Eka Sharashidze

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing a monumental painting course at the Academy of Arts in Tbilisi, she moved to Berlin in 1995 where she has lived and worked ever since. Eka Sharashidzes photographs primarily thematicise the difference in the architecture of European cities. Architectural details are extracted from their context and combined in photo collages to produce ornamental constructs. They contain the details which the artist considers to be typical for the architecture of each location. By isolating and repeating only a few specific features, her works show in particular the fractured nature of our recollections.
The farther an event lies back in the past, the less we are able to place into context the images which remain in our memories. What remains is a diffuse mixture of visual impressions representing the subjective quintessence of what has been experienced.

1989 - 1995 Tbilisi state academy of art, Tbilisi, Georgia | 1995 diploma monumental decorative art painting | 1997 - 1999 graduation history of art free university of Berlin Germany | 2009 advanced training media academy Berlin, Germany

feb 14 - mar 14 2009 cite free.art gallery.berlin
may 08 - jun 01 2009 we make part 3: art to sweet mash/ pack of patches gallery jena
jun 12 - jul 07 2009 we make part 4: art to sweet mash/ pack of patches gallery jena
jun 25 - aug 25 2009 welcome to 21st century privat exhibition berlin/germany
oct 22 - oct 25 2009 cutlog contemporary art fair, paris/galerie pack of patches
mar 04 - mar 07 2010 art karlsruhe /galerie pack of patches
apr 12 - may 01 2010 georgia berlin galerie, hillmer+partner berlin
jun 12 - okt 03 2010 nord art, büdelsdorf/germany (group/catalog)
sep 30 - oct 13 2010 fest i nova 2010, international festival garikula/georgia (group/catalog)
oct 02 - oct 15 2010 welt der kunst, urania berlin e.v berlin/germany (group)
oct 04 - oct 21 2010 wall people gallery n15 tbilisi/georgia (solo)
oct 21 - oct 24 2010 cutlog contemporary art fair, paris/galerie pack of patches
feb 23 - mar 13 2011 european artists in garikula, garikula in europe house tbilisi
mar 31 - apr 03 2011 artparis grand palais 2011 paris, france virtual installation
dec 21 2011 - jan 26 2012 botschaft von georgien berlin, germany
feb 10 - apr 02 2012 kulturfabrik e.v./e-werk eschwege, germany (solo)
oct 26 - oct 28 2012 kuboshow herne, ...