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 Bjalava was born in 1944 in Martvili, Georgia. In 1973 he graduated from the faculty of sculpture at Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Georgia. The sculptor has been involved in local and international exhibitions since 1970, including: Republican and Union exhibitions (1990-1997); Exterior Sculpture…

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…

Badri Lomsianidze was born in Kutaisi, Georgia. After graduating Kutaísi School of Fine Arts and then Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, B. Lomsianidze continues his career in Spain.Badri Lomsianidze is a multidisciplinary artist who studied fine arts, namely textile design. From…

In 1964-1970, he studied at the Faculty of Sculpture at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts. His graduate work—a 3m high figurative composition of Pirosmani—was highly appreciated by the sculptor Mikhail Anikushin, who was then the secretary of the board of the Artist’s Union. This led…