Tekla Meadze

Tekla Meladze is a Georgian-born painter and emerging art market professional whose practice operates at the intersection of artistic expression and cultural economics. With over a decade of experience in painting, her work reflects an early and formative engagement with art that began in childhood and has since evolved into an internationally exhibited career spanning institutional, commercial, and auction contexts.

Meladze’s artistic journey was catalyzed at a young age during her exposure to European cultural environments, where encounters with both formal exhibitions and the everyday presence of art shaped her visual language and conceptual sensitivity. Since then, her work has been presented across multiple international platforms, including major exhibitions and art fairs, as well as within museum and gallery settings. Her practice has also extended into the secondary art market, with works sold through recognized auction houses such as Bonhams, Freeman’s, and Shapiro Auctions, positioning her among a new generation of artists navigating both creative and market-driven spheres.

Alongside her artistic career, Meladze has developed a strong academic foundation in business and art market studies. She holds a BA (Hons) in Busin...

• MA Art Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art NY (2025 -2027)
• BA (Hons) Business and Management at University of Essex UK (2020-2024)
• Certificate of Higher Education in International Relations at European Institute of
Leadership Management (2023)
• Certificate of Higher Education in Basic of Project Management at International
Business Management Institute Germany (2020)
• Certificate of Higher Education in Marketing Manager at Free University Georgia
(2019)
• Certificate of Higher Education in International Relations at Free University
Georgia (2015)

ART EXHIBITIONS
Solo:
• 2014 - ART EXPO NY(USA)
• 2015 - MUSEUM OF MODERN ART OF ZURAB TSERETELI –MOMA TBILISI (GEORGIA)
• 2015 - KUTAISI DRAMA THEATER OF L. MESKHISHVILI (GEORGIA)
• 2016 - SOKHUMI STATE UNIVERSITY (GEORGIA)
• 2017 - KNOWLEDGE ACADEMY “VEFXISTKAOSANI 850” (GEORGIA)
• 2017 -IKALTO ACADEMY “VEPKHISTKAOSANI” (GEORGIA)
• 2018 - GEORGIAN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (TBILISI)
• 2019 – ART HALL ‘‘ GEORGIAN WINEFOUNDATION’’(GEORGIA)
• 2019 – 58TH VENICE BIENNALE (ITALY)
• 2022 - TBILISI CITY ASSEMBLY (GEORGIA)
• 2022- ON THE FRINGE GALLERY NYC (USA)
• 2022 – DANCING CRANE COMPANY, GEORGIAN CULTURAL CENTER, NYC (USA)
• 2022 – MERKIN HALL, KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER NYC (USA)
• 2023 - TBILISI CITY ASSEMBLY (GEORGIA)
• 2024 – AJARA ART MUSEUM (GEORGIA)
• 2024 - GEORIGA PALACE (ADJARA)

Group:
• 2014 – ART EXPO NY (USA)
• 2014 – GALLERY “UNIVERSE” (GEORGIA)
• 2014 – GENERAL CONSULATE OF GEORGIA IN NY (USA)
• 2014 – GEORGIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
• 2015 – INTERNATIONAL SHOW NY NOW, JAVITS CENTER, NY (USA)
• 2015 – GEORGIAN CULTURE CENTER IN NY (USA)
• 2015 – ART GARDEN(BAKU)
• 2016 – GALLERY “UNIVERSE” (GEORGIA)
• 2016 – PROJECT “21 PAINTERS OF 21ST CENTURY (BOTTLED NOMINATED
COLLECTORS WINE WITH IMAGE
• OF PAINTING
• 2017 – ART FESTIVAL
• 2017 –...