📁 BARB ABULASHVILI

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  I am a painter and I find great joy in expansion of material practice for contextual research. I predominantly work with cutting wood into shapes from sketches, airbrushing the background, and oil painting the foreground. I create sound from scratch to activate the artwork beyond the two dimensional surface, giving form to what language may soften.

  I am creating a flourishing ecosystem for sapphic omnipotence through coded language. The Venus flytrap has become a symbol in my paintings of commitment to the truth in queer identity despite familial constraints. The repetition of this plant is a ritual embracing sapphic narratives. The green girl is a character named Margo, who brings the anxiety of sexuality to human-form. Lace Lady is Margo’s lover, who embodies peace found in queer love. My lace flies identify the romanticization of undesirability. I pay homage to queer history full of coded signals for survival by painting my own fantastical coded language. I paint in codes to remain safe in my own familial settings.





IF LOST OR STRAYED, RETURN TO JASPER’S GARDEN
2025
Oil and acrylic on wood, touch sensor, sound
4x4 Ft
$10,000



TUCKED INTO THE TEETH OF WORSHIP

2026
Acrylic on canvas 
30x36 inches
$1,500



QUEEN KESARIA

2026
Acrylic & Oil on canvas 
$2,500

CONTEMPLATOR OF THE MINDLESS 

2026
Acrylic on canvas 
24x30
SOLD



SOUL FULFILLMENT OF THE SOUL HOUSE

2025
Oil and acrylic on wood 
30x30 inches
$3,000



Blood of the Soul Causes the Psyche to Hold Onto what it Has Seen


2025
Oil and Acrylic on woodcut
2x4 feet

$2,200



LACED LAND


2025
Oil and acrylic on canvas
26 x 30 inches
$1,150



Self-Seated at Margo’s Pond


2025

Oil 
18x24 inches    
NOT FOR SALE



I Told Mama

2024

Oil and Acrylic 
25x30 inches 
$3,000


mother, daughter, and the divine spirit


2024
acrylic, fabric, woodcuts with a bandsaw
12 x 24 inches

Mother: $500
Daughter: $500
The Divine Spirit: SOLD