SHALVA NIKVASHVILI

Georgia, 1990

THE WHY NOT GALLERY

Shalva Nikvashvili is a multimedia artist who works primarily around the concepts of identity and memory, tradition and cultural affiliation. The artist is dedicated to challenging and testing the limits of what is acceptable, whether in art or in life. She studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Faculty of Design, and then went on to study sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts in Antwerp. Shalva’s works have been exhibited in several European galleries and museums, including the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin and the Barbara Thumm Gallery in Berlin. Her work has been featured in major art publications such as ID Magazine, Vice, Metal Magazine and others. In 2021, Shalva worked with Kirill Serebrennikov on the opera “Nos” by D.Shostakovich, Bayerische Staatsoper, and created masks for the performance. Shalva Nikvashvili currently lives and works in Belgium.