Date and Place of Birth:
16.08.1952
Tbilisi, Georgia
Education and Career:
1977 – Graduated from the Academy of Fine and Applied Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia
1980-1988 – Artists House Tbilisi- Head of the Department of Fine Arts
1986-1996 – Board Secretary of the Union of Artists of Georgia
2000-2004 – Director of “Georgian Stamp” – Georgian post
2004-2006 – Professor of Tbilisi state academy of arts
2006-2009 – Dean- faculty of fine arts -Tbilisi state academy of arts
2013-2014 – Full professor of fine arts-Faculty of fine arts, TSA of arts
2014-till now – Was elected as Rector of Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
Solo Exhibitions
1991 – Bazel Switzerland
1998 – Moscow Russia
1999 – “ TMS Gallery”, Tbilisi Georgia
2000 – TMS Gallery”, Tbilisi Georgia
2001 – Gertsev Gallery, Moscow Russia
2001 – Gertsev Gallery , Atlanta USA
2001 – Gallery “Universe”, Tbilisi Georgia
2002 – Caucasus House, Paris France
2003 – Bremen Germany
2004 – „ARD 1channel TV”, Berlin Germany
2004 – Maison du Caucase, Paris, France
2005 – ARD, Berlin, Germany
2005 – „AM ROTEN HOF” ,Vienna Austria
2007 – Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
2008 – TBC Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
2010 – „TBC Gallery” Tbilisi Georgia
2011 – Tiflis Avenu Art Center, Tbilisi, Georgia
2011 – Baku, Azerbaijan
2012 – Nati Gallery, London, Uk
2012 – TBC Gallery” Tbilisi Georgia
2012 – Hamburg, Germany
2013 – Am Roten Hof Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2014 – Gallery “Oftalmiji” -Tbilisi, Georgia
2015 – Cros, Moscow, Russia
2015 – Batumi, Georgia
2015 – Tbilisi State academy of arts, Tbilisi, Georgia
2015 Nov – National Museum of Azerbaijan- Baku, Azerbaijan
2017 – Strasbourg, Building of European Parliament
2018 – Gallery “Oftalmij”-Tbilisi Georgia
Principal Group exhibitions
1978 – Artist’s House, Tbilisi Georgia
1982 – Central House of artists, Moscow Russia
1984 – Artists Union, Tallinn, Estonia
1987 – The international exhibition, Osaka Japan
1989 – Sparkasse, Bellingen, Germany
1990 – Sparkasse, Ulm, Germany
1990 – Drouot Gallery, Paris, France
1990 – New-York USA
1991 – Gallery Brok, Barcelona Spain
1992 – Sparkasse, Rottweill, Germany
1992 – Rosvita Bencert Gallery, Zurich Switzerland
1993 – Bodensee Festival, Friedrichshafen, Germany
1994 – Moscow, Russia
1994 – Georgian Music Center, Ingolstadt, Germany
1996 – The Botanical Museum, Brisago, Switzerland
1997 – ART MANEZH, Moscow (Russia)
1998 – Art Salon, Moscow, Russia
1998-1995 – Art forum, Ankara, Turkey
1999 – Art messe, Pirmazens, Germany
1999 – Gallery Qis Qalasi, Baku, Azerbaijan
1996-2000 – “Art MESSE” Berlin, Germany
1999 – 2001 Gertsev Gallery, Atlanta USA
2002 – Art Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2004 – National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
2004 – Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
2005 – Gallery Universe, Tbilisi, Georgia
2006 – Georgian Culture days, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 – National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2007 – Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
2007 – Emaar International Art Simposium, Dubai, UAE
2008 – The Arts Club, London, UK
2009 – Chambers Gallery, London, UK
2012 – Art Batumi, Georgia
2015 – Batumi, Georgia
2015 – Moscow, Russia-TNN Gallery
2015 – Tbilisi, Georgia-Silk gallery
2016 – Berlin, Germany- Embassy of Georgia
2017 – Tbilisi, Georgia- Georgian National Museum
2017 – Doha, Qatar
PERSONAL AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Georgia, Switzerland, USA, Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Turkey, Estonia, Japan
AWARDS RECEIVED
1987 – Awarder with the Gold Medal at the international Exhibition, Osaka, Japan
2007 – Awarded I Prize at the Emaar international art symposium, Dubai, UAE
2014 – Awarded for the Exceptional contribution to the Georgian culture, “Georgian Spirit” Tbilisi, Georgia
2016 – Awarded honoris Cause Degree from Azerbaijan State academy of Art.
