Salome Rigvava

About Artist

Works by Salome Rigvava (b. 1988, Gagra, Abkhazia, Georgia) are in private collections in Germany, Japan, USA, Sweden, the UK, Russia and her homeland Georgia.

Salome graduated MFA at the New York Academy of Art. She also completed her studies on a full scholarship at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design with Professor Holger Bunk in 2014. Prior to that, she studied painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Art. Earning a Bachelor’s degree (2006-2010) and a Master’s degree (2010-12).

She has participated in many personal and group exhibitions all around the world and was an Artist in Residence at Art Mora Studio Program in Ridgefield, New Jersey during the summer of 2016.

Salome Rigvava lives and works in New York, USA.

MFA (Master in Fine Arts)at New York Academy Of Art)
(2020-2022)
 Master’s Degree in Visual Art, Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design (Prof. Holger Bunk) Full Scholarship from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) (2012-2014)
 Master’s Degree in Visual Art, Apollon Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Art (2010-2012)
 Bachelor’s degree in Visual Art , Apollon Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Art (2006-2010)

 Art School for Children (Secondary School)(1996-2006)

2023
Art Fair in Hong Kong, presented by Lorin Gallery, Hong Kong, China
„Ideology Duo‘‘, LeMont Art Space, Group Exhibition, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
„All Together‘‘, Lorin Gallery, Group Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2022
‘’THRESHOLD’’, Tchotchke Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York, USA
‘’If It’s Not Baroque, Don’t Fix It’’, Tchotchke Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York, USA
‘’Double Trouble’’, Village One Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York, USA
„New Faces “, Art Mora Gallery, Group Exhibition, New Jersey, USA
‘’Tribeca Ball’’, New York Academy of Art, Group Exhibition, New York, USA
“2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition”, New York Academy of Art, Group Exhibition, New York, USA
2021
‘’Return to Form’’, Six Summit Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York, USA  
‘’Deck on wall’’, New York Academy of Art, Group Exhibition, New York, USA
‘’Tribeca Ball’’, New York Academy of Art, Group Exhibition, New York, USA  

2019
‘’Be my valentine’’, Gallery Gamrekeli, Personal Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia
‘’LIFENSTYLE’’, international print festival, Tbilisi, Georgia
Charity exhibition-auction for children’s Hospice, Tbilisi, Georgia

2017
 Galery Kunstmassnahmen, Heidelberg, Germany. The solo exhibition
 Zurab Tsereteli Museum of Modern...