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…

Gia Miminoshvili, artist, ceramist. Graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (1983); Received a diploma of “author-cameraman” from the film and photography department of the Tbilisi Technical Institute (1987); Founder of Vardzia Art Group (1989); Since 1993, he has lived and worked in Kyiv…

Gigisha Pachkoria is one of the most renowned ceramic artists in Georgia. He graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Art in 1986. He founded the Georgian Foundation for Ceramic Arts and Crafts, “Clay Office” (2007).Gigisha Pachkoria’s interest in ceramics started in early childhood, within…

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,…