Meanwhile in Warsaw, on occasion of Constellations 2026, IMPORT EXPORT is hosting galleries Bukia Vakhania (Tbilisi/Berlin) and Harlesden High Street (London) and presents a collaborative exhibition Afterimages comprising works by Alice Bucknell, Maia Naveriani and Echo Seireeni.
Maia Naveriani (b. 1966, Tbilisi) studied under Gia Edzgeveradze before completing her formal training at the Academy of Fine Arts, Tbilisi. Having moved to London, in 1989, she was nominated by Annely Juda Fine Art for the the Vordemberger Gildewart Foundation international prize in 1999, which she won.
She also became a member of the group Everything is Alright founded by Gia Edzgeveradze, taking part in many performances in public spaces including Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Museum Bochum, Bochum and Museum Kunst Palatz, Dusseldorf. The artist collective focused on performance, happening and public interventions.
Naveriani predominantly works on drawing, mostly using pencil on paper. She takes the signs and symbols derived from Pop-culture, Bible, Greek mythology, fairy-tales and classical literature and combines them with her personal immediate present, questioning a female subject within patriarchal society. Text is an integral part of Naveriani’s idiosyncratic pictorial language. Stemming from the overheard everyday conversations, advertisements and tabloid headlines, she takes the sentences out of their original context and creates a platform for critical reflection.
Address: Aleja Szucha 16/7, Warsaw, Poland 00-582
10 April - 23 May, 2026
Image 2: Maia Naveriani, How to See Better, 2002, Colour Pencil on Paper, 185x144 cm
Image 4: Maia Naveriani, Word of Mouth, 2025, Coloured Neons, 99x230 cm was originally commissioned by Ora et Lege for Saïat Nova - New Hour curated by Elene Abashidze
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