Djikia Alexander

Bio

www.djikia.com

1963 was born in Tbilisi, USSR

1985 graduated from Moscow Architectural Institute

Lives and works in Moscow and Ankara

Collections

Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands

Stella Art Foundation, Moscow

State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

State Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin

Kaliningrad State Art Gallery, Kaliningrad, Russia

Selected solo exhibitions

1988 Photograms. Editorial office of the Student Meridian magazine, Moscow

1989 Pictures. Union Gallery, Moscow

1990 Drawings. Galerie Kicken-Pauseback, Cologne, Germany

1991 Drawings 1988-1991. Galerie Karsten Koch, Kiel, Germany

1992 Drawings. Rheinisches LandesMuseum, Bonn, Germany

Westöstlicher Divan. Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany

1993 Drawings 1988-1992. Galerie Karsten Koch, Kiel, Germany

1995 Drawings. Galerie Art 5-III Inge Herbert, Berlin

1996 New Drawings. Galerie Ute Parduhn, Dusseldorf, Germany

1997 Drawings from New York. Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany

1999 Drawings, Paintings and Photographs. Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany

2000 Drawings from Ankara. Editorial office of the Pinakothek magazine, Moscow

2001 Drawings. Galerie Ute Parduhn, Dusseldorf, Germany

2002 Studies from the Cretan Seals. Bilkent University, Ankara

2003 The highest point. Moscow House of Photography, Moscow

2006 New works. M. Gelman Gallery, Moscow

Retrospection. Design Center “Artplay”, Moscow

10 years later. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow

2007 Katharevousa. Helexpo Athens

Rinascimento. Galleria Nina Lumer, Milan, Italy

Selected group exhibitions

1988 City and the world. Central House of Artists, Moscow

1989 Vrubel - Jikia - Kerzelli. Editorial office of the magazine "Decorative Art", Moscow

Nuova Realta. Pinacotheca Communale, Bologna, Italy

1990 Perestroyka. Center for Contemporary Arts, Buenos Aires

1991 Vrubel - Jikia - Kerzelli. Exhibition Hall "On Kashirka", Moscow

Im Kabinett. Kunsthandel Wolfgang Wittrock, Dusseldorf, Germany

1992 Aktuelle Zeichnung und Photographie aus Moskau. Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany

Figurliche Zeichnung. Kunstverein Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany

1994 III international biennale of easel graphics "Kaliningrad - Koenigsberg".

Kaliningrad Regional Art Gallery, Kaliningrad, Russia

NO! - and the Conformists. Fundacja Polskiej Sztuki Nowoczesnej, Warsaw; State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

1995 Kvartart for Export. LOMO Depot, Vienna

1998 Book of the artist and poet. National Center for Contemporary Art, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

1999 Book of the artist. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

2000 Personal look. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

2001 The View from Here. Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, United States

2002 0001. Goethe Institute, Ankara 2003 Russian Book Illustration. Frankfurter Buchmesse, Frankfurt, Germany

Lomo at Home. Frankfurter Buchmesse, Frankfurt, Germany

0002. Goethe Institute, Ankara

2004 0003. Bilkent University, Ankara

2006 0004. Tbilisi Academy of Arts, Tbilisi

2009 That Obscure Object of Art. Ca’Rezzonico, Venice, Italy

Works

Alexander Djikia. Mumu. 1988. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 29,7х42 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Runner's dream. 1988. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 29,5x41,7 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Cyclist's dream. 1988. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 31x39,8 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Brave brothers and gentle sisters. 1988. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 29,6х41,6 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Guy talk. 1988. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 29,4х42,3 cm.

Alexander Djikia. He held high positions and is about to die. 1988. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 29,4х42,3 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Buzzy-Wuzzy Busy Fly. 1989. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 28,9х42 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Money is trash. 1989. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 29,5х41,9 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Bread seller. 1989. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 29,8х42 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Your time is up. 1989. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 29,5х41,9 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Three-faced giant. 1996. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 34,3х42 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Hercules and Antaeus. 1996. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 29,5х42,3 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Don't lock me up. 1996. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 33,8х41,6 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Road. 1996. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 31х40 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Penalty of law. 1996. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 34,2х41,3 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Judith. 1996. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 34,2х41,8 cm.

Alexander Djikia. The living understand nothing about the affairs of the dead. 1996. Tracing paper, India ink, felt pen on paper. 33,5х41,8 cm.

Alexander Djikia. Notebook number one. 1996. Plywood box. 17x38x12 cm. 36 drawings, ink on paper. 10x15 cm.

Alexander Djikia. From the Katharevousa series. 2003. Oil and pigment on synthetic paper. 90x70 cm.

Alexander Djikia. From the Katharevousa series. 2003. Oil and pigment on synthetic paper. 70x80 cm.