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Irina Gabiani is a contemporary artist whose work explores interconnectedness, the universe and the human experience. Growing up in Soviet-occupied Georgia and witnessing the 1990s war shaped her artistic path and her vision of humanity as an interconnected organism.

Her multidisciplinary practice spans drawing, painting, video art and installation, inviting audiences into thought-provoking dialogues about the micro and macro worlds. She often transforms images from contemporary magazines by adding hand-drawn lines and extending motifs across multiple figures or surfaces, creating visual chains and cyclical structures.

Gabiani’s work has been shown internationally at institutions including the Venice Biennale, CAPC – Musée d’Art Contemporaine Bordeaux, Mudam Luxembourg, Georgian National Museum, Museo Nazionale del Cinema Torino, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Art Beijing, ARCO Madrid, Art Busan and more.

Her art invites viewers to reflect on the fluid boundaries between the individual and the universe, emphasizing the profound and often invisible connections that shape our understanding of existence.

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The works of Irina Gabiani have been exhibited in the following Countries:
Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, France, U.K., Germany, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, Malta, Israel, Georgia, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, The Netherlands, Armenia, U.S.A., Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, India, Hungary, Albania, Macao, China, Lebanon, Syria, Morocco, South Africa, Argentina, Cuba, Nepal, Ethiopia.

Irina Gabiani has participated in 2011 at the 54th Venice Biennale.

The works of Irina Gabiani have been exhibited in the

F o l l o w i n g

V e n u e s :

  • Museum of Contemporary Art of Villa Croce (Genova, Italy) 2024;
  • CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, France) 2017;
  • Museo della Civiltà Romana (Rome, Italy) 2010;
  • Mudam, Museum of Modern Art (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) 2022;
  • Museo del Cinema (Torino, Italy) 2009;
  • Georgian National Museum – Amiranashvili Museum of Art (Tbilisi, Georgia) 2012;
  • Janashia Georgian National Museum (Tbilisi, Georgia) 2015;
  • Arnot Art Museum (New York, U.S.A.) 2011;
  • Torrance Art Museum (Torrance, U.S.A) 2014;
  • Georgian National Museum – Karvasla (Tbilisi, Georgia) 2009, 2010;
  • Arad Art Museum (Arad, Romania) 2011;
  • Vilnius and Kedainian Regional Museum (Vilnius, Lithuania) 2013;
  • Museo Scuderie Aldobrandini (Rome, Italy) 2009;
  • Museo Pietro Canonica a Villa Borghese (Rome, Italy) 2014;
  • Villa d’Este (Rome, Italy) 2009;
  • Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce (Genova, Italy) 2022;
  • Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Centre Museum (Tallin, Estonia) 1997;
  • Mole Vanvitelliana (Ancona, Italy) 2014;
  • Rocca dei Rettori (Benevento, Italy) 2009;
  • Museo Civico del Broletto (Novara, Italy) 2009;
  • Palazzo Orsini (Viterbo, Italy) 2011;
  • Castello di Frontone (Pesaro e Urbino, Italy) 2013;
  • Malhoa Museum (Caldas da Rainha, Portugal) 2009;
  • Museu de Ceramica (Caldas da Rainha, Portugal) 2009;
  • Leonidze State Museum (Tbilisi, Georgia) 2006;
  • Nicht Museum für Zeitgemäse Kunst (Dresden, Germany) 2020;

