Nina Akhobadze
Portrait of Nina Akhobadze. Photo: Michael Schulte
BIO
Nina Akhobadze (b. 1997, Samtredia, Georgia) is a contemporary painter currently based in Vienna, Austria. She holds a degree in Painting and Graphic Arts from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (2015-2019), where she studied under Oleg Timchenko. Akhobadze is now continuing her academic journey at the University of Art and Design Linz, studying under Anne Speier.
Akhobadze’s works have been showcased in prestigious international exhibitions, including at Vienna Contemporary (2024) and Schlossmuseum Linz (2024), with additional participation in the Tbilisi Art Fair (2024). Her artistic process is grounded in an intimate, intuitive approach where color and texture engage in a dynamic and evolving dialogue. Working predominantly with oil paints, she creates large-format canvases that reflect her physical and emotional interaction with the materials. This results in works that are rich in texture, deeply layered, and focused on the sensory experience of the viewer rather than figurative representation.
What inspires NINA?
Nina’s works intentionally avoid figurative elements, allowing the interplay of color and texture to take center stage. The textures are fluid and dramatic, reflecting her free-flowing, exploratory approach to the medium. This interaction between form and material is central to her work, evoking both depth and ritual, while also engaging with the intimate and personal emotions derived from daily experiences. Each painting, therefore, becomes a unique and multilayered experience for the viewer, pulling them into an intimate dialogue with the artist's process and the emotions embedded within the work.
ARTWORKS
This painting develops a fluid composition, shifting from the left, where dense layers and more classical tones dominate, toward the right, where lighter and more vibrant colors emerge. The dialogue between thicker painted forms and translucent passages builds momentum, giving organic life to abstraction.
Nina Akhobadze trained under Oleg Timchenko at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, a painter whose discipline and holistic approach to art emphasized process and integrity over style. Nina’s abstraction is a quiet rejection born in post-Soviet Georgia — a response to Timchenko’s tutelage that still carries his way of perceiving art. Her practice doesn’t perform sophistication for the market; it exists as a means to preserve dignity and coherence in the face of instability. In her work, painting remains a necessity rather than decoration or lifestyle. In this way, Nina differentiates herself from many of her European peers.
Nina Akhobadze is the latest addition to our portfolio within the framework of BASPcr — our curatorial line where art engages with self-organisation and identity to strengthen the visibility of immigrant communities.
180 × 140 cm
Oil on canvas (Prices excl. VAT & shipping)
Painting from Nina Akhobadze 2024
One-of-a-Kind Artwork with an Authenticity Certificate
Untitled 04 belongs to the exhibition Among Us at Matiz Gallery. The composition moves through a predominantly brown palette that gradually transitions into vibrant reds. Within this field, organic abstract forms press against one another, each defined by its own tonal depth. The figures are marked by raw, almost primal textures, which emphasize both the individuality of each shape and the tension of their contact. The result is a painting where color and surface create a physical sense of pressure, revealing abstraction as a site of encounter and negotiation.
Nina Akhobadze is the latest addition to our portfolio within the framework of BASPcr — our curatorial line where art engages with self-organisation and identity to strengthen the visibility of immigrant communities.
140 × 160 cm
Oil on canvas (Prices excl. VAT & shipping)
Painting from Nina Akhobadze 2024
One-of-a-Kind Artwork with an Authenticity Certificate
This canvas reveals Nina Akhobadze’s interest in vertical tension and atmospheric transformation. Instead of building stable forms, she lets colors drift upward — smoky greys, vaporous whites, and muted blues rising into a field marked by a burst of red. The composition feels less like a fixed image than a scene in motion.
100 × 170 cm
Oil on canvas (Prices excl. VAT & shipping)
Painting from Nina Akhobadze 2025
One-of-a-Kind Artwork with an Authenticity Certificate
This canvas shows Nina Akhobadze working through the tension of proximity. Large colored forms press against one another without ever settling into clarity: only the green field appears clean, while the surrounding reds, browns, blues, and oranges are layered and restless. Texture carries a double weight here — it both deepens the surface and directs the viewer’s eye, creating a sense of movement across the forms. The result is an abstract composition that feels compressed yet dynamic, as if the shapes are negotiating their space on the canvas.
160 × 140 cm
Oil on canvas (Prices excl. VAT & shipping)
Painting from Nina Akhobadze 2024