About: CV

Education:
2004-2009 Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Faculty Of Economics and Business (Georgia.Tbilisi)
Workshop/Masterclass/Residency
2023 USAID Training Course for Activists in Arts and Culture Sector
2021 Thomson Reuters trainee for journalist safety
2021 Nikon-Noor Academy online with Pep Bonet, Andrea Bruce and Heba Khamis
2020 Tbilisi Online Biennale Residency (Tbilisi / Georgia)
2019 Photo book production workshop with Jeroen Kummer during Tbilisi Photo Festival (Tbilisi /Georgia)
2018 Villa Perochon Centre D’art Contemporain Photographique Niort /France
2016 Alixandra Fazzina / Noor Images workshop for documentary Georgian female photographers during Tbilisi Photo Festival ( Georgia / Tbilisi )
2013 World Press Photo “The Joop Swart Masterclass “(The Netherlands.Amsterdam)
2013 Open Society Grant For Photographers From Central Asia, The South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Mongolia Workshop with Yuri Kozirev (Georgia.Tbilisi)
2013 Open Society Grant For Photographers From Central Asia, The South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Mongolia Workshop with Thomas Dworzak (Georgia.Tbilisi)
2013 Kolga Tbilisi Photo Workshop with Louie Palu (Georgia.Tbilisi)
2012 Open Society Grant For Photographers From Central Asia, The South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Mongolia Workshop with Yuri Kozirev (Turkey.Istanbul)
2012 Open Society Grant For Photographers From Central Asia, The South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Mongolia Workshop with Thomas Dworzak (Turkey.Istanbul)
2012 Kolga Tbilisi Photo Workshop with Mimi Mollica (Georgia.Tbilisi)
2012 Kolga Tbilisi Photo Workshop with Nigel Dickenson (Georgia.Tbilisi)
2012 Kolga Tbilisi Photo Workshop with Richard Bram (Georgia.Tbilisi)
2012 Ecosign Design of Academy Workshop with Ingo Otten & Nola Bunke (Germany.Koln)
2011 Kolga Tbilisi Photo Workshop with Tina Schelhorn & Wolfgang Zurborn (Georgia.Tbilisi)
Exhibitions:
2024 Personal show “ I Am Sakartvelo” (Upcoming DECEMBER during Bursa Photo Festival Bursa/Turkey)

2024 Personal show “ I wish ” MOMA Tbilisi / Georgia
2024 Personal show “ I Am Sakartvelo” Cologne / Germany
2024 Personal show “ Nenka Ukraine” Island of Hiiumaa / Estonia

2024 Group show “Handmade books” during Leipzig Photobook Festival Leipzig / Germany

2024 Group show “I Am Georgia “ during Eyes on Main Street Wilson / USA
2024 Personal show "Nenka Ukraine" Ukrainian House Tbilisi/Georgia

2023 Screening of “I Am Georgia “ Cologne / Germany


2023 Personal show “ I Am Georgia “ Boskovice / Czech Republic

2023 Personal shows of Nenka Ukraine , #MeToo,sHEROes during On the EDGE FEST Tallinn/Estonia

2023 Group show “Nenka Ukraine” as part of “War Photography” exhibition Tbilisi /Georgia 


2023 Group show “ Under the white moon of march” Tbilisi / Georgia


2023 Group show “#MeToo” during PHOTO IS:RAEL Eilat /Israel


2023 Group show “Nenka Ukraine” as part of “War Photography” Gori / Georgia

2023 Group show “Frozen Waves”handmade limited edition book during Miami’s first Artistic’s Book Fair Miami / USA

2022 Group show"#MeToo" during PHOTO IS:RAEL Tel Aviv / Israel

2022 Group show "Nenka Ukraine"during Street Expo Veintinueve Trece, Lanzarote /Spain

2022 Group show "Nenka Ukraine" during Beirut Image Festival Beirut/Lebanon

2022 Group show"#MeToo" during Tbilisi Art Fair Tbilisi / Georgia

2022 Personal show "I Am Georgia" during Verzasca Foto Festival Brione/Switzerland

2022 Personal show "Tell your Daughters"Tbilisi/Georgia MOMA Tbilisi

2022 Screening "#MeToo" during Kolga Tbilisi Photo Tbilisi/Georgia

2022 Group show "A River in silent flux" Tbilisi / Georgia

2021 Group show “See You & Me Soon” Cologne /Germany


2021 Personal show “Chamber N 87” Tetri Tskaro /Georgia


2021 Personal show “My Place” Tbilisi /Georgia

2021 Screening “#Me Too” Cologne/Germany

2021 Personal show”Girls from the Future” Zugdidi/Georgia
2021
2021 Personal show “Girls from the Future” Khoni / Georgia

