Nino Biniashvili (b. 1980, Georgia) lives and works in Jerusalem. Her graphic novel, On the Edge of the Black Sea won the
2018 Israel Museum's award for best illustration book. 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.
Currently Nino is part of the residency program at the Art Cube Artists’ studios, Jerusalem. Her exhibitions include: The Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Museum Bärengasse, Zurich, Hansen House Center for Design, Media and Technology, Konstraum LLC, and more, her editorial illustrations were featured in Das Magazin, Swiss German daily newspaper published in Zurich; Atlantis, Judisk Krönika Stockholm; The Heinrich-Boell-Foundation Brandenburg, Potsdam; Einayim - children's magazine, Israel; Ha'aretz Daily Newspaper in Israel.
Grants & Awards
2018
Israel Museum Ben-Yitzhak Award for the Illustration of a Children's Book
2015
Israel Lottery Council Grant for Culture and Arts
2014
Asylum Arts Small Grants
2014
Research Fellow Black Star Collection Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, Canada
2013
Prins Fellowship for Artists and Writers, CJH, NY, USA
2010
Ulla Fröberg-Cramér Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
Israel Museum Ben-Yitzhak Award for the Illustration of a Children's Book
2015
Israel Lottery Council Grant for Culture and Arts
2014
Asylum Arts Small Grants
2014
Research Fellow Black Star Collection Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, Canada
2013
Prins Fellowship for Artists and Writers, CJH, NY, USA
2010
Ulla Fröberg-Cramér Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
Selected Exhibitions
2020
New York Meets Tbilisi: Defining Otherness Part II, Konstraum LLC, New York, USA
2019
Zaum Attack [solo show] Art Cube Artists Studios, Jerusalem, Israel
2019
B-Side A Heroine The New Gallery Artists' Studios Teddy, Jerusalem, Israel
2018
Illustration, That's the Whole Story Ruth Youth Wing, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
2018
Barbarians Mamuta Art and Media Center, Jerusalem, Israel
2018
The Sense Of Possibility People Photopoetics {#7} The Man Without Qualities, New Gallery, Musrara, Jerusalem, Israel
2017
Secrets Bezalel M.Des Hansen House, Jerusalem, Israel
2016
Name, Degree The Rothschild Caesarea Foundation, Tel Aviv
2014
Culture Loops Museum Bärengasse, Zurich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
2014
Mobile Archive Ural of NCCA, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2013
An Archive of My Own CJH, NY, USA
2013
HABITAT II Galerie 21 im Künstlerhaus Vorwerkstift, Hamburg, Germany
2013
ALISN Supermarket Art Fair, Kulturhusset, Stockholm, Sweden
2012
Patterns of Behavior Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel
2012
Habitat Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012
Calculating the Price of Exile Tel Aviv Museum of
Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009
The King Announced Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
New York Meets Tbilisi: Defining Otherness Part II, Konstraum LLC, New York, USA
2019
Zaum Attack [solo show] Art Cube Artists Studios, Jerusalem, Israel
2019
B-Side A Heroine The New Gallery Artists' Studios Teddy, Jerusalem, Israel
2018
Illustration, That's the Whole Story Ruth Youth Wing, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
2018
Barbarians Mamuta Art and Media Center, Jerusalem, Israel
2018
The Sense Of Possibility People Photopoetics {#7} The Man Without Qualities, New Gallery, Musrara, Jerusalem, Israel
2017
Secrets Bezalel M.Des Hansen House, Jerusalem, Israel
2016
Name, Degree The Rothschild Caesarea Foundation, Tel Aviv
2014
Culture Loops Museum Bärengasse, Zurich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
2014
Mobile Archive Ural of NCCA, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2013
An Archive of My Own CJH, NY, USA
2013
HABITAT II Galerie 21 im Künstlerhaus Vorwerkstift, Hamburg, Germany
2013
ALISN Supermarket Art Fair, Kulturhusset, Stockholm, Sweden
2012
Patterns of Behavior Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel
2012
Habitat Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012
Calculating the Price of Exile Tel Aviv Museum of
Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009
The King Announced Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
Education
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