Avtandil Chachava

(Georgia)

For me, art is a way to show myself to the world and learn more about the world. Through creativity, I tell people what I can’t express with words. Paint, pencils, charcoal, and sanguine help me with this; here I can be truly free, without any inhibitions or barriers. My creativity is my language. My goal is to instill love and a sense of beauty in my students, my pupils, and anyone who needs it.

“Creativity is not a luxury, but a way of life.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

 

Member of Georgian Artists Union;
Corresponding member of Caucasian Peoples’ Academy; 
Doctor of Art Studies; 
Specialist of Scientific-Research Institute at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University of Georgia.

Career

  • 1984 – 1989 Teacher of the first incomplete secondary school of Senaki; 
  • 1992 – 2006 Ekvtime Takaishvili Tbilisi State University of Culture and Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts; senior teacher; Assistant-Professor;
  • 2006 – 2007 Assistant Professor of Visual Event Design specialty at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University of Georgia; Associate Professor.
  • 2009 – 2013 Head of higher professional program of Visual Event Design at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University of Georgia; Associate Professor.
  • 2013 – 2018 Position of a specialist of the Faculty of Georgian Folk Music and Choreographic Art.
  • 2018 – 2021 The main scientific consultant of the editorial team of the Encyclopedia of Georgian theatre at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University of Georgia;
  • 2020 – 2023  Position of a specialist at the Scientific Research Institute at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University of Georgia; 
  • From 2023 – till present, professional training of the Shota Rustaveli State University of Theater and Cinema of Georgia – head of the retraining program, “artist-decorator” specialty. 

Education

  • 1981 – 1983 M. Toidze Tbilisi Art Technical College with the specialty of alfresco artist and decorator (with honors);
  • 1987 – 1988 Tbilisi Vocational Institute, Teachers’ training courses;
  • 1989 – 1994 Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State University, Specialty of Fine Arts; 
  • 1997 – 2002 Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State University, Specialty of Fine Arts. Seeker of a scientific degree at the Department of Fine Arts;
  • 2011 – 2014 PHD program Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University of Georgia; Art Studies – Arts Studies “New Georgian Art”. 

Scientific Papers

  • 1993  “Martyrdom of Shushaniki” in the works of Georgian artists;
  • 1994 “Beka Opizari”; 
  • 2002  Harmony – Constanta of embellishment; 
  • 2012 Masks of cult performances and their development in Georgia;
  • 2013 Artistic types of ritual masks spread in Georgia;
  • 2014 Colors and color symbolism in Georgian cult performances and their educational value; 
  • 2015 Cult performances (“Berikaoba” and “Keenoba”) as cultural values and intellectual phenomena;
  • 2016 https://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/handle/1234/183233      
  • Artistic decoration tendencies of Georgian folklore performances.

Exhibitions

  • Artists’ Training House of the Ministry of Education (1986); 
  • Springtime “Tbilisi” (1992 – 1994); 
  • Autumnal “Tbilisi” (1993); 
  • Group – Ingolstadt (Germany), (1994); 
  • Kutaisi, “Autumn – 94” (1994); 
  • Personal – Germany: Ingolstadt, Dresden (2005); 
  • Group – Germany: Stuttgart (2006);              
  • I. Iankoshvili Museum, springtime exhibition (2018);              
  • Union of Artists, Group (2019).
  • E. Berdzenishvili house Museum dedicated to Women’s Day
  • Group exhibition (2023).
  • 26th International Art Competition and Festival, “Georgian – French
  • Bridge of Friendship”, Paris, France (2023).
  • 39th International Festival, “Stars of Christmas Prague”.
  • Czech Republic, Prague (2023).
  • Creative competition named after Sergo Farajanov” in the field of fine arts, Tbilisi (2024).

Honorable Mention from President:
(Order N371 April 4, 2003)

Certificate:

  • Public Relations (P R)   (Caucasus University 2008);
  • Modern interdisciplinarism and humanitarian thinking. (Faculty of Humanities of Akaki Tsereteli State University of Kutaisi, 2013).

Languages:

  • Georgian;
  • Russian;
  • English 

E-mail:
avtochachava774@gmail.com