Email: mindadzekonstantin@gmail.com
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In my work, black is not merely a color it is a concept, a void, an absolute. It is the space between existence and disappearance, where time dissolves and meaning is reconstructed. Through a minimalist yet visceral approach, I explore the perception of reality, the fragility of belief systems, and the remnants of the unseen.
The black delves into matter, absence, and transformation, using deeply pigmented surfaces, carbon textures, and sculptural interventions. I work with materials that hold memory and physicality charcoal, dead sea salt, meteorite dust elements that carry the weight of time itself. These textures are not passive; they react, absorb, and distort light, challenging the viewer’s cognitive engagement with the void.
Conceptually, my work questions what is hidden, what is erased, and what is left behind. In a world saturated with fleeting images and artificial narratives, I seek to create monuments of silence works that demand presence, stillness, and confrontation with the unknown.
Minimalist, yet charged with philosophical weight, my practice is a meditation on existence, faith, and entropy a dialogue between permanence and the inevitable dissolution of all things.
Diameter: 200x5cm / Collection of Eric Von Schulthess, Zurich, Switzerland
The Portal Paintings merge painting, sculpture, and movement, exploring depth, perception, and spatial expansion. Inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s Anémic Cinéma (1926), I sought to create monumental precision a fusion of mathematical structure and meditative process.
By arranging circles in a logarithmic spiral progression and layering color gradations, these portals evoke infinite doorways dissolving into space. The circular format adds a sculptural quality, challenging the limits of two-dimensionality. Though highly calculated and meticulous, the process evolves into a hypnotic, trance-like state building depth without physical relief.
Since 2014, Portal Paintings have been exhibited internationally, entering private collections in Zurich, and Yarat (Azerbaijan).
“Greyscale Portal - (Mesdemet Atramentum)” – 2014 © Konstantin Mindadze Oil paint and amber medium on circular shaped linen Diameter: 200x5cm
Oil paint and pure amber on three triangular shaped Oostende linen / Left: 100x100x5cm / Center: 200x200x5cm / Right: 100x100x5cm / Overall dimension: 550x200x5cm
Sold from ‘Art Dubai’ in 2018 for private collection of Artur Aurelovich Dulgeru Alfarumm, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
rotation of Y” (Sequence of 21 drawings - full color version) – 2019 ©
acrylic polymer paint and technical micrograph on twenty-one watercolor papers
Size of each exclusive framing: 31 x 23 cm
Dimension as sequence inclusive framing and equal 3cm gaps: 793 x 41 cm
Installation view of ‘New Faith’ Chapter – 1 curated by Konstantin Mindadze
“Artificial Intelligence” [mural] 2024 © Konstantin Mindadze
Matte black 4.0 acrylic four cardboard pieces mounted on wall Dimension: 360x220cm
“Black stardust (2nd Version)” 2024 © Konstantin Mindadze
Acrylic relief, dry pigment, florescent red paint and dead sea salt on circular hardboard / overall diameter: 90x6cm
“Black sphere” 2013 © Konstantin Mindadze
Acrylic relief, aluminum dust, carbon pigment, steel and real ‘seymchan pallasite’ meteorite particles on cast plastic spheroid of 40x40x40cm diameter framed on custom MDF + plexiglass stand. Dimension of complete sculpture: 185x50x50cm
"Alien (trident)" - 2024 © Konstantin Mindadze
Pigmented Oil paint relief on three shaped linen units
Overall: dimension: 360x260x5cm
“Out of date, space and time painting” (after On Kawara –part of ‘Moon Museum Project at National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia) – 2013 © Konstantin Mindadze
Oil paint, sea salt, pigment and encaustic on linen
Dimension: 400x200x6cm
"Intoxication and Inspirational (T) Errors - Part One - The Black Hole" by Konstantin Mindadze is a multimedia installation that functions as an epistemological field, transforming the viewer’s perception of knowledge, reality, and subjectivity. It operates at the intersection of European cultural traditions from the Renaissance to Modernism, presenting them as a performative, trans-aesthetic paradox of esoteric and exoteric knowledge.
