Zurab Tsereteli (1934–2025) was a Georgian and Russian painter, sculptor, and monumental artist, whose colossal works became landmarks across the Soviet Union and beyond. President of the Russian Academy of Arts (1997–2025) and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, he was both highly decorated (Hero of Socialist Labor…

Mzia Dedanashvili studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1961-1967, at The Faculty of Graphic Art. In 1968-1970, she worked at the Department of Graphic Geometry of the Academy of Arts. In 1972-1991, she was an artist-illustrator at the publishing house ‘Merani’. Since…

Zurab Porchkhidze was born in Kutaisi, in 1956-1962 he studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts (Book Illustration Workshop, Professor Teimuraz Kubaneishvili). In 1970 he completed postgraduate studies at the Department of Easel Graphics (Professor Vladimir Keshelava).Honored Artist of Georgia,…

Eka Gelovani Alumna of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, she graduated in 1983 with the qualification of painter and teacher. Eka Gelovani is one of the artists to whom the painting represents the best way to communicate with people and modernity. It is in this…

Tengiz Kartvelishvili is a painter, graphic artist, decorator, and exhibition designer, belonging to the generation of Georgian artists from the 1970s. In addition to scenography and poster design, an important direction of his work is painting, with urban landscapes as his main motif. His canvases…

Romuald (Roma) Tsukhishvili graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Faculty of Applied Arts with the specialty of ceramic artist (teachers: Sergo Kobuladze, Vakhtang Japaridze Giorgi Sesiashvili, Revaz Iashvili) in 1963. 1963-1966 He worked in the Art and Design Bureau, then as a restorer in…

An outstanding representative of Georgian ceramic art and one of the founders of the Georgian Institute of Art History, Honored Artist of Georgia, Zakaria Maisuradze excelled as both an artist and a scholar.  He was the first to study the technology of medieval Georgian ceramics.…

In 1957, Vakhtang Oniani graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Faculty of Sculpture. In 1960-1961, he worked as a chief artist in Drosha magazine; In 1964-1980, he was the chief artist of the State Committee of the Printed Word. Among his outstanding works are:…

Zaira Bechvaia, after graduating from the Yakob Nikoladze Art School, continued her studies in 1973 at the Faculty of Painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, under the guidance of prominent public artists A. Kutateladze, K. Makharadze and E. Kalandadze’s class. She had a…

Manana Beliashvili graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1957 with the specialty of painter-graphic artist. His teachers were: V. Gregory, V. Japaridze, I. Charlemagne. The diploma work was illustrations of Georgian folk tales (teacher I. Charlemagne). For years she worked in publishing houses…

Vakhtang Gulisashvili, a painter, graphic artist, decorator, and metal engraver, studied at the painting department of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts from 1960 to 1965 under the guidance of Ucha Japaridze and Sergo Kobuladze.The artist created significant works for the House of Culture in Bichvinta…

Honored Artist of Georgia, painter, graphic artist, and book designer Givi Gulisashvili was an alumnus of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, graduating from Mose Toidze’s class in 1938. He began participating in art exhibitions soon after. The main motifs of his works are images of…