ABOUT

Ana Mikadze (b*2002), Georgian designer, artist and art researcher of Armenian descent (Kars). With a background in industrial design, their work mainly addresses the material and infrastructural legacies of imperialism in the Caucasus, tracing them to the contemporary conditions of extractivism and labor. Ana’s work moves across installations, investigations, text and material inquiry.

PROJECTS 

KATAULA 2025    
Material research, Installation

WE WISH YOU A SAFE RIDE
2024    
Artistic Intervention

TRIPLE SPINE RELIEF DESIGN CARE BODY
2023
Installation, Research

ENERGY AS A TOOL OF HYBRID WARFARE 2022
Installation, Research, API

LIMINAL OSSETIA 2021
Research

THE ENERGY ATLAS 2022
Research Publication

WRITING

Ziggurat is a form of corrupt architecture in Tbilisi, 2023

Othering by design: Auto-ethnographic design practices in times of capitalist doom, Essay, 2024

Invisible Threads: Women, Carceral labor and Imperial Sericulture in the Caucasus, Work in progress, 2025

VISUAL 

EPHEMERA 2022
Sculpture

GLAZE PAINTING 2025
Tiles

VARIOUS WORKS 2022 - 2025
Ceramic