At its core, the project explores the radical subjectivity of postmodern existence, challenging the legitimacy of truth and the mechanisms of historical and cultural totality. Drawing on Heidegger’s Gestell, Frankfurt School critiques, and Derrida’s Pharmakon, it constructs a meta-rational discourse where language, objects, and history blur into a chaotic yet structured epistemic game.
Through a series of audiovisual provocations, the installation immerses the viewer in a world where meaning dissolves, order collapses, and cognition becomes a process of existential struggle akin to a deconstructive, ontological transformation. It questions whether faith, knowledge, and media can create new realities beyond institutionalized frameworks, positioning itself as both an intoxicating spectacle and a postmodern enlightenment.
The installation’s sculptural elements serve as an epistemological terminal, where the living are metaphorically ‘killed’ and the dead resurrected into immortalized thought. It invokes docta ignorantia (Nicholas of Cusa) as a paradigm, inviting the audience to navigate a cognitive labyrinth where impossibility becomes the foundation of belief Ultimately, The Black Hole is a paradoxical audiovisual experience an intellectual and sensory intoxication, a slow-acting Pharmakon that confronts the spectator with the ecstasy and terror of knowledge, positioning entertainment as a space of epistemic and existential transgression.
Dimension overall: 327x250x6cm
“Matters of dark and Irresistible” (Installation view at MOMA Tbilisi, Georgia) “Vesper A.V.S. – (semi classical gravity)” 2019 © Konstantin Mindadze – Installation View (Static, parietal site specific sculptural mural with active animation at front including original sound score) / (for full description: read on image) Ripped Linen, GAC 400 dispersion polymer, Stainless steel, PVC polyvinyl chloride, Styrofoam, epoxy resin, silicon, (Fe,Mn) 3O4 spinal black pigment, Unreflective coating, H 265 animation sequence projection on custom transparent holographic display synchronized with sound score Dimension of mural: 330x330x240cm / Projection area: 153x86cm / Duration of loop: 5min.01sec. Installation overall: Variable
“Arcane Genetics [Microcosmal DNA Cube - MDC]” (closeup) – 2018 © Konstantin Mindadze Artists blood specimens inside 17x17x17cm polyester cast on custom (cold LED) self-enlightend custom black aluminum composite pedestal Dimension of sculpture: 147 x 17 x 17 cm
“I’m not Sorry”- 2016-2019 © Konstantin Mindadze (Installation View) (Diptych - wall sculpture with framed object on custom pedestal on front and 9min 2k video with sound) Dimension of full setup: variable
Black permanent pigment marker on drilled ‘Holy Bible’ (everything is crossed except letters “S.O.R.R.Y” – repeating over and over again) framed in transparent Perspex with steel screws on custom pedestal in front of wall sculpture made of Lithopone pigment in oil paint on spinal black pigment in acrylic with matting agents and ultraviolet black light mounted on aluminum construction on linen.
Dimension of sculptural object including stand: 165x45x35 cm
Dimension of wall sculpture: 190x69x12cm / Overall dimension of diptych + projection: Variable
“Symbol 3 - Equilibrium of earthly nature's”, 2015-16 © written and directed by Konstantin Mindadze / Performed by Nutsa Kukhianidze) - (video sculpture) / Single channel 4k video sequence transferred for 2k projection, duration: 9’00min”.
In following video, at first glance, the androgynous catholic priest reads the Bible in Latin upon a real wolf inside a cathedral. This seemingly absurd situation with two extremes responds to the metaphors of instinctive and intellectual. The video stresses the main difference between faith and religion, which in turn are differentiated by fragmentary knowledge and misinterpretation. In some cases, it may lead to inadequacy and even aggressive behaviors. Video progresses like sort of artificial exorcism, reflecting indirectly on majority of corrupt religious institutions.
