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…

Shalva Kikodze, one of the important representatives of Georgian modernism, was born in 1894 in the village of Bakhvi in Georgia. From 1902 to 1912, he studied at the Tbilisi Noble Gymnasium. In 1914, he went to Moscow with a scholarship from the Society for…

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…

Modernist Georgian artist David Kakabadze was at the same time an art theoretician, scientist, and inventor. His name is one of the most important in the history of 20th-century Georgian painting.David was born in 1889 in the village of Kukhi in Imereti. Soon, his family…

Giorgi (Gigo) Gabashvili – Georgian painter, graphic artist, and People’s Artist of Georgia (1929), was one of the founders of modern Georgian realistic painting.In 1882-1883, Gabashvili studied at the Kempen private art school in Tbilisi. He collaborated with the battle artist Franz Roubaud, who created…

Tamaz Kakabadze (Kakacha) was a painter, graphic designer, and stage designer – one of the outstanding representatives of Georgian painting in the 80s of the 20th century. 1954-1996 he graduated from the Jacob Nikoladze art school; Faculty of Painting of Tbilisi Academy of Arts, workshop…

Lado Pochkhua is a Georgian artist who lives and works in New York. Pochkhua was born in Sukhumi, 1970 during the Soviet period. In 1993, he graduated from Sukhumi College of Art. During 1992-93 as a result of the military conflict in Abkhazia, the artist…

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…

Shalva Mamaladze, painter, graphic artist, cinema art director, studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1922-28. His teachers were G. Gabashvili, E. Lansere, Al. Tsimakuridze. In 1939-63, he taught at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. His works are preserved in Georgian National…

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,…