Wladimir Schengelaja

Georgian painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Ilia Shengelaya in the town of Gagra in Abkhazia (1949). Studied at Sukhumi School of Art (1963–66) and Tbilisi Academy of Arts (1966–71). Member of the Union of Artists (1988). Worked as a freelance artist in Sukhumi (until 1992). Emigrated to Germany (1993), where he joined the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler (1994) and opened a studio at Kunstpark Ost in Munich (1997). Awarded German citizenship (2007). Lives and works in Munich. Contributed to exhibitions (from 1972). Contributed to the Van Gogh Centennial Exhibition at the Palitra Gallery in Leningrad (1990), Georgische Künstler in Bayern in Landshut, Landsberg, Starnberg, Ansbach and Rosenheim (1992–93), 4mal at Kunstpark Ost in Munich (1999), Georgische Kulturtage in Bad Doberan (2000), Abstraction in Russia: XX Century at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (2001–02), Bilder, Briefe, Noten LI at the Autoren Galerie 1 in Munich (2004), K06 „siehmalan“ at the Haus der Kunst in Munich (2006), NordArt 09 at KiC – Kunst in der Carlshütte in Büdelsdorf (2009), 3 x Heimat Kaukasus in art place berlin at the Park Inn by Radisson in Berlin (2011), Frisch gebügelt at the whiteBOX in der Kultfabrik in Munich (2011), Goldene Zeiten at the Goldberg Studios in Munich (2011), Bunte Hunde at the Goldberg Studios in Munich (2012) and one-man shows at the Max-Plank-Institut in Tübingen (1994), Hewlett-Packard in Böblingen (1994), Alzgalerie in Chiemgau (1994, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2006), Kunstverein Roter Pavillon in Bad Doberan (1994, 2001, 2009), Amtshaus zu Hohenaschau in Aschau im Chiemgau (1995), PC-Print-Gallery in Munich (1996), Jazz Meile Thüringen in Jena (1997), Ost-West Galerie in Riehen (1998), Galerie im Troadkasten at the Schlossmuseum Feldegg in Pram (1998), Galerie Jens Pesche in Munich (1998), Galerie AViVA in Essen (1998), Galerie Toennissen in Cologne (1999, 2001), Hewlett-Packard in Riem and Vienna (2000), Kulturreferat in Munich (2002), Galerie Goethe 53 in Munich (2002), Galerie „Die Schmiede“ in Aying (2002), Galerie Jaspers in Munich (2004, 2005), Café GAP in Munich (2007), BBK München und Oberbayern in Munich (2008), Theater Halle 7 in Munich (2009), whiteBOX in der Kultfabrik in Munich (2009) and Kunstforum Troadkastn in Kramsach (2010).