“Candy Inside?” - 2019 © Studio Konstantin Mindadze / glass, stainless steel construction, 300 liter of pigmented water, directional LED lights (4 units on single rail), 4 oxygen units, electric equipment and sound score in two parts
"Candy Inside?" is a stark reflection on environmental pollution, symbolizing the toxins we unknowingly consume. This installation urges action more green spaces, fewer emissions, real recycling efforts. Words and social media posts won’t save us; only change will.
Set in darkness, a transparent container reveals a shifting dark fluid evoking fear, resistance to the unknown, and society’s passive conformity. This work is an anti-fanfare manifesto, challenging blind obedience, shallow trends, and the fear of independent thought.
True art isn’t decoration it’s emotion, confrontation, and lasting significance.
P.S. The installation ran for one weekend only, opening on May 31st, 7 PM, with a National Geographic discussion on June 4th, 2019.
Dear Nav Haq and Jan De Vree,
I sincerely appreciate your time and consideration in reviewing my portfolio. It is an honor to present my work to you, as I deeply admire MuHKA’s commitment to contemporary art, conceptual depth, and critical discourse.
My practice is rooted in conceptual minimalism, where materials, textures, and voids become a language for exploring the unseen, the forgotten, and the transcendent. Through my work, I aim to challenge perception, evoke presence, and provoke dialogue and I hope that this portfolio offers a space for such contemplation.
I would be truly grateful for the opportunity to further discuss my artistic vision, potential collaborations, or exhibition possibilities within MuHKA’s curatorial framework. Please feel free to reach out I would greatly value the chance to connect.
Thank you once again for your time and attention. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2026 “Abiogenesis” (multimedia installation in three sections)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2024 “Wake me up yesterday, tomorrow was a wrong day” (recent textual watercolor series) at Literature Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
2023 “Life forms – Hard-core and Transient (Chapter Three – Aquatint dyptichs on paper) at Gamrekeli modern GAMO Tbilisi, Georgia
2019 “Matters of Dark and Irresistible” (AV multimedia installations in three environments) at MOMA (Museum of Modern Art), Tbilisi, Georgia www.tbilisimoma.ge / “Candy Inside?”
2016 “Life forms (Chapter two) Deviation” at TBC (bank) Art Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
2015 “Life forms (Chapter one) Equilibriums” at Gamrekeli gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
2014 “Portal Paintings” at gallery Gala, Tbilisi, Georgia extended at Rooms Hotel Tbilisi, Georgia
2013 “Hyper-position” (Installation to Sculpture with sound) featuring Manuchar Oqroscvaridze at National Museum of Art, Tbilisi, Georgia www.museum.ge
2012 “Intoxications and Inspirational Errors - Volume 2” / “Eden Lost” (Installation / Active Environment) at National Museum, Tbilisi: Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia www.museum.ge
2011 “Intoxications and Inspirational Errors - Volume 1” / “Black Hole of Inspiration” (Active Environment) at Alexander Chavchavadze Museum, Tsinandali, Georgia http://tsinandali.ge/en
installation-sculpture commissioned by “Khidi” club exhibition space as pollution awareness, https://khidi.ge
2010 “Collected and Assembled by Times, Void, Chaos and Order” at Gallery 9, Tbilisi, Georgia www.gallery9.ge / “No Pain Without Art, No Art Without Pain” Works on Paper and Installation at Oat Gallery in a Frames of Artisterium 2010, Tbilisi, Georgia www.artisterium.org
2005 '“Infrared Show” at New Art Union “Tapi” – Gallery in Tbilisi, Georgia www.newart.org.ge
2004 ‘Untitled works collected’ at “Airzena head office” in Tbilisi, Georgia
