Gogi Tsereteli holds a distinct place among Georgian graphic artists of the 1960s and 1970s. The artist created many easel paintings and graphics, but since the 2000s, he has been more involved in book design, creating illustrations, and ex libris. In 1972, Gogi Tsereteli graduated…

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…

Ema Lalaeva-Ediberidze started painting at a very young age. She entered the Tbilisi State Academy of Art in 1921. In 1924-28 she continued her studies at the academy’s graphic design department. Starting in the 1930s she tried her hand in almost all media of art.…

Nana Tchurghulia is a graphic artist, book designer, and illustrator. Her artistic work also includes ceramics and metalworking. She was a graphic designer at the Institute of Aesthetics from 1974 to 1976, as well as a “Dila” (Morning) magazine designer-illustrator. At different times, she collaborated with various…

Lali Lomtadze works in easel painting and graphics. She creates book illustrations and ex-libris, and works in the field of film / TV design. From 1975 to 1979, she studied at the Film/TV Faculty of the Department of Fine Arts of the Tbilisi State Academy…

Malkhaz Kukhashvili, an Honored Artist of Georgia, began his artistic career in the late 1960s. He mainly works in the field of drawing. He has been the art director of numerous fiction, musical, documentary, and stage plays for the Rustaveli Theatre. He has made several…

Born in the village of Sakao, Kutaisi province of the Russian Empire. After graduating from the Gori educational institution, he studied at the Tbilisi Theological Seminary, attended higher education courses in Tbilisi. In 1925, Gordeziani studied at Vkhutemas (ВХУТЕМАС) in Moscow, and in 1928 he…

Misha Shengelia was born into the family of scientists. His grandfather – botanist Niko Ketskhoveli, was the rector of Tbilisi State University in 1945-1953. Alumnus of the Geology Department of the Tbilisi State University, he worked for some time at the Institute of Geology of…

Misha Gogrichiani graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1992. His paintings first appeared in Georgian exhibition spaces in the early 1990s, and viewers remember him for his minimalist, naive painting style. The artist moved to the United States in the late 1990s.…

Kote Jincharadze after graduating from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Kote Jincharadze lived and worked in St. Petersburg (1992-1996) and Moscow (1996 – 1997). Since 2001, he has been a professor at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (Media art and Design). During the 2000s, exhibitions…

Nugzar Medzmariashvili, the Honored Artist of Georgia (1982) works in easel painting and graphics and has created works of monumental-decorative art and enamel. He uses techniques of etching and lithography and is obsessed withcomputer graphics. He has been a member of the Union of Georgian…

Theater and movie artist, graphic artist, cartoonist. One of those modernists whose work has not been studied at all, although he can be considered one of the reformers of Georgian theatrical painting. His merit is great, as he widely spread the new scenographic language in…