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,…

Sculptor, Honored artist of Georgia, representative of the 50s generation of Georgian sculptors. Guram Kordzhakhiya graduated from the Academy of Arts in 1952 and immediately made a name for himself on a national and all-union scale by his graduation work –  a sculpture by Vladimir…

Sculptor, artist Liza Epitashvili is an alumnus of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts. She graduated from the faculty of sculpture in 1981. She worked at Tbilisi Art Studio of sculptors of USSR Academy of Art (1983-1986). 1988-2005 – Liza Epitashvili Lived and worked in Belgrade…

The eminent graphic artist, founder of modern Georgian graphic art, People’s artist of the Georgian SSR, winner of the Shota Rustaveli Prize, Honored Art Worker of the Georgian SSR and Professor at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, Lado Grigolia is considered a major master of…

Sculptor and goldsmith, was born in 1941 in Bordjomi, Georgia. He spent his youth in Batumi with. He studied sculpture at the Art school of Tbilisi between 1958 and 1962. He left Georgia in 1962 for Moscow, where he started a career as a sculptor, while dreaming of becoming a goldsmith. In…

Iakob Nikoladze was born in 1876 in Kutaisi. He was the first Georgian professional sculptor and the founder of the round sculpture school. Nikoladze was a People’s Artist of the USSR of Georgia, a People’s Artist of the USSR, and a full member of the…

Sculptor, graphic artist, Gia Japaridze is an alumnus of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts. He graduated from the faculty of sculpture in 1986 and completed his postgraduate study in 1972. Starting form 1970 he participated in lots of different exhibitions on both local and international…

Sculptor and teacher who, together with Yakob Nikoladze, is considered to be the founding father of the modern Georgian school of sculpture. After graduating from Kutaisi Classical Gymnasium, Nikoloz Kandelaki went to St. Petersburg, where he enrolled as a free listener at the St. Petersburg…

  Sculptor Karlo Grigolia is one of the most important representatives of non-conformist art and the founder of Georgian abstract sculpture. After graduating from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1956, he continued working as lecturer at the academy. Karlo Grigolia’s works are based…

Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, People’s Artist of Georgia. Irakli Ochiauri graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Art under the guidance of Jacob Nikoladze in 1951. His diploma work was “Vaja Pshavela.” He participated in exhibitions since 1953, and  in the same year, joined the Georgian…

Sculptor, graphic artist, book illustrator, and professor  at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, Gogi Ochiauri was a representative of the 1950s  pleiades of the Georgian sculptors whose creative activity was mostly dominated by the search for  motives and characters  expressing national identity.    Among his  monumental…