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Andro wekua biography samples
Andro Wekua
Georgian artist (born )
Andro Wekua (Georgian: ანდრო ვეკუა) (born ) is a Georgian artist based in Zurich, Switzerland, and Berlin, Germany.
Wekua was born in Sokhumi and witnessed an ethnic conflict in Abkhazia in the s.
His father, the Georgian political activist Vova Wekua, was killed by the Abkhaz nationalists during the Sukhumi riots.[1] His work encompasses painting, collage, drawing, installation, sculpture, and film.[2]
Selected exhibitions
- Pink Wave Hunter, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, cur.
Rein Wolfs (solo show) [1]
- A Neon Shadow, Castello Di Rivoli, Turin (solo show)
- Never sleep with a strawberry in your mouth, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (solo show)
- Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst , Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin [2]
- ILLUMInations, 54th Venice Biennale , Venice [3]
- 10, Lives, the 8th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, cur.
Massimiliano Gioni [4]
- Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collec