Andro wekua bio

Georgian artist (born 1977)

Andro Wekua (Georgian: ანდრო ვეკუა) (born 1977) is a Georgian artist based in Zurich, Switzerland, and Berlin, Germany.

Andro wekua bio

Wekua was born in Sokhumi and witnessed an ethnic conflict in Abkhazia in the 1990s. His father, the Georgian political activist Vova Wekua, was killed by the Abkhaz nationalists during the 1989 Sukhumi riots.^[1] His work encompasses painting, collage, drawing, installation, sculpture, and film.^[2]

Selected exhibitions

2011

• Pink Wave Hunter, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, cur.

  Rein Wolfs (solo show) [1]

• A Neon Shadow, Castello Di Rivoli, Turin (solo show)
• Never sleep with a strawberry in your mouth, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (solo show)
• Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst 2011, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin [2]
• ILLUMInations, 54th Venice Biennale 2011, Venice [3]

2010

• 10,000 Lives, the 8th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, cur.

  Massimiliano Gioni [4]

• Skin Fruit: Sele