Date of Birth:
27.03.1937.  Tbilisi, Georgia

Education:
1959-64      Tbilisi State University, Faculty of English Language and Literature

Exhibitions:
2009  "Art Gallery Line". Tbilisi, Georgia
2008  "Art Gallery Line". Tbilisi, Georgia
2007  "Art Gallery Line". Tbilisi, Georgia
2006  “Elite Gallery”, Tbilisi, Georgia
2005  “Elite Gallery”, Tbilisi, Georgia
2004  “Elite Gallery”, Tbilisi, Georgia
2001   National Gallery, Exhibition “Contra-culture”, Tbilisi, Georgia
1991  “Dariali” Gallery, Personal Exhibition, Paris, France
1991  “Osh” Gallery, Personal Exhibition, Vence, France
1991   Exhibition Hall of the Rustaveli Society, Personal Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia
1988 “House of Artists, Personal Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia

     Temo Japaridze represents one of the first and obviously distinctive painters of Georgian non – conformist art. Every period of his creation was not far from rather individualism and deeply conceptive points. His artistic vision is based on philosophical   realization of existence and human personal importance.  Japaridze’s creation is distinguished with genre and style variety: landscape, portrait, still life. For a definite while he had a passion towards abstractive painting and experiments in the trend of easel painting. At any rate, his works can’t be intermingled with other artists’ brush the cause of what appears the way of maintaining queer, inimitable charm at first sight ordinary thing or an old town sight. Any thing is not only an artistic sign of itself, but it bears as well definite conceptive initial; indicator of the painter’s attitude toward it. T. Japaridze’s creative life began in the 60 –s of the XX century. It was the period when social realism’s opposite tendencies got to be expressed with new artistic methods and permanent search of formalistic novelty. It is significant the phenomena has been first sprung up beyond professional artistic space, in the creation of Avto Varasi and Temo Japaridze. The pictures realized by means of traditional material and various domestic objects experimental synthesis. Artistic wholeness has been here attained with far more unaccepted for social realism artistic forms. These painters tried to create some kind of new aesthetics of that of visual art. T. Japaridze’s abstractive painting could be singled out with peculiar elegance. A thought – out  composition, combination of different invoice material, restrained color and implication, some nostalgic dispose that is commonly characteristic for this artist, achieves the most interesting and original artistic salvation. T. Japaridze is a seeker,-artist never been satisfied with already attained. His creative life - has been passed since 1970 – appears to be full of unexpected and original experiments. The painter constantly searches and uses new artistic methods and material for personification of his own view point and position. The painter’s volume – colorful compositions (thematic ones and portraits) are unusually interesting. These searches have completely revealed in a big – sized work “The Last Supper” 1972. Japaridze no rarely appeals to the new painting methods, though never touching invariability of his private attitude towards the Universe and people.
        The rising point of his creation is everlasting human values and Gospel Concepts. The so – called “dark” painting has been the philosophical - colorful opuses due to the painter for showing inner tension of the people under the Soviet regime by greedy ways, existential feeling of  human loneliness about the Universe. T. Japaridze’s still lives and Tbilisi landscapes belong to another mood. Any object, no matter, be it an umbrella, a handless cup or a worn out shoes has got its own history. Each still life witness its own story and deal us with the author’s thought – out and disposition. Old districts of Tbilisi, its color and inimitable poetry are conceded with deep lyricism and imbued with sadness compositions, where soft silver – bluish and golden colors prevail. T. Japaridze’s each colorful composition represents his own thought – out and realized world. In every work, being it fine arts or literature, a person of great erudition is recognized, always fixing ideas of his own. In one of his interviews he declares: “I don’t know whether my works will have honor to be  seen and discussed about, but I do as can’t help doing”.