SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:Art Studies
Position:Associate Professor





Khatuna Khabuliani graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Art in 1990 – the faculty of art history and theory. She is an associate professor at Ilia State University and visiting professor at Tbilisi State Academy of Art (course of Postmodern Art). The critical essays, reviews and articles by Khatuna Khabuliani are published in local and international editions. In 2001-2005 Khatuna Khabuliani was a member of team of MAF_Media Art Farm and editor of “ARTURI” (quarterly insert of “24 hours”) in 2004 and “Impress magazine” in 2008. She is an author of two video projects: “eco talks” (Goethe Institute Tbilisi,2006) and ”hedonistic drive“ (Women’s fund Georgia and New Art Union,2009). She curated and co-curated various projects and exhibitions. In 2009 Khatuna Khabuliani was a curator of Georgian Pavilion at 53th Venice international biennale. She is a member of Armenian section of AICA – The International Association of Art Critics, ICOM and CIMAM. In 2011 Khatuna Khabuliani participated in research programme at University of Fribourg /Switzerland.

Khatuna Khabuliani’s  PHD research topic is  “Transformation of visual signs: artistic forms and concepts in postmodern Georgian art”. She lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Scientific interests / research interests

  • History and theory of Contemporary art
  • New Tendencies in Art and Architecture
  • Critics
  • Philosophy of  Art ხელოვნების ფილოსოფია
  • Curating

Featured publications

  • khatuna khabuliani. “Some Considerations on Aspects of Tbilisi’s IdentityThrough Architectural Narratives”. Identity Stuides.Ilia State University.Tbilisi.
  • khatuna khabuliani.”On Crossing Contexts – on projects by Gia Edzgveradze”. Kritika. #4.2014.Tbilisi. Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature; Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. p.194-214.
  • khatuna khabuliani. “Perception Boundaries in Georgian Video Art”. Georgian Video Art. Active for Culture.2014 p.42-53
  • khatuna khabuliani. “About Contemporary Art and Quality of Art Works” (part II). ACADEMIA #3. TSAA. 2013-2014.Tbilisi. 150-159
  • khatuna khabuliani. On Georgian Visual Culture in the Second Part of XIX Century. Point 19. CCA_Center of Contemporary Art Tbilisi. 2013. p.3-6.
  • Khatuna Khabuliani. “About Contemporary Art and Quality of Art Works” (part I). ACADEMIA #2. TSAA.Tbilisi. 2011.p.26-32
  • Khatuna Khabuliani. “Possible deterritorialization for miracles”. Nordic art – between miracles. Goteborg.Sweden.201353-59
  • Khatuna Khabuliani.”Contemporary Georgian Art”./ review/ UTOPIA/ IFA. Berlin.2005.p.34-41.
  • Khatuna Khabuliani. “Georgian Art for International Projects”. Transrelation. 2005. Tbilisi. p.22-25.ranslations
  • Georgian translation of A.C.Danto. After The End of Art. 8-11 chapters.TSAA.2014
  • Georgian translation of Jack Weatherford. Genghis Khanand the Making of the Modern World. published by Georgian Biographical Center. Tbilisi.2012.

 

Current Courses

Course Catalog

Introduction to History of Architecture 2; Research and Interpretation Methods in Visual Arts; Contemporary Trends in Visual Art; Art Criticism and Curatorial Work; Visual Signs and Modern Culture

Introduction to History of Architecture 1; Introduction to History of Architecture III; Research and Interpretation Methods in Visual Arts; Art From Realism to the End of XX Century; Postmodern Art and Post-totalitarian Space

from 2017
bachalor’s:
• Architectural Forms and Concepts from the Begining of XX Century till Now
History of Architecture II
History of Architecture I

from 2013
bachalor’s:
• Criticism of Art and Curating
• New Tendencies in Visual Art
• Bachalor’s seminar
• Methods for Research and Interpretations of Visual Art

from 2011

master’s:
• Visual Signs and Contemporary Culture
• Postmodernist Art and Post totalitarian Space