Solo Exhibition · Beyond Gallery

MARI
ATANELI

5 Elements · Liquid Transcendence — a visceral, transformative inner journey through Air, Earth, Water, Fire and Akasha.

Enter the work About the artist

Element I

Air — Tbilisi, 2024

Multidisciplinary practice · Photography · Performance · Installation

Tbilisi · Paris · in transit

● 5 Elements — opening soon

Curatorial statement

5 Elements
Liquid Transcendence

Presented by

Beyond Gallery

01 — Narrative

Beyond Gallery presents multidisciplinary artist Mari Ataneli — solo exhibition 5 Elements.

02 — Experience

5 Elements and Liquid Transcendence is a visceral, transformative, extraordinary inner experience — a journey through time, space, and the multiverse of the artist's soul.

03 — Spatial narrative

5 Elements — Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Akasha.

04 — Elemental architecture

The space is structured by the synergy of 5 Elements. Each space breathes with its own unique visual soul, sonic resonance and bespoke olfactory journey.

Air Earth Water Fire Akasha

00 — Practice

The work begins where
language ends.

Mari Ataneli is a multidisciplinary artist working between photography, performance, moving image and spatial installation. Her practice treats the body as instrument and altar — a vessel through which the elements speak.

5 Elements is a visceral, transformative inner journey through Air, Earth, Water, Fire and Akasha. Each space breathes with its own visual soul, sonic resonance and bespoke olfactory architecture.

Discipline: Photo · Performance
Currently: 5 Elements
Presented by: Beyond Gallery

Moving study — Phoenix · Kojori, 2025

Element · Air

Air

Tbilisi, Georgia · 2024

Tantra of physical body with Akashic

"Suspension in the air. Through breath, control is dissolved, fear is transformed into fearlessness, ego kneels, and consciousness shifts."

Kinbaku performance on the 23rd floor. The body is read as a vessel of surrender — rope as language, air as witness — a tantra of the physical body in dialogue with the Akashic.

Format: Photo installation on textile · 1.20 × 1.70 m / 1.50 × 2.10 m
Credits: Photography — Giga Hutkubia · Moving image — Mariam Gogitidze · Post production, finishing by the artist

Element · Earth

Earth

Paris · Rambouillet · Fontainebleau, France · 2025

The body casts the soul

"Honoring and offering to Gaia and the Druids — the body casts the soul."

Auto-portraits made among ancient trees and forests of Île-de-France. The body, wrapped and rooted, becomes a soft instrument for listening to the land.

Format: Photo installation on textile · 1.50 × 1.10 m
Credits: Photography — Auto-portraits, Catherine Marquette · Moving image — Auto-portraits, Catherine Marquette · Post production, finishing by the artist

Element · Water

Water

Montfort-l'Amaury, France · 2025

Flow of purification, liberation and unconditional love

"The flow of purification, liberation and unconditional love — the body as river, the river as prayer."

Auto-portraits made in the rivers and ponds of Montfort-l'Amaury. Water as the great forgiver, returning the soul to its first softness.

Format: Photo installation on textile · 1.50 × 1.10 m
Credits: Photography — Auto-portraits, Catherine Marquette · Moving image — Auto-portraits, Catherine Marquette · Post production, finishing by the artist

Element · Fire

Fire

Kojori, Georgia · 2025

Phoenix — rising from the ashes

"Phoenix — rising from the ashes and celebrating life."

A nocturnal ritual photographed in the hills of Kojori — silhouette, flame and ascension held as a single, continuous gesture.

Format: Photo installation on textile · 1.10 × 1.50 m / 1.50 × 1.10 m
Credits: Photography — Mariam Gogitidze, untitled · Moving image — Mariam Gogitidze · Post production, finishing by the artist