Anka Gujabidze

Anka GUJABIDZE (1987, Georgia) is a visual artist based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Prior to shifting into filmmaking recently, Anka worked as a professional photographer for more than 10 years, specialising in documentary, conceptual and portrait photos. She has an MA degree in Photography from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK), Gent, Belgium (2011-2013) and a BA in Animation from the Theatre and Film University, Tbilisi, Georgia. Anka’s works have been displayed at exhibitions in Tbilisi and abroad and published in several international anthologies. In 2024, she completed Temo Re for which she adopted the format of a black-and-white photo montage. In previous years, Anka Gujabidze authored several projects, including Death to Mosquitoes During Summer Days (2019), a candid and elegiac photo series depicting life in Georgia’s remote, rural and urban areas, You Got It Today (2020), a photo series accompanied by text, aimed at capturing the COVID pandemic and isolation through women’s eyes, Bianka (2015), a multimedia portrait of a transgender woman living a defiant life in the face of societal homophobia and What the Hell Brought You Here? (2013), a photo series depicting a Georgian town that, in Soviet times, boomed as an industrial centre but has turned into a decaying and eerie space.

Filmography

თემო რე/Temo Re (2024)