Misha Svanidze studied ceramics at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts from 1998 to 2002. After being expelled from the Academy, he did not pursue further studies. Svanidze works with three-dimensional forms in space, using a variety of materials. His works, including The Fat Table,…

For more than 20 years, Levan Kipshidze worked in visual art, primarily focusing on sculpture. Even his design projects partly embodied a sculptural essence. His works consisted of abstract sculptures with postmodern content and conceptual, generalized themes. He worked with various materials, including metal (iron…

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…

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 (Joti) Bzhalava 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 mainly worked in the genre of small statuary and 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 a final material for his…

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,…