Nino Kvrivishvili: Textiles and Memory

May 4th, 2022, 18:45, Audimax

Nino Kvrivishvili will present her artistic practice about textiles. She will discuss the historical patterns which preserve their value and, in parallel, make a new form in Nino’s works. She will analyze the Soviet Textiles of Georgia and other countries, as well as present a tour of Tbilisi, taking us through the city’s silk industry.

Nino Kvrivishvili is from Georgia and works at Design Faculty, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Georgia

Nino Kvrivishvili is a Georgian artist based in Tbilisi, Georgia. She studied Textile Design at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and has exhibited extensively locally and internationally. Her recent shows include the artist’s solo exhibitions at Museum Wäschefabrik, Bielefeld, Germany; Gallery Melike Bilir, Hamburg, Germany; Binz39, Zurich, Switzerland; State Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia and KCCC, Klaipeda, Lithuania. Nino Kvrivishvili works with textile installations. Her works are focused on processes of change, investigating history by transforming traditional textiles into contemporary art, both formally and conceptually.