Tea Jikia

I am a contemporary artist based in Tbilisi, Georgia, working primarily with oil painting and collage. My practice brings together figurative painting and fragments of posters, magazines, newspapers, and other printed materials, creating layered compositions in which image and fragment become part of a larger symbolic language.

I am interested in the human figure not simply as a portrait, but as a presence through which I explore identity, memory, transformation, self-perception, and the relationship between the inner world and the world around us.

My collage process is intuitive. I select fragments for their visual and symbolic qualities and allow them to enter the painting as the work develops. These fragments can carry words, images, textures, or traces of another context, becoming part of the narrative of the work.

A recurring question in my practice is: “Who am I?” Through painting and collage, I explore the complexity of individuality, the layers of experience that shape us, and the possibility of discovering meaning within them.

I hold a Bachelor's degree in Multimedia Design from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. My work has been exhibited in Georgia and has received international recognition, including the Teravarna Talen...

Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Georgia
Bachelor’s Degree in Multimedia Design, 2014

2025 What I Always Wanted to Say, Solo Exhibition, Art Gallery Vake, Tbilisi, Georgia

2024 Artists’ World, Group Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia

2024 Art Megobrebi, Group Exhibitions: “Creative Path”, “Covered in Colors”, “Mirror”, “Colorful Messages”, “A World Moving Toward Light”, Georgia