A multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans performance, drawing, time-based media, curation, collaborative work, explores complex issues ranging from consumerism to plant culture, and from feminism to living in conflict zones. She is based in Muzhychi, Ukraine, 26 kilometers from Kyiv. Born in 1973 in Zhdanivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine (then the USSR) – an area known for coal mining, it experienced profound and chaotic changes in Ukraine from the Soviet era to the unbalanced environment afterward, including the undeclared war between Russia and Ukraine.

Alevtina Kakhidze attended the National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture in Kyiv (1999-2004) and the Jan van Eyck Academy in the Netherlands (2004-2006). She is United Nations Tolerance Envoy in Ukraine since 2018, “State of the ART(ist)” as Honorary Mentions by Ars Electronica and the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2023), Women in Arts Award – 2023 , UN Women Ukraine, the Kazimir Malevich Artist Award winner in 2008, first prize winner of the Competition for Young Curators and Artists (Kyiv, Center for Contemporary Art at NaUKMA in 2002).

Kakhidze is a participant in many international and Ukrainian art projects, among which are significant ones such as participation in the International Biennial of Contemporary Art Manifesta 10 during the occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the 7th Berlin Biennale, which was purely political; a project for the Moroccan Pavilion within the 54th Venice Biennale titled "Working for Change"; personal projects in Ukraine, including "Room Without Doors" at Pinchuk Art Centre, "You're at home in Volodymyr Alevtin Suzi Penelope" at the art center "Ya Gallery"; and "I am late for a plane for which can not be late for" thanks to Rinat Akhmetov's foundation grant program "i3." She is the author of the project "Strawberry Andreevna," which tells the story of life in the uncontrolled territory of Ukraine.

During the Second Parliamentary Summit of the Crimea Platform in Prague on October 24, 2023, a side event took place, during which Alevtina Kakhidze presented a performance and art intervention titled "Making spaces." This event involved the creation of "living pictures," where the artist portrayed the history of Crimea, starting from ancient times.

Within the framework of the performative event, Kakhidze depicted significant events about Crimea history. At the conclusion of the performance, the artist honored those who were unlawfully imprisoned by the occupiers in Crimea.