American artist (born 1960)

Batu Siharulidze (born 7 May 1960 in the Republic of Georgia) is an American artist, most widely known for his abstract figurative sculptures. He now lives in Boston, M*achusetts where he is an *ociate Professor of Art at Boston University.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Philosophy
• 3 Compe*ions
• 4 Museums
• 5 Permanent Displays
• 6 References

Biography

Isidore "Batu" Siharulidze was born on May 7, 1960 in Kutaisi, Republic of Georgia. Batu’s talent as a sculptor was recognized while he was in his early teens, and he was given entry into the Tbilisi College of Art at the age of fourteen. One of his early bronze sculptures, “Boy on a Horse”, is now in the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. Batu earned a graduate degree in sculpture from the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Art and a post-graduate degree from the All-Union Academy in Moscow. After earning his post-graduate degree he taught at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts until he came to the U.S. in 1994, having been granted the status of an “Artist of Exceptional Talent”. Batu became a U.S. citizen in 2002. He has continued his career as an artist and educator, teaching sculpture and drawing in several U.S. universities, including Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University, and Boston University.

Over the last decade Batu has exhibited and participated in the sculpture exhibits and symposiums in the U.S., Turkey, Italy, China, Spain, Great Britain, Austria, Netherlands, Russia, and Georgia. His works are held in museums, private collections, and in permanent outdoor displays in the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Turkey, India, China, and Georgia.

Batu lives with his wife and two children in Boston, M*achusetts. Currently he is an *ociate Professor of Art, Chairman of the Sculpture Department and Head of the Graduate Sculpture Program at Boston University. He teaches various sculpting cl*es, as well as figure drawing cl*es. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Contemporary Art International, Inc.

Philosophy

Batu has stated that his art "seeks a universal quality." And although his work reflects the past in that he utilizes many traditional methods of sculpture, he states that his work "is not strictly traditional...I try to imbue my sculptures with a contemporary feeling. I believe each generation must renew the past, so that the present will have value for future generations."His main artistic goal is "not to simply transcribe my experience of the world but to do so in fresh and compelling ways so that my art can be appreciated by all viewers"

Compe*ions

2015Fifth International Bronze Sculpture Compe*ionVadodara, India

2014China-Fuzhou International Sculpture Compe*ionFuzhou, China

2014First International Sculpture Compe*ionTormino, Spain

2014Seventh International Sculpture Compe*ion, "Autumn Inspiration", Penza, Russia

201314th China Changchun (Nong'an) International Sculpture Compe*ion,Changchun, China

2012Sculpture Compe*ion, Akhalkalaki Municipality Architectural ProjectAkhalkalaki, Georgia

2012Fifth International Sculpture Compe*ion, "Autumn Inspiration", Penza, Russia

2012Twelfth Sculpture Compe*ion, "Ancient Enigma", Andres Ins*ute of Art,Brookline, New Hampshire, United States

2011First International Granite Carving Compe*ion,Acton, M*achusetts, USA

2010First International Copper Sculpture Compe*ionTongling, Anhuik, China

2010Second International Bronze Sculpture Compe*ionVadodara, India

2009Fifth China (Hui'an) Carving Art FestivalHui'an, Jiangua, China

2008Huseyin Gezer International Marble Carving Compe*ionMersin, Turkey

2008 IV International Termera (Asat) Stone Sculpture Compe*ionBodrum, Turkey

2006International Stone Sculpture Compe*ionAnkara University, Ankara, Turkey

2003 International Stone Sculpture Compe*ionTrakia University, Trakia (Border of Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria)

2002International Stone Sculpture Compe*ionMersin, Turkey

1997Pier Walk '97Chicago, Illinois, USA

1991Rustavi International Sculpture Compe*ionRustavi, Georgia

Museums

• Aegean Sea, Marble,

Murat Balkan Outdoor Sculpture Museum, Bodrum, Turkey

• Adam & Eve 2, Bronze,

Murat Kalkan Art Collection, Ankara, Turkey

• Adam & Eve in Repose, Plaster,

B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC, USA

• Communist Freedom, Painted Plaster,

Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey

• Boy on Horse, Bronze,

Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey

• Portrait of Norton Dodge, Bronze,

Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey

• Dying Warrior, Marble & Bronze,

Modern Art Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia

• Tied Man, Life-Size Painted Plaster,

Fine Art Museum, Kutaisi, Georgia

Permanent Displays

• In The River, 8' x 9' x 3', Bronze

Uttaryan Foundation Sculpture Park, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

• Galicia, 5.7' x 5.7' x 2.62', Granite

Public Space, Tormino, Spain

• Day with Dragon, 7' x 9' x 2', Bronze

Sculpture Park, Penza, Russia

• Playing in the Rice Fields, 8' x 5' x 2', Bronze

Nong'an People's Park, Changchun, China

• Sunset, 6' x 8' x 3', Bronze

Sculpture Park, Penza, Russia

• Conscious, 4' x 6' x 3', Granite

Andres Ins*ute Sculpture Park, Brookline, New Hampshire, USA

• Asleep, 7' x 4' x 3', Granite

Sculpture Garden, Acton, M*achusetts, USA

• Kneeling Girl, 6 ' x 4' x 2', Copper

Tongling Sculpture Park, Tonglin, Anhui, China

• Chinese Girl, 1 1/2' x 3' x 2', Wood

Jilin University, Changchun, China

• On the Horizon, 6' x 8' x 3', Bronze

Uttaryan Foundation Sculpture Park, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

• Adam & Eve, 8' x 4' 4', Bronze

Chanchun Sculpture Park, Shuagyang, Changcun, Jilnan, China

• Hui'an Girl, 5 1/2' x 8' x 3', Green Granite

Public Space, Hui'an, Jiangsu, China

• Tied Man, 6' x 7' x 3', White Marble

Public Space, Mercin, Turkey

• Human Mind, 5' x 6' x 3', White Marble,

Ankara University Sculpture Garden, Ankara, Turkey

• Aegean Sea, 6' x 7' x 3', White Marble

Aspat Outdoor Sculpture Museum, Bodrum, Turkey

• Trakia, 7' x 6' x 4', White Marble

Peace Garden, Border of Turkey, Bulgaria, and Greece

• Table, 4' x 6' x 3', White Marble

Public Space, Mersin, Turkey

• Embrace, 8' x 4' x 4', Bronze

Stoneleigh, Fairfax, Virginia

• Tranquility, 7' z 4' x 5', Stone

Sculpture Garden, Rustavi, Georgia

References