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.

Within contemporary Georgian art, Anton Balanchivadze’s work unfolds at the intersection of figurative and semi-abstract painting. His paintings grow from direct observation while remaining in dialogue with the wider language of Georgian contemporary art.

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 Institutional Exhibitions

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

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

·         2014 – Balanchivadzes, Exhibition dedicated to special dates, Georgian National Museum, S.

Janashia Museum

Selected Solo Exhibitions

·         2026    Treveler Of The Peaks. Voice In The Silence, Baia Gallery (Opening: 24 October)

·         2019 – Me.Desert, Vanda Art Gallery, Tbilisi

·         2018 – Gardens, Baia Gallery

·         2015 – Path By The River, Baia Gallery

·         2014 – TBC Art Gallery, Tbilisi

·         2013 – Baia Gallery, Tbilisi

·         2008 – Christine Colas Gallery, Paris

·         2006 – Hobby Gallery, Tbilisi

·         2002 – Tbilisi History Museum “Karvasla”

Selected Group Exhibitions

·         2024    Shades Of Memory, Three-Person Exhibition, “Genesis Series”, DNA Design Lab,

·                     Milan, Italy

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

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

·         2011 – Contemporary Georgian Miniature, National Centre of Manuscripts & National

·                     Library of Georgia

·         2011 – Black And White, Tbilisi History Museum “Karvasla”

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

·         2010 – Art for All, JMA Gallery, Vienna

·         2010 – Red, “GAG” Exhibition, Gallery 9, Tbilisi

·         2010 – Collaborative Freezlight video installation featuring works by Anton

·                     Balanchivadze, Photo Anton Sokolov, set to Jarji Balanchivadze’s Symphony,

·                     Exhibition of Contemporary Georgian Art, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts

·         2010 – Freezlight Project (Exhibition & Performance in collaboration with Anton

·                     Sokolov), Fest I Nova 2010, Art Villa Garikula

·         2008 – Georgischen Kulturwochen 2008, Frankfurt, Germany

·         2006 – “Gag”, Group Exhibition, Arci Gallery, Tbilisi

·         2006 – New Generation In Contemporary Georgian Art, Kopala Gallery, Tbilisi

Art Fairs

·         2015 – IAF Amsterdam International Art Fair, Beurs Van Berlage, Amsterdam

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

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

Additional Exhibitions

·         2023    Exhibition of Georgian artists, Artists’ Union of Georgia, Silk Factory

·                      Studio  

·         2019    Group Exhibition, Sololaki Inn Exhibition Hall, Tbilisi

·         2016 – Wine Label Group Exhibition, organized by “P.G.Miniature”, National Library of

·                    Georgia

·         2016 – Open-Air, 21 Georgian Artists, organized by “P.G.Miniature”, Lopota Resort

·         2016 – Exhibition at Ozurgeti Modern Art Gallery, Georgia

·         2015 – Group Exhibition of Georgian Artists, Folklore House, Tbilisi

·         2015 – Tbilisi, Group Exhibition, National Library of Georgia

·         2013 – Group Exhibition, Chardin Art Gallery, Tbilisi

·         2010 – “GAG” Exhibition, Tbilisi Marriott Exhibition Hall

·         2009 – Two Group Exhibitions, Georgian Auction House, Tbilisi

·         2008 – Group Exhibition, N Gallery, Tbilisi

·         2007 – New Generation, Chardin Gallery, Tbilisi

·         2005–2006 – Permanent “GAG” Exhibitions, Gallery & Art Cafe Tapir, Tbilisi

·         2003 – Personal Exhibition, Tbilisi State Conservatory Exhibition Hall

·         2001    Group Exhibition of Georgian Artists of Different Generations, National Gallery,  Tbilisi