Paata Merabishvili

The Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery of Georgia in collaboration with the “Vanda” Art Gallery will host Paata Merabishvili’s Solo Exhibition for the first time.

The exhibition will open on August 7 at 6:00 PM and will run through September 7.

The exhibition is curated by Vanda Mujiri.

The exhibition will feature recent works created by artist in several mediums (sculpture, painting, graphics).

Paata Merabishvili — painter, sculptor, and designer — belongs to the generation of Georgian artists who began their creative careers in the 1990s.

Paata Merabishvili was born in Tbilisi in 1964. Immediately after graduating from the Iakob Nikoladze Art College, he entered the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Department of Sculpture, studying in the workshop of Gogi Ochiauri.
After completing his studies at the Academy, Merabishvili continued his artistic activity outside Georgia, actively participating in international exhibitions and symposiums. He soon gained recognition and popularity, and his works are now part of major collections in various countries around the world.

In 2023, Merabishvili was first introduced to the Georgian public through a retrospective exhibition titled De-formation at the Vanda Gallery, where his sculptures, paintings, and graphic works were presented.

Paata Merabishvili’s work vividly and uniquely expresses the synthesis of national traditions and modernist plasticity. Drawing on deep knowledge of global artistic culture, materials, and technologies, the artist creates a diverse and distinctive visual world.
While firmly rooted in tradition, Merabishvili skillfully incorporates a range of artistic movements into his practice — a foundation for his own creative method.
Although abstract in style, his sculptures generally remain within the realm of figurative art. His works are characterized by bold formal experimentation and a strong pursuit of plastic expressiveness.

Color plays a vital role in Merabishvili’s practice. He uses bright, monochrome, saturated hues that highlight the sculptural properties, dynamism, and rhythm of his forms.
Although he considers himself primarily a sculptor, he devotes significant time to painting, graphic art, and collage. These works are highly emotional and dynamic, and often find continuation in his sculptural pieces.

For Paata Merabishvili, being a sculptor means “an internal state of perceiving everything in space — even thought has its own volume and color.”
Translating these perceptions into form — whether on a flat surface or in three-dimensional space — is his way of expressing a unique vision of the world.

Vanda Mujiri