AVTO VARAZI

B. 1926, Tbilisi, Georgia.

D. 1977, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Education:

1948   Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Institute of the History of Georgian Art, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Solo Exhibitions:

1977 Personal Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia.        

1997 Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia.

2011 TBC Bank, Tbilisi, Georgia.

2013 Museum of Modern Art Tbilisi, Georgia.

Group Exhibitions:

1986 Retrospective exhibition of Georgian Fine Art, Artist House, Tbilisi, Georgia.

1999 ‘From Generation to Generation,’ Modern Art Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

2013 ‘At the Crossroads: Contemporary Art From Central Asia and the Caucasus,’ Sotheby’s Auction House, London, UK.

2014 ‘At the Crossroads 2: Contemporary Art From Istanbul To Kabul,’ Sotheby’s Auction  House, London, UK.

2021 'Freedom-Inspired Art' of Non-conformist Artists, Sighnaghi Museum, Kakheti, Georgia.

  ‘Art Expo XX-XXI,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Achievements:

1958   Designed an exposition of ‘Archeological and Feudalism Era’ in the Museum of Georgia; an exhibition dedicated to Shota Rustaveli, The National Gallery; Georgian Literature Museum; Ioseb Grishashvili and Giorgi Leonidze House-Museums.

1969   Set designer for the film ‘Pirosmani’ (dir. Giorgi Shengelaia). Plays the main in the film.  

2020   The highest auction price - 14,903 USD. Millon & Associés SAS, Paris, France.

Artworks by Avto Varazi are kept in: the Modern Art Museum, New York, USA; Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey, USA; Georgian National Museum. His artworks are displayed in different regional museums in Georgia (Kutaisi, Tsageri, Ambrolauri, Senaki Fine Arts Museums), and his work are kept in private collections.

PHOTO: HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON