Artist Bio
Mariam Ghudushauri (b. 1991, Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Georgian contemporary artist living and working in Germany.
Born into a family of artists, Ghudushauri was introduced to painting from an early age. Surrounded by painters and sculptors, art became an essential part of her upbringing and continues to shape her creative practice today.
From 2009 to 2013, she studied Architecture at the Georgian Technical University in Tbilisi. In 2014, she moved to Germany, where she established her professional career as an architect. Since 2021, she has been a registered member of the Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects (AKBW).
While architecture taught her to think in terms of structure, proportion and balance, painting has remained her most personal form of expression. Over the years, her artistic practice evolved from ornamental compositions toward a distinctive figurative language centered on women, emotional presence and symbolic forms.
Working primarily in oil on canvas, Ghudushauri creates contemporary figurative paintings that explore emotional connection, femininity and cultural memory. Influenced by Byzantine iconography, Renaissance painting and the expressive power of colour, her works combine architectural clarity with a quiet psychological presence.
She has participated in several group exhibitions in Germany and is currently developing a growing body of work, including her ongoing series The Weight of Tenderness, which explores emotional inheritance, protection and the invisible bonds between women.
Artist Statement
Painting has always been my first language.
Growing up in Tbilisi, surrounded by artists, I learned early that images can communicate what words cannot. Although I later became an architect, I never stopped painting. Architecture taught me how weight, proportion and balance shape physical space; painting allows me to explore those same principles emotionally.
I think of my work as emotional architecture.
Rather than portraying specific individuals, I create figures that embody emotional states—protection, tenderness, vulnerability and the invisible bonds that connect people across generations. My women are not portraits. They become symbols of memory, care and quiet resilience.
Influenced by the stillness of Byzantine icon painting, the monumentality of Renaissance compositions and the expressive power of colour, I seek to create paintings that feel timeless rather than tied to a particular moment or narrative.
My current series, The Weight of Tenderness, reflects on the emotional structures women carry for one another—the quiet strength that often exists beneath gestures of care, intimacy and protection. Through simplified forms, layered oil paint and restrained compositions, I invite viewers into moments of stillness, where emotion is expressed not through action, but through presence.
Ultimately, my paintings are an invitation to slow down, to look closely, and to recognise the silent emotional landscapes we all carry within us.
Selected Exhibitions
2026
Unframed 3.0 — Art Fair, Stuttgart, Germany
2025
Unframed 2.0 — Art Fair, Stuttgart, Germany
Art Walk — Group Exhibition, Stuttgart, Germany
2024
Group Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia
2023
Relish Group — Group Exhibition, Karlsruhe, Germany
2018
Arte-Sono — Art Fair, Stuttgart, Germany
2017
Winterlicht — Group Exhibition, Stuttgart, Germany