
Andro Wekua
Lives and works in New York and Berlin
1977 Born in Sochumi, Georgia
Education
1986-1991 National Art School, Sochumi, Georgia
1993-1994 Phil. Institute ‘Gogebaschwili’, Tiblisi, Georgia
1995-1999 Visual Art School, Basel, CH
Grants and selected awards
2011 Nominated for Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst, Berlin, D
2006 Manor Kunstpreis, Zurich, CH
2005 Kiefer Hablitzel Preis, Zurich, CH
2004 Atelierstipendium der Stadt Zürich, Paris, F
2003 Bundesstipendium für Freie Kunst, Zurich, CH
2002-2003 Atelierstipendium Binz 39 , Zurich, CH
Filmscreenings
2014 Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
2013 Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, California
2013 Kino der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2012 'Projections of the Self', Institute of Contemporary Art, London, with Charlotte Prodger, Pamela Rosenkranz and others
2011 'Potluck Screening', Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art New York, with Martha Rosler, Corinna Schnitt, Roman Signer, Uglycute & Andro Wekua, and others
2010 'Stage', im Marshall-Haus, ABC-Contemporary, Berlin, with Jack Smith, Cerith Wyn Evans, Stefan Panhans, Maximilian Zentz Zlomovitz, and Jennifer Bornstein
2009 'Je Est Un Autre …', Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania, with Keren Cytter, Maya Deren, Jesper Just, Jen Liu, Markus Schinwald and Andro Wekua
2009 'By the Window', Art Unlimited/Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2005 'Art Film', Stadtkino Basel/Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, with Susan Hiller, Debroah Ligoria, Yasumasa Morimura, Nobuyoshi Araki, Markus Schinwald, Andro Wekua, Jonathan Horowitz, Anri Sala and others
| feb 01 - apr 06 2019 | All is Fair in Dreams and War | Sprüth Magers Berlin |
| oct 11 2018 | Screening: All is Fair in Dreams and War | Museum für Moderne Kunst,
Frankfurt |
| jun 09 - aug 05 2018 | Andro Wekua | Kunsthalle Zürich,
Switzerland |
| apr 28 - sep 08 2018 | Andro Wekua | Sprüth Magers Berlin |
| mar 17 - may 21 2018 | Dolphin in the Fountain | Garage Moscow,
Russia |
| apr 15 - jun 19 2016 | Andro Wekua | Kölnischer Kunstverein |
| oct 14 - nov 15 2014 | SOME PHEASANTS IN SINGULARITY | Sprüth Magers London |
| jan 29 - mar 23 2014 | Pink Wave Hunter | Benaki Museum,
Athens |
| sep 21 - nov 03 2012 | Dreaming Dreaming | Gladstone Gallery,
New York |
| may 03 - sep 04 2011 | Andro Wekua - A Neon Shadow | Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte
Contemporanea, Turin |
| mar 12 - jun 05 2011 | Pink Wave Hunter | Kunsthalle Fridericianum,
Kassel |
| feb 18 - jun 05 2011 | Never sleep with a strawberry in your mouth | Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier),
Vienna |
| mar 06 2010 | Books, Editions and the like | Swiss Institute,
New York |
| mar 04 - jun 06 2010 | Gott is tot aber das Mädchen nicht | Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin |
| jan 22 - mar 06 2010 | 1995 | Gladstone Gallery,
New York |
| nov 24 2009 - jan 03 2010 | Andro Wekua: Workshop Report | WIELS - Centrum voor Hedendaagse kunst,
Brussels |
| aug 29 - oct 17 2009 | 28. August | Galerie Peter Kilchmann,
Zurich |
| may 24 - aug 30 2009 | Andro Wekua: Workshop Report | MUSEION - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst,
Bolzano |
| dec 05 2008 - feb 01 2009 | My Bike and Your Swamp | Camden Arts Centre, London |
| may 25 - aug 29 2008 | Sunset, I love the Horizon | Sunset - MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble,
Grenoble |
| mar 01 - mar 29 2008 | Blue Mirror | Gladstone Gallery,
New York |
| jun 02 - jun 28 2007 | Interlude | Galerie Peter Kilchmann,
Zurich |
| jan 20 - oct 28 2007 | Wait to Wait | Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL |
| 2007 | The Hydra Workshops | Sadie Coles, London, GB |
