Janri Lolashvili is a People’s Artist of Georgia, a Laureate of the State Prize, a Knight of the European Order of Human History, and the owner of many other awards and titles. “In painting, I am a director, dramatist, scenographer and actor. This feeling, this…

Gigo Zaziashvili, a Georgian artist, was born into the family of Ivane Zaziashvili, a Georgian signboard painter. As a self-taught painter, Gigo Zaziashvili faced the adversity of poverty, which deprived him of a formal elementary education. His life took a turn at the age of…

Photographer and teacher, Yuri Mechitov was fond of photography since his childhood, which soon determined his professional path – in 1972, after graduating from the Tbilisi Polytechnical Institute, he began working as a photographer at the Georgian Film Studio and since then most of his…

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…

David Gabitashvili was born in Tbilisi in 1920. He actively served in the Second World War before pursuing studies at the Tbilisi Art Academy under the guidance of Ucha Japaridze. Upon completing his studies in 1952, he began participating in art exhibitions. David Gabitashvili’s works…

Rusudan Javrishvili, the People’s Artist of Georgia, holds a significant position in the field of artistic expression, particularly for her works that are intimately linked with the development of Georgian landscape art. Her creative inspiration is deeply rooted in her attachment to the natural beauty…

Lado Tevdoradze was born on September 17, 1957. In 1974-1977 he studied at Mose Toidze art school, and in 1979-1985 – at the Tbilisi State Art Academy. In the works of Lado Tevdoradze, the scenes depict everyday life of Georgia in the present and past.…

A photographer and artist, Natela Grigalashvili made a name for herself with personal photo projects depicting her own life memories and feelings and photo reports about the closed communities of the border regions of Georgia.   Grigalashvili became interested in photography after she graduated from…

Buba Arabuli graduated from the Art School named after Jacob Nikoladze in 1990; Faculty of Painting of Tbilisi State Art Academy in 1996. One of the main characters of the artist’s works is a woman. In color palette created with gentle pastel tones, transparent airy…

Mikheil Khvitia was born in 1924 in Zugdidi. In 1948, he graduated from the painting faculty of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, in the class of Professor Aleksandre Tsimakuridze. He was a scholarship holder named after Repin. In 1948-51, he continued his studies at the…

Self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmanashvili occupies a special place in Georgian painting. The artist, who in fact spent all his life in one city and did not study anywhere, created paintings, which are truly original – national and, at the same time, contemporary.Niko Pirosmanashvili was…

Acclaimed artist and sculptor, the recipient of the Order of Honor, and the Honored Artist of Georgia, Givi Mizandari had a diverse and prolific life. He was the first artist from the Soviet Union to be invited as a pedagogue in the 1960s and 1970s…