GEGA PAKSASHVILI

Gega Paksashvili  |  biography

Born in 1963 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Education:

Tbilisi State Academy of Arts /Printmaking and Drawing.

Graphic artist, muralist and  book designer, Gega Paksashvili graduated from the faculty of  graphic art at  the Tbilisi  Academy of Art, where he had mastered his art under  the guidance  of  Dinara Nodia, Dea Jabua, Dmitry Eristavi and Sergo Kashkhiani. From his student years, he was actively engaged in set designing both in Tbilisi and Moscow theatres as well as in Georgian  regional theaters.  He designed sets for Yetim Gurji at the Akhmeteli Theater (Tbilisi), rock opera  Treasure Island  at the Stanislavsky Theater (Moscow), Babajana’s Cloggs at the Tbilisi Puppet Theatre and many other performances.

In a period of time between 1989 and 2016, he participated in seventeen group exhibitions held both in Georgia and various European countries.

In 1994, his first solo exhibition was organized at the Georgian National Gallery, which  was later followed by another solo shows  in private galleries: Baia Gallery and  I-Art Gallery

Selected Exhibitions:

2023  Gallery Puzić

2016 International Print Festival LIFE N STYLE;

2014 “Artisterium” 6th International Exhibition.Tbilisi; 2013

           “Punctum Contra Puntctum II”. International Exhibition of Visual Arts. Georgian National Museum. Tbilisi. Georgia;

2012 “Punctum Contra Puntctum”; International Exhibition of Visual Art. Georgian National Museum. Tbilisi;

2011 “Mural Paintings” Medical Center in Tbilisi

Solo Exhibitions

2017  IART Gallery; Performances: 1990 – “Babajana” Doll Theatre; Tbilisi;

1989 -“Komble” Doll Theatre. Tbilisi;

1988 – “Everything is Possible” Ozurgeti. Georgia;

1987   “Aprakune” Zugdidi, Georgia;

1986 – “The Romans” S.Akhmeteli Theatre Tbilisi / “The Island of Treasures” Stanislavski Theatre. Moscow, Russia;

1983 – “IetimGurji” S.Akhmeteli Theatre, Tbilisi.