TBILISI
ART CENTER
Promoting
Chinese art
Tbilisi Art Center (TAC) is a non-for-profit organisation specialising in contemporary Chinese art.
Our network encompasses East and Central Asia, the Caucasus and Europe - all the countries of the ancient Silk Road. Throughout this region aim is to make cross-border connections, to strengthen the silken threads between museums, galleries, public foundations and private collections. Our base in Georgia means that we are perfectly placed, geographically and culturally, to serve as a bridge between Chinese artists and western collectors.
Our network encompasses East and Central Asia, the Caucasus and Europe - all the countries of the ancient Silk Road. Throughout this region aim is to make cross-border connections, to strengthen the silken threads between museums, galleries, public foundations and private collections. Our base in Georgia means that we are perfectly placed, geographically and culturally, to serve as a bridge between Chinese artists and western collectors.
Building Collections
PARIS ART HOME
Private Collection
LONDON ALMATY
Private Collection
LONDON COURTFIELD
Private Collection
GENEVA VALENTINI
Private Collection
GENEVA HARARI
Private Collection
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Geneva, Valentini
Li Shurui, Light of the sky #4, 2011 / Acrylic on canvas. / 150x200cm
Geneva, Valentini
Wang Guangle, 160116, 2016 / Acrylic on canvas. / 280x180cm
Geneva, Valentini
Geneva, Valentini
Wang Guangle, 160116, 2016 / Acrylic on canvas. / 280x180cm
Geneva, Valentini
Geneva, Valentini
Geneva, Valentini
Geneva, Valentini
Wang Yuyang, Moon 20200501, 2020 / Oil on canvas. / 120x120cm
Geneva, Harari
Wang Yuyang, Moon, oil on canvas.
Geneva, Harari
Li Shurui, Lady Dior Art Limited Edition
Geneva, Harari
Liu Wei, Purple air G, 2008 / Acrylic on canvas / 180x220cm
Wang Guangle, 160116, 2016 / Acrylic on canvas. / 280x180cm
Geneva, Harari
Geneva, Harari
Geneva, Harari
Geneva, Harari
Geneva, Harari
Paris Art Home
London, Almaty
London, Almaty
160123 by Wang Guangle Wang Guangle, 160123, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 280 cm × 180 cm × 5 cm
London, Almaty
Moon Wang Yuyang - 2018
London, Almaty
Xu Qu Currency Wars - Pound 50, New, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 150 x 158 cm
London, Almaty
Xu Qu Maze (relative), 2014
London, Almaty
Zhao Yao, « A Painting of Thought I-482 », 2018. Acrylic on found fabric, 180 x 180 cm
London, Courtfield
Wang Guanle “121202”, 2012 / Acrylic on canvas. / 280x180 cm
London, Courtfield
Zhao Zhao, Sky, 2014 / Oil on canvas. / 200x200cm
London, Courtfield
Wang Guanle “121202”, 2012 / Acrylic on canvas. / 280x180 cm
London, Courtfield
Wang Guanle “121202”, 2012 / Acrylic on canvas. / 280x180 cm
Tbilisi Art Center is a source and a service for art collectors across the world. We have a unique understanding of the contemporary Chinese art market, and unparalleled access to artists’ studios and galleries within China. We are known and trusted - and that means that we are able to provide up-to-date information about local and global trends, and are always the first to know about the best acquisition opportunities.
The TAC has helped grow collections in numerous locations.
The map below shows the some of the works that we have sourced or curated for clients, along with the private collections and public institutions where they are now to be found.
The TAC has helped grow collections in numerous locations.
The map below shows the some of the works that we have sourced or curated for clients, along with the private collections and public institutions where they are now to be found.
Staging
exhibitions
TAC works with leading international curators to create exhbitions of contemporary Chinese art in Silk Road countries, and so to raise the profile of the best artists working in China today. This involves placing works from the collections of our clients, bringing both the artists and the collections to the attention of the art world in which TAC has been involved.
We have staged monographic exhibitions in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Georgia, among other places. Here below are details of some of the events in which TAC has been involved.
[01]
Enlightening Times
At the Duddell’s Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China, Galerie, Paris, 2015.
Curated by Jerôme Sans
Sans, co-founder of Palais de Tokyo and former Director of Beijing’s UCCA, has selected key works by Wang Guangle (1976) and Li Shurui (1981). ‘Enlightening Times’ aimed to initiate a dialogue between two major figures from China’s contemporary art scene, who explore ever-changing states of light and colour in different ways.
