This document introduces the Eliava Group, an organization focused on arts and culture in Georgia. It provides details on 4 members of the group - Sophia Lapiashvili who runs GeoAIR and focuses on archiving arts, collaborations, and residencies; Tamta Tamar Shavgulidze who lectures on arts and runs a research lab; Nino Kuprava who curates at the Tbilisi Silk Museum; and Tamara Janashia who manages cultural programs and projects. It also summarizes two past ecoprojects called Ecoinspiration and Artisterium and one current project called Garden on the Wheels which involves transforming public spaces.

1. Eliava Group
and Ecoprojects in Georgia
Sophia Lapiashvili
Tamara Janashia
June 06, 2013
Maastricht, Netherlands

2. Eliava Group
1. Sophia Lapiashvili, project coordinator,
GeoAIR
2. Tamta Tamar Shavgulidze, PhD
Candidate/Lecturer, Tbilisi State Academy of
Arts
3. Nino Kuprava, Artist/Exhibition Coordinator,
Member of Georgian Textile Group, Tbilisi State
Silk Museum
4. Tamara Janashia, Arts Manager and CEO,
Culture and Management Lab

3. Eliava Group
Sophia Lapiashvili
GeoAIR (undersigning partner of GALA)
Three directions of activities:
•Archidrome: Archive of Contemporary Arts (primarily focus on
arts from Caucasus)
•Collaborative international projects
•Artist in residence program

4. Eliava Group
GeoAIR (undersigning partner of GALA)

5. Eliava Group
GeoAIR (undersigning partner of GALA)
Office and residency

6. Eliava Group
GeoAIR (undersigning partner of GALA)
Artist talks, Public events by residents

7. Eliava Group
GeoAIR (undersigning partner of GALA)
collaborative cultural projects

8. Eliava Group
Tamta Tamar Shavgulidze
Tbilis State Academy of Arts
Occupation
•Lecturer, researcher and PhD candidate at the Tbilisi
State Academy of Arts
•Founder of the New Knowledge Laboratory (NGO
focusing on research in contemporary art and culture)
Fields of expertise
•Contemporary art
•Changing cultural and art forms in the South Caucasus
•Georgian art
•Modernization of culture

9. Eliava Group
Nino Kuprava
Georgian Textile Group
Occupation
•Curator of educational programs
•Exhibition coordinator at the Tbilisi Silk Museum
•Artist
•Author of the Eliava Project
Field of expertise
•Contemporary arts
•Textile production and processing

10. Eliava Group
Tamara Janashia
Culture and Management Lab
• Administration of cultural program of the
Swiss Development Agency in the South
Caucasus
• Project management in the field of
contemporary arts
• Cultural policy
• Research about contemporary arts
• Business consulting

11. Past major ecoprojects
Ecoinspiration
Curator: Khatuna Khabuliani
Location: Tbilisi/Georgia, Europe House
Date: April 22-May 06, 2011

12. Past major ecoprojects
Artisterium: Eliava Market
Curators: Sophia Lapiashvili, Nino Kuprava, Tamar Tamta
Shavgulidze in collaboration with Lydja Mattews
Location: Tbilisi/Georgia, Tbilisi History Museum
Date: October 05-15, 2012

13. Present major ecoprojects
Garden on the wheels
Curator: Door on the Corner
Location: Tbilisi/Georgia, different public locations
Date: April-June, 2013

14. Present major ecoprojects
Garden on the wheels
Curator: Door on the Corner in collaboration with GeoAIR
Location: Tbilisi/Georgia, different public locations
Date: April-June, 2013

15. Present major ecoprojects
Garden on the wheels
Curator: Door on the Corner
Location: Tbilisi/Georgia, different public locations
Date: April-June, 2013

16. http://geoair.blogspot.com
http://www.geotexart.org
http://cumalab.org.ge