Abstraction

Temo Tailuri was born in 1956 in Tbilisi, Georgia. He studied architecture at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, where he began his professional career as an architect. Alongside his architectural practice, Tailuri developed a strong passion for art, creating a substantial body of work and becoming actively involved in Georgia’s artistic scene from the mid-1980s onward.

His early artistic career was marked by participation in numerous important exhibitions in Tbilisi. In 1985, he took part in the group exhibition “40 Years of Victory,” followed by the Georgian Spring Exhibition at the National Gallery in 1986. By the late 1980s, Tailuri was exhibiting with avant-garde artists in Tbilisi, including at the Cinema House and the Avant-Garde Artists’ Exhibition in 1989. In 1990, he participated in the “April 9” Exhibition, an important cultural moment in Georgia’s contemporary history.

Throughout the early 1990s, Tailuri continued to exhibit actively in both group and solo exhibitions. In 1991, he presented a solo exhibition at the House of Ritual in Tbilisi and participated in “Mirror as an Object: Reflection in Space” at the Karvasla Museum, as well as a group exhibition at Karvasla. In 1992, he held a solo exhibition at Tetri Galeria / White Gallery in Tbilisi. The following years saw his works included in exhibitions at New Gallery, Artist’s House, the Ethnographic Museum of Tbilisi, the National Gallery, and the Georgian Art Museum, including the 1994 exhibition “From Romanticism to Postmodernism.” In 1995, Tailuri participated in several exhibitions, including the Spring Exhibition and the Annual Spring and Fall Exhibitions at the Tbilisi National Gallery, as well as an exhibition at the Modern Art Gallery. He later exhibited in the Ivertbank Group Exhibition in 1996 and the Spring Exhibition in Tbilisi in 1998.

In parallel with his artistic practice, Tailuri remained active in architecture. During the 1990s, he worked on several large-scale architectural projects in Georgia, including the Rustavi Cultural Center, where he designed the Pyramid, which became a recognizable landmark of the city.

In the early 2000s, Tailuri moved to New York, USA, where his artistic practice evolved further. During this period, he began experimenting with abstract forms, dynamic compositions, and vibrant color palettes. His works evoke the energy of Abstract Expressionism, particularly the influence of Jackson Pollock, while maintaining a distinctive visual language through Tailuri’s unique use of color, movement, and spatial rhythm.

Since the late 2000s, Tailuri’s works have been exclusively represented by Art Gallery Line. Throughout the 2010s, he continued to develop his artistic language, expanding the expressive range of his work while further refining his distinctive approach to form, color, and composition. In the later part of the decade, his creative practice broadened into new forms of design, including jewelry, reflecting his ongoing interest in the relationship between art, object, and architectural form.

Temo Tailuri stands as a distinguished artist with a deeply personal and recognizable body of work. His practice brings together architecture, abstraction, color, and form into a distinct visual language that reflects both his Georgian roots and his international artistic evolution. Over the course of his career, Tailuri’s works have been exhibited in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Caucasus region, affirming his place as an artist whose creative vision resonates across cultures and geographies.