Andro Semeiko CV
B. 1975 Ozurgeti, Georgia. Lives and works in London
education
2003-2006 Postgraduate Diploma, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
2000-2001 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
1998-2000 BA Fine Art, Utrecht School of the Arts, The Netherlands
1992-1998 Diploma Painting, Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts, Georgia
exhibitions
2008 Out of Place Day to Day, De Kunstvlaai A.P.I., Amsterdam
Elusive, Parlour Studios & Project Space, London
2007 My Still Life as a Personal Object, Alma Enterprises Gallery, London Two Hopes, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Tbilisi
Stick*Stamp*Fly, Gasworks, London
AirVideo 3: Alternative Possible World, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Twelve 2 One, Canary Warf, London
Heel Erg Mooi, Academie Galerie, Utrecht
The Juddykes, John Jones, London
Celeste Art Prize, Truman’s Brewery, London; Lyon & Turnbull’s, Edinburgh
New Life and the Dream Garden, Fieldgate Gallery, London
Sotheby’s/RAS Auction, Sotheby’s St George Gallery, London
Pea-Musha, Green Man, London
Ethereal, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London
Beauty Unrealized, PSWAR, Amsterdam
IVI, 1 Hat & Mitre Court, London
2006 World Tea Party, Hornsey Pump House, London
Degree Show, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
Extra Room, Academiegalerie, Utrecht
Another Product, Corner House, Manchester
Basement Screen, Residence, London
Sequence, The Space, London
2005 Sequence, de Roode Bioscoop, Amsterdam
The Order of Objects, basementartproject.com
Bow Festival, Space, London
Flea Market II, temporarycontemporary, London
Premiums 2005, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
2004 Caution: Uneven Surfaces, temporarycontemporary, London
Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
2003 Charlie’s Place, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Nth Art Exhibit 001, Ols & Co art space, London
2002 tent.,Gallery Podion, Amsterdam
Beautiful Tomorrows, Palix Gallery, Paris
Shine, The Lowry Gallery, Manchester
No tax - No rates, Fordham, London
2001 New Contemporaries 2001, Camden Arts Center, London and Sunderland Museum
12345, Fields Gallery, London
The Library of Prototypes (curated by Caroline Jupp), Isakon Flats, London
The Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Arts, London
Tam Dam, Riverside Studios, London
Art Primeur, Pictura, Dordrecht
RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
Star Wars, Lauri Grove Baths, London
Malevich’s Sexual Fantacy, Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Goldsmiths 2001, Goldsmiths College, London
2000 Happy End (solo), Moira, Utrecht
Who are we?, Louka, Znojmo, Czech Republic
HKU Festival, Utrecht
Kieken, Academiegalerie, Utrecht
Warming Up, Academiegalerie, Utrecht
1999 Park of the Future, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
Pasports 3, Ina Boudier-Bakkerlaan, Utrecht
1998 Sotheby’s Auction ‘Operation Smile’, Moscow
Blow Up, Manege Gallery, Moscow
Art Salon, Manege, Moscow
Contemporary Georgian Art, Modern Art Gallery, Tbilisi
1997 Semeiko+Semeiko, Modern Art Gallery, Tbilisi
Memento Mori, Karvasla, Tbilisi
Group exp., Club “Diplomat”, Tbilisi
1996 Tbilisoba, Abanot Ubani, Tbilisi
1995 4 painters, Caucasus Painters Guild, Tbilisi
bibliography
2008 Basement Newspaper, May 08, Amsterdam/London
Elusive, ex. cat, essay by Alasdair Duncan
2007 Two Hopes, Moambe at 20.00, 136 seconds, TV Station: Channel 1, 16 Nov Tbilisi (GE)
Two Hopes, 81 seconds, TV Station: Imedi, Program: Imedis Dila, 16 Nov Tbilisi (GE)
Exhibition of Contemporary British Art, Newspaper: 24 Saati, 17 Nov Tbilisi (GE)
Exhibition of Contemporary British Art in Tbilisi, Newspaper: Akhali Taoba 17 Nov, Tbilisi (GE)
Pea-Musha, article by K.Japaridze, Cord 2007, (AZ, AR, GE)
Two Hopes, ex. cat., text by BasementArtProject.com and British Council
The Juddykes, ex. cat., texts by Ben Judd and Howard Dyke
New Life and the Dream Garden, ex. cat., article by JJ Charlesworth
2006 The artists to watch, Independent, The; (UK), 29 May
World Tea Party, ex. cat., London
Andro Semeiko, IVI, ex. leaflet, London
Royal Academy Schools Show, ex. cat., London
The New Contemporary Georgian Art, Centre of Social Sciences, Tbilisi (GE)
www.androsemeiko.com
www.bowieart.com
Celeste Art Prize 2006, ex. cat., London
2005 www.whitecolumns.org
Learning from students, Metro, (UK), 3 February
The state of art schools: premiums 2005, www.bbc.co.uk/collective, 11 February
2004 Shock of the art attack, Evening Standard, (UK), 3 June
2003 Charlie's Place at Annely Juda Fine Art, ex. cat., London
London-Tbilisi-Makvaneti, by Lela Zurebiani, Rating, (GE), 28 April
2002 Shine, ex. cat., text by Alistair Robinson, Manchester
2001 New Contemporaries, ex. cat., edited by Sacha Craddock, London/Sunderland
2000 Utrecht-Expositieruimte Moira, Volkskrant, (NL), 10 August
Energieschilderijen, Utrechts Nieeuwsblad, (NL), 15 August
In de Georgische keuken komen Europa en Azie samen, Aller Hande, (NL), June
Nominations, edited by Marijke Pluimers, HKU, Utecht
Znojmo 2000, ex. cat, edited by Isis Torensma, HKU, Utrecht
1999 Dit is..., ex. cat., HKU Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
1998 Sotheby’s, ‘Operation Smile’, ex. cat., Moscow
1997 Family Semeiko, by V. Tsereteli, Arguments and Facts, (GE), 30 April
awards
2007 Finalist for Celeste Art Prize 07, London
2004 The British Institution Award, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
2001 Kunstanjer 2000, Prince Bernard Culture Fund, The Netherlands
Pieck Prize, The Netherlands |