2003 “VIODROME” at 'TMS' - Modern Art Gallery in Tbilisi, Georgia / “The Birth of “Viodrome” at open studio Konstantin Mindadze & 'Arts Place Contemporary’ in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2002 'Rest of Interpositions' at 'Arts Place Contemporary in Amsterdam the Netherlands
2001 “INTERPOSITIONS” at 'TMS' Modern Art Gallery in Tbilisi, Georgia / “Surface in Pieces” at open studio ‘K&NM’, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024 participation on “Culture week” with one large scale painting “Aphelion” (aka Sun) at Coca-Cola ex-factory in Tbilisi, Georgia https://cultureweektbilisi.com/participant/konstantin-mindadze/ / six “Portal Drawings” with animation Salon show at Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.arti.nl
2023 seven artist exhibition “Equinox” at ‘Yarat’ Contemporary Art Center, Baku, Azerbaijan / small scale oil painting for Salon group show at Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.arti.nl
2022 “NoHek” painting for Salon group show at Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.arti.nl
2021 “Red Column” video for Salon group show at Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.arti.nl
2019 “Beyond Cultural Identities” by Fort Lee Art Group (FLAG) at Nine on Hudson - New Jersey, USA / “Candy Inside?” video for Salon group show at Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.arti.nl
Participation at the group show “Planet or Plastic” with permanent commissioned public sculpture “Process of Disappearance” by National Geographic for collection of Simon Janashia National Museum of Georgia at garden of National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
2018 Represented on Art Dubai with Gallery Project Art Beat, Dubai, United Arab Emirates “Thousand dreams towards unknown” (installation) at Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2017 Represented on Art Dubai with Gallery Project Art Beat, Dubai, United Arab Emirates “S3” 9 video + Sepia toned large photograph at Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. / Group exhibition with Project Art Beat Gallery Artists on occasion of new space opening, Tbilisi, Georgia
2014 “Plastic Idols” (four men show) at Writers House of Georgia, Tbilisi / “Beauty and the beast” for “Salon Vakantiewerk” at Society Arti Et Amicitae, Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.arti.nl
2013 “Moon Museum” with its catalog presentation curated by Jade Dellinger (director of Bob Rauschenberg gallery) & produced by CAI, premiered at Georgian National Gallery www.museum.ge
“Ideographic Objects” (four men show – site-specific objects and video projections with sounds) at Writers House of Georgia, Tbilisi
“Things Not Seen Before” audio / visual art tribute to John Cage – curated by Jade Dellinger (Tampa, Florida) presented by US Embassy at National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
“Blanc Page” video for “Salon Grenzenloos” at Society Arti Et Amicitae, Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.arti.nl / “Art Meds LLC” (group show of seven conceptual artists) – participant with two new works + poster concept at Gallery “Frontline”, Tbilisi, Georgia
2012 Verb Session (Audio Sculpture) for Salon II at Society Arti Et Amicitae, Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.arti.nl
Light Installation and Concept Design for a show “ISULINE” - exhibition at National Museum, Tbilisi: Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia www.museum.ge / Participation at “Gang Bang” show (two images C-prints) at Gallery “Box 43” in Zürich, Switzerland
Participation at Video Art Travel Exhibition with new double channel animation projections in National Museum of Art Tbilisi (Amiranashvili) / Audio Installation “Verb Session 2012” (commissioned) for GeoAir Archidrome project ‘Undergo Parallels’ – public urban spaces in Tbilisi, Georgia
