Artist
Born in 1956 in TbilisiGeorgia.
Education:
Tbilisi State Academy of Art. Department of Painting; Workshop of the Moscow Academy of Arts;
Awards:
2002 – Medal “Carlos Magnus” for one of the best work in the exhibition of European Academies of Arts in Rome, Vatican; 2000 – Ivane Javakhishvili Medal of Tbilisi State University; 1996 – Anton I Golden Medal; 1993 – Iakob Gogebashvili Medal of the Pedagogical Society of Georgia; 1990 – The award of President of France for the Best National Selection. Cannes Festival; 1985 – The prize of the Artists Union of Georgia for the Best Painting of the Year.
Professional and Pedagogical experience:
2010 – up today – Ilia State University, Professor; 2004 – 2011 – Tbilisi State Academy of Art. Rector, Professor; Vice President of “Sakartvelo” Foundation (Madrid, Spain); 2006 – up today – Expert and member of board of Romualdo del Bianco Foundation (Florence, Italy); 2005 – Member of the Forum of Vilnius. “Intellectuals of Eastern Europe”; 2000 – 2003 – Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Deputy Rector, Professor; 1997 – 2000 – Tbilisi State University of Theatre and Cinema. Docent; 1985-1994 – The Artists’ Union of Georgia; Head of the Young Artists’ Department;
International Conferences and Projects:
2006- 2009 – Annual Conferences “Profession and Degree”. Romualdo del Bianco Foundation (Florence, Italy); 2005 – Forum of Vilnius (Lithuania), “Intellectuals of Eastern Europe on the Democratic Processes in the Post-Soviet Countries”; 2004 – Hellenophilic days Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University; Institute of Classical, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies;
Selected exhibitions:
2018 - London; 2017 - Tbilisi; 2016 - Tbilisi; 2015 - Batumi, Kutaisi; 2014 – Frankfurt, Tbilisi; 2013 - London; 2012 – Madrid, London; 2011 - Tehran;
Books:
1994 – Thoughts on Transient; 2000 – Dialogs from Monolog; Author TV and Radio programs: 2008 – 2013 – “Night Dialogs.” Georgian Public Broadcasting, I Chanel; 2009 - 2012 – “Tondo,” Radio “Muza”; 1996- 1997 – “Hieroglyph”, Georgian Public Broadcasting, I Channel E.
