Nika Kutateladze

The work of Nika Kutateladze (*1989, Georgia) explores migration, looking at the rural mountain villages of the Guria region in his native Georgia. Depicted through imagery of abandoned houses, found materials, animals and ghostlike human figures, his work investigates the instability of memory, disappearance and the fragile bond between people and the places they leave behind. Primarily painted on wood board, Kutateladze’s works inherit and preserve material traditions of Orthodox Georgian painting while employing desaturated, muted tones.