Rezo Khasia, the sculptor, and an alumnus of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, studied under the guidance of the established sculptors  Nikoloz Kandelaki and Valentin Topuridze. After graduating from the Academy of Arts, he participated in regular spring and autumn exhibitions held in the House…

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…

Jemal (Djoti) Bjalava was born in 1944, and in 1973, he graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. The works created by him are crafted from granite, marble, and silex, distinguished by their archaic forms. Notably, the sculptor’s technique…

Jhon Gogaberishvili is one of the most sought-after sculptors among the Georgian sculptors of the 70s generation, whose monumental stonework can be found in many countries of the world. His activity in the new millennium is especially fruitful. Jhon Gogaberishvili graduated from the Faculty of…

In 1964-1970, he studied at the Faculty of Sculpture at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts. His graduate work—a 3m high figurative composition of Pirosmani—was highly appreciated by the sculptor Mikhail Anikushin, who was then the secretary of the board of the Artist’s Union. This led…

It took sculptor Simon Girkelidze, a certain time to find his true vocation. After having started to study  geography and geology at the Tbilisi State University he then moved to the Tbilisi Academy of Arts to study graphic, which he completed in 1970. But already…

Sculptor Ramaz Manjgaladze is a graduate of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, where he mastered the art of sculpture under the guidance of Irakli Okropiridze and Kote Merabishvili. After finishing the academy, he participated in all Republican, and spring and autumn exhibitions. In 1977, he…

Sculptor and teacher, Nodar Topuria – Voitkevich  has mainly been working in the genre of small statuary, and has made a name for himself with the refined forms of his works and the exceptional technique of gypsum finishing and painting. Eventually he chose gypsum as…

Sculptor and teacher; Head of the Faculty of Applied Arts at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts,  Jumber Jikia graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture of the same institution  in  1974. Since then he  has participated in international sculpture competitions such as : Tradition and Search,…

Sculptor, People’s Artist of Georgia, full member of the USSR Academy of Arts, laureate of the USSR State Prize and the Stalin Prize, Valentin Topuridze graduated from high school in Saratov and enrolled in the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saratov University. In…

Sculptor and painter  Irina Merabishvili-Shanshiashvili was born in Tbilisi in 1948. In 1972 she graduated from the Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi Conservatory, where she studied in piano class. In parallel with music, she studied sculpture, painting, and art history at the art faculty of Tbilisi State…

Tatia Darchiashvili (1972) was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. She has graduated from the faculty of easel graphics in Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1996. After graduating from the academy, Tatia Darchiashvili underwent an internship at S. Kobuladze etching studio. Tatia Darchiashvili’s art covers following…