Tengiz Abramishvili

Date of birth 06.10.1975, Tbilisi, Georgia Education 1993-1998 Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Georgia Solo exhibition 2009 - Galery “Academy +”, Tbilisi, Georgia. 2003 - Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi History Museum. Group exhibitions 2008 - "Myths and legends of antique Greec", Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi History Museum. 2006 - "New generation in modern Georgian Art", Gallery "Kopala", Tbilisi, Georgia. 2004 - “Ecology 2004", Central...

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Levan Abramishvili

Date of Birth 22.04.1988, Tbilisi, Georgia Education 2004-2008 -Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Georgia. Field painting Solo Exhibition 2008 - Gallery “Vernissage”, Tbilisi, Georgia. Group exhibitions 2010 - "Tbilisi in May". Gallery "Vernisage", Tbilisi, Georgia. 2009 - Gallery "Vernisage", Tbilisi, Georgia. 2009 - Gallery "Vernisage", Tbilisi, Georgia. 2009 - "Landscape of Racha", gallery “Vernissage”, Tbilisi, Georgia. 2007 - Art-Bar,...

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Abesadze Avtandil

DOB 13.02.1950, Tkibuli, Georgia Education 1965-1967 G. Maisuradze Art Scool, Kutaisi, Georgia 1967-1969 I. Nikoladze Art College, Tbilisi, Georgia 1970-1976 Tbilisi State Academy of Art, faculty of fine art, Tbilisi, Georgia Medium painting, drawing Solo Exhibition 1995-2000 D. kakabadze Gallery of Fine art, Kutaisi, Georgia Group exhibitions 1990, 1995, 2003 International plenary of painters and sculpters, Kutaisi, Georgia Since 1976 participates...

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Merab Abramishvili

Merab abramishvili was born on march 16, 1957 in Tbilisi. From the very beginning he was "doomed" to communicate with art. His father, Guram Abramishvili, a brilliant expert of medieval Georgian art and the cheif of the treasury of the Museum of Fine Arts of Georgia, naturally surrounded Merab with the atmosphere which determined the field of interests for the future artist. Georgian and oriental pieces of art exhibited in the halls of the Museum,...

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Avto Varazi

Avto Varazi (Born October 25, 1926 Tbilisi, Georgia.) was a Georgian artist and painter. Avto Varazi occupies special place in Georgian painting of the 20th century. He applied various painting systems and techniques with equal success. Religious motives also took significant role in Varazi’s works which was quite unusual for a painter of Soviet period. Avto Varazi was the first among Georgian artists, who applied technique of collage. Varazi’s...

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Zurab Tsereteli

Zurab Konstantines dze Tsereteli (born January 4, 1934) is a Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect who holds the office of President of the Russian Academy of Arts. Life Tsereteli was born in Tbilisi and graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, but soon relocated to Moscow. Among his works from the Soviet period was a resort for children in Sochi, completed in 1986. His wife is Princess Andronikashvili, from a noble Georgian...

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Radish Tordia

Radish Tordia (born Abasha, August 21, 1936) is a painter of figurative art from Georgia. He works in oil painting, with particular emphasis on colouristic features. His preferred subject is women, who he regards as "the most beautiful creation in the world." He graduated from the J. Nikoladze Art Studio in Tblisi in 1956, and then moved on to the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, from where he graduated in 1962. He has been widely lauded in...

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Dimitri Shevardnadze

Dimitri Shevardnadze (December 1, 1885 – 1937) was a Georgian painter, art collector and intellectual purged during Joseph Stalin's repressions. Life Born in a small village Bakhvi in the western Georgian province of Guria, then part of the Russian Empire, he was educated at the Art academies of St Petersburg and Munich. Upon his return to Georgia, he founded, in 1916, and led the Association of Georgian Artists. He helped also to establish the...

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Vladimir (Lado) Seidishvili

Vladimir (Lado) Osmanis Dze Seidishvili (also spelled Seidashvili) (1931-2010) is a Georgian painter and poet. Seidishvili was born in Batumi, a town on the Black Sea Coast. In 1956, he studied at the Tbilisi Fine Arts Academy, finishing in 1962 with a diploma as a graphic artist. That year he began working at Batumi's national press as an artist-editor. He also wrote poetry, plays and made stage scenery for the theater. He did so for the plays "Seventh Sky", "Innocent Eye", and "Brave Soldier Shveiko". Seidishvili himself, characterizes his work...

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Rusudan Petviashvili

Rusudan Petviashvili (born 25 January 1968, Tbilisi, Georgia) – Georgian artist graphic artist, creates paintings using unique technique: total image is performed in one-touch. Petviashvili's works and lives in Tbilisi, few months a year she works in Berlin, Geneva and Paris where she has a studio. Childhood and family Rusudan Petviashvili was born in Tbilisi January 25, 1968 in acreative family. Her father — a sculptor artist, mother — a poet...

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Petre Otskheli

Petre Otskheli Petre Otskheli (November 25, 1907 – December 2, 1937) was a Georgian modernist set and costume designer who designed in theatre in Georgia and briefly in Moscow. He was put to death during Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge at the age of 30, but his scenographic constructivism has had a lasting influence on the Georgian scenic design. Born in Kutaisi, Otskheli studied at the Kutaisi realschule and the Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts in...

