Ana Mikadze (b*2002), Georgian designer, artist and art researcher of Armenian descent (Kars). Their work mainly addresses the material and infrastructural legacies of imperialism and colonialism in the Caucasus, tracing them to the contemporary conditions of extractivism, labor, and the processes of borderization. With a background in industrial design, their practice emerges from their profound interest in the entanglements of design, history, and geopolitics. Ana’s work moves across installations, investigations, text and material inquiry.
Work
Kataula
We wish you a safe ride
Energy as a tool of hybrid
warfare
Temple of the Sun
Liminal Ossetia
What might become of a body of water
Design Tourism
Triple spine relief design care body
Queer Types
The Energy Atlas
Xaraxura Press
Sculpture / Material research
Ephemera series
Quarry glaze research
Textiles
Kataula
We wish you a safe ride
Energy as a tool of hybrid
warfare
Temple of the Sun
Liminal Ossetia
What might become of a body of water
Design Tourism
Triple spine relief design care body
Queer Types
The Energy Atlas
Xaraxura Press
Sculpture / Material research
Ephemera series
Quarry glaze research
Textiles
© Ana Mikadze 2025
open to collaborations
Photo by Jana Van Brussel
I am a co-founder of micro publishing and community space Xaraxura Press alongside Mariam Kakhniashvili and Giorgi Kikoria 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.
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 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
2020 The Holland Scholarship, NL
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 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 „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
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 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
2020 The Holland Scholarship, NL
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 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 „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