Vajiko Chachkhiani (born 1985 in Tbilisi, Georgia) lives and works in Berlin. He studied Mathematics and Informatics at the Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia before turning to Fine Art, which he studied in the class of Prof. Gregor Schneider at Universität der Künste (UdK), Berlin, Germany, and Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Solo exhibitions include GRA Glass Pavilion, Amsterdam (2009), Gallery Gala, Tbilisi (2011), BINZ39, Zurich (2012), The State Museum of Literature, Tbilisi (2013), and Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany (2014). Group shows include Museum of Contemporary Art, Leipzig (2011), Stedelijk Museum, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (2011), Meet Factory, Prague (2012), Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin (2014), Museum of Contemporary Art, Wolfsburg (2014), and Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn (2015). Chachkhiani held a DAAD scholarship (2013), was awarded the prestigious 7th Rubens Promotional Award of the Contemporary Art Museum Siegen (2014), and was accepted for the ISCP Residency Program, New York (2016).
