Roman Savchenko

Roman Savchenko (b. 1983) is an abstract painter based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

His practice operates at the threshold of recognition — a liminal space where abstract structures approach figuration but deliberately resist fixed interpretation.

Working primarily in acrylic on large-scale canvas, Savchenko creates images that function as perceptual experiences rather than representations, inviting the viewer
into a state of suspended meaning and intuitive discovery.

His current body of work, the M-String Theory series, uses complex theoretical frameworks — quantum physics, digital visuality, the logic of the pixel — not as scientific illustration, but as metaphors for the unobservable. Rooted in a classical academic foundation, his practice has evolved into a systematic deconstruction of representational norms, building a visual language that holds contradictions without
demanding resolution.

Savchenko has exhibited internationally across the UK, Montenegro, and Georgia, and was selected for a group exhibition at Saatchi Gallery, London.

2008–2009 - Valand School of Fine Arts, University of Gothenburg (Distance programme, Moscow)

2000–2005 - Decorative and Applied Arts Academy of Architecture, Rostov-on-Don

2026 - Abstract — Concrete, Novoriznica Beograd Gallery, Group exhibition, Belgrade, Serbia

2026 - Fast — Slow. Perception in Two Tempos, Solo exhibition, Tmp_space Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

2026 - Phases of Presence, Group exhibition, Tmp_space Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

2025 - The Art Club Collective, Group exhibition, Old Waiting Room, Peckham Rye Station, London, UK

2025 - Spectrum of Dimensions, Solo exhibition, Auditoria Gallery, Budva, Montenegro

2012–2013 - Gaiety Is the Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union, Group exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2010 - Wherever They Fell, Group exhibition, Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK

2008 - New Superhumans, Solo exhibition, Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia