Nana Bagdavadze

Artist

Naninab@gmail.com

Naninaj@msn.com

www.nanabagdavadze.com

EDUCATION

Academy of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia, MFA1978-1984

Hermitage Museum, Summer Studies, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1978-1984

Nicoladze Art College, Tbilisi, Georgia, BFA1974-1974

School of Music, Piano, Tbilisi, Georgia, BFA 1970-1977

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 2000-present

Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA, 1993-2005

Women’s University Club, Seattle, WA 1993-2006

Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, 2002-2004

University of Washington Experimental College, 1993-2000

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 1995

Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland WA, 1997-2000

Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, Lecturer 1989 and 2003

Lakeside School, Seattle, WA, Lecturer, 1989

Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts, Professor of Painting, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1985-1998

Curate student show at Metropolis Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1994

Ongoing private workshops & classes, Seattle, Washington DC

WORK IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Rieger Hall, 2005 “Portrait of Dennis Rieger” NASA Goddard Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, Logo for CCMC ,2007

Swedish Hospital Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, “Garden of Meditation”, oil on canvas

Lobby, Government Center Building, Salem, Oregon, Mural, acrylic on 30 by 4 feet wall

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA,“DNA Variations”, oil on canvas

NIMLO, Washington DC, “Portrait of the NIMLO President Charles S.Rhyne”, 1989, oil

Private collections in US -New York, Seattle, Washington DC and Europe, (names are available upon request)

SELECTED GROUP AND SOLO SHOWS

Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy, 2003

Beadleston Gallery, New York, NY 2001

Wingnut Gallery Seattle, WA, 2004 (duo)

Seanet Corporation, Columbia Tower, Seattle, WA, 1995 (solo)

The Highlands, WA, 1997 (solo)

University of Washington, DNA series, 1994 (solo)

Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1990 (duo)

Women’s University Club, Seattle 2004

Frye Art Museum, Art Instructors Show, Seattle, WA, 2002 and 2003

COCA, Seattle, WA, 2000

Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle, WA, 2002 and 2004

Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA 1998

Ambassador Hall, Pasadena, CA, 1995 (solo)

Foster White Gallery, Kirkland, WA, 1993

Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1992

Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1991

Spring Show, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1886

National Show of Best Diploma Pieces, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1985

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Best Diploma Piece, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1985

Special Merit Scholarship, Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts, 1978-1984

Ellen Ahvlediani Scholarship, Nicoladze College, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1974-1977

DONATIONS

Maret School , Washington DC

Sidwell School, Washington DC

PONCHO, Seattle

American Cancer Society

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Samuel Stroum Jewish Community Center, Bellevue, WA

Seattle Chamber Orchestra

St. Mark’s Cathedral Seattle, WA

Lakeside School, Seattle, WA

Seattle Prep School

Burn Foundation, Seattle, WA

Pratt Fine Art Center

LANGUAGES

English, Georgian, Russian