Alexander Berdysheff

Alexander Berdysheff (born in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, 1964) received a Graphic Design degree at the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts and a MFA at Glasgow School of Art (UK). Berdysheff lives and works in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia

A contemporary surrealist, Berdysheff paintings establish a dialog between humor and satire with a clear denounce of wars, political persecution and worldwide corruption.

Alexander Berdysheff artworks are a combination of often-distorted objects, with pure abstract forms and textural components. Images of political conflicts, civil wars and racial cleaning in east Europe influenced significantly Berdysheff artwork. They coexist beyond any physical or logical limits, revealing the invisible tension and eternal struggle between or inside all forms of matter and giving rise to doubt in the reality of the visible. Chaos and deformation on the one hand and sharp lines and precisely rendered details on the other remains the base of his aesthetic concepts.

His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries, among them Vanda Art Gallery, in Tbilisi, Georgia; Arundel Art Room in West Sussex, UK; Galerie Kandinsky in Vienna, Austria; Art Bridge, Almaty, Kazakhstan and The Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Berdysheff had also exhibitions in many public institutions, like the Azerbaijan National, Museum of Art, in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Georgian National Museum, the Tbilisi State History Museum, the Achara Art Museum in Batumi, Achara, the Karvasla Tbilisi State History Museum, in Georgia, Karmelklooster, Drachten, the Netherlands and Central House of the Artists, in Moscow, Rusia.