About

Sasha Chavchavadze is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is represented by A.I.R. Gallery in New York City. Her mixed media paintings, installations and digital work have been exhibited widely, including: the Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY;  Luise Ross Gallery and Cooper Union Gallery, NYC; the Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock; the Museum of Literature, Tbilisi, Georgia; Kentler International Drawing Space and the Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Her artist residencies include 2018 Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Cummington Community for the Arts. Excerpts of Chavchavadze's visual work and writing have been published in Cabinet, Bomb, Marginalia and NYFA Current magazines, and as a book (Museum of Matches, Proteotypes 2011). Her public art installation Battle Pass: Revolution II, located in Brooklyn, NY from 2011 - 2019, was commissioned by the NYC DOT Urban Art Program.

Chavchavadze’s numerous community-centered, collaborative projects and platforms have been presented at TEDxGowanus, at the Museum of Modern Art and on BRIC TV.  She is the Founder of Proteus Gowanus, an award-winning interdisciplinary exhibition and event space that was a cultural hub in Brooklyn, NY for ten years. Other community-centered projects initiated by Chavchavadze include: Battle Pass Collective, D'Amico Gowanus Collective, Carnival of Connectivity, (Brooklyn Arts Council grant), the SALLY Project, and the FOOTNOTE Project.