Nikoloz Koka Tsikhelashvili

Nikoloz Koka Tsikhelashvili was born on 5th December of 1963 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

From 1982-1988 he studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Art, faculty of fine arts, Georgia.

The diploma painting was sent to the exhibition of the best diploma works of the Soviet Union in Moscow.

From 2005 - 2022 he was an Associate Professor at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.

Nikoloz (Koka) Tsikhelashvili primarily works in two mediums - painting
and graphic art. Most of his works are executed with oil on canvas, although there
are also many oil pastel works on paper.
Tsikhelashvili's paintings are in an ongoing relationship. As if each picture is a
window to a parallel reality, where relations between man, animal, and nature are in
the process of establishment. We can imagine this world as a self-contained
ecosystem. Each subject and object play its specific role, and a sublime balance is
found in their relations, conveyed by the artist's visual dictionary.
In this " self-contained world," the interplay of halftones and flexible shapes
creates utterly complex compositions. Interestingly, our immanent, existing reality is
concentrated in this parallel world, which the creator has passed through the filte...

1982-1988 Tbilisi State Academy of Art, faculty of fine arts. Georgia

1988-1990 The creative studio of the Academy of Art. Tbilisi, Georgia

2008 - London, England.

2004 - Berlin, Germany.

2000, 1999,1998 - World Bank, Washington DC, USA.

1992 - Exhibition of Russian and Georgian artists; Moscow, Russia.

1992 - Exhibition of modern Georgian artists, Modern Art Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.

1991 - Cultural center gallery, Bruchsal, Germany.

1991 - Moscow Art gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1990 - Spring exhibition, Central House of Artist, Tbilisi, Georgia.

1989 - Fall exhibition, Georgian National Gallery, Georgia.

1989 - ULLsteinhouse, West Berlin, Germany.

1988 - Spring exhibition, Georgian National Gallery, Tbilisi.

1988 - Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia.