Vakhtang Kotetishvili was a philologist, psychologist, ethnographer, and sculptor. In 1911, he graduated from the Tbilisi Theological Seminary, and in 1914 from the Faculty of Pedagogy at the St. Petersburg Psycho-Neurological Institute. In 1918, he completed his studies at the Faculty of History and Philology…

Modernist Georgian artist David Kakabadze was at the same time an art theoretician, scientist, and inventor. His name is one of the most important in the history of 20th-century Georgian painting.David was born in 1889 in the village of Kukhi in Imereti. Soon, his family…

Sculptor Erekle Tsuladze, after graduating from public school, first graduated the Iakob Nikoladze Art College – Faculty of Graphics, then – Tbilisi State Academy ofArts, Faculty of Sculpture. Erekle’s first work, the statue called “Me, you and Batumi” was placed in Georgia in Batumi Boulevard…

Gulda Kaladze –  the son of the famous Georgian sculptor Tamar Abakelia. In 1957 he graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Art. He was a versatile creator. His talent and individualism were evident in painting and drawing, but his artistic passion was sculpture. During his…

David (Devi) Khmaladze was born in Tbilisi into a family of artists, which influenced his passion for art from an early age. He began his formal education at the Tbilisi Iakob Nikoladze Art College and continued his studies in 1985 at the Faculty of Sculpture…

Acclaimed artist and sculptor, the recipient of the Order of Honor, and the Honored Artist of Georgia, Givi Mizandari had a diverse and prolific life. He was the first artist from the Soviet Union to be invited as a pedagogue in the 1960s and 1970s…

Vaja (Vajiko) Chachkhiani was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. His academic journey commenced with the pursuit of Mathematics and Informatics at the Georgian Technical University in Tbilisi. Subsequently, he transitioned to the realm of Fine Arts, embarking on studies at Universität der Künste in Berlin, Germany,…

Tengiz Gviniashvili, sculptor and teacher; Professor at the  Tbilisi Academy of Arts, Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR (1965), Knight of the Order of Honor and Honorary Citizen of Tbilisi (2002), entered the Georgian artistic scene in the 50s of the last century first as…

Giorgi Sesiashvili, a sculptor, graphic artist, and teacher, honored artist of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, was born in 1893. In 1912, he went to Switzerland to study French. At the same time, he enrolled in  École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva to study drawing and…

Misha Svanidze studied ceramics at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts from 1998 to 2002.  After being expelled from the Academy, he did not continue his studies. Misha Svanidze works in space with three-dimensional forms made of different materials. His works, be it “The Fat…

More than 20 years Levan Kipshidze working on visual art, basically – sculpture. Even his design projects partly have sculpture essence. These are abstractive sculptures with postmodern content and generalized conceptual themes. He works in metal (iron and copper), also, in wood and stone. Levan…

George Tkabladze was born in 1971 in Kutaisi, country of Georgia. In 1996, he received his BFA and MFA, majoring in sculpture from Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts, and Associate degree in sculpture and art education in I. Nicoladze Art College. (Tbilisi, Georgia). Tkabladze…