Felix Varlamishvili (Varla) was born in Kutaisi, Georgia in 1903. He studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts from 1922 till 1926;  the same year (1926) he founded a private art school in Tbilisi, Georgia In 1928 he moved to France. In 1933 he…

Mirian Shvelidze – painter, set designer and interior decorator, who in collaboration with the eminent stage director, Robert Sturua, created a new era in Georgian stage design. In 1971 he graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts where he studied scenic design with Parnaoz…

Parnaoz (Parna) Lapiashvili was one of the most renowned  representatives of the 20th century Georgian scenic and film production design. He designed more than 100 theatre, opera and ballet performances and was a designer of the popular Georgian films Keto and Kote  by Vakhtang Tabliahsvili …

Shalamberidze Roland Roland Shalamberidze was born in 1958 in Kutaisi, Georgia. In 1982, he and Merab Amaglobeli founded the non-conformist creative club of artists and poets White Wings in  Kutaisi. Roland Shalamberidze lives and works in St. Petersburg since 1988. He works as an abstractionist,…

Alde Kakabadze – artist, ceramics specialist. Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR (1976). People’s Artist of the Georgian SSR (1987). Knight of the Order of Merit. She graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, and since 1964 he has been teaching there. Alde Kakabadze’s creations…

Zurab Nizharadze graduated from Tbilisi State Art Academy in 1955. In 1964-1971 he was a teacher of the drawing department of the Academy of Arts, in 1982-1987 – rector. He is a representative of the distinguished generation of artists of the 50s of the 20th…

Georgi (Gogi) Alexi-Meskhishvili was born in 1941 into the family of renowned architect Lado Alexi-Meskhishvili. In 1967 he graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, and since that time has actively participated in exhibitions. Beginning from 1971, Gogi Alexi-Meskhishvili served as stage designer of the Shota Rustaveli Drama…

Zurab Gabunia’s work belongs to the group of artists of the 70’s of twentieth century. Main and probably the defining genre of his work is a landscape, and as for his technique – oil colors. Also, he uses acryl, pastel and charcoal for work. Landscape in…

Albert Dilbarian was born in 1928 in Tbilisi, Georgia. During 1946-1952 he was studying painting at Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts. He actively participated in different exhibitions in Georgia and abroad. Dilbarian’s works were exhibited in Paris in 1963. His artworks include landscape and…

Givi Toidze belongs to that generation of artists, who actively appeared on easel painting area in the sixties of the twentieth century. His creativity perfectly reflects the considerable progress, occurring at that time. Givi Toidze cognized in the workshop of his grandfather, outstanding Georgian artist…

Reno Turkia was born in Sokhumi, in 1926. He graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1966. He was teaching at the Academy 1959. After 1940 he was actively participated in local and international exhibitions. Reno Turkia main medium was painting. His portraits…

Guram Gelovani graduated from Tbilisi Art Academy in 1954. The generation of artist Guram Gelovani, who has been on the creative scene since the 1950s, lived and worked within the Soviet system. The artistic practice of this generation also functioned in an environment regulated by…