Biography

15.02.1951 Born in Ochamchire, Georgia
1968 – 1974 Studies at the Art School in Sukhumi, Georgia
1973 – 1979 Attended Varvara Bubnova's «Home Academy» in Sukhumi, Georgia
1975 – 1979 Built up studio in Sukhumi - art jewellery and painting
1975 First exhibition, Sukhumi, Georgia
1977 First solo exhibition, Sukhumi, Georgia
1981 Admitted to the USSR Painters Society
1975 – 1989 Took part in over 60 exhibitions of the Painters' Society in Moscow, Sukhumi, Tbilisi, Tashkent and Berlin
1989 Moves to Saint Petersburg, Russia
1989 – 1992 Several regional exhibitions in and around Saint Petersburg, Russia
1990 «Dedication to Van Gogh» exhibition, «Palitra» gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1992 Tinatin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1993 Palitra Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1993 Member of the international UNESCO Federation of Painters
1993 LENEXPO exhibition center, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1994 Group exhibitions around Heidelberg, Germany
1995 Commerzbank, Johannesburg, South Africa
1996 Gallery Klüber, Weinheim, Germany
1998 Villa Meixner, Brühl, Germany
1998 Gallerie Pro Arte Kasper, Morges, Switzerland
1998 – 1999 «Christmas Exhibition», Exhibition Centre of the Painters Society, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1999 Galerie Van Eijk, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1999 Führungsakademie des Landes Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe, Germany
1999 ACRITEC, Munich, Germany
2000 K-Galerie, Munich, Germany
2000 – 2001 Russian Resplendence II Exhibition, Fred Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
2003 SMC's Pete & Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2004 The 800th Anniversary of City of Landshut celebrations exhibition, Landshut, Bavaria, Germany
2004 «ArtIndex. Saint Petersburg Art», the Russian Ethnographic Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2004 – 2006 Group exhibitions of Sol Art Gallery in New York, Florida, Los Angeles, USA
2005 Edge Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2006 Edge Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2006 «The Autumn salon», Book and Graphics Center Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2006 «The Image of Woman in the World Art. From XVIII-XXI centuries», Impressio Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2007 «Jewels», ASA ART Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2008 Sol Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2008 Edge Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2009 Mohovaya-18 Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2009 Sol Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2010 Sol Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2011 Sol Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2012 Edge Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2013 Art League Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2019 Sol Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2022 Sol Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Shakro Bokuchava is a free artist and has no exclusive contracts.

Paintings by Shakro Bokuchava have been purchased by Crédit Lyonnais Bank, Commerzbank in South Africa, the Art Museum in Tbilisi, the Art Gallery in Sukhumi and by galleries and private collectors in Australia, Canada, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA.