Andro Wekua (Georgian: ანდრო ვეკუა) (born 1977) is a Georgian artist based in Zurich, Switzerland, and Berlin, Germany.
Wekua was born in Sukhumi and witnessed an ethnic conflict in Abkhazia in the 1990s. His father, the Georgian political activist Vova Wekua, was killed by the Abkhaz nationalists during the 1989 Sukhumi riots. His work encompasses painting, collage, drawing, installation, sculpture and film.
Theartview andro wekua marina faust at kunsthalle vienna
2011
Pink Wave Hunter, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, cur. Rein Wolfs (solo show) [1]A Neon Shadow, Castello Di Rivoli, Turin (solo show)Never sleep with a strawberry in your mouth, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (solo show)Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst 2011, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin [2]ILLUMInations, 54th Venice Biennale 2011, Venice [3]
2010
10,000 Lives, the 8th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, cur. Massimiliano Gioni [4]Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, New Museum, New York, cur. Jeff Koons [5]Abstract Resistance, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, cur. Yasmil RaymondContemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, cur. Nancy Spector1995, Gladstone Gallery, Brussels (solo show)2009
Workshop Report, Wiels, Brussels, cur. Dirk Snauwaert (solo show)28. August, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (solo show)Workshop Report, Museion, Bolzano (solo show)A GUEST + A HOST = A GHOST, Deste Foundation, Athens2008
My Bike and Your Swamp, Camden Art Center, London (solo show)My Bike and Your Swamp, Hallen Haarlem, Haarlem, cur. Xander Karskens (solo show)Sunset, Le Magasin CNAC, Grenoble, cur. Yves Aupetitallot (solo show)Expenditure, Busan Biennale, Korea, cur. Tom MortonLife on Mars, The 2008 Carnegie International, cur. Douglas Fogle [6]Blue Mirror, Gladstone Gallery, New York (solo show)Fractured Figure, Deste Foundation, Athens2007
Interlude, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (solo show)The Hydra Workshops, Hydra, cur. Sadie Coles (solo show)Wait to Wait, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, cur. Rein Wolfs (solo show)Everyday is Saturday, Tbilisi Center for Contemporary Art, Tbilisi, cur. Daniel Baumann2006
I’m sorry if I’m not very funny tonights, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, cur. Dieter Schwarz (solo show)Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, cur. Mirjam VaradinisWithout Mirror, Gladstone Gallery, New York (solo show)Of Mouse and Men, 4th Berlin Biennale, Berlin, cur. Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni, Ali Subotnick2005
Expanded Painting, Prague Biennale 2, cur. Helena Kontova & Giancarlo PolitiLively Memories, Plattform, Berlin, cur. Aurélie VoltzDel Rio, Shirana Shahbazi & Andro Wekua, Zimmerfrei, Lugano, cur. Giovanni Carmine2004
That would have been wonderful, Neue Kunst Halle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, cur. Gianni Jetzer (solo show)Punktleuchten, Hotel 3 Könige, Basel, cur. Klaus LittmannFürchte Dich, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, cur. Gianni Jetzer & Simon MaurerEmotion Eins, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, cur. Nicolaus SchafhausenMonographs and artist's books
Andro Wekua / Ketuta Alexi: Anywhere Anyhow, PamBook, Melbourne, Australia, 2009Andro Wekua / Boris Groys: Wait to Wait, Christoph Keller Editions, JRP Ringier, Zurich, 2009Andro Wekua: Workshop Report, Walther König Verlag, Köln, 2009,Andro Wekua: If there ever was one, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, JRP-Ringier, 2006Andro Wekua: That Would Have Been Wonderful, Patrick Frey Verlag, 2005Andro Wekua: The Hydra Workshops, Sadie Coles, London, 2007Andro Wekua: Shadows on the Facade, Nieves, Zurich, 2007Andro Wekua: ...no one was there, she did not know it..., Nieves, Zurich, 2005Andro Wekua / Rita Ackermann : Chapter 3, Nieves, Zurich, 2005Andro Wekua / Rita Ackermann : Chapter 2, Nieves, Zurich, 2003Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, ParisMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen, RotterdamKunsthaus Zürich, ZurichAlbright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NYWalker Art Center, MinneapolisSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New YorkMoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New YorkSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco