Sculptor and teacher who, together with Yakob Nikoladze, is considered to be the founding father of the modern Georgian school of sculpture. After graduating from Kutaisi Classical Gymnasium, Nikoloz Kandelaki went to St. Petersburg, where he enrolled as a free listener at the St. Petersburg…

Andro Wekua was born in Georgia, and studied visual arts there and in Basel, Switzerland. Throughout the course of his career, he has developed a visual language grounded in the exploration of human experience, translating fragmented abstractions of memory into the narrative cues that inform…

Ucha Japaridze is one of the important figures in the development of Georgian fine art of the 20th century. His diverse and productive heritage always responded to all the important events of the life of that time. Ucha Japaridze’s works are distinguished both by the…

Mose Toidze – Painter, graphic artist, People’s Artist of the USSR, Academician of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, Professor of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts , one of the founders of the new Georgian painting. He studied at the St. Petersburg Art…

Konstantin Mindadze – multidisciplinary visual artist, associated with Minimalism and Conceptual Art. Mindadze’s works are widely held on numerous group shows worldwide and he is author of multiple exhibitions and projects mostly in Georgia and Europe. Mindadze has been a subject of many written articles…

  Sculptor Karlo Grigolia is one of the most important representatives of non-conformist art and the founder of Georgian abstract sculpture. After graduating from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1956, he continued working as lecturer at the academy. Karlo Grigolia’s works are based…

Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, People’s Artist of Georgia. Irakli Ochiauri graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Art under the guidance of Jacob Nikoladze in 1951. His diploma work was “Vaja Pshavela.” He participated in exhibitions since 1953, and  in the same year, joined the Georgian…

In 1947, Georgy Totibadze begins to study arts and painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts with teacher Ucha Japaridze, before receiving his diploma in 1953. In 1959, he obtained the title of professor and created his own artist workshop. He has been named…

Edmond Kalandadze is one of the most significant figures in modern Georgian art. From his student years in the 1940s, he was recognized as a highly talented and active artist. The work of Georgian artists from this period attained the status of both a political…

Jibson Khundadze belongs to the generation of Georgian artists from the 1950s and 1960s, known for introducing a new abstract wave in Georgian visual art. His work gradually moved away from the perception of realistic landscapes, as well as the stylistic elements of impressionism and…

Sculptor, graphic artist, book illustrator, and professor  at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, Gogi Ochiauri was a representative of the 1950s  pleiades of the Georgian sculptors whose creative activity was mostly dominated by the search for  motives and characters  expressing national identity.    Among his  monumental…

Russian and Soviet painter, graphic artist, stage designer, teacher, honored art worker of the Georgian SSR, was born in Moscow. He is a man and an artist of a difficult fate. Having lived a long, eventful life, he became a living history, a bridge connecting…