Otar Vepkhvadze was born in the city of Borjomi (Georgia). He graduated from the Faculty of Decorative and Applied Arts of the Tbilisi State Academy of Art (1975). Teacher of Tbilisi State Academy of Art (1990-1992); Teacher at Phoenix Art University (Arizona, USA) (1991). Otar…

Lali Kutateladze, artist, ceramist. She graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy in 1982. She founded the Georgian Foundation for Ceramic Arts and Crafts, “Clay Office” (2007).Since the 1980s and 1990s, she has been actively involved in both local and international projects and exhibitions as an…

Nato Eristavi is a ceramist. Graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Art (1989-1994); invited lecturer at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (2006-2013); head of the children’s ceramic sculpture and painting workshop (1999-2015); co-founder of the Georgian Foundation for Ceramic Arts and Crafts “Clay…

Malkhaz Shvelidze, a ceramic artist, is the author of the concept of the Georgian Lari symbol. Born in the city of Kutaisi (Georgia), graduated from the design faculty of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. 1992-1993: worked as a ceramics teacher in Herning (Denmark); participated…

Vakhtang Kokiashvili, a pioneer of vitrage art genre in Georgia. The artist who decorated popular public and private spaces in cities across Georgia, from an interior of the Tbilisi Funicular ropeway station to venues in Black Sea resort towns. Kokiashvili graduated from the Tbilisi State…

Giorgi Shkhvatsabaia – a sculptor and People’s Artist of Georgia is a  representative of the 60s generation of sculptors  and  honorary citizen of Tbilisi. In 1964 he graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts where he studied the art of sculpture under  Nikoloz Kandelaki, Valentin…

Shalamberidze Roland Roland Shalamberidze was born in 1958 in Kutaisi, Georgia. In 1982, he and Merab Amaglobeli founded the non-conformist creative club of artists and poets White Wings in  Kutaisi. Roland Shalamberidze lives and works in St. Petersburg since 1988. He works as an abstractionist,…

Alde Kakabadze – artist, ceramics specialist. Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR (1976). People’s Artist of the Georgian SSR (1987). Knight of the Order of Merit. She graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, and since 1964 he has been teaching there. Alde Kakabadze’s creations…

Sculptor, stage designer and graphic artist, Nino Tsereteli was  a representative of the first generation  of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, founded in 1922. Together with Tamar Abakelia, she is the first Georgian woman to choose sculpture as her profession. Despite her short life (she…

Tamara Kvesitadze is a artist and sculptor. She is best known for her sculpture “Man and Woman”, later renamed “Ali and Nino”, designed in 2007 and installed on the seafront in Batumi, Georgia since 2010. Glebe House in Glebe Place, Chelsea, London contains 13 artworks…

Vazha Melikishvili’s life was full of con- stant search and novelties of forms, deep originality with understanding of things and events and a great talent of generalization. According to the evaluation of art scholars, he was distinguished by the way of thinking and it was…

Sculptor, Honored Artist of Georgia (2005). He is an alumnus of the Tbilisi State Academy of Art who graduated in 1980. Since his graduation he has been actively participating in local and international exhibitions, including International Symposium (Riga, Latvia, 1986), International Symposium, Composition “Corrida” (Biarritz,…