Batu Siharulidze is an artist from the Republic of Georgia, most widely known for his figurative sculpture

Sculpture

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s. He now lives in Boston, Massachusetts where he is an Associate Professor of Art at Boston University

Boston University

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Biography

Born in the Republic of Georgia in 1960, Isadore "Batu" Siharulidze earned a graduate degree in sculpture from the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Art and an advanced post-graduate degree from the All-Union Academy in Moscow.

Since coming to the U.S. in 1994, Batu has become a US citizen, and continued his career as an artist and educator, teaching sculpture and drawing in several U.S. universities.

Over the last decade Batu has exhibited and participated in the sculpture exhibits and symposiums in the USA, Turkey, Italy, China, Spain, Great Britain, Austria, Netherlands, Russia, and Georgia. His works are held in museums, private collections, and in permanent outdoor displays in the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Turkey, and Georgia.

Batu lives with his wife and two children in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Currently he teaches sculpture at Boston University.

Philosophy

Batu has stated that his art "seeks a universal quality." And although his work reflects the past in that he utilizes many traditional methods of sculpture, he states that his work is not "is not strictly traditional...I try to imbue my sculptures with a contemporary feeling. I believe each generation must renew the past, so that the present will have value for future generations."
His main artistic goal is "not to simply transcribe my experience of the world but to do so in fresh and compelling ways so that my art can be appreciated by all viewers"

Exhibitions

2006
Balkan Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

2005
Third International Art Festival Chania 2005,
Omma Center of Contemporary Art, Greece
Thinksmall3 International,
Richmond, Virginia

2004
Faculty Exhibition, 808 Gallery,
Boston, Massachusetts
Installation, Goethe-Institut, Washington, DC

2003
One Man Show, Concert Hall Gallery,
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Thinksmall2 International, Richmond, Virginia

2001
Galerie Karass, Haarlem, Netherlands

1999
EuroArt-99, Madrid, Spain
Alla Roger Gallery, Washington, DC

1998
L’artigiano del Fiera, Milan, Italy
International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC
CHA-98 International Artistic Saloon of Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Pier Walk ’97, Chicago, Illinois
Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1996
One Work Exhibition, TMS Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
Art in Public Spaces, Bethesda, Maryland
Georgian Contemporary Portrait, TMS Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
International Festival of Fine Arts-96,
Modern Art Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia

1995
Chris Gardner Sculpture Space, Washington, DC
International Festival of Fine Arts-95,
Modern Art Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, Maryland

1994
One Man Show, National Picture Gallery,
Tbilisi, Georgia

1992
Galerie Karass, Haarlem, Netherlands

1991
Henderson Carter Art Gallery, London, England
Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, Bradford, England
Gallery 90, Guildford, England
Riviera Gallery, Hastings, England

1990
Mziuri, Vienna, Austria

1988
Sculpture Show, Modern Art Museum,
Tbilisi, Georgia

1987
All-Union Exhibition of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

Museums

2006
Aegean Sea, marble
Aspat Sculpture Museum, Bodrum, Turkey

1995
Adam and Eve, bronze
B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC

Tied Figure, plaster model
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University,
New Jersey

1994
Rider, bronze
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University,
New Jersey

1990
Fighter, marble and bronze, Modern Art Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia

1987
Tied Figure, life-size plaster, Fine Art Museum, Kutaisi, Georgia

Permanent Displays

2006
Human Mind, marble,
Ankara University Sculpture Garden, Ankara

2003
Trakia, marble
Peace Garden, Boarder of Turkey, Bulgaria,
and Greece

2002
Table, marble
Mersin, Turkey

1998
Indian, bronze
Henrico County High School,
Richmond, Virginia

1996
Norton Dodge, bronze
Mechanicsville, Maryland

1991
Tranquility, stone
Sculpture Garden, Rustavi, Georgia