"I see my task in recording beautiful life as I see it. It is not probably as other people see the same life,
but it is the world that surrounds me, and I will make this world alive, and hopefully for many generations to come."
Born in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia in 1952, Avtandil Makharoblidze graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Art in 1975. His emotional and
evocative oil and mixed media paintings have received wide exposure at numerous regional and national exhibitions in the United States,
the former Soviet Union and across Europe.
While studying under world-famous artist Guram Kutateladze, he was the master's favorite student for having acquired from his teacher a
feeling for the mood and emotion of the subject. Deeply involved in teaching, Avtandil has taught painting to many now famous artists in
his homeland.
Avtandil is equally accomplished as a painter (religious art, sculpture, monumental representation, and much more) and a graphic artist
(working both in theater and motion pictures). He worked as a theater set designer for the State Marionette Theatre of Georgia and in 1989
received with his wife Ketevan first prize for stage design at the International Theater Festival in Hungary. He is an accomplished master
of motion picture animation, working as head designer for such films as "Family" and "Waiting," produced in Georgia. He also served as
a poster designer for a film distribution company.
The artistic style of Avtandil's paintings is impressionist, but he leans toward the cubist and abstract, creating a specific synthesis
of approach. He is, therefore, able to bring about a feeling of light and harmony that is both poetic and aesthetic. Avtandil shows the
human being as always beautiful, a harmonious entity that realizes the truth of its inner reality.
At present, Avtandil continues his work as an artist and teacher at his studio in Tbilisi.
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