New Work – 2026

My work has always been inspired by language and words. They emit a vibrant energy with unseen forces that shape perception and emotion. Sometimes words appear visible within a piece, embedded as marks or script. At other times, they serve as the hidden basis of inspiration, guiding the image from the subconscious without ever showing themselves directly, inviting stillness amid the everyday clamor.

In this new series, text is not noise. It carries meaning, energy, and gentle power. The letters become water, wind, light, or fluid, luminous forms. Words hold space for feeling and remind us that language can heal, move, and comfort.

I build each piece deliberately with gouache, charcoal, ink, conte crayon, and pencil on paper, creating transparency and opacity, subtle gradients, and repeating patterns that invite the eye to linger. Parts recede or emerge, allowing emotional depth to surface gradually. Layering is essential to how I work. It mirrors the stratified walls of Tbilisi, where generations of messages overlap and collide, and it echoes the layered nature of heritage and identity that runs through my own life. Nothing is fully finished or resolved. Some parts remain translucent, veiled, or incomplete with the intention of inviting the viewer to complete the image in their own perception, mirroring how memory, culture, and meaning are never static.

Growing up surrounded by Georgian icons and visual culture, I absorbed the colors, especially gold, which, to me, signifies divine light and resilience amid hardship. I choose a greyish-blue palette to reflect the muted, atmospheric environment I live in, while also cultivating a dreamlike, ephemeral quality. Much of my art is inspired by dreams, and these cool, subdued tones help dissolve boundaries, blur edges, and evoke the hazy, shifting feeling of the subconscious in order to make the images feel suspended, almost weightless, between waking and dreaming.

These works come alive in three dimensions. When viewed through ChromaDepth glasses, the layered text generates striking perceptual depth that makes the forms feel physically present and alive. I explore the Moiré effect to produce gentle optical movement, and continue experimenting with other perceptual 3D techniques to deepen immersion and make the words feel tangible.