Anton Balanchivadze was born in Georgia, in 1978.

He is a contemporary Georgian artist working across painting, installation, and multimedia. He participates in both international and local exhibitions and projects. He graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, where his artistic language took shape through a close dialogue between personal exploration and academic tradition.

He lives and works in Tbilisi. His studio also functions, in part, as a gallery space, where works in progress and completed pieces coexist, allowing the working process to remain visible and continuous.

Balanchivadze’s work moves gradually from figuration toward a more condensed, semi-abstract visual language. Color and surface increasingly take precedence over the illusion of depth, while a strong sense of continuity connects different bodies of work. Despite formal shifts, his paintings remain immediately recognizable, unified by atmosphere, rhythm, and a consistent presence of form.

Recurring elements — celestial signs, small figures, and color-marked patches — appear throughout his work. These elements do not function narratively, but serve as points of balance within the composition. Since the mid-2000s, they have gained greater independence, existing as carefully placed signs within a deliberately preserved two-dimensional field. For Balanchivadze, mythology is not tied to a single story, but to a source from which form and meaning arise — distilled into minimal, recurring elements.

Color functions as an active force: at times atmospheric, at times direct and decisive. Deep blues, earth tones, muted golds, and small red accents form compositions in which meaning is suggested rather than explained.

Selected Exhibitions

Institutional & International Highlights

• 2024 – Genesis Series, Presentation of works & gallery opening, Milan, Italy

• 2022–2023 – Seen At The Bridge, Jarji & Anton Balanchivadze, National Gallery, Tbilisi

• 2019 – Gardens & Me.Desert, Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland

• 2019 – Me.Desert, Personal Exhibition, Vanda Art Gallery, Tbilisi

• 2018 – Gardens, Personal Exhibition, Baia Gallery, Tbilisi

• 2015 – IAF A’dam International Art Fair, Beurs Van Berlage, Amsterdam

• 2015    "Path By The River", Personal Exhibition, Baia Gallery, Tbilisi

• 2014    Personal Exhibition at "TBC art gallery"

• 2013 – Days of Georgian Culture in France, Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris

• 2013    Personal Exhibition at Baia Gallery, Tbilisi

• 2012 – Parallax Art Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London

• 2011    Group Exhibition “Black And White”, Tbilisi History Museum "Karvasla"

• 2010 – Carrousel du Louvre 2010, with Camden Art Gallery, Paris

• 2010 – Living Without Fairs, Camden Art Gallery, London

• 2010    “Red”, "GAG" Exhibition, at "Gallery 9” , Tbilisi  

• 2010 – Art for All, JMA Gallery, Vienna (exhibited alongside Picasso, Dali, Chagall)

• 2008 – Personal exhibition, Christine Colas Gallery, Paris

National Institutional Exhibitions

• 2014 – Balanchivadzes, Georgian National Museum, S. Janashia Museum

• 2011 – Contemporary Georgian Miniature, National Library of Georgia

• 2011 – Exhibition & Auction for preservation of 12th-century manuscript “The Gospel Of Mokvi”, National Centre of Manuscripts

Additional Exhibitions and Activities

• 2002    Personal exhibition, Tbilisi History Museum “Karvasla”

• 2003    Personal exhibition, Tbilisi State Conservatory Exhibition Hall

• 2005    Painted murals on walls of the Art Therapy Department of the Psychiatric Clinic, Tbilisi

• 2005- 2006  Artistic Director and one of the founders of artist's group "GAG" &

  Gallery & Art Cafe "Tapir" in Tbilisi.  Gave Standing and Permanent "GAG" exhibitions at Tapir Gallery, Several group Exhibitions at: Kopala Gallery;  Arci Gallery, et.c

• 2006     Personal Exhibition, “Hobby Gallery”, Tbilisi, Georgia

• 2006     Illustrations for R.Kipling’s “Fairy tales”, Archil Sulakauri Addition

• 2006     “New Generation In Contemporary Georgian Art“,  Kopala Gallery, Tbilisi

• 2007      "N.G." Exhibition At “Chardin“ Gallery

• 2008     "Georgischen Kulturwochen 2008", Group Exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany

  2008      Group Exhibition at “N Gallery", Tbilisi

  2009     Two Group Exhibitions, Georgian Auction House, Tbilisi

• 2010      Exhibition of Contemporary Georgian Art, Tbilisi State Academy Of Arts

• 2010     “Freezlight Project”- Exhibition & Performance by Anton Balanchivadze and Anton     Sokolov, for “Fest I Nova 2010“ Art Festival,  Art Villa Garikula, Georgia

  2010      "GAG" Exhibition, at Tbilisi Marriott Exhibition Hall           

• 2011    “Freezlight” Photo Exhibition at Café “Canape Abashidze”, Tbilisi

  2011     Exhibition “Contemporary Georgian Miniature”, Held by National Centre 

                Of Manuscripts,  National Library of Georgia

• 2012     Illustrations for "Georgian Fairy Tales", Addition “Palitra L”

• 2013     The Standing “Freezlight Photo" Exhibition, Café “Canape Ortachala", Old Tbilisi

  2013     Group Exhibition of Georgian Artists at Chardin Art Gallery

• 2013     "Art Syndrome"- Exhibition, Collaborative works of Artists with Children, Tbilisi State Academy Of Arts Exhibition Hall and "Holiday Inn's" Exhibition Hall

  2014    Short Film "Mystery of the Chest", Director, Production Designer 

• 2015    Georgian Artists, Group Exhibition, Folklore House, Tbilisi

• 2015    Personal Exhibition, Lopota Resort, Kakheti, Georgia (Standing Exposition)

  2015    Charity Auction at Courtyard Marriot Tbilisi, Georgia  

  2015    Drawing with Fire, Performance at Tbilisi State Academy Of Arts 

  2015    Group Exhibition 'Tbilisi", National Library of Georgia

• 2016    Exhibition at "Ozurgeti Modern Art Gallery "

• 2016    Charity group Exhibitions and Auctions  

  2016    Freezlight Project (Performance and Theatrical Stagings), In Collaboration With

               photographer Anton Sokolov, Tbilisi State Academy Students, Nino Sturua, Tbilisi

               Movement Theater Actors, Ozurgeti Dramatic Theater, Ozurgeti, Georgia

• 2016    Collaboration At Open-Air In Kakheti, 21 Georgian Artists, Organized by

               "P.G. Miniature" at the Lopota Resort

• 2016    Group Exhibition & presentation of labels with painters works for "Cradle Of Wine's" exclusive wines at National Library of Georgia

• 2017    80 Miniatures For Christmas Project, Organized By Georgian IPM Research Company

• 2018 – Contemporary Art of Georgia, St. Peter’s Cathedral & Riga Art Space, Latvia