Since 2017, Dadiani has been working under a pseudonym and a mask, as this became the only way to think and exist freely in a country where difference is perceived as a threat. Their repressed identity gives their work a universal dimension, as well as sharp emotional and critical power.

Dadiani has published the poetry collection “Purgatorio”, “Anthology of Georgian Queer Poetry” and has written a play “Passport” that has been staged in Tbilisi and Berlin. They have held solo exhibitions and regularly appear on international stages as a poet, visual artist, and performer. Their practice unites poetry, performance, staged photography and installation. They also sing and design their own costumes.

Now they live in Belgium, in conditions of political exile.