{"id":718,"date":"2020-10-09T15:35:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T15:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/wp2\/?page_id=718"},"modified":"2020-10-27T13:54:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T13:54:58","slug":"gvantsa-turmanidze","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/gvantsa-turmanidze\/","title":{"rendered":"Gvantsa Turmanidze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GVANTSA TURMANIDZE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Manager<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

born in Batumi, Georgia in 1978<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1995-96 – Foundation Course in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1996-00 – PG & BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Byam Shaw School of Art, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003-04 – European Diploma in Cultural Project Management, Marcel Hicter Foundation, Brussels, Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diploma thesis on \u201ethe possibilities of tax exemptions for artists in Georgia, based on comparative study of two European countries and establishing Artists in Residence in Tbilisi\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certificates: 2013 – Training in Project management, USAID Programme, GIPA;
2016 – Training in Negotiation Skills, L. Mikeladze Diplomatic Training Center, Georgia; 2019 – Training in Tourism Management, TBC Bank training courses, Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work experience:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2000-07 – Co-founder and curator at Gallery M&G, Batumi, Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2000-18 – Chief Specialist, Department of International Relations, Ministry of Culture and Sport of Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Involved in number of international projects lead by the Ministry (Council of Europe STAGE project on developing Cultural Policy of Georgia National Report, Council of Europe \u201cBalloons Rouge\u201d program for IDP children, UNESCO Culture for Development Indicators, English for Cultural Workers, Peace Corps Volunteer\u2019s Program\u2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among them, two major international projects of the Ministry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013 – Project Manager of Georgian National Pavilion \u201cKamikadze Loggia\u201d at International Venice Biennale<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016-18 – National Coordinator of the Council of Europe Cultural Routes Programme in Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016-18 – Screenplay translation of Oscar Nominee Film by Zaza Khalvashi \u201cNamme\u201d; Translation of Synopsis of Georgian Cartoons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018 – Correspondent, Newspaper \u201cThe Messenger\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 – Manager at Hotel \u201cPalma\u201d, Chakvi, Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2019 – Project manager of International Biennale of Stage Design 2020, organized by Valerian Gunia Union of Young Theatre Artists<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exhibitions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1998 \u2013 present – participant of group and solo exhibitions on national (Tbilisi, Batumi) as well as on international level (1998 – Group exhibition “Halfway to Highgate” at Lauderdale House, London, UK; 2000 – Group exhibition of Georgian artists at Gallery Anagma, Valencia, Spain; 2001 – International Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy; 2001 – Georgian Culture Days in Great Britain (Scarborough, Bristol, Edinburgh, London).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GVANTSA TURMANIDZE Project Manager born in Batumi, Georgia in 1978 Education: 1995-96 – Foundation Course in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London 1996-00 – PG & BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Byam Shaw School of Art, London 2003-04 – European Diploma in Cultural Project Management, Marcel Hicter Foundation, Brussels, Belgium. Diploma thesis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":54,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-718","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}