Known for her large-format compositions that investigate the intimate relationship between the abstract concepts of light and space, Li Shurui’s ‘Lights’ series explored the physical and metaphysical elements of different light spectrums. The works of Wang Guangle sought to capture the passage of light varying over time and space. This was echoed in his series ‘Untitled’ in which the artist applies paint from the far edges of the canvas towards the centre. The resulting effect was an illusion of depth and the effect of an illuminated rectangle or void.
Curated by Jerôme Sans
Sans, co-founder of Palais de Tokyo and former Director of Beijing’s UCCA, has selected key works by Wang Guangle (1976) and Li Shurui (1981). ‘Enlightening Times’ aimed to initiate a dialogue between two major figures from China’s contemporary art scene, who explore ever-changing states of light and colour in different ways.
Known for her large-format compositions that investigate the intimate relationship between the abstract concepts of light and space, Li Shurui’s ‘Lights’ series explored the physical and metaphysical elements of different light spectrums. The works of Wang Guangle sought to capture the passage of light varying over time and space. This was echoed in his series ‘Untitled’ in which the artist applies paint from the far edges of the canvas towards the centre. The resulting effect was an illusion of depth and the effect of an illuminated rectangle or void.
[02]
Constellation
At the Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2017.
Curated by Ami Barak, exhibition included 40 works by 20 artists from the John Dodelande's and his partners Collections.
Curated by Ami Barak, Exhibition Constellation brings together 22 artists of different generations stemming back to Ai Weiwei who, following his return to China in the mid-1990s, has charted a path, defined by its conceptual rigor and, at times, an either explicit or more latent critique of both the state and the market. The selected artists in the exhibition range from Ai to a younger generation of artists, most of whose works express both the artists' own issues and the complex cultural and social concerns of the country. In this regard, their practices and strategies of artistic concept have been broadly based, each taking their own distinct paths of development.
Curated by Ami Barak, exhibition included 40 works by 20 artists from the John Dodelande's and his partners Collections.
Curated by Ami Barak, Exhibition Constellation brings together 22 artists of different generations stemming back to Ai Weiwei who, following his return to China in the mid-1990s, has charted a path, defined by its conceptual rigor and, at times, an either explicit or more latent critique of both the state and the market. The selected artists in the exhibition range from Ai to a younger generation of artists, most of whose works express both the artists' own issues and the complex cultural and social concerns of the country. In this regard, their practices and strategies of artistic concept have been broadly based, each taking their own distinct paths of development.
[03]
Constellation Baku
At the Heydar Haliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2017.
Curated by Ami Barak, exhibition included 40 works by 20 artists from the John Dodelande’s and his partners Collections.
Contemporary art in China has broken the stalemate 25 years ago thanks to the opening of the regime to the capitalist market system. The artistic avant-garde had the opportunity to openly manifest and to position itself towards more freedom and think and act with the present time. There are similarities and interesting parallels with the situation of the art in the Caucasus region but also valuable cultural differences. That is why an exhibition in such a context is a major symbolic event, re-establishing ancient connections between China and Caucasus. These territories were linked by the world’s oldest overland trade route, the Silk Road, formally established during the Han Dynasty, which linked China and the Middle East across the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus…
Curated by Ami Barak, exhibition included 40 works by 20 artists from the John Dodelande’s and his partners Collections.
Contemporary art in China has broken the stalemate 25 years ago thanks to the opening of the regime to the capitalist market system. The artistic avant-garde had the opportunity to openly manifest and to position itself towards more freedom and think and act with the present time. There are similarities and interesting parallels with the situation of the art in the Caucasus region but also valuable cultural differences. That is why an exhibition in such a context is a major symbolic event, re-establishing ancient connections between China and Caucasus. These territories were linked by the world’s oldest overland trade route, the Silk Road, formally established during the Han Dynasty, which linked China and the Middle East across the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus…
[04]
Racing the galaxy
At the Palace of Peace, Nur-Sultan, Kazakstan, 2019.
Curated by Dina Baitassova and Jerôme Sans
To mark the Year of Youth in Kazakhstan, 40 Kazakh and foreign artists (aged between 18-35) from 15 countries, including Argentina, China, Cuba, France, Korea, Italy, Madagascar, Turkey and the United States, presented their works. Among them one of the best works from Moon series by Wang Yuyang. It was held at the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation and Palace of Independence. Its curators are Dina Baitassova (Art Advisory Founder of Artios) and Jérôme Sans (French art critic and director of contemporary art institutions).
The Astana Art Show 2019 organisers were Artios Art Advisory and the city of Akimat, the Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Sport, the Kazakh National Museum and the Ruhani Zhangyru (Modernisation of Kazakhstan’s Identity) Programme Office.
Curated by Dina Baitassova and Jerôme Sans
To mark the Year of Youth in Kazakhstan, 40 Kazakh and foreign artists (aged between 18-35) from 15 countries, including Argentina, China, Cuba, France, Korea, Italy, Madagascar, Turkey and the United States, presented their works. Among them one of the best works from Moon series by Wang Yuyang. It was held at the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation and Palace of Independence. Its curators are Dina Baitassova (Art Advisory Founder of Artios) and Jérôme Sans (French art critic and director of contemporary art institutions).
The Astana Art Show 2019 organisers were Artios Art Advisory and the city of Akimat, the Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Sport, the Kazakh National Museum and the Ruhani Zhangyru (Modernisation of Kazakhstan’s Identity) Programme Office.
[05]
Singularity
At the Heydar Haliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2015.
Wang Yuyang, Singularity, an exhibition curated by Emin Mamadov.
The exhibition focused on the artists mixed media work and sculpture of the moon. In his speech, collector John Dodelande said that the uniqueness of Wang Yuyang’s works lies in the combination of science and art. The exhibition also featured samples of sculptures of the artist from the series “Electricity”, “Nameless-1” as well as works from the series “The Moon”. At the opening, the art spoke of his work “Singularity”, exhibited in the foyer of the Center. The diameter of the work presented at the exhibition was four meters, composed of 300 stepping motors and 3000 LED lamps.
Wang Yuyang, Singularity, an exhibition curated by Emin Mamadov.
The exhibition focused on the artists mixed media work and sculpture of the moon. In his speech, collector John Dodelande said that the uniqueness of Wang Yuyang’s works lies in the combination of science and art. The exhibition also featured samples of sculptures of the artist from the series “Electricity”, “Nameless-1” as well as works from the series “The Moon”. At the opening, the art spoke of his work “Singularity”, exhibited in the foyer of the Center. The diameter of the work presented at the exhibition was four meters, composed of 300 stepping motors and 3000 LED lamps.
[06]
Shades of Lights
Location: CKS Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland, February - April, 2025
More than 30 works from our collection were exhibited at CKS Gallery in Geneva.
Located in Geneva, CKS Gallery is specialized in Impressionism, Post-War and Contemporary Art. CKS Gallery carefully selects and exhibits exceptional works by major 20th and 21st-century artists such as Nicolas de Stael, Alberto and Diego Giacometti, Fernand Leger, Salvador Dali, Anselm Kiefer, Pierre Soulages, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Maurice Esteve, Victor Vasarely, and Georges Mathieu.
CKS Gallery is a place where the great names of modern and contemporary art converge.
More than 30 works from our collection were exhibited at CKS Gallery in Geneva.
Located in Geneva, CKS Gallery is specialized in Impressionism, Post-War and Contemporary Art. CKS Gallery carefully selects and exhibits exceptional works by major 20th and 21st-century artists such as Nicolas de Stael, Alberto and Diego Giacometti, Fernand Leger, Salvador Dali, Anselm Kiefer, Pierre Soulages, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Maurice Esteve, Victor Vasarely, and Georges Mathieu.
CKS Gallery is a place where the great names of modern and contemporary art converge.
[07]
When the Wind Turns East
Location: Misk Institute, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December - January 2026
Curated by Jerome Sans
When the Wind Turns East unfolds as a contemporary journey between two ancient worlds - China and Saudi Arabia - where the threads of memory, nature, and imagination intertwine.
The exhibition was presented as part of the second edition of the Common Ground Festival, the annual cultural initiative organized by the Ministry of Culture of Saudi Arabia and produced by Benchmark. Taking place until 6 January 2026 at Malfa Hall, Misk City, Riyadh, this edition celebrates the 2025 Saudi/Chinese Cultural Year and marks 35 years of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and China.
As part of this important framework, the Sigg Art Foundation presented When the Wind Turns East, a landmark exhibition curated in collaboration with Jerome Sans, bringing together works by over 60 contemporary artists from Saudi Arabia and China.
Curated by Jerome Sans
When the Wind Turns East unfolds as a contemporary journey between two ancient worlds - China and Saudi Arabia - where the threads of memory, nature, and imagination intertwine.
