{"id":27587,"date":"2025-09-30T07:12:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T07:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/?p=27587"},"modified":"2025-10-01T00:27:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:27:58","slug":"tea-silagadze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/2025\/09\/30\/tea-silagadze\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea Silagadze"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27587\" class=\"elementor elementor-27587\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55b3732 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55b3732\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-266f506 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"266f506\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 22-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tYear of birth: January 30, 1982<br>\nWhere do you live: Tbilisi, Georgia<br>\nYour education: Degree in Law (not practicing; currently Sales Manager at \u201cIpkhli Dighomi\u201d bakery company, 15 years)<br>\nDescribe your art in three words: Symbolic, Transformative, Emotional<br>\nYour discipline: Painting (oil, acrylic, mixed media, phosphorescent techniques)<br>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/silagadzeteko\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f23195a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f23195a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e873eea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e873eea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27568 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Img-1643.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Img-1643.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Img-1643-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Img-1643-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Img-1643-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Img-1643-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Img-1643-600x1066.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/h4><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">You began painting quite recently, in 2020. What inner impulse first led you to create art during the pandemic?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I started painting during the pandemic\u2014a time when the whole world suddenly stopped and silence filled the air. For me, that silence became an inner call. I felt an overwhelming need to express emotions that had no words: fear, hope, transformation. Picking up the brush wasn\u2019t a planned decision; it was a natural response to life itself. Art became my way of breathing in uncertain times.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">How did your creative process evolve from your first paintings to the large-scale, symbol-rich canvases you create today?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">At first, I painted purely by intuition, without preparation or a clear concept. Over time, my process grew more layered and symbolic. I began researching myths, personal memories, and social themes, weaving them into complex compositions. My canvases became larger because I needed more space to fully express ideas\u2014almost like entering another dimension where symbols, colors, and emotions coexist.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27569 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Awakening-Light-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Awakening-Light-2022.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Awakening-Light-2022-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Awakening-Light-2022-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Awakening-Light-2022-768x1074.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Awakening-Light-2022-600x839.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Tea Silagadze | Awakening Light | 2022<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a self-taught artist, what advantages and challenges has this brought to your practice?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being self-taught has given me freedom. I\u2019ve never felt bound by academic rules or traditional approaches, so I could explore in my own way, guided only by intuition. Of course, there were challenges\u2014technical hurdles, learning through mistakes, and moments of doubt. But this independence ultimately shaped my authentic voice. My art is truly mine, unfiltered.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mythology and transformation are central to your work. Which specific myths or legends inspire you most, and why?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m deeply inspired by Georgian myths, especially those connected with mountains, heroes, and transformation. The legend of Mount Khvamli fascinates me\u2014it\u2019s said to be a mystical place where divine treasures and secrets are hidden. I also draw from universal myths of metamorphosis, such as the Phoenix rising from ashes. These stories resonate with me because they reflect cycles of destruction and rebirth, both collective and personal.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27570 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Awakening-Light-2022-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Awakening-Light-2022-1.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Awakening-Light-2022-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Awakening-Light-2022-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Awakening-Light-2022-1-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Tea Silagadze | Awakening Light | 2022<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many of your paintings portray metamorphosis and rebirth. How do these ideas reflect your own life experiences?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Metamorphosis for me isn\u2019t just a theme; it\u2019s a lived reality. I\u2019ve gone through many inner transformations\u2014times of pain and silence, but also of renewal. Each painting is a mirror of those inner changes. Through art, I turn personal struggles into images of hope and resilience, showing that from darkness, new light can always emerge.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">You often use fluorescent and phosphorescent paints, creating works that transform between day and night. What drew you to this dual-light approach?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was fascinated by the idea that a painting could have two lives\u2014one in daylight and another in darkness. Life itself has these two dimensions: the visible and the hidden, the conscious and the subconscious. Fluorescent and phosphorescent paints allow me to capture that mystery. When the lights go out, the painting doesn\u2019t disappear\u2014it transforms, just like people do in their inner worlds.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27571 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Born-From-Roots-To-Take-Flight-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Born-From-Roots-To-Take-Flight-1.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Born-From-Roots-To-Take-Flight-1-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Born-From-Roots-To-Take-Flight-1-645x1024.jpg 645w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Born-From-Roots-To-Take-Flight-1-768x1219.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Born-From-Roots-To-Take-Flight-1-968x1536.jpg 968w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tea-Silagadze-Born-From-Roots-To-Take-Flight-1-600x952.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Tea Silagadze | Born From Roots To Take Flight<\/p><h4>You\u2019ve addressed social issues, such as violence against women, in your publications. How do you balance personal symbolism with social commentary?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">For me, personal symbolism and social commentary are inseparable. When I paint about violence against women, I\u2019m not only addressing a collective issue but also expressing empathy, pain, and the longing for transformation. The symbols I use\u2014broken wings, metamorphosis, rebirth\u2014speak both to individual healing and to society\u2019s need for change. 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