Alexander Bandzeladze - Biography frame

______Biograppy

1927 Born in Tulun, Irkutsk region

1942 - 1947 Studied art school, Tbilisi

1947 - 1948 Studied Academy of Arts, Tbilisi

1954 Member of Union of Artists of USSR

1992 Died in Tbilisi

Alexander Bandzeladze in 1989

______One Man Shows
1968	Castle Gradets, Opava, Czechoslovakia
1989	Abstractions in Oil and Watercolor, International Images, ltd.,Sewickley, Pennsylvania, USA
1990	Alexander Bandzeladze "Where am I . . . ?", SBK-Stichting Beeldende Kunst Amsterdam, Netherlands
1991	Georgian Abstractions, Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, New York, USA
1991	Alexander Bandzeladze: Expressions of Dissidence, International Images, ltd., Sewickley, Pennsylvania, USA

______Group Exhibitions

1949 Exhibition of the Georgian Republic, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR.

1952 Inaugural Exhibition for the Opening of the Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR.

1953 Exhibition of the Georgian Republic, Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR

1954 Exhibition of the Arts of the Transcaucasian Republics, Museum of Fine Arts, Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR

1957 Exhibition of the Georgian Republic, Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR.
All-Union Exhibition, The Manezh, Moscow, USSR.

1958 Lenin State Prize Nominee Exhibition, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, USSR.

1959 International Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium.
The Art of Georgia, Aizrobzu Museum, Riga, Latvia, USSR.

1966 International Biennale of Book Graphics and Illustrations, Brno, Czechoslovakia.

1972 Exhibition of the Georgian Republic, Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR.

1986 Exhibition of the Artists of the 50's Generation, House of the Georgian Artists, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR.

1987 Exhibition of Abstract art from Georgia, Ermitage Exhibition Hall, Moscow.
First Group Exhibition of Abstract Works by Georgia Artists, Georgia State Art Gallery, Tbilisi.

1988 Exhibition of the Soviet Avant-Garde, Bosmann Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

1989 Exhibition of Abstractionists from Georgia, Cinema House, Moscow, USSR.
Georgia on my Mind. Four Painters from Tiflis, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel (cat.).
Russian Art from Lenin to Gorbatchow, Cultural Centre Botanic, Bruxelles (cat.).
L'Avant Garde Russe et Sovetique 1970-1980, Foundation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Gallery Karret Bruxelles.

1990 Georgia on my Mind, DuMont Kunsthalle, Cologne (cat.).
Georgia on my Mind, Mia-Munster-Haus, Stadtmuseum, St. Wendel, Germany (cat.).
Fondation Mona Bismarck, Paris (cat.) .
Maison des Artistes-Hauts de Cagnes (Alpes Maritimes).
USSR Aktuele Kunst, Kunstgalerij De Yuyst, Lokeren, Belgium.

1992 Heat and Conduct, Mappin Art Gallery, Scheffield.
Heat and Conduct, Arnolfini Bristol, New Art from Tbilisi, Georgia (cat.).

______Awards

1957 Silver Medal of the USSR Academy of Arts.

1958 Nominated for the Lenin Prize for illustrations to The Song of Arsen.

1966 First Prize, International Biennale, Brno, Czechoslovakia.

______Works in Collections

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Cremona Foundation, Mechanicsville, Maryland, USA

The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA (Norton Dodge Collection).

Shiseido Company, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.

______Bibliography

1949 "Outline of the Jubilee Exhibition", Communisti.

1953 "Outline of a Republican Exhibition", Communisti.

1957 Juon. "New Nanes in the All-Union Exhibition", Moscow, Iskusstvo.

1958 D.Shmarinov, Tvorchestvo.

1965 N.Ezerskaia. "New Searches," Iskusstvo, Moscow.

1967 Kabakov. "On the Biennale of Brno -1967", Tvorchestvo, Moscow.
L.Kiknadze. "Biennale Prize to Georgian Artist", Communisti.
L.Kiknadze. "Victory of Arsen", Communisti.
Z.Birkaya. "The best book of the World", Tbilisi,November 14, 1967.
S.Lezaw. "The new Achievements", Akhalgazrda Communisti.
S.Lezaw. "Sabchota Khelovneba".

1972 O.Egadze."Duration of the Legend".

1974 B.Zgenti."Love in the First", Akhalgazrda Communisti, February 5.

1976 O.Egadze. "Ten Years Amog Painters, Communist Party of Georgia.

1978 S.Lezaw. "Georgian Village", Mkhatvari.

1987 I.Vashalomidze."Spectators Make Paintings", Molodiozh Gruzyi, December 17. T.Dedanashvili. "Georgian Painters-Abstractionists", Communisti.
G.Gamsakhurdia. "Irony of Contrasts", Zaria Vostoka, November 29.
D.Chikhladze. "Exhibition in Moscow", Literaturnaya Gruziya, May 14.

1988 Vernisaz. Purposless Art, Different Views, Tbilisi, January 18. O.Sviblova. "Exhibition of Georgian Artists in Moscow", Iskusstvo.
Roger-Pierre Turine."Ljart Sovietique de Lenine a Gorbatchev", Bruxelles.

1989 Avant-Garde Painters from Moscow, Leningrad and Georgia, Art Press, Paris, France. Schwarze, Dirk, "Hier Ostkunst-da Westkunst?" November 8.