The exhibition was presented as part of the second edition of the Common Ground Festival, the annual cultural initiative organized by the Ministry of Culture of Saudi Arabia and produced by Benchmark. Taking place until 6 January 2026 at Malfa Hall, Misk City, Riyadh, this edition celebrates the 2025 Saudi/Chinese Cultural Year and marks 35 years of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and China.
As part of this important framework, the Sigg Art Foundation presented When the Wind Turns East, a landmark exhibition curated in collaboration with Jerome Sans, bringing together works by over 60 contemporary artists from Saudi Arabia and China.
About
John Dodelande
[Founder]
[Founder]
Tbilisi Art Center (TAC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to contemporary Chinese art. Rooted in Georgia, TAC operates across East and Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Europe - regions historically connected by the Silk Road. Through this network, TAC fosters cross-border dialogue and collaboration between museums, galleries, public institutions, and private collections, positioning itself as a cultural bridge between Chinese artists and Western audiences.
TAC was co-founded by John Dodelande, an entrepreneur and prominent collector of contemporary Chinese art. With over a decade of experience, his practice focuses particularly on post-Mao generation artists whose work reflects China's rapid social and economic transformation across traditional and new media. His expertise has been internationally recognized, notably through his collaboration with Adrian Cheng on Chinese Art: The Impossible Collection (2021) and his inclusion in Apollo's 40 Under 40: Art & Tech the same year.
LITO MASTERS
& lito editions
Driven by a passion to enhance access to global cultural heritage, Dodelande co-founded LITO in 2022 alongside an engineer from one of the world’s leading tech companies. LITO, celebrated by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies globally, stands at the intersection of art and technology. Operating from the LITO Technology Lab in Bregenz, Austria, this printmaking company and art publisher commissions contemporary artists to conceive original artworks, which are then meticulously transformed into limited editions using LITO’s unique and patented technology. This ensures the creation of multiples with unparalleled precision and quality.
LITO Editions has already partnered with renowned artists such as Douglas Gordon, Erwin Wurm, Wang Guangle, Jia Aili, Alexandre Arrechea, Collin Sekajugo, and Peter Halley, producing distinctive and sought-after editions. Moreover, through its conservation arm, LITO Masters, the company extends its innovative approach to leading museums and institutions worldwide, offering new tools for research and conservation.
Press
TV5 MONDE
December, 2025
John Dodelande about LITO Masters' Van Gogh 3D reproductions at "La Grande Galerie" - TV5 Monde.
Read moreARAB NEWS
December, 2025
Riyadh exhibition brings Saudi and Chinese contemporary art into dialogue.
Read moreBUSINESS MEDIA GEORGIA
June, 2025
ibis Tbilisi Airport - Georgia's First Branded Airport Hotel - Interview with John Dodelande.
Read moreVANITY FAIR
May 23, 2025
Qu'est-ce que Lito, la start-up qui permet d'avoir un Van Gogh dans son salon pour 1 000 euros ?
Read moreFORBES
May, 2025
John Dodelande Opens Georgia's First Branded Airport Hotel - ibis Tbilisi Airport.
Read moreLES ECHOS
April 19, 2025
eBay s'associe avec le musee d'Orsay pour mettre l'art a portee de clic.
Read moreCNN
December 22, 2023
How 3D-printing can reproduce multi-million-dollar masterpieces, stroke by stroke
Read moreFAST COMPANY
March 2, 2023
The 10 most innovative companies in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa in 2023.
Read moreARTNET NEWS
November 23, 2021
What I Buy and Why: John Dodelande on His Passion for Chinese Contemporary Art and Forging Links Between East and West.
Read moreEURO CHEDDAR
May 4, 2021
Art Collector John Dodelande Provides Suggestions as to How Technology Can Help Revive Art Business Amidst Coronavirus
Read moreNEW CORNER
April 17, 2021
John Dodelande, a businessman determined to conquer the Chinese Contemporary Art market
Read moreTHE UNION JOURNAL
April 8, 2021
New book by John Dodelande and Adrian Cheng: "Chinese Art: The Impossible Collection" will be released in May 2021
Read moreASIA TATLER
March 17, 2021
Adrian Cheng And John Dodelande's New Book, "Chinese Art: The Impossible Collection", Launches In May 2021
Read moreAUGUSTA FREE PRESS
May 4, 2020
John Dodelande on how to maintain, grow multinational businesses at a time of global crisis
Read moreCHRISTIE'S
February 17, 2020
"Chinese artists will soon be the global superstars of the art world"
Read moreSCMP
April 18, 2019
Meet the young, French collector trying to save Chinese contemporary art
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Chinese art:
The impossible
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