2021 Group show “Parallel Traces” Tbilisi/Georgia

2021 Group show “What’s Your name when you are at Home?” New York/USA
2021 Group show “#Me Too” Geneva / Switzerland

2021 Digital exhibition “#Me Too” Tokyo / Japan
2020 Digital exhibition “#Me Too” during Indian Photo Festival Hyderabad/India
2020 Book Group show “Frozen Waves” during Photo book Week Aarhus/Denmark
2020 Book Group show “Frozen Waves” during Photo book award Maribor /Slovenia
2020 Solo exhibition “Girls from the Future” Khulo/Georgia
2020 Screening “Frozen Waves” Ljubljana/Slovenia
2020 Solo exhibition “sHEROes” Tbilisi /Georgia
2020 Group show “Parallel Traces” Belgrade/Serbia
2019 Solo exhibition “Stories Untold” Tbilisi/Georgia
2019 Group show “Parallel Traces”Wroclaw/Poland
2019 Screening “Frozen Waves” in Gyumri /Armenia
2019 Solo show “Girls from the Future “ Ushguli /Georgia
2019 Group show “Parallel Traces” Girona /Spain
2019 Group show “Silent Garden” Budapest /Hungary
2019 Solo exhibition “sHEROes” Stockholm/ Sweden
2019 Group exhibition “Across the mountains” during Tbilisi Photo festival Tbilisi/Georgia
2019 Screening “Frozen Waves” during Tbilisi Photo Festival Tbilisi/Georgia
2019Screening “Frozen Waves” during Batumi Photo Festival Batumi /Georgia
2019 Screening “Frozen Waves” Les Rencontres De La Photographie Arles / France
2019 Solo exhibition “My Place” during festival Supra Hamburg /Germany
2019 Solo exhibition “Girls from the Future” Ambrolauri /Georgia
2019 Group show “Frozen Waves” during Festival Circulation Paris /France
2019 Group show “I Am Georgia” During Wilson Outdoor Festival Wilson/USA
2019 Solo exhibition “Room” Batumi / Georgia
2019 Personal work "sHEROes" Stockholm/Sweden (upcoming March)
2019 Group work “Frozen Waves” During Circulation Festival Paris /France
2019 Group work “ I Am Georgia”During Eyes on Main Street Wilson/Usa
2018 Group work “Georgien inside / outside “ Koln /Germany
2018 Group work “Picture Languages” Frankfurt /Germany
2018 Group work “Lara protects me, A Georgian Story” Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt /Germany
2018 Group work “Self Reflaction –Wer bist Du !” Koln/Germany
2018 Group work “The Future is Ours” Frankfurt /Germany
2018 Solo exhibition sHEROes Kutaisi /Georgia
2018 Solo exhibition sHEROes Batumi /Georgia
2018 Solo exhibition sHEROes Gori/Georgia
2018 Solo exhibition sHEROes Tbilisi / Georgia
2018 Solo exhibition sHEROes War museum /Ergneti village / Georgia
2018 Group work “LadyBoy” Kyiv/Ukraine
2018 Screening during Tbilisi Photo Festival event “My friend, Gigo” Tbilisi / Georgia
2018 Screening “My Place” during Circulation(s) photo festival Paris/ France
2018 Group show during residency “Be Me” Niort/ France
2018 Group show during residency “I Am Georgia” & “My Place” Niort / France
2018 Group show during Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival/ Wilson /North Carolina USA
2017Solo exhibition " I Am Georgia" during Presences Photographie Festival. Montelimar/ France
2017Solo exhibition ”Girls from the Future” Tbilisi/ Georgia
2017Group show “New York, New York”Tbilisi / Georgia
2017Group show "Frozen Waves" during Vilnius Photo Circle Festival Vilnius/Lithuania
2016 Group show “I Am Georgia” during Addis Photo Festival Addis Abada /Ethiopia
2016 Solo exhibition “A Girl is Born” Tbilisi/Georgia
2016 “My Place” handmade book as part of artistic books exhibition “Between the Lines” London/Great Britain
2016 Personal show “My Place” during Indian Photo Festival 2016 Hyderabad/India
2016 Screening “Frozen Waves” during Tbilisi Photo Festival 2016 Tbilisi/Georgia
2016 Screening “Born Free” during Tbilisi Photo Festival 2016 Tbilisi/Georgia
2016 “My Place” handmade book exhibition during Tbilisi Photo Festival 2016 Tbilisi/Georgia
2016 “My Place” handmade book exhibition Milan/Italy
2016 “My Place” handmade book exhibition during Odesa//Batumi photo days 2016 Batumi/Georgia
2016 Group work “My Place”part of “Self reflection” during Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2016
2016 Group work “ My Place” Italy / Florence
2015 Group work “My Place” during ARTISTERIUM 2015 Georgia/Tbilisi
