Guram Dolenjashvili
Guram Dolenjashvili (Georgian: გურამ დოლენჯაშვილი; Russian: Гурам Доленджашвили; born 9 March 1943 in Kutaisi) is a Georgian painter often working in a monochrome technique. He is a Meritorious Artist of Georgia and an honorary member of Russian Academy of Arts (since 2004).[1][2][3]
Dolenjashvili was born in Kutaisi. He graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts in 1968 where he studied in the shop of . He mostly lived in Kutaisi but travel led to Russian North, White Sea, Kamchatka and Chukotka.[3] His works are exhibited in the Art Museum of Georgia, Tretyakov Gallery, Pushkin Museum, Russian Museum and many others.[4]
Many of his works are landscapes made in black and white, using a graphite pencil or etching with slightly surrealist shifting of reality still he is often considered a follower of traditions Russian realist landscapers of Ivan Shishkin and .[3]
Now, Guram signed the agreement with Raffian Art[5] to produce limited editions of giclees[permanent dead link].
Featured personal exhibitions[]
- Tixi Bay, 1979
- Saint-Petersburg, 1984
- Tbilisi. 1988
- Moscow, Central House of Artists (TsDKh), 1996
- “Logovaz” at Tverskaya St., “Mercedes Benz”, Moscow, 1998
- Moscow, Foreign Trade Centre (Hammer Federation), 1998
- Moscow, Parliament of Russia Federation, 1999
- Moscow, The World Bank, 2000, 2001
- Moscow, The Directorate of Exhibition and Auctions, the RF of Ministry Culture, 2003
International exhibitions[]
- XIII Biennial exhibition of easel painting, Yugoslavia, 1979
- Biennial of European Print (plate), Heidelberg, Germany, 1979
- “Intergrafika-80”, Kraków, Poland, 1980
- XIV Biennial exhibition of easel painting, Luibliana, Yugoslavia, 1981
- International Poster Exhibition, Moscow, 1982
- Biennial exhibition of easel painting, Muilouise, France, 1982
- XV Biennial exhibition of easel painting, Luibliana, Yugoslavia, 1983
- III Biennial exhibition of European Print (plate), Baden-Baden, Germany, 1983
- Triennial exhibition “Artists against War”, Maidanek, Poland, 1985
- Biennial exhibition of easel in Varna, Bulgaria, 1985
- (Ist Place — “Silver Plate” and diploma)
- II International Festival of Arts, Baghdad, Iraq, 1988
- III Biennial exhibition of easel painting in Bhopal, Matia-Pradesh, India, 1995
- II International Exhibition of easel painting, Kaliningrad (Kenigsberg), Russia 1996
- International Arts Fair “The Art of XX century”, Art-Manezh, Moscow, Russia, 1996
- I International Quadrienneal of graphics, Moscow, 1997
- V International Arts Exhibition “Palette”, Central House of Artists, Moscow, 1999
- International Arts Fair, Art-Manezh, Moscow, 2000
- III International Triennial of printing graphic, Ufa, Bashkortostan, 2001
Other exhibitions and auctions[]
- Magnum association, Moscow, 1993 (auction)
- Istoki Co., Moscow 1993-1994
- Cohem City, FRG, 1994, 1995, 1996
- “Russian village” at Niigata, Japan, 1995
- Russian Culture Days in Delhi, India, 1995
- “Russian Art Gallery at Vozdvizhenka”-personal exhibition, Moscow, 1996
- Kufstein City, Austria, 1996
- “Tetterode Grafik – 1997” contest, Holland (A Window to Europe, Moscow)
- “Russian Artists tribute to Moscow”, Moscow, 1997
- Gallery “World and colours”, London, England, 1999
- Gallery “Galina”, London, England, 1999
- Australia, EXPO-88
- France, 1977
- Sweden, 1984, 1985
- Great Britain, 1977, 1978
- Switzerland, 1985
- USA, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984
- Arts Fair of the socialist countries 1985, 1986, 1987
- «InterArt-85», Poznan, Poland
- Austria, 1980, 1985
- «InterArt -86», Poznan, Poland
- FRG, 1983, 1985
- Los Angeles, USA, 1990 (auction)
- Czechoslovakia, 1984, GDR, 1984
- Great Britain, “Art/London-91” (auction)
Museums[]
- State Tretyakov gallery
- State Pushkin Museum
- The Bakhzadeh Museum, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- State Oriental Arts Museum
- State Russian Museum
- Modern Art Museum, Cologne, Germany
- Arts Museum, Canton, Ohio, USA
- Chelyabinsk Picture Gallery
- New Orleans Museum, Louisiana, USA
- Museum of the Resistance, Brussels, Belgium
- North Kazakhstan Oblast Museum of Dodgy Collection from Gularto Glasnost
- People’s Museum, Poznan, Poland
- Poznan Bureau of Modern Arts, Poznan, Poland
- Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Georgian National Museum, National Gallery
- Central Museum of Revolution, Moscow
- Tbilisi State Museum of Arts
- Kutaisi Picture Gallery, Georgia
- State Historical Museum, Kutaisi
- Bashkirskiy State Museum of Art of Nesterova
- Museum of Art of Tzjik Republic
References[]
- ^ Official website (in Russian)
- ^ GuramDolArt Gallery (in Russian)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Biography on the NewClassic site Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Biography[permanent dead link] (in Russian)
- ^ Raffian Art Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading[]
- Альбом Г. Доленджашвили (G. Dolenjashvili Album), Moscow:2006, ISBN 5-7853-0567-4 [1]
External links[]
- Painters from Georgia (country)
- 1943 births
- Living people
- People from Kutaisi