Batu Siharulidze

Batu Siharulidze (; born 7 May 1960 in Georgia), is a Georgian artist naturalised in the United States, most widely known for his abstract figurative sculptures. He now lives in Boston, Massachusetts, where he is an associate professor of art at Boston University.

Biography Isidore "Batu" Siharulidze was born on May 7, 1960, in Kutaisi, Republic of Georgia. Batu's talent as a sculptor was recognized while he was in his early teens, and he was given entry into the Tbilisi College of Art at the age of fourteen. One of his early bronze sculptures, “Boy on a Horse”, is now in the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. Batu earned a graduate degree in sculpture from the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Art and a post-graduate degree from the All-Union Academy in Moscow. After earning his post-graduate degree he taught at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts until he came to the U.S. in 1994, having been granted the status of an “Artist of Exceptional Talent”. Batu became a U.S. citizen in 2002. He has continued his career as an artist and educator, teaching sculpture and drawing in several U.S. universities, including Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University, and Boston University.

Over the last decade Batu has exhibited and participated in the sculpture exhibits and symposiums in the U.S., Turkey, Italy, China, Spain, Great Britain, Austria, Netherlands, Russia, and Georgia. His works are held in museums, private collections, and in permanent outdoor displays in the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Turkey, India, China, and Georgia.

Batu lives with his wife and two children in Boston, Massachusetts. Currently he is an Associate Professor of Art, Chairman of the Sculpture Department and Head of the Graduate Sculpture Program at Boston University. He teaches various sculpting classes, as well as figure drawing classes. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Contemporary Art International, Inc.

Competitions 1991: Rustavi International Sculpture Competition, Rustavi, Georgia 1997: Pier Walk '97, Chicago, Illinois, US 2002: International Stone Sculpture Competition, Mersin, Turkey 2003: International Stone Sculpture Competition, Trakia University, Trakia (Border of Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria) 2006: International Stone Sculpture Competition, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey 2008: IV International Termera (Asat) Stone Sculpture Competition, Bodrum, Turkey 2008: Huseyin Gezer International Marble Carving Competition, Mersin, Turkey 2009: Fifth China (Hui'an) Carving Art Festival, Hui'an, Jiangua, China 2010: Second International Bronze Sculpture Competition, Vadodara, India 2010: First International Copper Sculpture Competition, Tongling, Anhuik, China 2011: First International Granite Carving Competition, Acton, Massachusetts, US 2012: Twelfth Sculpture Competition, "Ancient Enigma", Andres Institute of Art, Brookline, New Hampshire, United States 2012: Fifth International Sculpture Competition, "Autumn Inspiration", Penza, Russia 2012: Sculpture Competition, Akhalkalaki Municipality Architectural Project, Akhalkalaki, Georgia 2013: 14th China Changchun (Nong'an) International Sculpture Competition, Changchun, China 2014: Seventh International Sculpture Competition, "Autumn Inspiration", Penza, Russia 2014: First International Sculpture Competition, Tormino, Spain 2014: China-Fuzhou International Sculpture Competition, Fuzhou, China 2015: Fifth International Bronze Sculpture Competition, Vadodara, India

Museums

Aegean Sea, Marble, Murat Balkan Outdoor Sculpture Museum, Bodrum, Turkey Adam & Eve 2, Bronze, Murat Kalkan Art Collection, Ankara, Turkey Adam & Eve in Repose, Plaster, B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC, US Communist Freedom, Painted Plaster, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey Boy on Horse, Bronze, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey Portrait of Norton Dodge, Bronze, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey Dying Warrior, Marble & Bronze, Modern Art Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia Tied Man, Life-Size Painted Plaster, Fine Art Museum, Kutaisi, Georgia

Permanent displays In The River, 8' x 9' x 3', Bronze, Uttaryan Foundation Sculpture Park, Vadodara, Gujarat, India Galicia, 5.7' x 5.7' x 2.62', Granite, Public Space, Tormino, Spain Day with Dragon, 7' x 9' x 2', Bronze, Sculpture Park, Penza, Russia Playing in the Rice Fields, 8' x 5' x 2', Bronze, Nong'an People's Park, Changchun, China Sunset, 6' x 8' x 3', Bronze, Sculpture Park, Penza, Russia Conscious, 4' x 6' x 3', Granite, Andres Institute Sculpture Park, Brookline, New Hampshire, US Asleep, 7' x 4' x 3', Granite, Sculpture Garden, Acton, Massachusetts, US Kneeling Girl, 6 ' x 4' x 2', Copper, Tongling Sculpture Park, Tonglin, Anhui, China Chinese Girl, ' x 3' x 2', Wood, Jilin University, Changchun, China On the Horizon, 6' x 8' x 3', Bronze, Uttaryan Foundation Sculpture Park, Vadodara, Gujarat, India Adam & Eve, 8' x 4' 4', Bronze, Chanchun Sculpture Park, Shuagyang, Changcun, Jilnan, China Hui'an Girl, ' x 8' x 3', Green Granite, Public Space, Hui'an, Jiangsu, China Tied Man, 6' x 7' x 3', White Marble, Public Space, Mercin, Turkey Human Mind, 5' x 6' x 3', White Marble, Ankara University Sculpture Garden, Ankara, Turkey Aegean Sea, 6' x 7' x 3', White Marble, Aspat Outdoor Sculpture Museum, Bodrum, Turkey Trakia, 7' x 6' x 4', White Marble, Peace Garden, Border of Turkey, Bulgaria, and Greece Table, 4' x 6' x 3', White Marble, Public Space, Mersin, Turkey Embrace, 8' x 4' x 4', Bronze, Stoneleigh, Fairfax, Virginia Tranquility, 7' z 4' x 5', Stone, Sculpture Garden, Rustavi, Georgia