Gia bugadze biography
- Gia Bugadze (Georgian: გია ბუღაძე) is a Georgian artist.
- Gia Bugadze is a Georgian artist.
- Gia Bugadze was born in 1956 in Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia), in 1981 graduated from Tbilisi Academy of Arts, Department of Painting and also - from the.
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GIA BUGADZE
Giorgi "Gia" Bugadze , internationally known, multi-award winning artist, writer, distinguished public speaker, Rector of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts of the Republic of Georgia.
Gia Bugadze was born in 1956 in Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia), in 1981 graduated from Tbilisi Academy of Arts, Department of Painting and also - from the creative studio of the USSR Academy of Arts in 1985.
Since 2004, professor Gia Bugadze is the Rector of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
Gia Bugadze achieved an early fame with the series of paintings called “Life of Kartli” (in different words History of Georgia). Since then he often painted mythological characters, and their ‘appearance’ – or, ‘embodiment’, or reincarnation feels as almost mystical.
He has realized various personal exhibitions in Vatican- Rome, Basel, Zurich, Prague, Köln, Tallinn, Munich , Berlin, Moscow, Palermo, Barcelona, Paris, Cannes, Odessa , Yerevan, as well as participated in group exhibitions, international projects, and as a speaker - in international symposiums, forums, round tables and conferences
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“I am a professional artist, I am a professional teacher, I am a professional listener, I am a professional reader. Books and music are to me what buildings are to a city. Without them, art doesn’t grow inside me.” - Gia Bugadze
Gia Bugadze is a prolific contemporary Georgian artist.
Born in Tbilisi in 1956, the Gia Bugadze showed creative promise from an early age. Rather than following the well-beaten family path towards a career in medicine, Gia instead chose to train at the Tbilisi State Academy of the Arts from 1977 to 1981.
In 2004 - 2012 was Rector of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
He has realized various personal exhibitions in Vatican- Rome, Basel, Zurich, Prague, Köln, Tallinn, Munich , Berlin, Moscow, Palermo, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Cannes, Odessa , Yerevan, as well as participated in group exhibitions, international projects, and as a speaker - in international symposiums, forums, round tables and conferences (George Washington University, Jefferson University-USA, Basel University-Switzerland, Amsterdam-Netherlands, Köln-Germany, Paris-France, Vilnius-Lithu
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