On occasion of Constellations 2026, IMPORT EXPORT will host galleries Bukia Vakhania (Tbilisi/Berlin) and Harlesden High Street (London) and present a collaborative exhibition comprising works by Alice Bucknell, Maia Naveriani and Echo Seireeni.
Opening weekend: 10 – 12 April 2026 *
Friday: 4 – 7 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 12 – 6 PM
Opening weekend: 10 – 12 April 2026 *
Friday: 4 – 7 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 12 – 6 PM
*on view during regular gallery hours until 9 May
Alice Bucknell (b. 1993, London) - artist, writer, and educator based in Los Angeles. Their work explores the affective dimensions of video games and virtual worlds as interfaces for understanding complex systems, relations and forms of knowledge. Their work has been presented at transmediale, the Venice Biennale, Singapore Art Museum, and Serpentine, among other locations. Their writing appears in publications including ArtReview, e-flux, frieze, Mousse, and the Harvard Design Magazine. In 2024, they were a grantee of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, recipient of the Collide Residency at CERN, and artist-in-residence at EPFL’s Enter the Hyper-Scientific program in Lausanne. Bucknell received an MA in Contemporary Art Practice from the Royal College of Art and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Chicago. They are currently faculty at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles.
On view at part of Constellations will be Staring at the Sun – the “sci-fi documentary” exploring the dark side of solar geo-engineering: the deliberate, large-scale modification of the Earth’s climate systems by manipulating the influence of the sun. Set globally from the Louisiana Bayou to the Arctic Circle, Wyoming to Gstaad, across the Great Barrier Reef of Australia to the palm oil plantations of Indonesia, this work examines geo-engineering proposals that are currently undergoing research and development in both the United States and Europe, as well as current evolutions in climate modeling and digital twin technology.
On view at part of Constellations will be Staring at the Sun – the “sci-fi documentary” exploring the dark side of solar geo-engineering: the deliberate, large-scale modification of the Earth’s climate systems by manipulating the influence of the sun. Set globally from the Louisiana Bayou to the Arctic Circle, Wyoming to Gstaad, across the Great Barrier Reef of Australia to the palm oil plantations of Indonesia, this work examines geo-engineering proposals that are currently undergoing research and development in both the United States and Europe, as well as current evolutions in climate modeling and digital twin technology.
Staring at the Sun was commissioned and coproduced by the EPFL CDH AiR Program 2024: Enter the Hyper-Scientific, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne EPFL and mudac, Musée cantonal du design et d’art appliqué contemporain, Lausanne with additional support from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Staring at the Sun premiered in March 2025 as part of "From Solar to Nocturnal" exhibition curated by Giulia Bini at the EPFL Pavilions and as part of Solar Biennale 2 at mudac, Lausanne.
Alice Bucknell is presented by IMPORT EXPORT (host gallery).
Maia Naveriani (b. 1966, Tbilisi) studied under Gia Edzgeveradze before completing her formal training at the Academy of Fine Arts, Tbilisi. Having moved to London, in 1989, she was nominated by Annely Juda Fine Art for the the Vordemberger Gildewart Foundation international prize in 1999, which she won.
She also became a member of the group Everything is Alright founded by Gia Edzgeveradze, taking part in many performances in public spaces including Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Museum Bochum, Bochum and Museum Kunst Palatz, Dusseldorf. The artist collective focused on performance, happening and public interventions.
Naveriani predominantly works on drawing, mostly using pencil on paper. She takes the signs and symbols derived from Pop-culture, Bible, Greek mythology, fairy-tales and classical literature and combines them with her personal immediate present, questioning a female subject within patriarchal society. Text is an integral part of Naveriani’s idiosyncratic pictorial language. Stemming from the overheard everyday conversations, advertisements and tabloid headlines, she takes the sentences out of their original context and creates a platform for critical reflection.
She has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions in both public and commercial spaces including Fordham Gallery, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London; Neues Kunstforum, Cologne; Museum Wiesbaden; Museum Bochum; Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund; Netwerk, Aalst; Cirius Art Centre, Cork; Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York and CoBra museum, Amsterdam.
Maia Naveriani is presented by Bukia Vakhania (previously known as Gallery Artbeat) – a pioneering contemporary art gallery based in Tbilisi, Georgia, dedicated to showcasing mid-career and emerging Georgian artists. In 2026, the gallery expanded its international presence by opening a new exhibition space in the heart of Berlin, Germany. The gallery's aim is to support artists throughout their artistic journeys, foster cultural activities both locally and abroad, collaborate with international galleries and organisations and mark Georgia on an international art map.
She also became a member of the group Everything is Alright founded by Gia Edzgeveradze, taking part in many performances in public spaces including Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Museum Bochum, Bochum and Museum Kunst Palatz, Dusseldorf. The artist collective focused on performance, happening and public interventions.
Naveriani predominantly works on drawing, mostly using pencil on paper. She takes the signs and symbols derived from Pop-culture, Bible, Greek mythology, fairy-tales and classical literature and combines them with her personal immediate present, questioning a female subject within patriarchal society. Text is an integral part of Naveriani’s idiosyncratic pictorial language. Stemming from the overheard everyday conversations, advertisements and tabloid headlines, she takes the sentences out of their original context and creates a platform for critical reflection.
She has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions in both public and commercial spaces including Fordham Gallery, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London; Neues Kunstforum, Cologne; Museum Wiesbaden; Museum Bochum; Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund; Netwerk, Aalst; Cirius Art Centre, Cork; Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York and CoBra museum, Amsterdam.
Maia Naveriani is presented by Bukia Vakhania (previously known as Gallery Artbeat) – a pioneering contemporary art gallery based in Tbilisi, Georgia, dedicated to showcasing mid-career and emerging Georgian artists. In 2026, the gallery expanded its international presence by opening a new exhibition space in the heart of Berlin, Germany. The gallery's aim is to support artists throughout their artistic journeys, foster cultural activities both locally and abroad, collaborate with international galleries and organisations and mark Georgia on an international art map.
Echo Seireeni (b. 2003, Los Angeles) is a London-based multidisciplinary visual artist. Her figurative oil paintings explore ideas of digitization, consumer culture, climate crisis, hyperviolence and catharsis. Her richly detailed works draw on feudal imagery and historical symbolism to explore contemporary anxieties about consumerism, digital warfare, and the inescapable authority of hierarchal corporate systems.
Beginning her creative career in editorial makeup and 3D design, she has worked with the likes of Nike, Hood By Air, Nine Inch Nails, Bladee, Vivienne Westwood, Vogue, 032c Magazine, Dazed Magazine, and many more. She is currently based in London, where she studies at the Slade School of Fine Art.
Beginning her creative career in editorial makeup and 3D design, she has worked with the likes of Nike, Hood By Air, Nine Inch Nails, Bladee, Vivienne Westwood, Vogue, 032c Magazine, Dazed Magazine, and many more. She is currently based in London, where she studies at the Slade School of Fine Art.
Echo Seireeni is presented by Harlesden High Street. Harlesden High Street was founded with the mission of facilitating access between experimental/outsider artists and the traditional gallery system. Working in North West London, the gallery exhibits contemporary art by both local and international artists with a focus on exhibiting work by people of colour. In addition to its gallery programme, Harlesden High Street also hosts a cultural outreach programme with an aim to engage audiences in un-gentrified neighbourhoods, through workshops, talks and artist initiatives.
