Diego Mikava
Home
Archive
After Bathing
Bathing (after Duncan Grant)
“the impression left by a foot or shoe on the ground or a surface.” Drawing series
Nature reclaims all over
Untitled
Exhibitions
Bitte kein Werbematerial
After the Extraction
Landscape Tells a story
Valley of the Loss
Statement
Contact
Diego Mikava
Home
Archive
After Bathing
Bathing (after Duncan Grant)
“the impression left by a foot or shoe on the ground or a surface.” Drawing series
Nature reclaims all over
Untitled
Exhibitions
Bitte kein Werbematerial
After the Extraction
Landscape Tells a story
Valley of the Loss
Statement
Contact
Home
Archive
After Bathing
Bathing (after Duncan Grant)
“the impression left by a foot or shoe on the ground or a surface.” Drawing series
Nature reclaims all over
Untitled
Exhibitions
Bitte kein Werbematerial
After the Extraction
Landscape Tells a story
Valley of the Loss
Statement
Contact

Valley of the Loss

Solo Exhibition, Fabrika Tbilisi, 2024

an introspective project that delves into the collective memory of queer individuals, focusing on themes of grief and the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ communities. In Georgia, where societal stigma and homophobia force many to conceal their identities, queer people often find themselves in isolating cycles of secrecy. The project reflects the emotional toll of having to suppress one's true self, particularly when it comes to personal relationships, which might be the only safe space for authentic expression. Through a series of works, including pieces based on poetry, Valley of Loss addresses loss not just as a personal experience, but as a broader political and social phenomenon. It reflects on the emotional complexities of separation, mourning, and the painful intersection between identity and societal rejection.

Installation view, Valley of the Loss, Fabrika tbilisi, Georgia. 2024


When I look at you, your honey eyes

Know everything about me –

How I was lost and then you found me

Near the green field of our teens.


I think it's the last two seconds of being with him.

I'm not afraid of passing away, for I've already experienced it.

When I was fourteen, there was a physical loss of myself.

But if I leave, will you be there with me?

Long ago, I was alone and abandoned.

Now, I need someone to help me and take me with him.


I got _____ and then gave myself two seconds to cry,

Went to the riverside, wanted to be with the fishes,

Swim with them till the end of my life.

But that day, it was already done.


After that, I haven’t played in the sand nor swam

With persons I thought were close to me.


Everything changed, and that unhealed wound made me dive so deep,

But then a white light pierced through the blue

And led me out.

That was the moment when I realized

I needed something big to live for.


That was when I felt what it's like to be frozen –

Something goes inside and takes who you wanted to be.

Hope is already lost,

And all I had was to live like a reflection of me.


There is no sign of being loved forever;

It's like you are cursed.

I can tell it to no one because who's

Going to believe it wasn’t my choice,

That thing that hurts you inside, in your heart.


A horrible experience when you are seeking for help

But there's no one to help you and take you

Out from this unbearable reality.

All you have to do is stay calm and act like nothing wrong happened

On that night.


I thought you could help me to be born again after a long year.

You sent me a text, but I could not read what you wrote me on the telephone.

I gave myself a second and the last 2 seconds to cry.

After that, you disappeared like the wind on a summer night,

and then they found my deceased body near the place you left burned.

"Don't you dare said that you braid my hair" Installation detail.


Installation detail, Field of my Childhood, 2024

შენ ვისაც გელდებოდი.

შენ

შენ

შენ

თითქოს გაფუჭებული კასეტის მსგავსად ლუპზე მოტრიალე,

შენ.

Installation view, Valley of the Loss, Fabrika tbilisi, Georgia. 2024

Untitled, "Silence is my punishment", embroidery on fabric, 40x60cm, 2024.

ლანდი / landi, embroidery on fabric, 40x60cm, 2024

Untitled,embroidery on fabric, 40x60cm, 2024

Installation view, On the Floor: Field of my Childhood, On the Wall: Untitled, oil on canvas, 38x49 cm. Fabrika TBILISI, 2024

On the Wall: Untitled object, gypsum and soil.
Untitled, mixed media on canvas, 85x150cm. Fabrika TBILISI, 2024

Installation view, Valley of the Loss, VA(A)DS, Free University , Georgia. 2024



Untitled, Digital collage, 40x30cm, 2024.

  • Previous
  • Next

© 2026 Diego Mikava | Vienna & Tbilisi

Share
http://diego-mikava.pixpa.com/exhibitions/valley-of-the-loss Copied