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Tornike Koiava
oil on canvas
49 × 55 cm
19-1/4 × 21-5/8 in
oil, ink, and tempera on canvas
96 × 92.5 cm
37-13/16 × 36-7/16 in
oil on canvas
80 × 100 cm
31-1/2 × 39-3/8 in
oil on canvas
38 × 55 cm
15-3/8 × 21-5/8 in
ink and watercolor on paper
42 × 35 cm
16-9/16 × 13-3/4 in
oil and ink on canvas
39 × 55 cm
15-3/8 × 21-5/8 in
oil on wood plank
38 × 28.5 cm
15 × 11-1/4 in
Tornike Koiava is a Georgian painter, printmaker, and visual artist born in Bolnisi, currently living and working in Tbilisi.
He studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
In his practice, Koiava explores motion as a relationship with time, existence, memory, and the fragile rhythms of life. His works reflect on loss, the passage of time, and the inner movements that shape human experience. Through painting and printmaking, he approaches art as a way of observing life — a means of moving through uncertainty, finding stillness, and creating a sense of connection.
Drawing from personal encounters with everyday life, contemporary reality, and the natural world, Koiava’s works open a space for reflection rather than offering fixed answers. Nature, and especially the forest, holds a particular significance in his practice. For the artist, the forest becomes a place of retreat and concentration — a space outside the distractions of modern life, where observation, solitude, and work can unfold more freely.
His images carry a sense of psychological suspension, where memory, atmosphere, and existential thought meet. Rather than guiding the viewer toward a single interpretation, Koiava allows the work to remain open, inviting each viewer to enter it through their own emotional and imaginative response.
Notable Group Exhibitions
2026 - Tornike Koiava & Sopho Mamaladze, Identica, Tbilisi, Georgia
2026 - Salon I, Identica, Tbilisi, Georgia