Tolia Astakhishvili and James Richards

Join SculptureCenter for a public program bringing together longtime collaborators James Richards and Tolia Astakhishvili. This program runs in conjuction with Tolia's current exhibition at SculptureCenter, between father and mother (2024).

James Richards has recently held solo exhibitions at Haus Mödrath – Räume für Kunst, Kerpen (2021); Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2020); Malmö Konsthall (2019); Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (2018) and Secession, Vienna (2018). His work has also been presented in significant surveys at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2023); Camden Arts Center, London (2020); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2018); Tate Britain, London (2018); Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York (2017); Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover (2016); Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2016) and Kunstverein München, Munich (2015). In 2017, he represented Wales at the 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. He lives and works in Berlin.

Tolia Astakhishvili works and lives in Berlin and Tbilisi. Astakhishvili's recent solo exhibitions include The First Finger (chapter II), Haus am Waldsee, Berlin (2023); The First Finger, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (2023); and I Think It's Closed, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld (2023). Her work has been included in exhibitions at Emalin, London (2024); Sweetwater, Berlin (2024); Kunsthalle Zürich (2023); Molitor Gallery, Berlin (2023); LC Queisser, Tbilisi (2023); Shahin Zarinbal, Berlin (2022); Felix Gaudlitz, Vienna (2022); LC Queisser, Tbilisi (2022); Art Hub Copenhagen, Copenhagen (2021); Räume für Kunst, Kerpen (2021); Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (2021); Capitain Petzel Galerie, Berlin (2021); Goethe Institute Bulgaria / Earth and Man National Museum, Sofia (2019); Malmö Konsthall, Malmö (2019); and Cabinet, London (2018).