Based between Vienna, Austria and Tbilisi, Georgia. I am a co-founder of micro publishing and community space Xaraxura Press in Tbilisi, Georgia. As well as state of matter Verein with Fabio Hofer in Vienna, Austria. Previously, I was also a co-initator of Material Bank and part of No Air Strikes Today Collective with Jonah Attalla at Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands. I was a part of Studio Technogeographies led by Martina Muzi and Studio Collaborative Solutions led by OMA at Design Academy Eindhoven. I am currently part of Design Investigations studio led by Anab Jain, HDR at University of Applied Arts Vienna.  

My work moves fluidly between material making and research. I build, destroy, caress, dye, brush, crush, grind, and mix, navigating  inbetween the controlled space of the laboratory and the unpredictability of working directly in nature. Digging is central to my practice, sometimes manifested as a physical act of excavating minerals, soils and clays and other times as a metaphorical journey through archives and digital spaces. These two forms of digging converge in my projects. Memory, whether personal, collective, political, and cultural is a constant presence in my work. I seek to uncover traces of colonial histories, how these histories have been lived and undone. Alongside this excavation, I strive to imagine new beginnings and the possibilities they hold.

  
Photo by Jana Van Brussel 


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Skills 

Languages
Georgian (native)
English (fluent)
Russian (fluent)
German (B1)

Material Practices
Ceramic Body & Glaze Research
Experimental Glaze Chemistry
Wild Clay Harvesting & Processing
Site-Specific Material Identification
Mineral & Soil Testing for Ceramic Use, Quality Control
Industrial Waste-to-Material Transformation
Handbuilding, Slip-casting, Workshop Maintenance, Plaster & Silicone Mold Making
Fabric Dyeing (synthetic, natural)
Metal, Wood, Concrete, Cardboard, Paper Fabrication and Prototyping

Narrative / Editorial
Storytelling
Concept Development
Narrative Building 
Bilingual Editorial Work (Georgian–English)
Curation 
Academic / Experimental Writing, Copy-editing

Research
Archival Research (state, institutional, informal archives)
Oral History, Ethnographic Fieldwork
Critical Synthesis of Maps, Documents, Testimonies, Material Culture
Participatory Research
Open-Source Investigation, Fact-checking 

Project Management
Interdisciplinary Project Coordination
Timeline Planning, Budgeting
Grant / Proposal Writing 
Fundraising, Partnership Building
Team Communication & Facilitation

Design / Visual Communication
Editorial, Print Design 
Spatial Design
Data Visualization, Mapping
Illustration (hand-drawn & digital)
Software: Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere), Rhino

Photography / Video
Documentary Photography
Environmental Field Documentation
Video Production (shooting, editing, sound integration)

Fieldwork / Engagement
Site-responsive Research
Interview, Transcription
Participatory Mapping
Workshop Facilitation 

Education

2023 - Diploma Industrial Design 2 / Design Investigations, University of Applied Arts Vienna, AT
2023 World Craft Council EU Training, ES
2020 - 2023  BA Design Academy Eindhoven, NL
2021 Propaedeutic diploma Design Academy of Eindhoven, NL 


Awards, Scholarships & Residencies

2025 S+T+ARTS Prize Honorary mention, AT
2025 Question me and Answer, AT
2025  Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Academy & Tactical Tech ‘webs of water’ residency
2024 Tactical Tech, DE
2024 NEU Commission, Salwa Foundation, Page Not Found, NL
2023 International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, AT
2022 Peter Mönnig Foundation, GR


Selected Exhibitions

2025 Zwischen Pick-up & Drop-off, WIEN MUSEUM, AT
2025 Angewandte Abschluss Arbeiten, AT
2024 Angewandte Festival, AT 
2024 VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, AT
2024 WIENWOCHE Festival for Art & Activism, AT
2023 Temple of The Sun at CAS Batumi, GE
2023 Solo Show_Potluck01
2023 Kunsthalle Exnergasse, AT
2022 Ana Mikadze Solo Show, GE
2022 Studio “Technogeographies” Design Academy Eindhoven, NL
2022 Energy Exhibition - Studio Technogeographies, NL
2022 Collaborative Solutions: Tourism, NL


Features, Press & Publications

2025 There will be no archive, GE
2025 In Search of the Miraculous, short movie by Sybilla Tuxen, DK
2025 ORF, AT
2024 Radio Liberty, GE
2024 Radio Orange 94.0, AT
2024 MIGRAZINE, AT 
2024 MNEMOTOPE 003, NL
2024 ORF, AT
2024 Special Issue Georgia/ Armenia, Slanted Publishers, DE
2024 eSeLSCHWARM, AT
2023 eSeLSCHWARM, AT
2023 Liminal Ossetia, self-published, GE
2023 Der Standard, AT
2023 TV1 Interview, GE
2023 Falter Die Wochenzeitung, AT
2023 Queer Types for Queer Art Spaces Vienna, AT
2022 B-zar, Design Academy Eindhoven, AT
2022 Studio Offshore ‘Energy Atlas’ , NL
2022 Queer Types, self-published, NL
2021 Doe Normaal: Queering the City, self-published, NL


Lectures, Panels & Workshops

2025 Sai Magazin Mourn and Organize, DE
2025 Open Source Investigation Tools for Artists, GE
2025 „Feministische Narrative und Archive“, Guest lecture at Die Angewandte, AT
2024 Cultural Landscapes in Flux, UA
2024 Open Source Investigation Tools for Artists, GE
2023 Cybersexuality: Art retrospective of queer sci-fi pioneer Shu Lea Cheang, GE
2023 Queer Types Workshop, AT
2023 Queer zine-making, GE
2023 Decolonising knowledge forum WISG, GE
2022 Queer Types Workshop, GE
2021  Queer Types Workshop, NL