Grigol Chirinashvili graduated from the Tbilisi Art Academy in 1943; He was a teacher at the same academy since 1965 (since 1982 – professor). He systematically participated in exhibitions. In 1978, he artistically decorated the Gurjaani Immigrant Memorial. Created images dedicated to the Tbilisi community,…

In 1936-1940 Ekaterine Bagdavadze studied on faculty of Fine Art at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. She graduated from the faculty of painting in 1946. From 1948 she was a member of the Artists Union in Georgia. Ekaterine Bagdavadze was working in magazine “Nakaduli” as…

Robert Sturua is Georgian painter-monumentalist, People’s Artist of the Georgian SSR (1965). In 1933, he entered the Tbilisi Art Academy. In 1939, he continued his studies at the Moscow Surikov Art Institute at the faculty of monumental painting. His works include such examples as “Victory…

Eteri Chkadua  (born 1965 in Georgia) Is a artist and a designer. Currently she works and laves in  NYC, Kingston (Jamaica) and Tbilisi (Georgia). After  completing  Academy of Arts in Tbilisi , Georgia, Eteri married American linguist Kevin Tuite and moved to United States in 1988.…

Aleksander Tsimakuridze started his studies at the Caucasus Fine Arts Promotion School with Boris Fogel and Oskar Shmerling. Then he went to Moscow and studied painting in K. In Yuon’s studio. Later he entered the Stroganov Central Art and Industrial School, and in 1906 he…

Thea Gvetadze was born in Riga in 1971. In 1988-1993 she was graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. Afterwards she continued studying at Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam, Netherlands). During 1994-2001 she studied at Dusseldorf State Art Academy in  Germany. Currently, artists lives and…

Koki Makharadze birth in Ochamchire, Georgia. He graduated from Ap. Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1953. Since 1973, he has been teaching at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. Important works: “Suvorov and Bagration in the Alps” (1952), “Battle of Aspindze (1961)”, large…

Ucha (Ilia) Japaridze was a Georgian painter, graphic artist, book illustrator, and educator, and one of the major figures in twentieth-century Georgian visual art. In Georgian art historiography, he is recognized primarily as one of the founders and leading representatives of Georgian Socialist Realist painting.…

Mose Toidze – Painter, graphic artist, People’s Artist of the USSR, Academician of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, Professor of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts , one of the founders of the new Georgian painting. He studied at the St. Petersburg Art…

In 1947, Georgy Totibadze begins to study arts and painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts with teacher Ucha Japaridze, before receiving his diploma in 1953. In 1959, he obtained the title of professor and created his own artist workshop. He has been named…

Edmond Kalandadze is one of the most significant figures in modern Georgian art. From his student years in the 1940s, he was recognized as a highly talented and active artist. The work of Georgian artists from this period attained the status of both a political…

Jibson Khundadze belongs to the generation of Georgian artists from the 1950s and 1960s, known for introducing a new abstract wave in Georgian visual art. His work gradually moved away from the perception of realistic landscapes, as well as the stylistic elements of impressionism and…