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.
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© Ana Mikadze 2025
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Ephemera
2022
dimensions variable
stoneware, beeswax, glaze
Collaboration with Marie Judith Le Gars
Ephemera series come from an experimentation on temporality. The fascination for the dripping wax lead to the creation of perfectly unbalanced candles with different burning rhythms. The stoneware candelabras are inspired by Caucasian drinking horns and tableware.
The candles become short-lived objects, vulnerable sculptures. Their possible fall along with the dripping wax, enhances contemplation and unexpected outcome.
stoneware, beeswax, glaze
Collaboration with Marie Judith Le Gars
Ephemera series come from an experimentation on temporality. The fascination for the dripping wax lead to the creation of perfectly unbalanced candles with different burning rhythms. The stoneware candelabras are inspired by Caucasian drinking horns and tableware.
The candles become short-lived objects, vulnerable sculptures. Their possible fall along with the dripping wax, enhances contemplation and unexpected outcome.