| feb 03 - mar 11 2006 | Without Mirror | Gladstone Gallery,
New York |
| 2006 | I'm sorry if I'm not very funny tonight | Kunstmuseum Winterthur,
Winterthur |
| nov 28 2005 - may 28 2006 | Andro Wekua | Rubell Family Collection,
Miami |
| mar 05 - apr 09 2005 | Andro Wekua | Galerie Peter Kilchmann,
Zurich |
| feb 06 - apr 17 2005 | Andro Wekua | Palais für aktuelle Kunst - Kunstverein Glückstadt,
Glückstadt |
| 2005 | Insert: Andro Wekua | Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, CH |
| 2005 | Del Rio, Shirana Shahbazi & Andro Wekua | Zimmerfrei, Lugano, CH |
| 2005 | That would have been wonderful | Neue Kunst Halle St. Gallen, CH |
| oct 18 - dec 20 2003 | Go to Church Mam, GO to Church | Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, CH |
| 2003 | Andro Wekua | Piano Nobile, Geneva, CH |
| jul 12 2019 - jan 06 2020 | Nachts. Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit | A.o., Andro Wekua | Sammlung Goetz at Haus der Kunst,
Munich |
| mar 02 - jun 01 2019 | Niko Pirosmani: Wanderer between Worlds | A.o., Andro Wekua | Fondation Vincent Van Gogh,
Arles |
| nov 22 2018 - jan 26 2019 | I do speak Landscape | A.o., Thea Djordjadze, Andro Wekua | Braunsfelder Family Collection,
Cologne |
| oct 26 2018 - jan 27 2019 | Nico Pirosmani | A.o., Andro Wekua | Albertina,
Wien |
| oct 17 - nov 26 2016 | Olympia | A.o., Andro Wekua | Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris |
| oct 15 2016 - jan 29 2017 | Surrealism and Beyond | A.o., Andro Wekua | Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
| jun 29 - aug 06 2016 | On Empathy | A.o., Andro Wekua | Bridget Donahue Gallery,
New York |
| feb 01 - dec 02 2016 | Identity Revisited | A.o., Andro Wekua | The Warehouse,
Dallas |
| jan 29 - apr 02 2016 | DREAMING MIRRORS DREAMING SCREENS | Theodora Allen, Slater Bradley, Lucy Dodd, Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin, Andy Hope 1930, Oliver Laric, Jon Rafman, Pamela Rosenkranz, Lesley Vance, Sara VanDerBeek, Stan VanDerBeek, Andro Wekua | Sprüth Magers Berlin |
| jan 21 - mar 26 2016 | The Pagad | A.o., Andro Wekua | Massimo de Carlo,
Milan |
| sep 26 2015 - jan 03 2016 | Paradis Perdu | A.o., Andro Wekua | FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Dunkerque, France |
| apr 23 2015 - mar 2016 | Panorama | A.o., Andro Wekua | High Line Art,
New York |
| apr 21 - aug 16 2015 | ‘Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection’ | Andreas Gursky, Gary Hume, Pamela Rosenkranz, Cindy Sherman, Ryan Trecartin, Andro Wekua | Astrup Fearnley Museet,
Oslo |
| apr 16 - may 31 2015 | Creating Realities. Begegnungen zwischen Kunst und Kino | A.o., Ryan Trecartin, Andro Wekua | Pinakothek der Moderne,
Munich |
| mar 30 - aug 29 2015 | Turn On | A.o., Andro Wekua | Tel Aviv Museum of Art |
| mar 21 - aug 29 2015 | Collecting for Tomorrow | A.o., Rosemarie Trockel, Andro Wekua | Museion Bolzano |
| feb 07 - may 17 2015 | La La La Human Steps | A.o., John Bock, Cyprien Gaillard, Cindy Sherman, Andro Wekua | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen,
Rotterdam |
| jan 28 - feb 27 2015 | Beautiful Monsters | A.o., Andro Wekua | Gladstone Gallery,
New York |
| dec 20 2014 - apr 10 2015 | Melting Walls: Works from the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection | A.o., Andro Wekua | Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv |
| oct 20 2014 - jan 11 2015 | Inside | A.o., Andro Wekua | Palais de Tokyo,
Paris |
| jun 17 - sep 07 2014 | The Human Factor: Uses of the Figure in Contemporary Sculpture | A.o., Andro Wekua | Hayward Gallery,
London |
| mar 16 - jun 22 2014 | High Performance. Die JULIA STOSCHEK COLLECTION zu Gast im ZKM. | A.o., Cyprien Gaillard, Ryan Trecartin, Andro Wekua | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe |
