Rezo Khasia, the sculptor, and an alumnus of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, studied under the guidance of the established sculptors  Nikoloz Kandelaki and Valentin Topuridze. After graduating from the Academy of Arts, he participated in regular spring and autumn exhibitions held in the House…

Mamia Akhobadze is regarded as an important figure in the 1960s generation of artists. He was an active figure in both the artistic and art historical fields. He had been preparing to become an artist since childhood; therefore, he took several important steps towards this…

Natalia Phalavandishvili, a Georgian painter, graphic artist, and book illustrator, graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Art in 1945, where she studied under Joseph Charlemagne and Lado Grigolia. During her studies, she began working on book illustrations, children’s magazines, and landscapes, primarily using watercolour…

Giorgi Keshelava, better known as Gigi, was a painter, sculptor, and graphic designer who lived in Tbilisi from 1932 to 1993. His creative path began at the Youth Palace, where he studied painting and drawing under the guidance of Grigol Meskhi.Giorgi Keshelava continued his studies…

Mikhail Bilanishvili was a Georgian modernist artist. Born as the son of the colonel of the Russian army Yosef Bilanishvili and his wife Ekaterine Tarkhnishvili, Mikheil, like his older brother Soso and his sister Nino, studied at the Tbilisi Art Academy, first with Gigo Gabashvili…

Iosif Charlemagne was Russian classical artist , painter, scenographer, Honored Artist of Georgian Art, professor. His father, Adolphe Charlemagne, was a famous artist. He studied at the St. Petersburg Art Academy with Rubo. He collaborated with magazines: “Worl of Art” , “Appolo”, “Lukomorie (Лукоморье)”, “Satiricon…

The painter Tamar Balanchivadze was born into the illustrious Balanchivadze family. Her father, Meliton Balanchivadze (1862–1937), was a composer, while her brothers were George Balanchine (1904–1983), a choreographer, and Andria Balanchivadze (1906–1992), a composer. Tamar Balanchivadze graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in…

Esma Oniani was a prominent Georgian Painter, Poet, and Artist. In 1963 she graduated from Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts. Her graduation work The School-Leavers was highly praised and was sent to the student exhibition in Moscow. She participated in numerous all-Union, Caucasian and republican…

Vera Beletskaya was a graphic artist and an honorary artist of the USSR. She was of Russian origin, born in Tbilisi in 1914, and attended the Tbilisi Academy of Art, from which she graduated in 1937. Her primary areas of focus were illustration and landscapes.…

Jemal (Joti) Bzhalava was born in 1944, and in 1973, he graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. The works created by him are crafted from granite, marble, and silex, distinguished by their archaic forms. Notably, the sculptor’s technique…

Shalom Koboshvili was a self-taught artist whose artworks, painted in a naive, primitivist manner with oil paints or watercolors, in addition to an artistic value, represent important ethnographic documentation depicting the daily life and religious rites of Georgian Jews. Koboshvili was born in Akhaltsikhe to…

Jhon Gogaberishvili is one of the most sought-after sculptors among the Georgian sculptors of the 70s generation, whose monumental stonework can be found in many countries of the world. His activity in the new millennium is especially fruitful. Jhon Gogaberishvili graduated from the Faculty of…