Thamar de Létay-Vachnadze served as the Artistic Director of the Sao Paulo Theater and held a prominent position within the creative elite of Paris. Her departure from Georgia was precipitated by the Soviet occupation, prompting her initial relocation to France before subsequently pursuing her artistic…

Alexander Varvaridze is a visual artist best known for his paintings. He uses a very distinctive approach in his work consisting of figurative shapes and colors. His portraits show him as an emotional painter rather than a realist, which gives him a lot of room…

Nikoloz Koka Tsikhelashvili was born in Tbilisi. In 1982-1988, he studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tbilisi State Art Academy. The diploma work was sent to the exhibition of the best diploma works of the Soviet Union in Moscow. From 2005 to 2022,…

Rezo (Emeliane) Adamia was born in Senaki, Georgia in 1938. In 1970, he graduated from the painting faculty of the Tbilisi State Fine Arts Academy. In 1969-1971, he worked as an art teacher at the 50th secondary school in Tbilisi. In 1974-1988, he worked as…

Lev Baiakhchev was born in Tbilisi, representative of the 50s generation of artists. The main motifs of his painting are Tbilisi landscapes, portraits, still lives and nudes. Lev Bayakhchev graduated from Tbilisi Art Academy in 1954, where he studied in the workshops of Sergo Kobuladze,…

Artist Vakhtang Muskhelishvili graduated from Jacob Nicoladze Art College (1974-1978) and then the painting faculty of the Tbilisi State Fine Arts Academy in 1984. He devoted four years teaching painting at the Tbilisi Children’s Art School before being appointed Art Professor at the Academy of…

Oskar Schmerling Georgian painter and graphic artist of German origin. He studied first at the St. Petersburg Art Academy (from 1884) and then in Munich (1891–1892). He returned to Tbilisi in 1893. He was the director of the Tbilisi Art School, and then the School…

Boris Fogel was born in Dagestan. After his father’s death, his family moved to Tbilisi (1878). He graduated from Tbilisi Gymnasium. In 1891, he continued his studies at the Law Faculty of Moscow University; 1896-1997 He studied at the Julien Academy in Paris; 1897-1902 –…

Tutu Kiladze is a Georgian artist born in 1981 who lives and works in Georgia. She is graduated in 2005 from the State Academy of Arts in Tbilisi. Tutu Kiladze belongs to a group of contemporary artists whose interest lies mainly in the pursuit of…

Mamia Akhobadze is regarded as an important figure in the 1960s generation of artists. He was an active figure in both the artistic and art historical fields. He had been preparing to become an artist since childhood; therefore, he took several important steps towards this…

Natalia Phalavandishvili, a Georgian painter, graphic artist, and book illustrator, graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Art in 1945, where she studied under Joseph Charlemagne and Lado Grigolia. During her studies, she began working on book illustrations, children’s magazines, and landscapes, primarily using watercolour…

Giorgi Keshelava, better known as Gigi, was a painter, sculptor, and graphic designer who lived in Tbilisi from 1932 to 1993. His creative path began at the Youth Palace, where he studied painting and drawing under the guidance of Grigol Meskhi.Giorgi Keshelava continued his studies…