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…
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…
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…
Mamia Malazonia’s works are outstanding for their versatility. He creates paintings and easel graphics, illustrations, and posters. He is also interested in set design for theatre, cinematography, animation, monumental-decorative and applied arts. “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin” illustrated by him deserves particular attention, each…
Watercolor is Manana Tumanishvili’s favorite work material. She creates landscapes and still lifes, images of animals, and portraits of peoples. Human feelings are expressed with amazing intensity – joy, sadness, fear. She uses ink as well – dripped and absorbed in the paper. There are…
Zurab Sekhniashvili was an architect-restorer. He has restored more than 60 historical monuments, including Svetitskhoveli Cathedral and Davit-Gareja. Avto Varazi had a great influence on his formation as an artist. He started working with abstraction, which was a form of his protest. Nevertheless, Zurab Sekhniashvili’s…
Zaal Bachanashvili represents an 80s generation of painters who graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1980. Bachanashvili developed his unique compositional model in his paintings. In practically every work, the artist paints a white circle, but more commonly a little segment of…