Living in Geneva since the 2000s, Koka Ramishvili was born in Georgia as a member of the “last Soviet generation”. He has always reflected on post-Soviet topics in his art. He majored in film and industrial design at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts and Architecture in the class of 1975-1980. He has worked in several genres – installation, painting, photo and video art – since the start of his artistic career. In the 1980s and 90s he was living in the vivid art scene of Tbilisi, which was defined by the independent Georgia, reviving from its own cultural and intellectual traditions, as well as by the desire for democratic transition. “These political and intellectual hopes have been dashed. In the various work complexes which Koka Ramishvili has since created, critical comments on the development of his land have always been a feature. He observes changes of values and reacts to them in his choice of both media and themes.” (Kathrin Bettina Müller) In 1989 Koka Ramishvili exhibited this triptych at the Studio of Young Artists in Budapest along with other young Georgian artists. The triptych shows dimensional and positional variants of the mysterious figure – resembling an ancient jewel (hairpin) or crafted hand tool – painted on monotone background. This early painting already marks his interest in abstract symbols and objects, which evolved into objects and installations in the early nineties. In 2009 he represented Georgia at the Venice Biennale.