A Famous painter having his artistic impulse comes from strive to preserve the history of his country, Georgia

1. Founder of the Association of Protection of Old Christian Art

2. At Cannes’s International Art Festival, awarded France’s President’s prize in 1990

3. Most recently, a painting of his was included on the Sotheby's exhibition At the Crossroads: Contemporary Art from Caucasus

4. Works are kept at: Modern Art State Museum ,Cathedral of Georgia, Gremi‘s Archangel’s Church – Georgia , Vatican’s Museum;

5. Formulates his inspirations and motives behind creating the compositions that remind of the photo albums of noble families from the late XIX century. His protest against the Soviet censorship was expressed in the subject matter of Georgian aristocracy. Hence, the portrait series of Georgian Monarchs reside special place in his oeuvre