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1963 – born in the town of Ochamchira, Abkhazia Region, Georgia
1984 – graduated from Giorgi Shervashidze Fine Arts College in Sukhumi
1989 – graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts
1990 – first personal exhibition, the Artists House, Tbilisi, Georgia
1993 – had to move with his family to Tbilisi from Sukhumi in a result of Abkhazian war; lives and works there until the present day
2000 – joined the Georgian Union of Artists
2002 – personal exhibition at the Nuclear Security State Committee in Prague, Czech Republic
2002 – personal exhibition at Le Siants Galerie, Prague
2005 – personal exhibition at the National Art Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
2006 – Forbidden Towns, personal exhibition in the American Embassy in Tbilisi
2008 – Children of War, group charity exhibition in Tbilisi
2008 – first prize in the Best Portrait of the Year competition, Tbilisi
Since 2008 has been working as lector at the National Academy of Arts in Tbilisi
2009 – Artists from Sukhumi, group show at the Ars Gallery in Tbilisi
Art fairs: Art Ireland, Dublin (2004-2009); Art Zurich International (2004); Art Edinburgh (2005-2008); Art Melbourne (2006); Affordable Art Fair, Paris (2008); Chelsea Art Fair, London (2009); Glasgow Art Fair (2009).
Works of Eldar Kavshbaia can be found in numerous private and public collections all over the world, including the UN Office in Tbilisi, Georgian Embassies in Italy and Germany, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, US Embassy in Tbilisi, David Karabadze Museum in Kutaisi, and the Batumi Fine Arts Museum. |
