Tamuna Melikishvili studied at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University’s Faculty of Chemistry while also taking painting classes at Levan Chogoshvili’s workshop. In 1989, she graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts with a degree in the Faculty of Art History and Theory. Since the 1990s, she’s been working as a movie and video art director and has designed and illustrated the books of contemporary Georgian writers. Apart from video art and installations, she is the author of vitrage sketches for the interiors of several private houses and a metal facade design for an office building. Her primary medium is oil paint – oil on canvas, hand- made rice paper, and cardboard. Since the year 2000, she has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Georgia and abroad and has participated in the Beijing Biennale, Tbilisi, and Yerevan art fairs. Her works are part of private collections worldwide.