Nino Biniashvili (b.1980, Georgia) lives and works in Toronto. In her work, Biniashvili analyzes the possibilities and problems of
communication between cultures and people. She attempts to articulate the
experience of living in a permanent state of otherness.
Nino Biniashvili is a visual artist, author, and educator. Between 2021 and 2025, she served as Head of the Visual Communication Department at the Faculty of Design and Architecture, Shamoon College of Engineering (SCE). She is the author of the children’s book My Window Here (Mizrahi Publishing, PJ Library), illustrated by Avia Cohen, and has published critically acclaimed works including On the Edge of the Black Sea and Caesurae: Paul Celan’s Later Work (Wallstein Publishing, Berlin).
Her work spans exhibitions, book design, editorial illustration, and video art. She has exhibited internationally at Tbilisi Open Air Museum of Ethnography, Museum Bärengasse (Zurich), Artisterium Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Kunstraum LLC (New York), Galerie 21 im Künstlerhaus Vorwerkstift (Hamburg), and the CJH Center for Jewish History (NY), Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, among others. Her illustrations and editorial work have appeared in Das Magazin (Switzerland), Jewish Women in Comics (Syracuse University Press), Caesurae: Paul Celan’s Later Work (Wallstein Publishing, Berlin), World Literature Today (USA), and Judisk Krönika (Sweden).
Biniashvili has received numerous grants and awards, including the Israel Museum Ben-Yitzhak Award for the Illustrated Book, the Prins Fellowship for Artists and Writers (NY, USA), RIC Ryerson Image Center, Toronto, Canada and scholarships for excellence from Konstfack University College of Art, Crafts and Design (Stockholm, Sweden).
Grants & Awards
2020
Miron Sima Association
The Jerusalem Artists’ House
2018
Ben—Yitzhak Award
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2015
Council for the Culture — Mifal HaPais
2014
Asylum Arts Small Grants
2014
Research Fellow
Black Star Collection
The Image Centre, Toronto, Canada
2013
Prins Fellowship for Artists and Writers
CJH, NY, USA
2010
Ulla Fröberg-Cramérs Stipendiestiftelse Stockholm, Sweden
Miron Sima Association
The Jerusalem Artists’ House
2018
Ben—Yitzhak Award
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2015
Council for the Culture — Mifal HaPais
2014
Asylum Arts Small Grants
2014
Research Fellow
Black Star Collection
The Image Centre, Toronto, Canada
2013
Prins Fellowship for Artists and Writers
CJH, NY, USA
2010
Ulla Fröberg-Cramérs Stipendiestiftelse Stockholm, Sweden
Selected Exhibitions
2024
Cardiac Disruptions
The Center for Printmaking, Jerusalem Print Workshop
2024
40 Years of Creation at the Art Cube Artists’ Studios
Art Cube Artists' Studios, Jerusalem
2023
Tell Me More
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
2020
New York Meets Tbilisi: Defining Otherness
Konstraum LLC, New York
2020
Transitional Object, Wandering and Longing in Local Contemporary Design
The Museum of Philistine Culture, Ashdod
2019
Zaum Attack [solo show]
Art Cube Artists Studios, Jerusalem
2019
B-Side A Heroine
The New Gallery Artists' Studios Teddy, Jerusalem
2018
Illustration, That's the Whole Story
Ruth Youth Wing, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2018
Barbarians
Mamuta Art and Media Center, Jerusalem
2018
The Sense Of Possibility People Photopoetics {#7} The Man Without Qualities
New Gallery, Musrara, Jerusalem
2017
Secrets
Hansen House, Jerusalem
2016
Name, Degree
The Edmond de Rothschild Center, Tel Aviv
2014
Culture Loops Museum
Bärengasse, Zurich, Switzerland
2014
Mobile Archive
Ural of NCCA, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2013
An Archive of My Own
CJH, NY, USA
2013
HABITAT II
Vorwerkstift – Hamburg, Germany
2012
Patterns of Behavior
Jerusalem Print Workshop
2012
Habitat
Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2012
Calculating the Price of Exile
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2009
The King Announced
Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi
Cardiac Disruptions
The Center for Printmaking, Jerusalem Print Workshop
2024
40 Years of Creation at the Art Cube Artists’ Studios
Art Cube Artists' Studios, Jerusalem
2023
Tell Me More
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
2020
New York Meets Tbilisi: Defining Otherness
Konstraum LLC, New York
2020
Transitional Object, Wandering and Longing in Local Contemporary Design
The Museum of Philistine Culture, Ashdod
2019
Zaum Attack [solo show]
Art Cube Artists Studios, Jerusalem
2019
B-Side A Heroine
The New Gallery Artists' Studios Teddy, Jerusalem
2018
Illustration, That's the Whole Story
Ruth Youth Wing, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2018
Barbarians
Mamuta Art and Media Center, Jerusalem
2018
The Sense Of Possibility People Photopoetics {#7} The Man Without Qualities
New Gallery, Musrara, Jerusalem
2017
Secrets
Hansen House, Jerusalem
2016
Name, Degree
The Edmond de Rothschild Center, Tel Aviv
2014
Culture Loops Museum
Bärengasse, Zurich, Switzerland
2014
Mobile Archive
Ural of NCCA, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2013
An Archive of My Own
CJH, NY, USA
2013
HABITAT II
Vorwerkstift – Hamburg, Germany
2012
Patterns of Behavior
Jerusalem Print Workshop
2012
Habitat
Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2012
Calculating the Price of Exile
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2009
The King Announced
Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi
Conferences
2024
Visualising Truth: Integrity and Influence in Communication Design
Faculty of Design and Architecture, SCE
2023
Mirroring a Place: the Question of Locality in Visual Culture in Israel
Faculty of Design and Architecture, SCE
2022
Transmedia: the Embodiment of the Narrative in Changing Mediums
Faculty of Design and Architecture, SCE
2020
The Peacock Tail: Futurist Poetry in Perspective
Art Cube Artists Studios, Jerusalem
2012
Book as an Anchor
The Hall of the Book: Between Form and Content
Bezalel, Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Visualising Truth: Integrity and Influence in Communication Design
Faculty of Design and Architecture, SCE
2023
Mirroring a Place: the Question of Locality in Visual Culture in Israel
Faculty of Design and Architecture, SCE
2022
Transmedia: the Embodiment of the Narrative in Changing Mediums
Faculty of Design and Architecture, SCE
2020
The Peacock Tail: Futurist Poetry in Perspective
Art Cube Artists Studios, Jerusalem
2012
Book as an Anchor
The Hall of the Book: Between Form and Content
Bezalel, Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Education
2010
M.Des (Honors) Storytelling
Konstfack University College of Art, Crafts and Design, Stockholm
2009
Visiting Undergraduate Student
SSES, Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship
2005
BA (Honors) Visual Communication
Bezalel Academy for Artand Design, Jerusalem
2004
Exchange Program
The Faculty of Design, Media and Information
HAW Hamburg
M.Des (Honors) Storytelling
Konstfack University College of Art, Crafts and Design, Stockholm
2009
Visiting Undergraduate Student
SSES, Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship
2005
BA (Honors) Visual Communication
Bezalel Academy for Artand Design, Jerusalem
2004
Exchange Program
The Faculty of Design, Media and Information
HAW Hamburg
Contact
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