ANDRO SEMEIKO: On the Verge​

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13 November – 7 December 2024​

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Utrecht School of the Arts BA

Goldsmiths MFA

Royal Academy Schools MFA

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Andro Semeiko, London-based Georgian-British artist, creates paintings, installations, and artist's books that seek to capture and construct psychological spaces, focusing on our volatile world in turbulent times. For this exhibition, he has produced a series of paintings that, with humour and irony, reflect the anxiety of reconfiguring the role of ‘men’ in society—along with his own place—through the figures of knights, the hollowness of their poses. The new works explore how we engage with the world heavily influenced by news and social media, amid the rapidly evolving technological landscape, the looming threat of climate disaster, and ongoing global instability and conflict.

 

The paintings employ various techniques and styles. Some sections feature plain abstract patches of colour, while others are filled with detailed, realistic depictions. Certain areas are smooth, while others are thickly textured. These elements merge into a satirical, surrealist collage that amuses and entertains, yet leaves us with unsettling existential questions about the future.

 

Semeiko has shown his work at the Tate Modern, Royal Academy of Arts, Whitechapel Gallery, Camden Arts Centre, PEER, Gasworks, Saatchi Gallery, Holburne Museum, CFCCA, The Lowry, BALTIC 39, Museum of Contemporary Art Wroclaw, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Seoul Museum of Art, and international exhibitions including Prague Biennial 4 (2009), Glasgow International 2012 and 3rd Tbilisi Triennial (2018). His awards and fellowships include Kunstanjer from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds (2000), British Institution Award from the RA Summer Exhibition (2004), Berwick Fellowship from the English Heritage (2009), and Abbey Fellowship in Painting at the British School at Rome (2022-23).

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