| 2014 | Black | A.o., Andro Wekua | Galerie Nikki Diana Marquardt, Paris, F |
| nov 23 2013 - feb 03 2014 | Organic | A.o., Andro Wekua | Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva |
| sep 15 - nov 26 2012 | A Disagreeable Object | A.o., Andro Wekua | Sculpture Center,
New York |
| may 09 - jun 09 2012 | Cross-Time Stories | A.o., Andro Wekua | Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery - Columbia University,
New York |
| feb 16 - may 06 2012 | La La La Human Steps: A Selection from the Collection of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen | A.o., Andro Wekua | Istanbul Modern,
Istanbul |
| 2012 | Alone Together | A.o., Andro Wekua | Rubell Family Collection / Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, USA |
| 2012 | Beuningen | A.o., Andro Wekua | Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, TR |
| 2012 | Prima Materia | A.o., Andro Wekua | Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, BE |
| 2012 | Contemporary Painting, 1960 to the Present: Selections from the SFMOMA Collection | A.o., Andro Wekua | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA |
| nov 25 - dec 23 2011 | Happy Holiday Drawings! | A.o., Andro Wekua | Alex Zachary Peter Currie,
New York |
| nov 18 2011 - mar 30 2012 | Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art From Germany | A.o., Andro Wekua | The Saatchi Gallery,
London |
| sep 16 - nov 27 2011 | Junge Kunst | A.o., Andro Wekua | Kunsthaus Zürich,
Zurich |
| sep 09 2011 - jan 08 2012 | Preis der Nationalgalerie Für Junge Kunst | A.o., Andro Wekua | Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart,
Berlin |
| jul 14 - sep 25 2011 | Ostalgia | A.o., Andro Wekua | New Museum of Contemporary Art,
New York |
| jul 02 2011 - jun 30 2012 | NUMBER FIVE: Cities of Gold and Mirrors. Works from the JULIA STOSCHEK COLLECTION | A.o., Andro Wekua | Julia Stoschek Collection,
Düsseldorf |
| jun 04 - nov 27 2011 | ILLUMInations | A.o., Andro Wekua | La Biennale di Venezia,
Venice |
| may 19 2011 - jan 08 2012 | Un’Espressione Geografica: Unità e Identità dell’Italia attraverso l’Arte Contemporanea | A.o., Andro Wekua | Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo,
Turin |
| feb 05 - may 15 2011 | A New Sensualism in Contemporary Sculpture | A.o., Andro Wekua | GL Strand, Copenhagen;DK |
| dec 10 - dec 19 2010 | Die Nase des Michelangelo | A.o., Andro Wekua | Galerie Peter Kilchmann,
Zurich |
| sep 03 - nov 07 2010 | 8th Gwangju Biennale - 10,000 Lives | A.o., Andro Wekua | Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju |
| may 01 - jun 21 2010 | Rethinking Location | Armando Andrade tudela, Rosa Barba, A.o. Cyprien gaillard, Andreas Hofer, Koo Jeong−a, David Maljkovic, Trevor Paglen, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Sterling Ruby, Paul Sietsema, Taryn Simon, Andro Wekua | Sprüth Magers Berlin |
| apr 17 - jun 19 2010 | Get Behind Me Satan and Push | A.o., Andro Wekua | Peres Projects - Berlin,
Berlin |
| mar 31 - aug 15 2010 | Swiss Drawings 1990-2010 | A.o., Andro Wekua | Musée Rath,
Geneva, CH |
| mar 03 - jun 06 2010 | Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection | A.o., Andro Wekua | New Museum of Contemporary Art,
New York |
| feb 27 - mar 23 2010 | Abstract Resistance | A.o., Andro Wekua | Walker Art Center,
Minneapolis |
| 2010 | Contemplating the Void | A.o., Andro Wekua | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA |
| 2010 | 032 Workshop Report #1 (Moscow) | A.o., Andro Wekua | Baibakov Art Projects, Moskwa, RU |
| 2010 | Ordinary Madness | A.o., Andro Wekua | Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA |
| jul 10 - oct 04 2009 | Bad Habits | A.o., Andro Wekua | Albright-Knox Art Gallery,
Buffalo |