2015 Personal work “My Place” during International Festival di Roma- FOTOGRAFIA Rome/Italy
2015 Screening ‘I Am Georgia” during Objectifs-Asia women photographers showcase Singapure / South Asia
2015 Screening “I Am Georgia” during Just Another Photo Festival 2015 Delhi/ India2015
2015Screening “13 /After Flood” During Tbilisi Photo Festival 2015 Tbilisi/Georgia
2015 Group exhibition “We are family” during Photoquai 2015 Paris / France
2015 Screening “ I Am Georgia” During DOCfield Fotografia documental Barcelona/Spain
2015 Group work “I Am Georgia” Denmark. Copenhagen
2015 Group work “Georgian Photography” Georgia.Tbilisi
2015 Group Work “Nenka Ukraine” USA. Los Angelis
2014 Personal Work “ My Place “ Georgia. Batumi
2014 Screening During Tbilisi Photo Festival “ Invisible Dreams” Georgia . Tbilisi
2014 Group Work “EUROMAIDAN: The True Story” Germany.Berlin
2014 Personal Work “ I Am Georgia” Georgia. Tbilisi
2014 Group Work “EUROMAIDAN: The True Story”Georgia. Tbilisi
2014 Group Work “EUROMAIDAN: The True Story” Ukraine.Kiev
2013 Personal Work “My Place” Georgia.Tbilisi
2013Screening During Angkor Photo Festival ” I Am Georgia”Cambodia.Siem Reap
2013 Personal Work “I Am Georgia”Lithuania.Vilnius
2013 Personal Work “I Am Georgia”India .New Delhi
2013 Personal Work “My Place” Ukraine.Kiev
2013 Group Work “Kolga Tbilisi Photo2013”Georgia.Tbilisi
2013 Group Work “Useless, useless” Minneapolis,USA
2012 Group Work “We Are Georgia” Sweden.Stockholm
2012 Personal Work “I Am Georgia” Ukraine.Kiev
2012 Group Work “ThirdEye Photography Society” Bangladesh.Dhaka
2012 Personal Work “I Am Georgia” Ukraine.Chernigov
2012 Screening During Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2012 Georgia.Tbilisi
2011 Group Work “Georgia Stories” Sweden.Stockholm
2011 Group Work “Kolga 2011”Germany. Köln
2011 Group Work “Together Toward The Lord” Georgia.Batumi
2011 Group Work “Kolga 2011” Georgia.Tbilisi
2011 Personal Work “Life Around Me” Georgia.Batumi
2010 Group Work “ Georgia 2000 Vs Georgia 2010 “ Ukraine.Kiev
2010 Group Work “Georgia Stories” Georgia.Tbilisi
2010 Personal Work ProArt Project “Childhood” Georgia.Tbilisi
2010 Group Work “Photography For Real Changes” Georgia.Tbilisi
2010 Group Work “Black & White Mood” Ukraine.Kiev
2010 Group Work “Kolga 2010” Georgia.Tbilisi
2009 Group Work “Living Together “Poland,Olsztyn
2009 Group Work “ I Love Reading” Georgia.Tbilisi
2009 Personal Work “Chamber № 87.Welcome To My Life” Georgia.Tbilisi
2009 Group Work “ Black & White Mood” Ukraine.Kiev
2008-2009 Group Work “Kolga 2008-2009” Georgia.Tbilisi
2008 Group Work “My Soldier” Georgia.Tbilisi
2008 Group Work “Future Without Poverty “ Georgia.Tbilisi
2008 Group Work “IBDIPC” Project “Mountainous Adjara” Georgia.Batumi
2007 Group Work “Kolga 2007” Georgia.Tbilisi
2007 Group Work “Caucasian House “ Georgia.Tbilisi
2007 Group Work. “ Contemporary Georgian Photography “ Turkey.Kars
Awards/Grants:
2021 Won Media for Equality prize for the best visual product with project “ #Me Too”
2021 Finalist with project “#Me Too” at FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo
2020 Finalist with project “#Me Too” at International Women in Photo Association (IWPA)
2019 Won “Litera Award” for the best documentary book of the year “sHEROes”
2018 Won Multimedia Production Lab Grants for South Caucasian Female Photographers
2018 Individual Grant from Women’s Fund in GEORGIA
2017 EU Prize for Journalism for Best Documentary photo
2016 Third Place during 5th International Bursa Photograph Festival’s contest
2016 Finalist to APAD Grant
2015 Emerging Talent Fotografia- Festival Internazionale di Roma
2015 Finalist Wallis Annenberg Prize
2015 PDN’s 30 emerging photographers to watch
2014 “Travel Grant” Open Society Foundation
2014 Selected “30 Under 30 Women Photographers “
2013 “Open Society Distribution Grant for Central Asia/South Caucasus”
2013 “Kolga Tbilisi Photo” Special Prize (Georgia.Tbilisi)
2012 “Open Society Grant For Photographers From Central Asia, The South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Mongolia”
2011 “Kolga 2011” Special Author Prize (Georgia.Tbilisi)