2011 “Cubicle – red version” for “De Salon 2011”/ “Going Up” at Gallery Arti Et Amicitae – Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.arti.nl Space Installation (Drawing, Sculpture, Video) “Excavation of Extinct Secret Artifacts” on theme of Fascism at Gallery 9, Tbilisi, Georgia www.gallery9.ge Polygonal Installation “Eat Your Future” included in “Eco Exhibition” at Europe House, Tbilisi, Georgia / www.europehousegeorgia.org Participation on Group show “Writing with Color” curated by Wato Tsereteli www.cca.ge
Co-Conceived with Wato Tsereteli Project “On the Way”, with “Beauty Under Attack” – (installation / Environment) at Contemporary Art Center Tbilisi, Georgia www.cca.ge 2010 “CCD” Trilogy + Skull Animation at “The Other Narration” 3 Day festival/streaming of experimental film and video art at CCAT, www.cca.ge / “Creations & Creative Destructions” Trilogy in Progress Video sculpture at “Salon 10/11” at Arti Et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.arti.nl “Showroom with Artificial Flowers, Pandora’s Box, Planetarium Etcetera” (“Planetarium” Installation) at State Academy of Art, Tbilisi Georgia http://www.art.edu.ge/ Participation at 3rd International Contemporary Art show “Artisterium” at State Academy of Art (If ever earth can take him /Installation) Tbilisi, Georgia www.artisterium.org
Video Installation at Festinova (International Festival of Contemporary Art) at Art Villa Garikula, Georgia www.festinova.com Six men show “Empty Spaces” organized by British Council at State Academy of Art, Tbilisi, Georgia 2009 Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Warsaw, Poland www.iam.pl / “From heaven to hell and vice versa” for “De Salon 09/10” at Gallery Arti Et Amicitae – Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.arti.nl “Text Art” by Young Georgian Artists at Open Society Georgia Foundation organized by TRAM, Tbilisi, Georgia www.osgf.ge Participation at 2nd International Contemporary Art show “Artisterium 09” at State Museum of Tbilisi’s History -Tbilisi, Georgia www.artisterium.org
Group travel exhibition “One can’t change heartbeat of my country” at state theater of Gori, Georgia, at university of Akhaltsihe, Georgia, at state Museum of Art in Rustavi, Georgia, and at state gallery in Signagi, Georgia www.actualart.ge “Transcaucasus- All & Now” at Ujazdowski Castle, and at Kordegard Gallery in Warsaw, Poland www.transkaukazja.pl “Jazz” wall sculpture and “bloody white” video + object on “Werk van Nieuwe Leden” at Gallery Arti Et Amicitae – Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.arti.nl
2008 “In search of lost times” for “De Salon 08/09” “Art as a Painkiller” at Gallery Arti Et Amicitae – Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.arti.nl / “Space cakes, Places and POG’s” at the Gallery “Peter Marcelle Contemporary” in Southampton, New York, United States
2007 Presentation of art catalogue “New Generation in Contemporary Georgian Art” at gallery ‘Kopala’ in Tbilisi, Georgia / Five men show “10th Stop” from “Tram” artists at the gallery “ARCI” in Tbilisi Georgia / “Square Foot Show” at the Gallery “Art Gotham” (Chelsea), New York, NY
2005 Participation at the Second International Art Convention – ‘Art Caucasus’ at ‘GTC’ (Georgian Trade Center) in Tbilisi Georgia
2003 International art fair 'HAF' at Congress Centrum in Den Haag, the Netherlands (www.hollandartfair.nl)
2002 “De Kader” show and performance at 'Arts Place' Contemporary Art Gallery in Amsterdam, the Netherlands Works in stock at 'Ferry Grunning Gallery' in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 'Undimensional Panorama of the Clones' at 'Universe' Modern Art Gallery in Tbilisi, Georgia
2000 Cells series at 'Ferry Grunning Gallery in Amsterdam, the Netherlands _1996-1997 'Schoorlse Kunsten' at 'Oorsprong' in Schoorldam, the Netherlands _ 1994-1995 Various works at 'Oorsprong' in Schoorldam, the Netherlands
SELECTED ACTIVITIES, PROJECTS AND INSTITUTIONS:
2024 “New Faith (Chapter I) – (7 artist group show) by ‘Arcane Space’ – Curated by Konstantin Mindadze with essay by David Andriadze at Moedani Concept Space / “New Faith (Chapter II)” – (8 artist group show) by ‘Arcane Space’ Curated by Konstantin Mindadze at Tbilisi MOMA www.tbilisimoma.ge
2014 “Boy and Circles adaptation with trinity painting” multimedia installation on occasion of ‘Nargis’ magazine presentation, with special invite at City Assembly of Tbilisi, Georgia
2013 “VISCERA” Recent works on paper (Hand carved cellulose with scalpel blade) at El Paso – New Mexican and Clinique MEDI Privé , Tbilisi, Georgia
“Unlimited Abilities” – charity group exhibition organized by GeoAir Archidrome http://unlimitedabilities.wordpress.com/ / “Remember 1000 small things” charity Auction of Georgian Contemporary Art at Tbilisi History Museum “Selected B-sides” (Selection of various unseen offsite works from different years) at Grey Garden Club, Tbilisi, Georgia / Artist Talk – In Conversation with art critic David Andriadze and preview of upcoming monograph “…And it all Fades” at Grey Garden Club, Tbilisi, Georgia 2011-2012 “Everyone will love you, when you’re dead” (Recent drawings on Cellulose auctioned) at Dining Room Restaurant, Tbilisi, Georgia / ‘Blow Up’s and Explosive Studies’ (mixed media series on cellulose) at ‘Pierrot Le Fou’ concept shop, Tbilisi, Georgia "Intoxications and Inspirational Errors" - volume 1 (Technical studies – Prints and Concept) – Included in GeoAir in the Framework of Atlantis 11 at the 54th Venice Biennale at Collegio Armeno Moorat-Raphael, Pallazzo Zenobio Dorsoduro 2596 Fondamenta Del Soccorso (Jun 01 > 05) http://www.atlantisprojects.eu/web/index-439.html http://geoair.blogspot.com/ “Public Dialogue” (Artist Talk - Session One) orginized by GeoAir Archidrome at State Museum Literature http://geoair.blogspot.com www.literaturemuseum.ge / “Playstation” Solo Exhibition of ten drawings and editions on paper at Belle de Jour Restaurant, Tbilisi, Georgia “Creations and Creative Destructions” Trilogy in Progress Video Installations presented by Denizhan Ozer (Koridoor Contemporary Art Programs) at Karsi Sanat Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey and Space (Studio 15) London, United Kingdom www.koridoor.com / www.karsi.com
2010 Installation “Planetarium” (Commissioned) for “Tradition meets Innovation” Alexander Chavchavadze Museum, Tsinandali, Geo www.tabula.ge
2009 Visuals and Video Installation for the Music Event at Radisson Hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia (With Cover Design of Compilation CD / Shining) / “From Heaven to Hell” at gallery “Bremer” in Tilburg, the Netherlands / “Clockworks” at Gallery 'Medea'- in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2008 Member of renowned Dutch art society “Arti Et Amicitae” (www.arti.nl) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands / Various Visuals at the Co-Organized “Bunker’ New Year’s Party – Amsterdam Sloterdijk, the Netherlands / 2006 to 2007 Works in Brooklyn, NY //// (Lounge of www.kotemindadze.com)
2001 Member of Dutch Artists Union “Arts Place Contemporary” (www.arts-place.nl), Amsterdam, the Netherlands / 2004 – Member of “Transform Art Module” (www.tram.ge) Curated Nato Mindadze solo show 'Historic Museum Tbilisi' in Tbilisi, Georgia
2000 Works as an Art Director / Copywriter & Designer by the Advertising agency ‘MAGI Style – Ogilvy’ on the project ‘GT Mobile’ in Tbilisi, Georgia / Designed ‘N. Gabunia’ Award for State Conservatory & Music Theater - Tbilisi, Georgia.
1999 Collaborative work with film- director/ actor I. Apakidze on the project/ theater performance 'The Emigrants' (digital prints, decorations, photography & design) at 'Stadschouwburg' in Amsterdam
1997 “landscapes of Dutch coast” solo exhibition of paintings at cafe- bar 'Bachus' in Schoorl, the Netherlands
1996-1997 Digital prints, Decorations & Design for art manifestation days 'Schoorlse Kunsten' curated by Jaap Borgers in Schoorl, Bergen, Groet and Camperduin, the NL