| jun 06 - aug 30 2009 | Le sang d’un poete, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Biennale Estuaire Nantes/St-Nazaire - Estuaire - Nantes | A.o., Andro Wekua | Christine König Galerie,
Vienna |
| may 07 - dec 31 2009 | A GUEST + A HOST = A GHOST – Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection | A.o., Andro Wekua | Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art,
Athens |
| apr 17 - jun 13 2009 | modern modern | A.o., Andro Wekua | CAM - Chelsea Art Museum,
New York |
| apr 10 - may 24 2009 | Shifting Identities. (Swiss) Art Now | A.o., Andro Wekua | Contemporary Art Centre (CAC),
Vilnius |
| apr 10 - may 24 2009 | ‘Shifting Identities - (Swiss) Art Now’ | Pamela Rosenkranz, Andro Wekua | CAC,
Vilnius |
| jan 04 - jun 14 2009 | Born in Georgia | A.o., Andro Wekua | Cobra Museum,
Amstelveen |
| 2009 | Word Wraps | A.o., Andro Wekua | About Change Collection, Berlin, D |
| 2009 | Beginnings, Middles, And Ends | A.o., Andro Wekua | Galerien Gabriele Senn, Christine König Galerie, Georg Kargl, Kerstin Engholm, Schleifmühlegasse, Vienna, A |
| 2009 | Altes Europa | A.o., Andro Wekua | Schickeria, Berlin, D |
| nov 26 2008 - jan 17 2009 | the line is a lonely hunter | A.o., Andro Wekua | New Jersey,
Basel |
| nov 26 2008 - jan 17 2009 | ‘The Line is A Lonely Hunter’ | Pamela Rosenkranz, Andro Wekua | New Jerseyy,
Basel |
| sep 06 - nov 15 2008 | Expenditure | A.o., Andro Wekua | The Busan Biennale,
Busan |
| jun 07 - sep 28 2008 | Now: Selections from the Ovitz Family Collection | A.o., Andro Wekua | ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum,
Tempe |
| jun 06 - aug 31 2008 | Shifting Identities – (Schweizer) Kunst heute | A.o., Andro Wekua | Kunsthaus Zürich,
Zurich |
| jun 06 - aug 31 2008 | ‘Shifting Identities – (Schweizer) Kunst heute’ | Pamela Rosenkranz, Andro Wekua | Kunsthaus Zurich,
Zurich |
| may 15 - aug 03 2008 | Past-Forward | A.o., Andro Wekua | Zabludowicz Collection London,
London |
| mar 01 - apr 29 2008 | Sgozzata | A.o., Andro Wekua | Peres Projects - Berlin,
Berlin |
| jan 25 - feb 23 2008 | Paintings: 1936–2008 | A.o., Andro Wekua | The Approach,
London |
| jan 03 2008 - jan 11 2009 | Life on Mars, the 55th Carnegie International | A.o., Andro Wekua | Carnegie Museum of Art,
Pittsburg |
| nov 01 - nov 18 2007 | Everyday is Saturday | A.o., Andro Wekua | Tbilisi Center for Contemporary Art, Tbilisi, GE |
| sep 08 - dec 15 2007 | Unholy Truths | A.o., Andro Wekua | Initial Access Frank Cohen Collection, Wolverhampton |
| sep 08 - oct 13 2007 | Makers and Modelers | A.o., Andro Wekua | Gladstone Gallery,
New York |
| sep 05 2007 - jul 31 2008 | Fractured Figure - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection | A.o., Andro Wekua | Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art,
Athens |
| feb 17 - mar 17 2007 | Absent Without Leave | A.o., Andro Wekua | Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB |
| feb 15 - apr 15 2007 | Like color in picutres | A.o., Andro Wekua | Aspen Art Museum,
Aspen |
| 2007 | Video Lounge | A.o., Andro Wekua | Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, CH |
| 2007 | Works in Ceramic | A.o., Andro Wekua | Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2007 | Ulakanakulot | A.o., Andro Wekua | G. Space with Museion, Bolzano, I |
| dec 08 - may 28 2006 | Artists for Tichy - Tichy for Artists | A.o., Andro Wekua | MMK Museum Moderner Kunst - Stiftung Wörlen, Passau |
| sep 22 - oct 15 2006 | Printemps de septembre | A.o., Andro Wekua | Printemps de Septembre,
Toulouse |
| sep 15 - dec 14 2006 | The Kate Show | A.o., Andro Wekua | Foam Fotografiemuseum,
Amsterdam |
| jun 30 - aug 04 2006 | pose and sculpture | A.o., Andro Wekua | Casey Kaplan Gallery,
New York |
| may 19 - aug 20 2006 | Artists for Tichy - Tichy for Artists | A.o., Andro Wekua | Moravian Gallery,
