Otar Vepkhvadze

Otar Vepkhvadze, born in 1957 in the Georgian city of Borjomi, is a renowned artist who has made significant contributions to the field of decorative applied arts. He completed his studies at the Tbilisi State Art Academy in 1975, graduating from the Faculty of Decorative Applied Arts.

Vepkhvadze has an illustrious career as an educator and has taught at several prestigious institutions, including the Tbilisi State Art Academy from 1990 to 1992 and the Phoenix Art University in Arizona, USA, in 1991.

As an artist, Vepkhvadze has created several outstanding works, including “Spring” in 1978, “Hellados” in 1986, and “Immortality” in 1984. His ceramic work “Gelati” won the Picasso Silver Medal at the Valoris competition in 1981, and his decorative lark received the prize for the best interior ceramics in Erfurt in 1982. Vepkhvadze also created ceramic works for the Gudauri hotel in 1986 and participated in the decoration of the Moscow metro station “Petrovsko-Razumovsky” in 1989.

Vepkhvadze has also worked as a stage designer for films, including “Matsgi” in 1986 and “Curved Staircase” in 2000. His works are showcased in prestigious galleries and museums across the world, including the National Gallery of Georgia, the State Art Museum, the Art Museum of Eastern Peoples in Moscow, the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, and the Express-Avangard Gallery in Moscow.