Leri Chanturia

Leri Chanturia was born in 1948 in one of the most picturesque corners of our planet – the city of Sukhumi. In 1961-1965 he studied at the Sukhumi Art School. In 1970-1975 he studied and graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts.
After graduating from the Academy, he completed an internship in the workshop of the famous Georgian abstract sculptor Carlo Grigoli for two years. During his studies at the Academy and after graduation, he worked in the direction of abstract art, initially under the impression of the great masters of the Russian avant–garde, and then - Fauvism, expressionism, action painting, etc. This is how Leri Chanturia became a master of artistic abstraction.
In the art of Leri Chanturia, the following areas should be distinguished: geometric abstraction, expressive painting, graphic drawing, sculpture.
The symbol of this artist's painting is a tree. His contemplation during the annual cycle instills in the master a different energy, which is transformed into painting and sculpture. By the maximum tension of color, the artist conveys his spiritual state. Painting has a contemplative meditative character, it is a complete alternative to the machinery of modernity, does not have an edifying character, is devoid of ...

1961-1965 - Sokhumi Art School, GEORGIA - Certificate

1966-1970 – TBILISI STATE ART ACADEMY, TBILISI, GEORIGA - Diploma

1972-1975– KARLO GRIGOLIA STUDIO

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1999- Oskar Martenson Gallery - Lund Sweden
1996 – National Gallery – Tbilisi, Georgia
2007 – Art Hall – Malmo, Sweden
2012 – Art Hall Stockholm, Sweden
2013 – Art Hall Lund, Sweden
2014 – Literature Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
2015 – Zelenengrad Art hall – Moscow Russia
2017- Stedly Art Foundation – Kiev Ukraine
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1973 – Art Gallery (Sukhumi, Georgia)
1975 – National Gallery (Sukhumi, Georgia)
1977 – House of Artists (Moscow, Russia)
1978 – Art Hall (Sokhumi, Georgia)
1979 – Art Gallery (Moscow State University, Russia)
1981 – National Gallery Tbilisi, Georgia
1983 – Art Hall - Pitsunda, Georgia
1985 – Gallery Merani -Senaki, Georgia
1987 – National Gallery- Tbilisi, Georgia
1989 – House of Artists -Tbilisi, Georgia
1991 – National Gallery -Tbilisi, Georgia
1994 – Art Hall - Falsterbo, Sweden
1995 – Georgian Center of Culture and Arts -Tbilisi, Georgia
1998 – Art Gallery - Treleborg, Sweden
2003 – Modern Art web - Gallery Germany
2014 – Valeri Arkhania Art Gallery – Tbilisi, Georgia
2016 – Kiev Art Week – Art Fair
2018 – Kiev Art Week – Ukrainian Georgia modernism “To find and not let go” – National Museum Kiev Picture Gallery