Beka Chkhaidze is a Georgian sculptor, painter, and graphic artist, and a representative of the younger generation of contemporary Georgian sculpture. He was born on August 16, 1998, in Tbilisi. between 2016 and 2024, he studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, where he…

Levan Muzashvili, an artist and sculptor. He was born in Tbilisi in 1983. In 1999, he enrolled in the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, specializing in Sculpture. His professors were renowned masters: Viktor Chumburidze, Gogi Ochiauri, Levan Tsutskiridze, Rusudan…

Irakli Zhvania is a contemporary Georgian monumental sculptor. He received his formal education at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts between 1987 and 1991, specializing in monumental sculpture under the tutelage of Zurab Tsereteli. His creative portfolio encompasses monumental and kinetic sculptures, figurative compositions, and…

Sculptor, graphic artist, painter, and designer. Born in Tbilisi into a family of artists and art historians, he received his art education at the Iakob Nikoladze Art College and later at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, where he studied sculpture under the guidance of Professor…

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…

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:…

In 1968-1974 Avtandil Monaselidze studied at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (teachers: Valentin Topuridze, Gogi Ochiauri). The main works of the artist are: The Queen of the Fields (1975. Bronze), Chiron and Orpheus (1988. Bronze), the multi-figure composition Berikaoba…

Anthimoz Gorgaze, an Honored Artist of Georgia,  was a sculptor, metal engraver, and teacher. An alumnus of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, he graduated in 1949 and, starting in 1951, began participating in numerous exhibitions while teaching the art of metal engraving to the students.…

Koba Guruli was a sculptor and engraver and one of the founders of modern Georgian metal engraving. An Honored Artist of Georgia, he graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Art’s sculpture department in 1956. He is credited with introducing several new artistic and technical methods…

Sculptor and teacher, Honored Artist of Georgia, Nelli Aleksidze graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Art’s sculpture department, where she studied under Silovan Kakabadze and Nikoloz Kandelaki. She primarily created small statuary—portrait sculptures and small compositions, with a particular focus on dancing figures. Her first…

Bidzina Avalishvili was a sculptor and an honored artist of Georgia. The painter Ucha Japaridze famously used his face for the image of Besik Gabashvili. He graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts in 1947, studying sculpture under Iakob Nikoladze. Most of his creations are…