Born 1985 in Tbilisi, Georgia
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
2003—2004
Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia – Mathematics and Informatics
2008—2009
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Audio Visual Departement
2009—2013
Universität der Künste (UdK), Berlin, Germany – class of Prof. Gregor Schneider
Solo Exhibitions
2022
SCAI PIRAMIDE SCREENING PROJECT vol.1 Tokyo, Japan
Sky Above Town at Kunstmuseum Brandts, Odense, Denmark
2020
Death Chase, Daniel Marzona, Berlin, Germany
2019
Winter which was not there, Gallery Cork, Ireland
Glass Muscle (Film Trilogy), Kunstverein Dresden, Germany
Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland
Flies bite, Its going to rain, Yarat contempoarary art center, Baku, Azerbaijan (upcoming)
Vajiko Chachkhiani – Films, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Glass Ghost, Galleria de’Foscherari, Bologna, Italy
2018
Glass Jaw, Scrap Metal Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Under The Midday Sun, installation, Rinascente Milan piazza Duomo, Milan, Italy
Cotton Candy, film screening, The Space Cinema Odeon, Milan, Italy
Moment in and out of time, SCAI The Bathhouse gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Many lives pass by while imitating death, Filsers, Mainburg, Germany
Heavy Metal Honey, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
Winter Which Was Not There, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finnland
Life Track, Art Night London, London, UK
2017
Living Dog Among Dead Lions, Georgian Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Endless Ends, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
Summer which was not there, Daniel Marzona, Berlin, Germany
2016
The last thing I can hold on to are your kind words, Artim Project Space / YARAT Residency, Baku, Azerbaijan
2015
It Neither Begins Nor Ends Anywhere, Daniel Marzona, Berlin, Germany
Many Lives Pass by While Imitating Death, Outdoor Installation in collaboration with Neue Berliner Räume, Kunsthaus Dahlem and Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
2014
Both, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany
2013
Public Principle, State Museum of Literature, Tbilisi, Georgia
The Gift, Diploma Show, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
2012
4392 Hours – Temporal Proliferation of Definitive Reasons, BINZ39, Zurich, Switzerland
2011
To Cut Through, Gallery Gala, Tbilisi, Georgia
2009
Trap, GRA Glass Pavilion, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Selected Group Exhibtions
2021
all the lonely people, LAXART, Los Angeles, California, USA
EVROVIZION. Crossing Stories and Spaces, Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
A Higher Calling, White Space, Beijing, China
The Rearview Landscape, or a Trip of Ownership, UCCA Dune, Beidaihe, Hebei, China
Notes for Tomorrow, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
all the lonley people, silent green, Berlin, Germany
2020
Étude, Aranya Art Center, China
Unsere Gegenwart, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Germany.
SCAI 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Komagome SOKO, Tokyo, Japan
Vajiko Chachkhiani & Reijiro Wada: A Silent Conversation, Daniel Marzona at Rolando Anselmi, Berlin, Germany
NIRIN – The 22nd Biennale of Sydney, various venues, Sydney, Australia
Kino der Kunst, various venues, Munich, Germany
2019
Down To A Sunless Sea, Arondit offspace, Paris, France
Hotel Europa: Their Past, Your Present, Our Future, different venues, Tbilisi, Georgia
Racing The Galaxy, curated by Jerome Sans, Palace of Peace and Reconciliation & Palace of Independence, Astana (Nur-Sultan), Kazakhstan
Winter Which Was Not There, the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Journey of Thousand Miles, Collection of Han Nefkens foundation, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Quito, Ecuador
We drive far, you in front, Arondit offspace, Paris, France
2018
Paris independent film festival, Katara Cinema at Le Royal Monceau Raffles, Paris, France
The Axial Line, PS120, Berlin, Germany
Four rooms with a view, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Crumbling down, up and up we climb, Yarat Contemporary Art Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan
A good neighbour, Pinakothek der Moderne, München, Germany, in cooperation with Istanbul Biennale
Germany Is Not An Island – Contemporary Art Collection of the Federal Republic of Germany, Acquisitions 2012-2016, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
Watou Kunstenfestival 2018, Watou, Belgium
The Short Film Festival Switzerland, Winterthur, Switzerland
2017
A good neighbour, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Haunted House, Ekaterina Foundation, Moscow, Russia
15th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
Steirischer Herbst, Festival of New Arts, Graz, Austria
Mit den Händen zu greifen und doch nicht zu fassen, Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany
Parlament der Pflanzen, daadgalerie, Berlin, Germany
The Future Generation Art Prize, Exhibition of the Shortlisted Artists at the 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Profanation: Ghenos, Eros, Thanatos, group show at Galleria De foscherari, Bologna, Italy
Du Verbe à la Communication, Carré d’Art–Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes, France
WAITING. Between Power and Possibility, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
The Future Generation Art Prize, Exhibition of the Shortlisted Artists, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine
wieder und wider, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2016
Farewell to an Idea, Plattenpalast, Berlin, Germany
2015
Stranger Than Paradise, Sies+Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Vom Großen und Ganzen, Sammlung Haus N, Neumünster, Germany
Material, Galerie Johann König, Berlin, Germany
Where the Place Begins, Neue Berliner Räume at Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin, Germany
Trouble in Paradise, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
2014
Mean What You See, Daniel Marzona, Berlin, Germany
Castle Ghost, Museum of Contemporary Art, Wolfsburg, Germany
Basic Form, Composing Rooms, Berlin, Germany
(Ver)Handlungsräume, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
2013
Errors Allowed, Mediterranea, 16 Young Artists Biennal, Ancona, Italy
2012
Doublings, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany
A Sophisticated Guidebook Through A False Territory, Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic
Neue Klasse, WIENSOWSKI&HARBORD, Berlin, Germany
Open Studios of Resident Artists, BINZ39, Zurich, Switzerland
2011
Bosch Young Talent Show, Stedelijk Museum, s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Leo Baeck Salon N9 (The Fine Art Issue), Tolmein, Berlin, Germany
Image, Museum of Contemporary Art, Leipzig, Germany
Minimal Maximal, Al-Riwaq Art Space, Manama, Bahrain
2009
XYZ Privacy, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Born in Georgia, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Evil in the Church, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Black & White, New Nacht Gallery, Sugar Factory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007
Tbilisi 4. Every Day is Saturday, CUMBERTO/SPACE, Tbilisi, Georgia
Awards and Grants
2017
Future Generation Art Prize 2017 by PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine
2016
ISCP Residency Program, New York, USA
Yarat Contemporary Art Center, Residency Program, Baku, Azerbaijan
2015
Work Scholarship, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2014
7th Rubens Promotional Award, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany
2013
DAAD Scholarship
2012
BINZ39 Artist Residency, Zurich, Switzerland
Bibliography
2018
Vajiko Chachkhiani: Heavy Metal Honey, published on the occasion of the exhibition 2018 at Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
2014
Both, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, texts by Rein Wolfs, Ines Rüttinger and Ory Dessau, published by BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE Berlin