About
Sandro Asatiani (Alexander Asatiani) is an artist, communication designer and educator based in Tbilisi, Georgia. For almost thirty years he has made books, images and exhibitions — and, more and more, systems built with artificial intelligence.
He studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, then painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence and at MCAD in Minneapolis. In Florence he worked and exhibited, and he has shown his work there regularly since.
His illustrated books, published by Sandro’s Books, exist in seven languages. His work has been exhibited in Florence, Paris, Vienna, Graz, Minneapolis, Macau and Tbilisi.
He is an Associate Professor at Ilia State University and an invited professor at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, a co-founder of the GeoLab educational centre, and Head of AI Transformation & Automation at A Group — Aldagi, Imedi L and Ardi.
With Karl Stocker he wrote The Art of Using AI (2025) and curated the Hostile Noise festival (2026).
Education
2008
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, one semester
2005–2008
Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence: painting, three years
1990–1996
Tbilisi State Academy of Arts: MA
Exhibitions
2026
Hostile Noise, design festival, curator and participant. Tbilisi
2025
Doppiosenso (Double Meaning), group exhibition. Florence
2025
Group exhibition. Graz
2024
Unbound Trajectories of the Future, group exhibition. Tbilisi
2024
Odissea da Matto (A Fool’s Odyssey), solo exhibition. Florence
2023
Vanity of the Offices, solo exhibition. Florence
2021
Book Illustration in Georgia, group exhibition. Tbilisi
2019
Between Angels and Humans, solo exhibition. Florence
2019
Doppiosenso (Double Meaning), group exhibition. Paris
2018
Doppiosenso (Double Meaning), group exhibition. Florence
2018
Panroboticum, solo exhibition. Florence
2014
Children’s Book Illustration, group exhibition. Tbilisi
2011
Brutal Beauty, group exhibition. Vienna
2011
Infiniti, group exhibition. Macau
2010
The Last Match, group exhibition. Tbilisi
2009
Gatoteca 2009, group exhibition. Florence
2008
Strange Books by Sandro Asatiani, solo exhibition. Minneapolis
2008
Seven Strange Characters (Sette Strani Personaggi), solo exhibition. Florence
2008
Traiettorie, group exhibition. Florence
2008
Pittura di Piccolo Formato, group exhibition. Massarosa
2008
Due Occhi (Two Eyes), group exhibition. Florence
Books
2025
The Art of Using AI, with Karl Stocker. In Georgian, English and German. Read more
2013
Video Advocacy: Text-book for Active Citizen. Authors: Ana Keshelashvili, Tiko Nachkebia, Giga Paichadze, Sandro Asatiani; editor Irma Revishvili. ISBN 978-9941-0-4444-1. PDF
2011
New Media for Journalists, co-author
2010
New Media in School (Georgian: Social Media at School), author; editor Tamar Kakhitashvili. ISBN 978-9941-0-2181-7. Translated and published in Albanian, Turkish and Macedonian. PDF
Articles
16 May 2016
A Virtual Toy Box, Indigo magazine. Article (in Georgian)
14 Nov 2014
How New Technologies Changed Literature, Liberali magazine. Article (in Georgian)
24 Feb 2014
The Virtual Field of a Real Battle, Liberali magazine. Article (in Georgian)
Feb 2014
Inspiration for Change, Liberali magazine. Article (in Georgian)
2 Nov 2013
The Language of Visual Signs, Kheli Shokoladi magazine. Article (in Georgian)
Conferences
26 Nov 2020
4th National Online Conference on Distance Learning: Distance Learning and Electronic Educational Resources
25 Nov 2019
International Entrepreneurship Applied Research Symposium, Cleveland, USA: Equivalents of the term Entrepreneurship in the Post-Soviet countries and its significance in Georgia
8 Dec 2018
Educational Technologies Conference: Artificial Intelligence: Speculative Term or Technology of the Future?
14 Nov 2017
National Conference on Distance Learning: OnlineIliauni: Distance Learning at Ilia State University
14 Mar 2017
Distance Learning in Georgia: online.iliauni.edu.ge, Ilia University’s Classroom Without Walls
20 Nov 2015
Georgian Educational Technologies Conference: Teaching Programming at School
21 Nov 2014
Georgian Educational Technologies Conference: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Research projects
2020–2021
Georgian language computer processing API, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, CARYS-19-1287
2020
Lexical and Phrasal Semantics of Georgian, University of Maryland
Earlier career
2011–2013
e-Book House Saba: head of the IT group
2009–2011
Prime Time: head of the design group and web coordinator
2005–2008
NIK.GE, Florence: ICT engineer and designer
2004–2005
Anabechdi magazine: logo and layout design
2001–2004
Foundation Horizon: director of the video studio
2000–2001
Iberia TV: chief director
1997–2000
Diogene publishing house: head of the publishing centre
Languages
Georgian, Russian, English, Italian
Contact
Tbilisi, Georgia
The full CV is available on request.