Irma Sharikadze graduated in 1997 with a degree in ceramics from the M. Toidze School of Arts in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. Upon completion she took classes of pantomime and performed at the Tbilisi State Pantomime Theater for two years, but she quickly realized her true talent and passion lay in the art of photography.
Her first solo exhibition “Phantom” took place in 2004 in Old Tbilisi as a part of the Tbilisoba festival. Since then Sharikadze has worked on both artistic and commercial projects with great success.
Her most well-known exhibition named “Letters” dedicated to Frida Kahlo, the Mexican Artist was held at the GMG Gallery in Moscow 2010, in St Petersburg Museum of Contemporary Art Erarta 2013 and Contemporary Art cent M17 in Kiev 2015.
Various works from this exhibition were purchased by the Moscow Museum of Modern Arts and by private foundations.
Sharikadze sates Niko Pirosmani, the world famous primitive artist, and Sergei Parajanov, a famous Georgian/Armenian film director as her main inspirers, not only for their style but also for their personal life convictions.
The artist’s motto is as follows: «Finding and uncovering beauty is my mission. Moreover, it’s my fate. Human beauty is a mystery inseparable from love. Love is a light that illuminates tortuous paths of life and grants us freedom. Freedom to make art…»
Irma Sharikadze lives and works in Tbilisi.
