Tengiz Kartvelishvili is a painter, graphic artist, decorator, and exhibition designer, belonging to the generation of Georgian artists from the 1970s. In addition to scenography and poster design, an important direction of his work is painting, with urban landscapes as his main motif. His canvases…

In 1977, Malkhaz Tavadze graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts with the specialty of film and television art (teachers: Sergo Kobuladze, Ucha Japaridze, Dimitri Taqaishvili, Gogi Totibadze). In 1980-1983, he continued his studies at the graphic arts workshop of the Academy of Arts…

Set and film production designer, Medea Bakradze, graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts in 1973 with a qualification in set design. She joined the Georgian Artists’ Union in 1977 and, in 1985 became a member of the Georgian Union of Filmmakers. Bakradze has worked…

Tengiz Samsonadze (1928–2008) was a prominent figure in Georgian fine art. After completing his studies at the Iakob Nikoladze Art School in 1949, he furthered his education at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, specialising in painting, graphics, theatre, film, and television painting. Additionally, he excelled…

Oleg Kochakidze, a Georgian theatre artist, architect, painter, and director, was born in Moscow, Russia. Later, he moved to Tbilisi and studied on the faculty of architecture at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts until 1959, where he met Alexander Slovensky and Yuri Chikvaidze, who would play…

Renowned scenographer, director, artist, production designer, and screenwriter Yuri Chikvaidze was born in Tbilisi in 1934. In 1959, he completed his studies at the Faculty of Architecture of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, where he forged connections with Oleg Kochakidze and Aleksandre Slovinsky. Together,…