I n s t i t u t i o n s

  • Venice Biennale, Italian Pavilion, Arsenale (Venice, Italy);
  • Fondazione Benetton (Treviso, Italy);
  • ZKM Center for Art and Media (Karlsruhe, Germany);
  • Unione Culturale Franco Antonicelli (Turin, Italy);
  • Visual Container (Milan, Italy);
  • Milan Conservatory (Milan, Italy);
  • Tenerife Espascio De Las Artes Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain);
  • ARTSPACE Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv, Israel);
  • Estonian Academy of Arts (Tallinn, Estonia);
  • Filmoteca de Andalucia (Cordoba, Spain);
  • Rich Mix Foundation (London, U.K.);
  • Zet Foudation (Amsterdam, The Netherlands);
  • Kunstverein Kärnten (Karnten, Austria);
  • Cour de Justice Européenne (Luxembourg, Luxembourg);
  • Université du Luxembourg (Luxembourg, Luxembourg);
  • Abbaye de Neunmunster (Luxembourg, Luxembourg);
  • Medienwerkstatt Bethanien (Berlin, Germany);
  • Center for Contemporary Art – Pavilion Unicredit (Bucharest, Romania);
  • Academy of Art (Tallinn, Estonia);
  • Noass Arts Centre (Riga, Latvia);
  • Porvoon Taidetehdas Konstfabriken (Porvoo, Finland);
  • The Cornaro Institute (Larnaca, Spain);
  • Saakashvili Presidential Library (Tbilisi, Georgia);
  • National Parliamentary Library of Georgia (Tbilisi, Georgia);
  • Tbilisi Mediathek (Tbilisi, Georgia);
  • Georgia Center of Contemporary Art (Tbilisi, Georgia);
  • Europe House (Tbilisi, Georgia);
  • Art Villa Garicula (Akhalkalaki, Georgia);
  • The Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (Yerevan, Armenia);
  • AFA – Beijing Contemporary Art Centre (Beijing, China);
  • AFA – Macao (Macao);
  • The Climate Train (Durban, South Africa);
  • Osmania University (Hyderabad, India);
  • La Generale (Paris, France);
  • Sakura Works (Yokohama, Japan);
  • Plymouth University (Plymouth, U.K);
  • Visual Container TV (Milan, Italy);
  • Wildgen (Luxembourg, Luxembourg);
  • Collège d’Espagne (Paris, France);
  • Centre for Contemporary Art Foundation (Kiev, Ukraine);
  • Goethe Institute Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine);
  • Culture Center Laaksola (Akaa, Finland);
  • Gonçalves Sapinho Cultural Center (Benedita – Alcobaça – Portugal);
  • Center for Contemporary Art – Pavilion Unicredit (Bucharest, Romania);
  • Box Videoart Project Space (Milan, Italy);
  • Cultural Observatory (Szczecin, Poland);
  • AllArtNow Independent Collective Space (Damascus, Syria);
  • Espacio Espora (Madrid, Spain);
  • Alliance Francaise (New Delhi, India);
  • Società Promotrice Belle Arti (Turin, Italy);
  • CLAC – Centro Labicano Arte Contemporanea (Rome, Italy);
  • College d’Espagne (Paris, France);
  • Rietveld Academy of Art (Amsterdam, The Netherlands);

T h e a t e r s

  • Teatro Colosseo (Rome, Italy);
  • Rustaveli Georgian National Theatre (Tbilisi, Georgia);
  • Georgian State Pantomime Theatre (Tbilisi, Georgia);
  • Centre de Création Corégraphique (Luxembourg, Luxembourg);
  • Cinema Massimo (Torino, Italy);
  • Vörösmarty (Budapest, Hungary);
  • The Sunflower Theatre (Beirut, Lebanon);
  • Labia Cinema on Orange (Cape Town, South Africa);
  • The Bioscope Independent Cinema (Johannesburg, South Africa);
  • Filmoteca de Andalucía (Cordoba, Spain);
  • Vörösmarty Cinema (Budapest, Hungary);

G a l l e r i e s

  • Galerie PJ (Metz, France);
  • Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea (Torino, Italy);
  • Giampiero Biasutti studio per l’arte contemporanea (Torino, Italy);
  • Gian Marco Casini Gallery (Livorno, Italy);
  • Galleria Giancarlo Salzano (Torino, Italy);
  • Galerie Beaumontpublic (Luxembourg, Luxembourg);
  • Nosbaum Reding Gallery (Luxembourg, Luxembourg);
  • Fellner Contemporary (Luxembourg, Luxembourg);
  • Artreview Gallery (London, U.K.);
  • Sobering Gallery (Paris, France);
  • Plateau Gallery (Berlin, Germany);
  • Photon – Centre for Contemporary photography (Ljubljana, Slovenia);
  • Galleria Del Ponte (Turin, Italy);
  • DotBox (Milan, Italy);
  • Velan Center for Contemporary Art (Turin, Italy);
  • Zaion Gallery (Biella, Italy);
  • Nur Gallery (Milano, Italy);
  • Brancaleone (Rome, Italy);
  • Galerie Talmart (Paris, France);
  • Galeria H20 (Barcelona, Spain);
  • Vovatania Gallery (Kharkov, Ukraine);
  • Tiwani Contemporary (London, U.K.);
  • Kulter Gallery (Amsterdam, The Netherlands);
  • Galerie de la Voûte (Paris, France);
  • Galerie Octobre (Paris, France);
  • Savvy Contemporary (Berlin, Germany);
  • Artspace Gallery (Durban, South Africa);
  • Galleria Rajatila (Tampere, Finland);
  • Technopolis (Athens, Greece);
  • Formwerk (Eskiltuna, Sweden);
  • City Art Gallery (Kiev, Ukraine);
  • Guildford Lane Gallery (Melbourne, Australia);
  • Gallery 9 (Tbilisi, Georgia);
  • The Bioscope (Johannesburg, South Africa);
  • Pink Gallery (Seoul, South Korea);
  • Mur Nomade (Hong Kong, China);
  • Shrishty Art Gallery (Hyderabad, India);
  • Gallery MCUBE (Lalitpur, Nepal);
  • Gallery (Experiencia) HIEDRA (Buenos Aires, Argentina);
  • Galeria Rajatila (Tampere, Finland);
  • ArtSPACE Gallery (Durban South Africa);
  • August Art Gallery (London, UK);
  • Total Kunst Gallery (Edinburgh, U.K.);
  • Wannabee Gallery (Milan, Italy);

