Batu Siharulidze

Batu Siharulidze is a artist from the Republic of Georgia, most widely known for his figurative sculptures. He now lives in Boston, Massachusetts where he teaches sculpture at Boston University.

Biography

Born in the Republic of Georgia in 1960, Isadore "Batu" Siharulidze earned a graduate degree in sculpture from the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Art and an advanced post-graduate degree from the All-Union Academy in Moscow.

Since coming to the U.S. in 1994, Batu has become a US citizen,and continued his career as an artist and educator, teaching sculpture and drawing in several U.S. universities.

Over the last decade Batu has exhibited and participated in the sculpture exhibits and symposiums in the USA, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Austria, Netherlands, Russia, and Georgia. His works are held in museums, private collections, and in permanent outdoor displays in the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Turkey, and Georgia.

Batu lives with his wife and two children in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Currently he teaches sculpture at Boston University.

Philosophy

Batu has stated that his art "seeks a universal quality." And although his work reflects the past in that he utilizes many traditional methods of sculpture, he states that his work is not "is not strictly traditional...I try to imbue my sculptures with a contemporary feeling. I believe each generation must renew the past, so that the present will have value for future generations."His main artistic goal is "not to simply transcribe my experience of the world but to do so in fresh and compelling ways so that my art can be appreciated by all viewers"

Exhibitions, museum work, and permanent displays

Exhibitions

2006Balkan Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

2005Third International Art Festival Chania 2005,Omma Center of Contemporary Art, GreeceThinksmall3 International,Richmond, Virginia

2004Faculty Exhibition, 808 Gallery,Boston, MassachusettsInstallation, Goethe-Institut, Washington, DC

2003One Man Show, Concert Hall Gallery,George Mason University, Fairfax, VirginiaThinksmall2 International, Richmond, Virginia

2001Galerie Karass, Haarlem, Netherlands

1999EuroArt-99, Madrid, SpainAlla Roger Gallery, Washington, DC

1998L’artigiano del Fiera, Milan, ItalyInternational Monetary Fund, Washington, DCCHA-98 International Artistic Saloon of Moscow, Moscow, RussiaPier Walk ’97, Chicago, IllinoisWood Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1996One Work Exhibition, TMS Gallery, Tbilisi, GeorgiaArt in Public Spaces, Bethesda, MarylandGeorgian Contemporary Portrait, TMS Gallery, Tbilisi, GeorgiaInternational Festival of Fine Arts-96,Modern Art Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia

1995Chris Gardner Sculpture Space, Washington, DCInternational Festival of Fine Arts-95,Modern Art Museum, Tbilisi, GeorgiaRockville Arts Place, Rockville, Maryland

1994One Man Show, National Picture Gallery,Tbilisi, Georgia

1992Galerie Karass, Haarlem, Netherlands

1991Henderson Carter Art Gallery, London, EnglandNicholas Treadwell Gallery, Bradford, EnglandGallery 90, Guildford, EnglandRiviera Gallery, Hastings, England

1990Mziuri, Vienna, Austria

1988Sculpture Show, Modern Art Museum,Tbilisi, Georgia

1987All-Union Exhibition of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

Museums

2006Aegean Sea, marbleAspat Sculpture Museum, Bodrum, Turkey

1995Adam and Eve, bronzeB’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC

Tied Figure, plaster modelZimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University,New Jersey

1994Rider, bronzeZimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University,New Jersey

1990Fighter, marble and bronze, Modern Art Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia

1987Tied Figure, life-size plaster, Fine Art Museum, Kutaisi, Georgia

Permanent Displays

2006Human Mind, marble,Ankara University Sculpture Garden, Ankara

2003Trakia, marblePeace Garden, Boarder of Turkey, Bulgaria,and Greece

2002Table, marbleMersin, Turkey

1998Indian, bronzeHenrico County High School,Richmond, Virginia

1996Norton Dodge, bronzeMechanicsville, Maryland

1991Tranquility, stoneSculpture Garden, Rustavi, Georgia [ [http://www.batuart.com/] ]

References