2010”Black And White Mood” Best Female Portrait (Ukraine.Kiev)
Books:
"Nenka Ukraine" (Upcoming 2024)
Personal project/Handmade Limited edition in 24 books)
#Me Too” 2023
(Personal project /Handmade Limited edition in 22 Books )
“See You Never…”2023
(Personal project/Handmade limited edition in 13 books )
“sHEROes”2021
(Personal project limited edition Newspaper in 101 copies)
“Lara protects me” 2018
“Georgia inside/outside” 2018
“Picture Languages”2018
“Tamar, where are you ?” 2018
sHEROes with writer Salome Benidze 2018
(Publishing house Books in Batumi)
"Frozen Waves" 2018
(Personal project/Handmade Limited Edition (222) Book)
“My Place” 2015
(Personal Project/ Handmade Limited Edition Book)
“Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2014/2013/2012/2011/2010/2009-2008/2007
(Project by Photohouse Kolga)
“Next # 03 “ 2013
(Project By World Press Photo)
“Photography In Georgia”
(Project By Tamar Sulamanidze & Yuri Mechitov) 2013
“Living Together”
(Project By: British Council ) 2009
“ My Soldier”
(Project By : Ministry Of Deference Of Georgia Public Affrairs Department )
Curator:
Lana Bliadze " Host & Guest" Khashuri / Georgia 2023
Young Georgian artists collective “15 Rooms” Tbilisi/ Georgia 2022
Lasha (Fox)Tsertsvadze “Giorgi” During Batumi Photo Days 2019
Dorian Teti “The Visit” During Batumi Photo Days 2019
Mariam Amurvelashvili “ Endless Questions” During Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2016
Joana Choumali “HAABRE, the last generation” During Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2016
Beso Darchia ” Stigma” Tbilisi/Georgia 2016
Shakh Aivazov “War Line” During Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2015
Natela Grigalashvili “The smell of milk” During Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2015
Fausto Podavini “ Mirella” During Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2014
Adam Panczuk “Karczeby” And “Actors” During Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2014
Lectures/Trainings/Jury:
Jury of IWPA and TAF Photo Contest 2024
Jury of Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2024
Jury of Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2023
2023
 Jury of Media for Equality prize 2022
Storytelling lecture for Alterbridge University students Tbilisi / Georgia 2022
Short documentary photography course in Formula Media school Tbilisi/Georgia 2021
From 2020 till NOW Lecturer in Ivane Javakhishvili State University
Jury of Competition Photo Lab during Batumi Photo Days 2019
Storytelling workshop during Supra festival Hamburg 2019
Jury of Competition “Parallel Traces, A new lens on Jewish Heritage” 2019
Jury of Competition “Council of Europe 70 th anniversary / 2019
Storytelling for IOM Tbilisi /Georgia/2019
Storytelling for UNFPA Tbilisi /Georgia / 2019
Photography for kids in SOULSCOPE Tbilisi/Georgia/2019
Storytelling Workshop for illustrators/Writers House Tbilisi 2018
Storytelling Workshop for Photographers from Azerbaijan Tbilisi/Georgia 2018
From 2015 till 2017 Lecturer in Georgia Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) Tbilisi/Georgia and
Ilia State University (Tbilisi/Georgia)
“Handmade Books” Denmark/Copenhagen/2015
“Georgian contemporary photography” Ukraine/Kiev/2014
“Georgian documentary photography and handmade books” USA/New York/2014
“Georgian contemporary photography” Hungary/Budapest/2013
“Georgian documentary photography” Ukraine/Chernigov/ 2013
Movies:
Eva Husson “Girls of the Sun” France-Georgia 2017
(Set Photographer)
Rezo Gigineishvili “Hostages“ Georgia – Russia Project 2015
(Set Photographer)
Margo Zubashvili “Ana” Georgia Project 2015
(Set Photographer)
Margo Zubashvili “Dinosaur” Georgia Project 2013
(Set Photographer)
Nana Ekvtimishvili & Simon Gross “In Bloom” Georgia-Germany Project 2012
(Set Photographer)
George Paradjanov “Everybody’s Gone“ Georgia –Russian Project 2010
(Set Photographer )
NGO’s
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA Georgia)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Open Society Institute (OSI)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Network of Centers for Civil Engagement (NCCE)