MERAB K A R D A V A
530 West 25th Street, New York, NY
Merab Kardava is a Georgian artist who works exclusively in oil on canvas to procure fantastic scenes dripping with old-world charm. Kardava’s works bring his imagination to life in compositions that combine technical, stylistic and figural elements from the Old Masters, and other historical artistic traditions including the Japanese arts, Art Deco, Art Nouvaeau, and Surrealism. The result is a wholly unique contemporary style that presents old techniques and styles in fun and visually interesting paintings. Kardava is a self taught artist, who has been painting full time since his retirement from his own grocery business in 2018. His technical skills and artistic instincts are highly impressive and refined, despite his short career as a full time artist. He currently lives and works in the capital city of Tbilisi, Georgia. He has a clear and strong influence from his native country’s rich art history, which includes the old- world arts from Persia, Russia, and Eastern Orthodox religion, as well as Art Nouveau and Soviet Modernist architecture. Tbilisi is known for its bustling art scene of both old-world and young contemporary artists.
V I E W M E R A B K A R D AVA O N A G O R A G A L L E RY
Island of Love!, 2020 Oil on Canvas 37.5” x 43.5” $ 2 0 5 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Feelings are in My Colors, 2021 Oil on Canvas 44” x 42.5” $ 2 2 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
The Ancient Queen and the Third Eye in the Universe!, 2021 Oil on Canvas 41” x 41” $ 2 0 5 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Flowers of Love, 2021 Oil on Canvas 27.5” x 35.5” $ 1 6 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
The Birth of Planet, 2020 Oil on Canvas 43.5” x 35.5” $ 2 0 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Deep Kiss, 2019 Oil on Canvas 31.5” x 21.5”
$ 1 3 5 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
The Great Queen, 2019 Oil on Canvas 29.5” x 21.5”
$ 1 3 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Earth and Galaxy, 2020 Oil on Canvas 35.5” x 43.5”
$ 2 0 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Distant Planet and UFO, 2020 Oil on Canvas 34” x 27.5”
$ 1 5 5 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Boy in Great Coat, 2020 Oil on Canvas 27.5” x 21.5” $ 1 2 5 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Caesar and Rome, 2019 Oil on Canvas 15.5” x 23.5”
$ 1 0 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Queen, 2019 Oil on Canvas 23.5” x 31.5”
$ 1 4 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Planet X, 2020 Oil on Canvas 27.5” x 33.5”
$ 1 5 5 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Two Boats, 2019 Oil on Canvas 23.5” x 31.5”
$ 1 4 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Management of the World, 2019 Oil on Canvas 27.5” x 33.5”
$ 1 5 5 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Camel and Burn, 2019 Oil on Canvas 19.5” x 29.5”
$ 1 2 5 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
I love to paint, and while I might have started later in my life, it has quickly become a true passion. I recently started painting portraiture and it has been a true pleasure and exercise in creativity. I work to get straight to the character of my subjects when I depict them. I feel that we are less alone in this universe when I am creating my portraits, and my pieces speak directly to my soul. The old world artists, whose work I grew up surrounded by in my native country of Georgia, inspire my work greatly. I seek to bring old-world charm to contemporary scenes and subjects.
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