V Kezerashvili

I am a painter who works both figuratively and abstractly. I started as an abstract painter expressing my emotions, suggested by figures and many other sources, into play of abstract shapes and flat color patches. Gradually this has changed into an interest in figurative forms themselves including trees and flowers, rocks and water, elements of architecture.
In 2014 I began working in watercolor. My land, sea, and cityscape watercolors are all done plein air with intention to capture the moment’s play of light. The works are a multilayered mix of line drawing and color patches applied in great pace. Some elements of abstraction are presented in the mostly figurative works.

I also draw in pen and ink. The directness of pen drawing is most attractive to me. Pen drawing lead me to a needle work on copper etchings, which occupies me much recently.
Whether I am painting a figure or working more abstractly, there are similar issues to solve, such as composition, light and shadow, balance of line and color. Above all, each work must be itself. There has to be first an idea or a feeling that the work suggests, and then all the steps have to be done for it to take its own personality.

Artist currently lives and paints in New York City a...

Art Students Leagues of New York
PhD in Physics

2025 January – February
Intro the night: nocturnes. Salmagundi Club. New York, NY
2024 October - December
15th Annual Figurative Art Exhibition. Lore Degenstein Gallery, Selinsgrove, PA
2022 March
The League at Affordable Art Fair NYC, Spring 2022. Metropolitan Pavilion,125 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011
Booth B2
2020 April – December
The Art Students League of NY artist group show, The Conference Board, New York, NY
2019 October
2nd Inktober Challenge at the Art Students League of New York – 3rd place
2019 January
10th Annual Small Works Exhibition, Manhattan Borough President’s Office, New York, NY
2018 October
Gallery Margo Pop-up Exhibition, Highline Loft gallery, Chelsea, New York.
2018 July-September
WATERFRONT, Manhattan Borough President’s Office, New York, NY
2018 June – 2019 May
The Art Students League of NY artist group show, The Conference Board, New York, NY
2018 May
ST[art]UP Exhibition & Silent Auction, The Art Students League of NY, New York, NY
2018 April
7th Annual Spring Exhibition. A Benefit for NYC’s Homeless, New York, NY
2018 March-May
Watercolors: Land and Sea (Solo Show), Brooklyn Public Library branch, Brooklyn NY
2018 January
9th Annual Small Works Exhibition, Manhattan Borough President’s Office...