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Artist Profile

Mariam Gabritchidze AKA Levi Deni (1992, Tbilisi/Georgia)

2015 She graduated from GTU (Georgian Technical University) with a BA in Law.

2016 she shifted her whole life toward art, 

She studied at CCA Tbilisi (Center of Contemporary Art Tbilisi).

She finished her  Master's degree in Fine Arts from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.

2019 she cofounded - "Gorgonas Collective" - the first feminist art collective in Georgia they held

the exhibition Sleeping Medusa at the State Silk Museum, Which was also her first curatorial work. Mariam is involved at activism and practices different methods of art end education

She is also cofounder of “Aitsona daitsona” - Emancipatory Theater for Children. 

Mariam is also part of KURORTI, independent artist-run space.

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My work is deeply rooted in my personal social context, I was born and raised in specific time in Georgia, that really impacted of my experience of life (one of the reason I chose my artistic name LEVI DENI is an outcome of this). My inspiration comes from my per- sonal stories, emotions, and history. The search for space and voices of womenhood, as well as the vulnerability and complexity of personal narratives, has become a prominent topic of my work.

By painting on a raw canvas, I create a feeling of fluidity and a vulnurable space for my ideas to grow from raw emotions. My practice usually unfolds in a series.

Exhibitions and projects

2024: "Carry Me Gently" Solo Show - at Patara Gallery

2023: “LIfeline intertwined“ Book presentation - in the frame of Airsona-Daitonsa research about puberty and menopause - at Kurorti, Tbilisi

  • participant at documenta15 Follow-up workshop - Zeppelin Universit, Friedrichshafen, Germany                

2022: “Excavating future narratives” workshop in the frame of the Tbilisi Architecture Biennial in Tbilisi, Georgia.

  • Participant at Documenta Fifteen Summer School -‘New impulses for an equality conscious diversity framework in cultural policy’ - in Kassel, Germany
    Speaker at Symposium on Artistic Intervention in an Educational and Social Context - at the Univesity of Hildesheim

2021:UNFRAMED fanzine - mentor, and collaborator project exhibition, in Tbilisi/ Kyiv/Berlin

2020: “Silver Tambourine”- a collaboration with Sandro Sulaberidze in the frame of Performance Days- Tbilisi, Georgia.

  • ” Warning, fragile!” - Solo exhibition at Untitled gallery -Tbilisi, Georgia

2019: Curator of exhibition “Sleeping Medusa“ at Tbilisi Silk Museum - Tbilisi, Georgia.

2018: Performing and touring the play "Saklhlobana" with Aitsona Daitsona, the project covered performing in 20 regions of Georgia. 

2017: "Whisper Stories" collaboration with Ann Witt in the frame of Nikozi residence.

  • "Hidden Monsters" installation, in the frame of  the "Invisible Collage" group show at Artarea Gallery

2016: "There should be more than meets my eyes" Installation and video art in the frame of a group show at Galerry Nectar

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