504-910 Town/City: Caldas da Rainha, Portugal Human Emotions documented visually by international artists using film or video: Portugal screening. Portugal 2009,Ceramic State Museum Facilities Garden, Caldas Da Rahina-curator: Alberto Guerreiro ……Emotions are inherently difficult to explicate. How does one describe fe… Continue

Posted on 29th April 2009 at 10:21am â€”

The Vitruvian Woman Video Installation

The Vitruvian Woman is an international video collaboration that will have its world premiere at Formverk, in Eskilstuna (Sweden). Inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous drawing of The Vitruvian Man, video artists from around the globe are coming together to create a sing… Continue

Posted on 14th March 2009 at 8:00pm â€”

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At 7:46am on 6th November 2009, alison williams said…: dear Irina - the synopsis is thru to you for Willy
i am waiting to hear from Alberto - his synopsis for "absent" will be on way very soon
re the emails you send with attachments/ images from torino -
there is a problem but i will email you later, the pictures do not want to load -
i am asking Adamo to look at it - so no worry for the time being. i contact you again.

also - thanks for the email/ press release etc for all artists i will get to that later today and send to all participating artists

warm hug
ali

At 2:14pm on 20th August 2009, nino cais said…: Hi Irina!

At 4:40pm on 15th June 2009, Debbie Douez said…: Thanks for that Irina! I just realized we weren't friends yet so I just sent you a request... And may we all have lots of success! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we'll be selected for Optica Festival. Your Samaia or Triamzikammo will form part of the submission. Hugs from Spain.

At 9:25am on 13th June 2009, Ektoras Binikos said…: Wonderful work!

At 9:44pm on 9th June 2009, Manuel Rodriguez Diaz said…: Very interesting work. It´s like a perspectives game. Very good indeed
Best regards

At 12:35pm on 29th April 2009, vera goulart said…: hi!..IRINAhow are you'.?..NICE WORK!!!!.....all the best!

At 2:38pm on 6th February 2009, Glenn Church (Neophyte Capsule) said…: Hi Irina,
I am glad Alicia got back to you. I really like the images on here. Send me messages any time
Thanks
Glenn

At 2:23am on 25th November 2008, Adamo Macri said…: Irina, nice to meet you, I have to tell you that I love the following works: When I look at my self, The dance of life, Look at the world vice versa, Cherish the child within you and The Slaves of the System. Wonderful !