1990 Von Franzamann, Edgar, "Georgien: Kunst aus Dem Untergrund", Kieler Express, April 4. Kruse, Maren, "Abseits der Szene und doch inmitten", September 28.
Klaster, Jan Bart, "Nieuw doek helemaal vies maken."
Interview with Alexander Bandzeladze, Het Parool, October.

1992 Ken Rowat, "Heat and Conduct", The Guardian, August 10.

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______Group Exhibitions
1949	Exhibition of the Georgian Republic, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR.
1952	Inaugural Exhibition for the Opening of the Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR.
1953	Exhibition of the Georgian Republic, Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR
1954	Exhibition of the Arts of the Transcaucasian Republics, Museum of Fine Arts, Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR
1957	Exhibition of the Georgian Republic, Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR. All-Union Exhibition, The Manezh, Moscow, USSR.
1958	Lenin State Prize Nominee Exhibition, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, USSR.
1959	International Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium. The Art of Georgia, Aizrobzu Museum, Riga, Latvia, USSR.
1966	International Biennale of Book Graphics and Illustrations, Brno, Czechoslovakia.
1972	Exhibition of the Georgian Republic, Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR.
1986	Exhibition of the Artists of the 50's Generation, House of the Georgian Artists, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR.
1987	Exhibition of Abstract art from Georgia, Ermitage Exhibition Hall, Moscow. First Group Exhibition of Abstract Works by Georgia Artists, Georgia State Art Gallery, Tbilisi.
1988	Exhibition of the Soviet Avant-Garde, Bosmann Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
1989	Exhibition of Abstractionists from Georgia, Cinema House, Moscow, USSR. Georgia on my Mind. Four Painters from Tiflis, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel (cat.). Russian Art from Lenin to Gorbatchow, Cultural Centre Botanic, Bruxelles (cat.). L'Avant Garde Russe et Sovetique 1970-1980, Foundation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence, France. Gallery Karret Bruxelles.
1990	Georgia on my Mind, DuMont Kunsthalle, Cologne (cat.). Georgia on my Mind, Mia-Munster-Haus, Stadtmuseum, St. Wendel, Germany (cat.). Fondation Mona Bismarck, Paris (cat.) . Maison des Artistes-Hauts de Cagnes (Alpes Maritimes). USSR Aktuele Kunst, Kunstgalerij De Yuyst, Lokeren, Belgium.
1992	Heat and Conduct, Mappin Art Gallery, Scheffield. Heat and Conduct, Arnolfini Bristol, New Art from Tbilisi, Georgia (cat.).

______Awards
1957	Silver Medal of the USSR Academy of Arts.
1958	Nominated for the Lenin Prize for illustrations to The Song of Arsen.
1966	First Prize, International Biennale, Brno, Czechoslovakia.

______Works in Collections
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Cremona Foundation, Mechanicsville, Maryland, USA
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA (Norton Dodge Collection).
Shiseido Company, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.

______Bibliography
1949	"Outline of the Jubilee Exhibition", Communisti.
1953	"Outline of a Republican Exhibition", Communisti.
1957	Juon. "New Nanes in the All-Union Exhibition", Moscow, Iskusstvo.
1958	D.Shmarinov, Tvorchestvo.
1965	N.Ezerskaia. "New Searches," Iskusstvo, Moscow.
1967	Kabakov. "On the Biennale of Brno -1967", Tvorchestvo, Moscow. L.Kiknadze. "Biennale Prize to Georgian Artist", Communisti. L.Kiknadze. "Victory of Arsen", Communisti. Z.Birkaya. "The best book of the World", Tbilisi,November 14, 1967. S.Lezaw. "The new Achievements", Akhalgazrda Communisti. S.Lezaw. "Sabchota Khelovneba".
1972	O.Egadze."Duration of the Legend".
1974	B.Zgenti."Love in the First", Akhalgazrda Communisti, February 5.
1976	O.Egadze. "Ten Years Amog Painters, Communist Party of Georgia.
1978	S.Lezaw. "Georgian Village", Mkhatvari.
1987	I.Vashalomidze."Spectators Make Paintings", Molodiozh Gruzyi, December 17. T.Dedanashvili. "Georgian Painters-Abstractionists", Communisti. G.Gamsakhurdia. "Irony of Contrasts", Zaria Vostoka, November 29. D.Chikhladze. "Exhibition in Moscow", Literaturnaya Gruziya, May 14.
1988	Vernisaz. Purposless Art, Different Views, Tbilisi, January 18. O.Sviblova. "Exhibition of Georgian Artists in Moscow", Iskusstvo. Roger-Pierre Turine."Ljart Sovietique de Lenine a Gorbatchev", Bruxelles.
1989	Avant-Garde Painters from Moscow, Leningrad and Georgia, Art Press, Paris, France. Schwarze, Dirk, "Hier Ostkunst-da Westkunst?" November 8.
1990	Von Franzamann, Edgar, "Georgien: Kunst aus Dem Untergrund", Kieler Express, April 4. Kruse, Maren, "Abseits der Szene und doch inmitten", September 28. Klaster, Jan Bart, "Nieuw doek helemaal vies maken." Interview with Alexander Bandzeladze, Het Parool, October.
1992	Ken Rowat, "Heat and Conduct", The Guardian, August 10.