ZURA SEKHNIASHVILI

Since its founding in 1996, Vernissage Gallery has continuously represented and supported Sekhniashvili’s artistic legacy. The exhibition LABYRINYH in 2025 marked the artist’s third solo exhibition at the gallery and was accompanied with the second catalogue dedicated exclusively to his metal-collage practice.

During the 1970s Zura Sekhniashvili became a member of the nonconformist movement. This was a period in which a new visual language emerged beyond the oversight of the Soviet regime. The work of Avto Varazi, Otar Chkhartishvili, Temo Japaridze, Vakhtang (Vati) Davitashvili, Amir Kakabadze, Vakhtang Rurua, Fridon Gotsiridze, and Zaal Megvinetukhutsesi formed the driving force behind this artistic movement, to which Sekhniashvili belonged.

Documenting, researching, and exhibiting the work of nonconformist Georgian artists remains one of Vernissage Gallery’s central commitments