Andro Semeiko
Born 1975, Tbilisi, Georgia
In painting a cast of derisory icons and heroes, Andro Semeiko’s paintings explore the stage-management of power. His painting style is nearly photo-realistic and includes playful experimentation in texture and surface. Semeiko’s training includes early learning from his father who is also a painter, a Diploma in Painting from Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts, BA in Fine Art at Utrecht School of the Arts, MA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College at University of London and Postgraduate Diploma from The Royal Academy of Arts in London. Semeiko is showing his work widely throughout Europe and lives and works in London.
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Education
2003-2006 Postgraduate Diploma, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
2000-2001 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
1998-2000 BA Fine Art, Utrecht School of the Arts, The Netherlands
1992-1998 Diploma Painting, Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts, Georgia
Exhibitions
2010
Mock-Tudor Rocket, Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick-Upon-Tweed Museum, UK
Magnus Bellum, City Inn, London
2009
Chutney III – The Voice Of Chutney this time it’s war, Camberwell Green, London
Prague Biennale 4, Kalin Hall, Prague
Encounters with Scale, Portman Gallery, London
Suggestioni dell’anima, Galerie Onno van Toor, Rotterdam
2008
Offline # 4, ArtOlive, Amsterdam
Out of Place Day to Day, De Kunstvlaai A.P.I., Amsterdam
Elusive, Parlour Studios & Project Space, London
2007
My Still Life as a Personal Object, Alma Enterprises, London
Two Hopes, Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, Georgia
Stick*Stamp*Fly, Gasworks, London
AirVideo 3: Alternative Possible World, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Twelve 2 One, Canary Wharf Reception Area, London
Alma Mater, Alma Enterprises, London
The Juddykes, The Old Art shop at John Jones, London
Heel Erg Mooi, Academie Galerie, Utrecht
Celeste Art Prize 2007, The Old Truman Brewery Complex, London;
Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh
New Life and the Dream Garden, Fieldgate Gallery, London
Sotheby’s/RAS Auction, London
Pea-Musha, Green Man, London
Ethereal, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London
Beauty Unrealized, PSWAR, Amsterdam
Ivi, 1 Hat & Mitre Court, London
2006
World Tea Party, Hornsey Pump House Gallery, London
Extra Room, Academiegalerie, Utrecht
Another Product, Corner House, Manchester
Basement Screen, the Residence, London
Sequence, The Space, London
2005
Sequence, de Roode Bioscoop, Amsterdam
Bow Festival, Space, London
The Order of Things #01.06-07.06, BasementArtProject.com
2004
Caution: Uneven Surfaces, temporarycontemporary, London
Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
2003
Charlie’s Place, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Nth Art Exhibit 001, Ols & Co art space, London
2002
Tent.,Gallery Podion, Amsterdam
Beautiful Tomorrows, Palix Gallery, Paris
Shine, The Lowry Gallery, Manchester
No tax – No rates, Fordham, London
2001
New Contemporaries 2001, Camden Arts Center, London and
Sunderland Museum
12345, Fields Gallery, London
The Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Arts, London
Tam Dam, Riverside Studios, London
Art Primeur, Pictura, Dordrecht
RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
Star Wars, Lauri Grove Baths, London
Malevich’s Sexual Fantacy, Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Goldsmiths 2001, Goldsmiths College, London
2000
Happy End (solo), Moira, Utrecht
Who are we?, Louka, Znojmo, Czech Republic
HKU Festival, Utrecht
Kieken, Academiegalerie, Utrecht
Warming Up, Academiegalerie, Utrecht
1999
Park of the Future, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
Pasports 3, Ina Boudier-Bakkerlaan, Utrecht
1998
Sotheby’s Auction ‘Operation Smile’, Moscow Blow Up,
Manezh Gallery, Moscow
Art Salon, Manezh, Moscow
Contemporary Georgian Art, Modern Art Gallery, Tbilisi
1997
Semeiko+Semeiko, Modern Art Gallery, Tbilisi
Memento Mori, Karvasla, Tbilisi
Group exp, Club “Diplomat”, Tbilisi
1996
Tbilisoba, Abanot Ubani, Tbilisi
1995
4 painters, Caucasus Painters Guild, Tbilisi
Awards
2004 The British Institution Award, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
2000 Kunstanjer 2000, Prince Bernard Culture Fund, The Netherlands
2000 Pieck Prize, The Netherlands