Biography and exhibitions
 
Shakro Bokuchava
 
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
1975-1979 Built up studio in Sukhumi - art jewellery and painting
1979 First personal exhibition in Sukhumi
1981 Admitted to the USSR Painters' Society
1981-1989 Took part in over 60 exhibitions of the Painters' Society in Moscow, Sukhumi, Tbilisi, Tashkent and Berlin
1989 Moves to St. Petersburg, Russia
1989-1992 Several regional exhibitions in and around St. Petersburg, Russia
1990 "Dedication to Van Gogh" exhibition, "Palitra" gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1992 TINATIN Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1993 PALYTRA Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
1993 Member of the international UNESCO Federation of Painters
1993 Central Gallery of the Painters' Society in St. Petersburg LENEXPO, St.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
Dec.1998 - Jan.1999 "Christmas Exhibition", Exhibition Centre of the Painters' Society in St. 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
Nov.2000 - Mar.2001 Russian Resplendence II Exhibition, Fred Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Mar.2002 Placid Life of Objects Exhibition, Art Gorod Gallery,
St. Petersburg, Russia
Jan.2003 - Feb.2003 SMC's Pete & Susan Barrett Art Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA, USA
31th July - 29th August 2004  the 800th Anniversary of City of Landshut celebrations Exhibition
Landshut, Bavaria, Germany
November 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
28th September - 12 October 2006  "The Autumn salon", Book and Graphics Center Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
9th October - 5th December 2006  "The Image of Woman in the World Art. From XVIII-XXI centuries", Impressio Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
17th April - 17th May 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
 
Shakro Bokuchava is a free artist. He lives and works in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Paintings by Shakro Bokuchava have been purchased by the Credit Lyonnais Bank, the 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, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and USA.