About the Artist

The journey behind the canvas

Maia Chkonia

Maia Chkonia

Georgian contemporary artist based in Batumi. Graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (1981–1987) with a Master's degree in Fine Art.

Fine Art Lecturer at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University since 2010, combining teaching practice with an active international exhibition career.

Exhibited across Georgia, Italy, France, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, and Malta.

Exhibitions & Symposiums

2026

  • Solo Exhibition "Dialogue" — Contemporary Art Space (CAS), Batumi, Georgia
  • The Aesthetics of Encounters: International Mixed Media Art Exhibition — Trabzon, Turkey

2025

  • Solo Exhibition "Endless Shades of Blue" — Ajara Art Gallery, Batumi, Georgia
  • Science and Culture Symposium Art Workshop Group — Aydıncık, Turkey
  • "Out of Limbo" — Urbino In Acquerello, Urbino, Italy

2024

  • "25 obrazów" — 25th Anniversary of Miechów Plein Air "Barwy Małopolski", Poland
  • "Niebo w Zieleni" — International Art Plein Air, Łagów, Poland
  • Urbino In Acquerello 2024 — Urbino, Italy

2023

  • Georgian Culture Week in Italy — Rome & Florence, Italy
  • "Artists Without Border, Paper No Limit" — Przemyśl, Poland

2022

  • Georgian Culture Week — Genova, Italy
  • Exhibition of Georgian Artists, "Mieszka" — Wrocław, Poland

2021

  • International Online Art Exhibition — France (ATN)

2020

  • International Art Exhibition "Art Capital" — Grand Palais, Paris, France
  • International Art Symposium "Wippiar" — Malta–Georgia
  • "The Best Artist – 2020" — Vinnica, Ukraine

2019

  • "International Art Wiakamp 2019" — Didim, Turkey
  • Art Symposium "Barwy Małopolski" — Galeria U-Jaksy, Miechów, Poland
  • "Galerie Beauté Du Matin Calme" — Paris, France
  • Art Festival "I Colori Senza Frontiere" — Gallery "Lark Art Studio", Venice, Italy
  • II Art International Symposium — Gaziantep, Turkey
  • Art Symposium "Książ – 2019" — Kraków, Poland

2018

  • Exhibition of Georgian Artists — Gallery "Maisternia", Kyiv, Ukraine
  • International Art Workshop "Secrets of Knidos" — UKKSA, Turkey

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