Elene Akhvlediani (1901-1975) was a painter, graphic artist, book illustrator, and theater and cinema artist. Beyond her prolific output, she played a pivotal role in organizing events. She formed a group of Georgian women landscape painters who specialized in Plein Air art and initiated a…
Vladimir (Lado) Gudiashvili, a Georgian painter, graphic artist, monumentalist, theater and cinema artist, book illustrator, People’s Artist of Georgia, and laureate of the Shota Rustaveli Prize, is one of the outstanding representatives of Georgian modernism.Lado Gudiashvili was born in 1896 in Tbilisi. From 1910 to…
Irina Razmadze worked in graphic arts, book illustration and theater design. She graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, at the Department of Graphic Arts. Her teachers were I. Charlemagne, A. Tsimakuridze, V. Krotkov, S. Kobuladze, D. Kutateladze. She illustrated more than 200 books, about…
Gulda Kaladze – the son of the famous Georgian sculptor Tamar Abakelia. In 1957 he graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Art. He was a versatile creator. His talent and individualism were evident in painting and drawing, but his artistic passion was sculpture. During his…
Giorgi Chachanidze graduated from Tbilisi State Art Academy (1984-1989). Since 1997, he has been a member of the Union of Artists of Georgia. In 1993, he worked as the head of the painting group at the Folklore Palace of Georgia, and in 1994-2006 he was…
Renowned scenographer, director, artist, production designer, and screenwriter Yuri Chikvaidze was born in Tbilisi in 1934. In 1959, he completed his studies at the Faculty of Architecture of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, where he forged connections with Oleg Kochakidze and Aleksandre Slovinsky. Together,…
Alexander Slovinsky, born in Tbilisi in 1935 to the distinguished engineer Nikoloz Slovinsky and Barbara Yosava, emerged as a prominent figure in the realm of Georgian scenography and fine arts. Upon completing his school education in 1953, Slovinsky embarked on a journey into the realm of…
In 1979, Davit Melikishvili graduated from the Art Pedagogical School named after I. Nikoladze. In 1979-84, he studied at the Tbilisi State Art Academy. Since 1989, he cooperated with “Ano da Vano” magazine. He designed the cover for the book Marina Mamulashvili’s prose. He works…
Lela Tabliashvili studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1986-92, at the Graphic Arts department in the animation workshop. The diploma work was an animated version of Vepkhistkaosani (The Knight in the Tiger’s Skin) – director Mamia Malazonia. In 1988, she was on…
She was born in the family of a sculptor. In the house, which was at the same time a workshop and the environment where the constant creative process took place. Perhaps that is why, in her works, one can feel the interest in plastic rendering…
Tamar Minashvili was born in 1964 in Tbilisi. In 1980-1984, she studied at the school of Jacob Nikoladze and was Elene Akhvlediani scholarship holder. After graduating the school, in the same year she entered Tbilisi Apollon Kutateladze Fine Arts Academy. In 1991-1993, she completed a…
Oskar Schmerling Georgian painter and graphic artist of German origin. He studied first at the St. Petersburg Art Academy (from 1884) and then in Munich (1891–1892). He returned to Tbilisi in 1893. He was the director of the Tbilisi Art School, and then the School…