Кура (2004) Painting by Andro Khani

Andro Khani was born in 1963 to the family of famous artist Khan Shan Lun, the citizen of China who immigrated to Georgia in 1955 and whose paintings are well known among professionals and amateurs of fine arts.
From his early childhood Andro Khani has been accustomed by his father to painting. At the age of 14 he started visiting Givi Cheradze Art Studio and remained there up until his entrance to the Georgian Academy of Arts at the faculty of Industrial Design.
After graduating from high school in 1980 Andro Khani started working at the Tbilisi Art Fund as an artist.
Upon graduating from the Georgian Academy of Arts in 1990 he worked extensively in the field of painting.
In 1992 the artist’s father died and he permanently moved with his family to Moscow.
In Moscow Andro Khani worked at various companies as an art-decorator and creative director. During those years he dreamed of dedicating himself to painting and finally in 2003 he was given this opportunity.
In 2003-2005 years he created a large number of paintings made with different techniques of monumental art.
In 2003 Andro Khani became a member of the International Arts Fund. In 2004 he arranged a personal exhibition at the Art Fund of Moscow for his father’s and his own art works that was highly appreciated by professionals. After that he frequently exhibited his works at The Centre of Painters of Moscow.
Since 2009 he has been a member of Association of Artists of Russia.
All this time, he was drawn to his homeland and in 2013 he is finally back in Georgia where he faces very big changes in the cultural and social life. So he decided to donate his father’s works to country of Georgia that at this moment are being kept in Georgian National Museum of Music, Choreography and Cinema.
In 2016 Andro Khani finally moves to Georgia and dedicates himself to painting.

• Nationality: GEORGIA
• Date of birth : 1963
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Georgian Contemporary Artists