Nona
Markarian

Awardee

Country

Georgia

Nona Markarian researches alternative spaces for artistic production in urban environment.

Themes
Environment / Climate emergency
Others
Disciplines
Artistic Research
Photography
Sound Art
Video Art
Visual Art
Awards
SEED Award 2022

Profile

Nona Markarian is an emerging cultural practitioner from Batumi, Georgia, with a Master’s degree in Innovation and Organization of Culture and the Arts from the University of Bologna, Italy (2020). Her multidisciplinary practice is focused on researching alternative space for artistic production in urban environment as well as across online networks. Since 2018 she has initiated several projects, including Misamarti festival and Liquid Structures, which represent artistic urban interventions aimed at bringing contemporary art into public spaces, facilitating dialogue about city ownership and organisation. Nona is currently member of a feminist collective Minadora, which researches decentralized social networks and tries to build emancipatory tools/platforms in Georgia.