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Irakli Ochiauri

Irakli Ochiauri (born November 20, 1924 in Tbilisi) is a prominent Georgian painter and sculptor that holds the Shota Rustaveli State Prize, the highest prize awarded by Georgia in the fields of art and literature. In 1945 - 1951 he was studying at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts on the faculty of Sculpture with professor Silovan Kakabadze and then Iakob Nikoladze. His dissertation was devoted to Vazha Pshavela. He participated in exhibitions...

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Nana Meskhidze

Nana Meskhidze was born on March 13, 1936 in Tbilisi. She was only daughter of Archil Meskhidze (1912–1999), conductor of the Georgian folk music choirs and Anna Avlokhashvili (1917–1994), artist of Marjanishvili Theater, producer. 1944-1952 - studied in Ilia Chavchavadze Women's High School. 1951-1957 - studied in Iakob Nikoladze art school in Tbilisi. 1957-1963 - studied in Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1963 she was actually working and...

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Grigol (Giorgi) Maisuradze

Grigol (Giorgi) Maisuradze (1817 — 1885) was a Georgian painter and a founder of realistic school in the Georgian portraiture. Maisuradze was born in Tsinandali into the family of serf of Prince Alexander Chavchavadze, a poet and general in the Imperial Russian service. In 1836, Chavchavadze emancipated Maisuradze and sponsored his education in St. Petersburg where he studied under guidance of Karl Bryullov. In the 1850s he returned to his native...

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Levan Lagidze

Levan Lagidze (born 1958, Tbilisi) is a prominent Georgian painter. He graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.   Lagidze's paintings are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery and the Modern Art Museum in Moscow, Russia; the National Picture Gallery in Tbilisi, Georgia; the Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, NJ, US; the Gertsev Gallery; and the TMS Gallery in Tbilisi, Georgia.   His works are also in private collections...

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Shalva Kikodze

Shalva Kikodze (1894 – 1921) was a Georgian expressionist painter, graphic artist and theatre decorator. Together with Lado Gudiashvili and David Kakabadze, he is considered a key figure in Georgian art of the early 20th century.   He was born in a remote Georgian village Bakhvi, Guria, then part of the Russian Empire. From 1914 to 1918, he studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1916, he took part in an expedition...

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Davit' Kakabadze

Davit' Kakabadze (August 8, 1889 – May 10, 1952) was a Georgian avant-garde painter, graphic artist and scenic designer. A multi-talent, he was also an art scholar and innovator in the field of cinematography as well as an amateur photographer. Kakabadze's works are notable for combining innovative interpretation of European "Leftist" art with Georgian national traditions, on which he was an expert. Imeretia - My Mother. 1918   Kakabadze was...

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Giorgi "Gigo" Gabashvili

Giorgi "Gigo" Gabashvili (November 9, 1862 – October 28, 1936) was a Georgian painter and educator. His work was particularly influential since he was the first Georgian realistic artist to cover a wide range of subjects, both in oils and watercolor, including portraits, landscapes and scenes of everyday life. Life and work   Gigo Gabashvili. The Bazaar in Samarkand. 1890s. Museum of Tbilisi State Academy of Arts Born in Tbilisi, Georgia (then...

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Guram Dolenjashvili

Guram Dolenjashvili is a Georgian painter often working in a monochrome technique. He is a Meritorious Artist of Georgia and an honorary member of Russian Academy of Arts (since 2004). Dolenjashvili was born in Kutaisi. He graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts in 1968 where he studied in the shop of Lado Grigolia. He mostly lived in Kutaisi but travel led to Russian North, White Sea, Kamchatka and Chukotka. His works are exhibited in the Art...

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Gia Bugadze

Gia Bugadze is a prolific contemporary Georgian artist. He was the Rector of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts from 2003 to 2012. Early life and education Gia (Giorgi) Bugadze was born on September 24, 1956, in one of the old city areas of Tbilisi, Georgia, to a family of doctors. From an early age he showed interest in art. He acquired a classical education in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. He studied at the Palace of Pioneers and Pupils,...

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Elene Axvlediani

In 1922, he studied at the Art Academy . Was c . He disciple. In the same year , as a Fellow of theAcademy , being sent abroad and continued his studies in Paris, kolarosis Academy ( 1922-1927 ) . In 1927 he returned to his homeland . See a distinct individuality and identity of the artist is revealed in all genres . Especially large for his contributions to the development of the Georgian peizazhuri painting . Painting pictures of nature , urban...

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Niko Pirosmani

Niko Pirosmani was born in the Georgia village Mirzaani to a peasant family in Kakheti province. His parents Aslan Pirosmanasvili and Tekle Toklikishvili were farmers, who owned a small vineyard, with a few cows and oxen.   He was later orphaned and left in the care of his two elder sisters, Mariam and Pepe. He moved with them to Tbilisi in 1870. In 1872, while living in a little apartment not far from Tbilisi railway station, he worked as...

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Lado Gudiashvili

Lado Gudiashvili was a 20th-century Georgian painter. Gudiashvili was born in Tbilisi on march 18.1896 into a family of a railroad employee. He studied in the Tbilis school of sculpture and fine art and lather in Ronson's privet academy in Paris. For a while, Gudiashvili belonged to Georgian poets called "The blue Horns" (1914-1918), wgo were tryung to connect organically the Georgian national flavor with the creative structure of French sumbolism....

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