Teona Gogichaishvili is a Georgian-born curator, artist, and educator based in Germany for nearly three decades. Since 2006, she has taught at various institutions in Germany and internationally. She holds a Master of Arts in Photography and Design, following studies in German language and literature as well as photography in Cologne and at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, where she studied under Katharina Bosse and Anna Zika.

Her practice operates at the intersection of conceptual and contemporary photography, incorporating experimental approaches as well as narrative video. Her artistic work explores themes of home, migration, identity, feminist perspectives, and diversity, often through hybrid visual storytelling.

Since 2011, she has been co-organizer and curator of the KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO Festival, one of Georgia’s leading international photography festivals. In this context, she has curated over 30 exhibitions featuring artists such as Jonas Bendiksen, Sarah Moon, and Lela Ahmadzai.

Her recent curatorial projects include NEW DYNAMICS – TRANSFORMING DIVERSITY, presented at f² Fotofestival Dortmund (2025), bringing together 13 international artists exploring new visual languages beyond traditional photography. In 2026, she curated TAVISSUPLEBA | FREIHEIT at FREELENS Galerie in Hamburg, an exhibition presenting works by Georgian photographers on the current protest movement.

Teona Gogichaishvili regularly serves as a portfolio reviewer at international platforms, including FotoFest Houston, Hamburg Portfolio Review, Visa pour l’Image, and the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York. She is co-founder of PURPUR COLLECTIVE, an initiative dedicated to strengthening female perspectives in photography, and recently produced the short film How to Be/See a Woman, presented at international festivals and in accompanying talks.

Since 2018, she has been a member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh), where she has also served on the executive board. Her artistic and curatorial projects are exhibited nationally and internationally.

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