28 Notable alumni of Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
Updated: June 05, 2026 EliteDegrees
Tbilisi State Academy of Arts is ranked #8,015 in the world and #12 in Georgia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 28 notable alumni from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Tbilisi State Academy of Arts won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Gia Gugushvili
1952-. (aged 74)
painter
Gia Gugushvili is a Georgian painter. Gia Gugushvili has produced nonfigurative as well as and minimalistic figurative compositions. His paintings are in museums and private collections all over the world.
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2. Dimitri Tavadze
1911-1990 (aged 79)
painter
scenographer
Dimitri Tavadze was a Georgian artist and scenographer.
3. Levan Lagidze
1958-. (aged 68)
painter
Levan Lagidze (Georgian: ლევან ლაღიძე; (born 1958, Tbilisi) is a prominent Georgian painter.
4. David Alexidze
1966-. (aged 60)
painter
David Alexidze is a Georgian artist. His art can most precisely be described as mystic realism. His works are introduced in many catalogues and preserved in various private collections. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Visual arts of Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
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5. Robert Kondakhsazov
1937-2010 (aged 73)
painter
Robert Kondakhsazov was a Georgian-born artist, writer and philosopher, and an Honored Artist of Georgia.
6. Batu Siharulidze
1960-. (aged 66)
sculptor
Batu Siharulidze, is a Georgian artist naturalised in the United States, most widely known for his abstract figurative sculptures. He now lives in Boston, Massachusetts, where he is an associate professor of art at Boston University.
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7. Gogi Totibadze
1928-2010 (aged 82)
graphic designer
painter
Georgy Konstantinovich Totibadze was a Georgian painter. He was a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts 1975-2010.
8. Vidadi Narimanbekov
1926-2001 (aged 75)
painter
Vidadi Narimanbekov was a painter, Honored Art Worker and People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.
9. Georgy Georgevich Totibadze
1967-. (aged 59)
illustrator
painter
Georgy Georgevich Totibadze, also known as Gogi Totibadze, is a Russian and Georgian painter and illustrator.
10. Arpenik Nalbandyan
1916-1964 (aged 48)
painter
lecturer
Arpenik Nalbandyan was a Soviet-Armenian artist.
11. Hripsime Simonyan
1916-1998 (aged 82)
ceramicist
sculptor
lecturer
Hripsime Simonyan was an Armenian artist and sculptor, who made an invaluable contribution to the development of decorative art and ceramics. She was rewarded as being People's Artist of Armenia (1974).
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12. Irakli Ochiauri
1924-2015 (aged 91)
painter
sculptor
Irakli Ochiauri was a Georgian painter and sculptor who was awarded the Shota Rustaveli State Prize, the highest prize in Georgia in the fields of art and literature.
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13. Konstantin Totibadze
1969-. (aged 57)
karateka
painter
illustrator
Konstantin Georgevich Totibadze, also known as Kostya Totibadze, is a Russian painter of Georgian origin and illustrator born on (1969-09-08)8 September 1969 in Tbilisi.
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14. Eduard Isabekyan
1914-2007 (aged 93)
painter
art educator
Eduard Isabekyan was an Armenian painter, founder of thematic compositional genre in Armenia.
15. Zaza Burchuladze
1973-. (aged 53)
actor
playwright
writer
translator
journalist
Zaza Burchuladze is a contemporary postmodern Georgian novelist and dramatist. Currently, he lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
16. Levan Songulashvili
1991-. (aged 35)
painter
Levan Songulashvili is a Georgian-born New York-based visual artist; painter, draughtsman, installation and multimedia video artist.
17. Apollon Kutateladze
1899-1972 (aged 73)
painter
artist
Apollon Karamanovich Kutateladze was a Soviet and Georgian painter.
18. Gia Bugadze
1956-. (aged 70)
graphic artist
painter
Gia Bugadze is a Georgian artist. He was the Rector of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts from 2003 to 2012.
19. Zair Azgur
1908-1995 (aged 87)
sculptor
painter
politician
Zair Isaakovich Azgur was a Soviet and Belarusian sculptor active during the Soviet period. Born in Mogilev Governorate (now in Vitebsk Region, Belarus), he studied in that city from 1922 to 1925; from 1925 until 1928 he studied at the Vkhutein in Leningrad. He first exhibited in 1923. He was mainly active in Minsk, where among his projects was the...
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20. Elguja Amashukeli
1928-2002 (aged 74)
painter
sculptor
Elguja Amashukeli was a Georgian sculptor and painter. From 1981 to 1996 he was the chairman of the Georgian Association of Visual Artists.
21. Merab Berdzenishvili
1929-2016 (aged 87)
painter
graphic designer
sculptor
politician
Merab Berdzenishvili was a Georgian sculptor and artist. In 1975 he was awarded the Shota Rustaveli Prize.
22. Rafael Israelyan
1908-1973 (aged 65)
architect
lecturer
Rafayel "Rafo" Israyelian was a Soviet Armenian architect.
23. Zviad Tsikolia
1971-. (aged 55)
industrial designer
designer
Zviad Tsikolia is a Georgian industrial designer. He was the founder of his own watch company, UNIQ, now known as TSIKOLIA.
24. Petre Otskheli
1907-1937 (aged 30)
painter
costume designer
scenographer
draftsperson
theatre designer
Petre Otskheli was a Georgian modernist set and costume designer who designed in theatre in Georgia and briefly in Moscow. He was put to death during Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge at the age of 30, but his scenographic constructivism has had a lasting influence on the Georgian scenic design.
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25. Zurab Tsereteli
1934-2025 (aged 91)
painter
architect
sculptor
designer
art educator
Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli was a Georgian painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at times controversial monuments. Tsereteli served as the President of the Russian Academy of Arts from 1997 until his death.
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26. Elene Akhvlediani
1898-1975 (aged 77)
painter
Elene Akhvlediani was a 20th-century Georgian painter, graphic artist, and theater decorator. Akhvlediani is famous for her depictions of Georgian towns, for her illustrations for the works of Ilia Chavchavadze and Vazha-Pshavela, and for designing plays in the Marjanishvili Theater in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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27. Mikheil Chiaureli
1894-1974 (aged 80)
film director
pedagogue
theatrical director
sculptor
scenographer
Mikheil Chiaureli was a Soviet Georgian actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1928 and 1974. He was awarded the Stalin Prize five times in 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, and 1950.
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28. Nana Jorjadze
1948-. (aged 78)
film director
director
actor
pedagogue
film screenwriter
Nana Jorjadze is a Georgian film director, screenwriter and actress. Her work has received several accolades, including an Academy Award nomination.