Brno |
| apr 09 - sep 24 2006 | Infinite Painting - Contemporary Painting and Global Realism | A.o., Andro Wekua | Villa Manin. Centro d'arte contemporanea,
Codroipo |
| mar 25 - jun 05 2006 | 4. Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst | A.o., Andro Wekua | Berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst,
Berlin |
| mar 16 - may 21 2006 | Painting Architecture' | A.o., Andro Wekua | Le Plateau, Frac Ile-de-France, Paris, F |
| 2006 | Neuerwerbsausstellung der Grafischen Sammlung | A.o., Andro Wekua | Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, CH |
| 2006 | Collectors 1 | A.o., Andro Wekua | Collezione La Gaia, Busca, I |
| 2006 | Acquisitions récentes | A.o., Andro Wekua | Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, F |
| 2006 | Tbilisi 3: Let’s stay alive till Monday | A.o., Andro Wekua | Childrens National Gallery, Tbilisi, GE |
| 2006 | Peinture Aller / Retour | A.o., Andro Wekua | Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, F |
| sep 24 - dec 10 2005 | Concrete Castle | A.o., Andro Wekua | Le Confort Moderne,
Poitier, F |
| aug 14 - sep 18 2005 | Unter 30 III - Junge Schweizer Kunst | A.o., Andro Wekua | Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt - Centre d'Art,
Biel/Bienne |
| may 26 - sep 15 2005 | Prague Biennale 2 | A.o., Andro Wekua | Prague Biennale,
Prague |
| may 20 - jun 24 2005 | ID Troubles - US Visit | A.o., Andro Wekua | NURTUREart Gallery,
New York |
| mar 13 - may 22 2005 | Come-Back - Le retour | A.o., Andro Wekua | Crac Alsace,
Altkirch |
| 2005 | Lively Memories | A.o., Andro Wekua | Plattform, Berlin, D |
| jun 08 - jul 18 2004 | Emotions Eins | A.o., Andro Wekua | Frankfurter Kunstverein,
Frankfurt/Main |
| may 28 - jul 18 2004 | Strategies of Desire | A.o., Andro Wekua | Kunsthaus Baselland,
Basel |
| may 15 - jul 11 2004 | ID Troubles - Shake | A.o., Andro Wekua | Halle für Kunst e.V.,
Lüneburg |
| jan 24 - feb 28 2004 | The Human Face is an Empty Force, a Field of Death | A.o., Andro Wekua | Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2004 | Andro Wekua | A.o., Andro Wekua | Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, F |
| 2004 | Tuesday is gone | A.o., Andro Wekua | Karvasla, Tbilisi, GE |
| 2004 | Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Switzerland | A.o., Andro Wekua | Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Switzerland |
| 2004 | Dessins et des autres – Part II | A.o., Andro Wekua | Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, BE |
| 2004 | Punktleuchten | A.o., Andro Wekua | Hotel 3 Könige, Basel, CH |
| 2004 | Fürchte Dich | A.o., Andro Wekua | Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, CH |
| 2004 | Dessins et des Autres | A.o., Andro Wekua | Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, F |
| sep 14 - nov 23 2003 | Coup de coeur - A sentimental choice | A.o., Andro Wekua | Crac Alsace,
Altkirch |
| sep 03 - oct 15 2003 | which side are you on? | A.o., Andro Wekua | Kunstraum Walcheturm,
Zurich |
| aug 23 - nov 02 2003 | It's in our hands | A.o., Andro Wekua | Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst,
Zurich |
| 2003 | Diarios Urbanos - Joven arte suizo | A.o., Andro Wekua | Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, E |
| 2003 | Durchzug / Draft | A.o., Andro Wekua | Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, CH |
| mar 01 - may 30 2002 | Persönliche Pläne, Die Zeichnung vom Lebensplan bis zum Weltentwurf | A.o., Andro Wekua | Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, CH |
| 2002 | Heirat im Westen | A.o., Andro Wekua | Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, CH |
| 2001 | Wald und Explosionen | A.o., Andro Wekua | Helmhaus Zurich, Zurich, CH |
| 2001 | und/oder/aber | A.o., Andro Wekua | Stiftung Binz 39,
Zurich |