Gathering is thrilled to participate in Art Genève for the first time with a presentation of paintings by Tamara K.E. The fair marks Tamara K.E.’s first solo showing with Gathering since joining the gallery and follows her collaborative show Sports Illustrated at Frieze Cork Street with the gallery. Over the course of her career, K.E. has shifted from focusing on socio-critical conceptual painting to exploring a language that delves into the sensitivities of cultural memories and the moment of transition toward an ‘unknown future.’ Her work intertwines whispers and information jams, with each scene—viewed naturally through a female lens—hinting at states of dissolution or delirium within a continuum. This interplay constructs seemingly random yet interconnected systems of codes, signifiers, and energy fields—a stage of sorts that bids farewell to history. Philosopher Boris Groys notes the ‘Dadaistic’ manner in which K.E. stages a ‘free and slightly dreamy game of associations’ in her practice, as she assembles a diverse range of images, objects, and references into paintings that are both ludic and unsettling.

K. E. was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. She graduated from the Academy of Art Düsseldorf in 2005 and has lived in New York and Düsseldorf since 2010. K.E. represented Georgia at the 50th Venice Biennale and was invited to the 1st Prague Biennial. She has exhibited at venues such as Haus Huth, Berlin; Daimler Contemporary, Berlin; Sprengel Museum, Hannover; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Central House of Artists, Moscow; CoBrA Museum, Amsterdam; Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal; Kunsthalle Hamburg, and Kunsthalle Göppingen, among others.