About The Artist

Date of Birth: August 7, 1972. Place of Birth: Vinnitsa, Ukraine. Education: The Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Fine Arts History and Theory (1990-1995). Specialty: Art Critic. Since 1999 - Member of Georgian Artist’s Union. Since 2012 - Member of National Creative Unity of Georgian Artists. Since 2017 - Member in Circle Foundation for the Arts (Lyon, France). Since 2017 - Member of Georgian Art Guild. Since 2019 - Member of Eurasian Artist’s Union. Since 2019 - Member of International Association VATIKAM (Paris, France). Awards: Gold Medal, First Place in the ABSTRACT category (International Fine Arts Exhibit «ART CLASH», New York Realism Online Gallery, New York City, USA, 2016). Gold Medal in the ABSTRACT category (international online exhibition "ART & SHADOW", New York, USA, 2019). Gold Medal, First Place in the nomination of ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM (Russian Cup of Artistic Work, Moscow, Russian Federation, 2019). 2018 - 2019 — American Art Awards Winner. 2018 — Russian Art Awards Laureate. 2018 - 2019 — Laureate of the International contest «Best works», VATIKAM. 2019 — Artist Of The Year, New-York, USA. 2020 — Artist Of The Decade, New-York, USA. Certificates and Diplomas — USA, England, Switzerland, Russia, Hungary, France, Italy, Israel, etc. Solo and group exhibitions – from 1990 to the present day (in detail look on the website www.damenia-philauri.com). Part of the works are in private and public collections in many countries of the world.