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…

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…

Famous Georgian pianist, composer, conductor and artist. Born in 1941 August 21 in the family of Andria Balanchivadze, a prominent Georgian composer. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where his teachers were the famous musicians Lev Oborin and Maria Yudina. Since early childhood, he has…

Dimitri Khahutashvili belongs to the generation of Georgian artists of the 1950s. He was born in 1927 in Tbilisi. In 1953, he graduated from the faculty of easel painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, where his teachers were notable representatives of Georgian art…

“Relics of mine: icons, family photoes, knuchlebones, slings, horse-shoes, ladies’ hats and fans, ancient daggers and sabres… I had been collecting them all my life using them in collages and pop art works, drawing them, never tired of admiring and cherishing them; it seems, the…

Irakli Sutidze is a representative of the 80s generation of Georgian artists. The artist is distinguished by his individual style. His authentic art techniques (golden background; multi-layered textured surface; close-up images) give his monumental compositions a touch of romance. The sense of time is neglected…

Gela Philauri was born on May 8, 1961 in Gori, Georgia. In 1976-1980 he studied in M. S. Tuganov Arts professional School, Tskhinvali, then at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, in 1981-1987. Gela Philauri is a member of many creative associations – since 1986…

Vladimir Yakovlev (1934-1998) – Moscow artist, one of the most talented and original representatives of the Soviet underground. At first, he was influenced by Jackson Pollock and Picasso, then he worked in the “New Figurative” style. Even in the unofficial circle of artists, his personality…

Chingiz Farzalyev was born in 1943. In 1973, he graduated from V. Surikov Moscow State Art Institute, Faculty of Painting. Since 2008, he has been a professor at the State Art Academy of Azerbaijan. Since 2010, he has been the director of the National Museum…

Georgian artist of Russian origin, Valentin Sherpilov was born in Tbilisi in 1911. He first studied sculpture at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, and then – painting under the guidance of David Kakabadze (1932-39). After graduating from the academy, he became an assistant to the…

Yevgeny Lanceray (Eugene Lansere) was a Russian artist of French descent – graphic artist, painter, sculptor, mosaicist and illustrator. He was born in a family of artists: his father was sculptor Yevgeny Lanceray Senior; his sister – Zinaida Serebriakova, the painter; the brother – the…