Vasil Berela
Vasil Berela was born in Gori, Georgia. He grew up in a typically Georgian environment shaped by the aftermath of the Soviet era: a collapsed infrastructure, political anarchy, and the lingering shadow of civil war. For a child, this atmosphere was deeply formative. These early experiences continue to echo throughout Berela’s artistic work. Many of his pieces carry elements of escapism—opening doors to inner worlds where existence strives to survive amidst a bleak reality, or seeks to flee, perhaps even to forget. And yet, the body remains sensitive—vulnerable to external disturbances. It often appears helpless, almost exposed. No matter how far the mind retreats, the flesh remains. The further the soul withdraws into forgetfulness, the more permeable and reachable the body becomes to the harshness of the outside world. After the war in his hometown in 2008, Berela fled to Germany. Since 2011, he has been living and working in Berlin.
Works:
Vitae:
Solo exhibitions
2025: Crash me, but gently, Galerie Met, Berlin
2024: Transcendental Pathogen, BBA Gallery, Berlin
2023: Mirror Mirror, Weserhalle, Berlin
2023: Backshop Project, Culterim, Berlin
2012: Georgia Berlin Gallery, Berlin
2011: Eigen-Art Gallery (RheineKunst), Rheine
Group exhibitions (selection)
2025: The darkness is coming, Berlin
2025: This is not a Fact 48 Stunde Neukölln, Berlin
2024: 0 Nichts, Zeit ist Knapp, Berlin
2024: Habitat, Stadtwerkstatt Friedrichshain- Kreuzberg, Berlin
2023: Luftgrenzen, KA32, Berlin
2023: Al Dente, group exhibition, Berlin
2023: Tumult, Diploma Exhibition Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, Berlin
2023: Monochrome, SLP Galerie, Berlin
2022: No sex with robots, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin
2022: International art exhibition NordArt, Büdelsdorf
2021: Kühlhaus, Berlin
2021: International art exhibition NordArt, Büdelsdorf
2019: Kunstpunkt Berlin, Berlin
2018: Greenhaus, Berlin
2017: Greenhaus, Berlin
2016: Berlin-Weißensee School of Art
2014: Iberart Gallery, Berlin
2012: Georgia Berlin Gallery, Berlin
2010: Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
2008: Theological Seminary, Gori
2018: Scholarship holder of the Mart Stam Foundation
Educations
2015- 2023: Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Bildhauerei/Freie Kunst, Berlin,Germany
2003- 2004: Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Architecture, Tbilisi, Georgia
1993- 2003: Private studio Nugzar Jojuashvili, Gori, Georgia
1996- 1999: Anna Peradze Art School, Gori, Georgia
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