Artist in focus • Gogi Chagelishvili (გოგი ჩაგელიშვილი, Chagela) born in 1945, Tbilisi, Georgia. Gogi Chagelishvili creates artworks in a variety of genres and styles, including portraits, landscapes, still lives, multi-figure scenes, and abstraction, amongst others.

Each painting has its own dramaturgy, which is not unexpected given that the artist is also the author of several literary works (in 2015, Gogi Chagelishvili became laureate of the literary prize “Saba”).

Chagelishvili’s compositions are frequently horizontally extended and have a panoramic character. They also bring to mind cinematic shots. The artist’s large-scale private exhibition entitled “From sots art to now” was held at the Georgian National Museum.

Curator – Maka Bejuashvili
Co-curator – Leila kiknadze