Nikoloz Nadirashvili is the curator in residency at the CERA Project, a programme funded by the European Union in the framework of the EU4Culture project implemented by the Goethe-Institut, Czech Centers, Danish Cultural Institute, and Institut Français de Géorgie. 

During his residency in Portugal, he will research the incorporation of religious themes in modern and contemporary Portuguese art, departing from the period of “Estado Novo,” which might echo the Soviet totalitarian regime. He will also research contemporary Portuguese religious-themed art under queer and political subjects. 

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Nikoloz Nadirashvili is a contemporary art historian and curator from Tbilisi, Georgia, where he works as Chief Curator of TRANSCENDENTALIA at ​​Peace Cathedral. Previously, he lectured at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University while managing the Contemporary Art archive – Tbilisi (www.archive.propaganda.network) and Oxygen Biennial (www.oxygen.propaganda.network). Since 2013, he has curated numerous exhibitions and collaborated with different organisations, namely UNESCO, the Noosfera Foundation, the Georgian Embassy in Paris, and the Ministry of Culture, Sport, and Youth of Georgia. He holds a MA in Art History from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (Georgia), followed by an MA in Arts, Policy and Marketing from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands). He is a member of the Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art.

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The European Union funds this residency programme, in the framework of the EU4Culture a project implemented by the Goethe-Institut, Czech Centers, Danish Cultural Institute, and Institut Français de Géorgie.

If you are interested in his research and meeting him, please email us:

theceraproject@gmail.com