Biennials and Festivals

  • Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (2011);
  • Time is love (5-10);
  • Sguardi Sonori, Italy (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014);
  • Cologne Off (2010, 2011, 2013);
  • Out of Range (2009, 2011, 2013);
  • Toronto Urban Festival, Toronto, Canada (2013);
  • Video Dia Loghi, Turin, Italy (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012);
  • National Arts Festival Grahamstown, South Africa (2012 );
  • Le 3 du Trois, Luxembourg (2017);
  • Art for Freedom, Tbilisi, Georgia (2014);
  • Human Emotion Project (2009, 2010, 2013);
  • London East Festival, London, UK (2009);
  • Letters from the sky, Durban, South Africa (2011);
  • Athens Video Art Festival, Athens, Greece (2011);
  • One Shot International Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia (2011);
  • New Media Art Festival, Damascus, Syria (2011);
  • CeC – Carnival of e-Creativity, Bhimtal, India (2011);
  • Magmart, Milano, Italy (2011);
  • Delhi International Arts Festival, Delhi, India (2010);
  • Artisterium, Tbilisi, Georgia (2009, 2010);
  • Simultan Festival, Timisoara, Romania (2010);
  • Busho – Budapest International Short Film Festival (2010);
  • Optica Festival, Madrid, Spain (2009);
  • Fest i nova, Garikula, Georgia (2009);
  • Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburg (2008);
  • Luxembourg Design Biennale, Luxembourg (2012);
  • Berliner liste, Berlin, Germany (2016);
  • List I Ljosi Light Festival, Iceland (2016);
  • Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg (2016);
  • Digital Marrakech 5, International Media Art & Digital Cinema Festival, Marrakech, Morocco (2016);
  • Heartearth, International Videoart Project (2016);
  • FIVAC – International Video Art Festival of Camaguey, Cuba (2017);
  • Sofia Underground Performance Art Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria (2017);
  • Future Imperfect Symposium, Plymouth University, Plymouth, U.K. (2017);
  • FIAV, 23éme édition du Festival International d’Art Vidéo de Casablanca, Morocco (2017);
  • WAC Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France (2017);

A r t F a i r s

  • Art Beijing, Beijing, China;
  • ARCO Madrid (Madrid, Spain);
  • Art Busan (Busan, South Korea);
  • Bienvenue Art Fair (Paris, France);

Irina Gabiani received the following awards:

  • 2008 Third International Art Prize Arte Laguna, Sculpture, Best foreign artist;
  • 2008 Third International Art Prize Arte Laguna, Sculpture, Virtual Jury Prize;
  • 2008 8° Premio Nazionale d’Arte Città di Novara, Video, III prize;
  • 2011 International Video Festival “Letters from the sky”, Video, Top 10 Award Winner;
  • 2011 International Video Festival “Letters from the sky”, Video, Judges’ Prize Winner;

Irina Gabiani’s works are present in private and public collections including:

  • Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro (Milan, Italy);
  • The National Parliamentary Library of Georgia (Tbilisi, Georgia);
  • Georgian National Museum – Amiranashvili Museum of Art (Tbilisi, Georgia);
  • Rustaveli Georgian National Theatre (Tbilisi, Georgia);
  • Georgian State Pantomime Theatre (Tbilisi, Georgia);
  • La Iglesia de los Angeles (El Milagro);