​George Bezani is a New York City-based multidisciplinary artist whose painting practice explores the fragility of contemporary life and the socio-cultural impacts of techno-authoritarianism. Through a narrative approach, his work addresses the fragmentation of human experience across online and offline communities, foregrounds the mechanisms of cognitive colonization within a polarized digital era, and articulates states of corporeal estrangement alongside emergent modalities of communication.
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Bezani earned his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and has received notable accolades, such as the Fondazione Claudio Buziol Prize (Venice, 2008), the Swiss Textile Prize (Zurich, 2009), and the Outstanding Artist award from the Austrian Ministry of Culture (bm:ukk, Vienna, 2011). In addition to his visual art practice, Bezani spent a successful decade in the fashion industry, working as a designer for his own brand as well as for companies such as 3.1 Phillip Lim and The Row.
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Bezani's work has been presented at institutions such as the MAK Museum (Vienna), the Arnhem Biennale, the Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao), and CICA Museum (South Korea). His ​work has been featured in The New York Times, Harper's Bazaar Japan, Wallpaper magazine, Der Standard, Die Presse and Artforum, among others.
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2011 MFA, Institute of Design: Fashion | Veronique Branquinho / Bernhard Willhelm, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT
2004 BA, Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Design, Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, GE
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Future Tense, January 25 - April 22, curated by Leonard Iheagwam (Soldier), myma, New York, NY
2026 Postcards from the Edge, January 24 - January 26, Berry Campbell Gallery, New York, NY
2025 Cultureedit Art Auction, April 10 - April 26, curated by Joakim Andreasson, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Send Me Nudes!, November 9 - November 23, curated by Naruki Kukita, nAd Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024 The Red Show, October 4 - October 20, Galerie Shibumi, New York, NY
2024 Uncharted Waters: Technological Imprints, July 17 - July 31, curated by Yige Bai and Yifan Liu, A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Memory of the Existing and the Imaginary, August 27 - September 13, Contemporary Art Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
2024 Change, July 24 - August 10, Usagi NY Space, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Just Imagine by Liquitex, May 9 - May 19, 99 Scott, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Objects Without (Home), April 17 - April 28, curated by Annie Ziyao and Bebe Uddin, :iidrr Gallery, New York, NY
2023​ MVA Open Studios - Liquitex AIR Residents, October 21 - October 22, East Orange, NJ
2023 Gagosian Gallery Staff Exhibition, July 31 - August 21, Gagosian 541 West 24th Street, New York City, NY
2023 Breath, June 21 - July 29, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, KOR
2022 Speaklow, December 4 - December 5, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Show Off, February 14 - August 30, curated by Ulrike Tschabitzer-Handler and Andreas Bergbauer, MAK Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT
2018 Mode als Statement, June 16 - September 8, curated by Barbara Putz-Plecko, Galeriefreihausgasse, Villach, AT
2016 NJAL at Waldorf Astoria Hotel, December 4 - December 13, curated by Stefan Siegel, New York, NY
2011​ Outstanding11 (bm:ukk), June 14, RadioKulturhaus, Vienna, AT
2011 Arnhem Biennale, June 1 - July 3, curated by Carlo Wijnands, Arnhem, NL
2010 Bilbao International Art & Fashion Competition, February 13 - September 12, Guggenheim Bilbao, ESP
Residencies
2025 Mark Rothko Museum Residency Program, October 15 - November 1, Daugavpils, LV
2022 Liquitex Residency Program, November 14 - January 24, East Orange, NJ
2010 Master Class in Master Crafts by Camper, July 16 - July 25, Mallorca, ESP
Awards
2023 Art Vue Foundation Award, Brussels, BE
2022 Liquitex Award, New York, USA
2011 Outstanding Artist Award supported by the Austrian Ministry of Culture (bm:ukk), Vienna, AT
2011 Der Standard - Rondo Vöslauer Award, Vienna, AT
2010 Startstipendium - the Austrian Ministry of Culture (bm:ukk), Vienna, AT
2009 PENG! Editorial Award, Vienna, AT
2009 Swiss Textiles Sponsorship Prize, Zurich, CH
2009 SONG Concept Store Prize, Vienna, AT
2008 Fondazione Claudio Buziol Prize, Venice, IT
Publications
2017 Fashion - Aus der Kostüm- und Modesammlung by Elisabeth Frottier, Birkhäuser Verlag, AT
2012 Menswear: Fashion Forward Designers by Louis Bou, Instituto Monsa de Ediciones, ES
2012 Fashion 2 by Friederike Krump, alt/cramer publishers, Berlin, DE
2011 The Poetry of Fashion Design by Paz Diman, Rockport publishers, USA
2010 Master Class in Master Crafts by Camper, Nova Era Barcelona, ESP
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Collections
2025 Mark Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, LV
2008 Collection and Archive of University of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT
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Press
The New York Times, Style.com Magazine, Citizen K, Fashionisto, Amarta, Peng! Magazine, Vogue Ukraine, Wallpaper*, Der Standard - Rondo, Curatory Magazine, Diva, GQ Russia, Cosmopolitan, Boulevard Magazine, Die Presse, Harper's Bazaar KZ, Suboart Magazine, uMag, Falter, Dash Magazine, FLUX, Missy Magazine, Harper's Bazaar Japan, XII Magazine, FAQ Magazine, Vogue Japan, Artforum.​​​​​​​​
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