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.

CV

  • 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