Mariam Beridze – Curator
Education
1976 – 1982
Education institution – A.Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Arts Qualification obtained – Artist-Technologist. Decorative Craft Faculty. Artistic decoration of textile and light industry production.
Professional experience
2002- Present
Employer – A. Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Arts , Faculty of Design (fashion, costume and textile design)
Position – Assistant Professor/Associate Professor
Main duties – Creation of textile surface design by various technologies: felt, shibori, quilt, collage, print, application and ebru. Teaching practical and theoretical course of technology by individual programs. Artistic projection of textile and its implementation in material. Teaching composition of items, implementation in material and colored graphic and supervising diploma works.
1993 – Present
Employer – Georgian Textile Group G.T.G. Textile Art Center (NGO)
Position – Artist and educational program team leader Main duties – Elaboration of educations programs, conducting workshops/trainings, participation is organizational activities of symposium, program promotion and monitoring throughout educational institutions
1988 – 1996
Employer – Architectural-design firm “Techtonics” (private sector) Position – Art team leader, Technical supervisor
Main duties – Interior design, decorative work.
1987 – 1993
Employer – A. Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Art laboratory Position – Textile artist
Projects :
2017 -Supervisor of a student project (diploma issues) “PRINT ART FASHION INSTALLATION”, Print International Festival, in the frame of LIFE N STILE. Wine Factory
2013 – Personal exhibition and the presentation of “Ebru” technology at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Tbilisi
Supervisor of ,,Degree and Profession – Tbilisi Regional Festival’’
Exhibitions:
2000 – Personal exhibitions in the cities of Koudekerk and Leiden, Holland
1988 -1996 – Culture Palace interior decoration with tapestry and carpet, Tolyatti
1993 – II International Triennial dedicated to tapestry and textile art – Turne, Belgium ; Artwork tapestry “Tree of Desire” has entered the world catalogue “Deuxieme Triennale Internationale De Tournai, Tapisseries et arts du tissue de L’aurte Europe, Du 20 Juin au 30 septembre 1993”)
1990 – International exhibition: Tapestry – „Music“, Chicago, USA.
1987 – Country exhibition: Tapestry – “Spider” Tbilisi and Tolyatti
Seminars/workshops:
2013 – Teacher, The workshop in Malta on “Ebru Technology” in the framework of the joint project of „K-STUDIO MALTA LIMITED” located in Malta and Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
2009 – ETN symposium ,,Experimenttal Screen Printing on Textiles’’ Haslach, Austria
2005 -ETN International symposium “Different visions of textile”, XIII conference, workshop „Ebru“ and „Cut“, Izmir, Turkey ; G.T.G. V International symposium „Black-White“, Tbilisi. (The silk textile work “shibori” has entered the catalog)
2005 – Paper print technique, (Dora Hofer, Switzerland); Other felt technique, dyeing, (Elske Brewer,Holland); Shibori technique, (Joanne Morris the USA), Silk textile “Shibori” has entered a catalog
2003 – G.T.G. IV International symposium, Tbilisi 2003 (Tapestry “lovers” has entered the catalog).
2001 – G.T.G. III International symposium „Crossroads“ , Tbilisi, 2001 (Tapestry “roads”has entered the catalog).
1999 – “Felt International Seminar” in Tbilisi , II International symposium “Silk way – 1999” organized by G.T.G.
1997 – 1st International symposium of Georgian Textile Group G.T.G. “Caucasus – bridge between the East and West”, Tbilisi, 1997 (Artwork tapestry “A girl with a poppy” has entered the catalogue)