Nona Markiarian

Nona Markarian (b. 1992 in Batumi/GE) is a curator and cultural producer based between Tbilisi and Berlin. Her practice engages with contemporary art at the intersection of public space, political geography, and experimental publishing. A central focus of her work is the development of alternative formats beyond traditional institutional structures.

Since 2022, she has initiated and curated Liquid Structures, an interdisciplinary platform for site-specific exhibitions in public space. The project positions the Black Sea as a geopolitical and cultural reference point and addresses questions of collective memory, ecological urgency, and regional entanglements.

Markarian is also co-founder of the Minadoraserver Collective, a feminist server initiative in Georgia dedicated to developing emancipatory artistic tools and decentralized digital infrastructures. In recognition of her cultural engagement with social and political issues, she received the Prince Claus Award.

As part of the Pickle Bar Residency Program, she collaborated with Georgian-Abkhaz filmmaker Anna Dziapshipa on the project Self-Portrait Along the Borderline (2023). The film weaves together archival footage, personal narratives, and documentary material to form a poetic reflection on identity, memory, and the complex relations between Georgia and Abkhazia. It was presented at Pickle Bar in Berlin in October 2023.

At the closing of the EVROVIZION exhibition in January 2024, Markarian co-curated the lecture performance A Personal Name of an Object by artist Ana Gzirishvili.