Serapion Vatsadze – Honored Artist of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, the theatre artist, film set designer, painter, and graphic artist,  was among the first graduates of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts: he entered the Faculty of Sculpture and Decorative Painting in 1922, however, by…

In 1930, Irakli Mdivani graduated from Tbilisi State Fine Arts Academy (class of E. Lansere). Since 1931, he worked in Georgian drama theaters. Since 1930, he was the main artist of the puppet theater. He designed Nina Gernet’s Aladdin’s Magic Lamp, Vazha Pshavela’s The Tale…

Evgeniya Dontsova, an Honoured Art Worker of the Georgian SSR, was born in Rostov, Russia. During the Great Patriotic War, she was evacuated to Tbilisi. She studied theatre decoration at the Tbilisi State Academy of Art from 1942 to 1949, where her teachers were David…

A native of Tbilisi, Alexander Salzmann was born in the cultivated family of the first wave of Germans who immigrated to Georgia at the beginning of the 19th century and received a thorough upbringing and early training in art, music and drama.  His father –…

Famous Georgian pianist, composer, conductor and artist. Born in 1941 August 21 in the family of Andria Balanchivadze, a prominent Georgian composer. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where his teachers were the famous musicians Lev Oborin and Maria Yudina. Since early childhood, he has…

In 1979 Temur Chkhutishvili graduated from I. Nikoladze Art School. He worked as a main artist at the State Theater of Satire and Humor after graduating from the Fine Arts Academy (1986). Later he worked at Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Pedagogical Institute as a teacher. He systematically…

Keti Davlianidze was born in Tbilisi in 1976. In 1998 she graduated from Sergo Kobuladze’s art studio, and in 1996 – from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Film and Television painting faculty. In 1999 at the same Art Academy she graduated graphics and drawing faculty.…

Georgian renowned set and film production designer Ioseb Sumbatashvili was born on October 10th 1915. After graduating from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts he was invited to the Marjanishvili Drama Theatre as the Chief Artistic Director (1942-1947). Among the plays he then designed were David…

Revaz Tarkhan-Mouravi was born in Tbilisi. In 1954, he graduated from the Tbilisi Art Academy. He was a disciple of Davit Kakabadze and Sergo Kobuladze. Participated in exhibitions since 1955. His graphic works are characterized by dynamism, rhythmicity, compositional integrity. It is worth noting the…

Mirian Shvelidze – painter, set designer and interior decorator, who in collaboration with the eminent stage director, Robert Sturua, created a new era in Georgian stage design. In 1971 he graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts where he studied scenic design with Parnaoz…

Parnaoz (Parna) Lapiashvili was one of the most renowned  representatives of the 20th century Georgian scenic and film production design. He designed more than 100 theatre, opera and ballet performances and was a designer of the popular Georgian films Keto and Kote  by Vakhtang Tabliahsvili …

“Patriarch of the Georgian Scenography”, “The Man Who Clad the Dance”,  “The artist, who created his own signature style in set design and costumes” – such are the words the art critics usually use to describe  Simon Virsaladze, commonly known as Soliko, the Georgian painter…