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May 22, 1950. Mestia \u2013 December 23, 1991. Tbilisi<\/strong><\/p>\nDuring 1968 and 1974 Irakli Parjiani attended the Faculty of Painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. His art holds special place in the history of the development of Georgian easel painting due to the individualism and originality of its pictorial language. Parjiani\u2019s artistic world stands on the verge of the real and the unreal. His emotional and aesthetically immaculate compositions imbued with underlying messages and symbols, with their irradiating images and colors, are the bearers of biblical serenity enriching the scenes, quite common at first sight, with mystical mood. The characteristic conditionality of his pictorial images, the slow rhythm of compositional motives, the rich picturesqueness of waxen crayons and his virtuosic execution attach amazing figurative and colorful expressiveness to his pictures. Such mood of the as if \u201cvanished\u201d reality and of the ephemerality of life, present in all of his compositions, portraits or still lives, is yet particularly evidently manifested in his compositions on religious themes and his illustrations to the Gospel. This is the mood that reflects the personal life-story of the artist as well as of the eternal problem of harmonious cohabitation of man and the universe.<\/p>\n
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Major Personal exhibitions<\/strong><\/h4>\nGoetheanum, Dornachm, Switherland (1995); Gallery of Modern Art. Tbilisi, Georgia (1995); Cathedral of Sorbonne University.Paris, France (1996); Gregory University. Rome, Italy (1998); National Gallery. Tbilisi, Georgia (1998); \u201cOld Gallery\u201d. Tbilisi, Georgia (2000); \u201cN\u201d Gallery. Tbilisi, Georgia (2000); \u201cChardin\u201d Gallery. Tbilisi, Georgia (2000); \u201cHobby\u201d Gallery. Tbilisi, Georgia (2009); \u201cBaia Gallery\u201d. Tbilisi, Georgia (2010); Alexhander Chavchavadze Palace. Tsinandali, Georgia (2011); \u201cBaia Gallery\u201d and \u201cNew Gallery\u201d. Tbilisi, Georgia (2011); \u201cBaia Gallery\u201d. Tbilisi, Georgia (2013-2019); State Museum of Theatre, Music, Cinema and dance of Georgia\/Art Palace. Tbilisi, Georgia (2015).<\/p>\n
Georgian Museum of Fine Arts (permanent exhibiton of Irakli Parjiani collection)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEARLY LIFE<\/span>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1589283419286{padding-right: 3% !important;padding-left: 3% !important;}”]<\/p>\nIrakli Parjiani was born on 22 May, 1950, in the town of Mestia, Upper Svaneti, in Georgia\u2019s highest mountainous region.
\nThe ancient Svanetian towers, the frescos and mural paintings well preserved up to this very day, old manuscripts, snow capped mountains, the Svanetian songs and dances make a unique impression on the visitors. Upper Svaneti is located 700-2200 meters high above sea level. Adjacent is the village of Ushguli which is considered to be the highest inhabited place in all Europe. Compared to other regions of Georgia this corner was more protected and therefore, it became a treasury of the unique cultural monuments of Georgia. Irakli Parjiani spent his childhood and young years there, in Mestia, in an environment of snow white peaks and mountains covered with coniferous forests.<\/p>\n
Little Irakli grew up in the environment of artists and started painting at an early age. He attended preparatory courses in Tbilisi and after leaving school he took the entrance exams at the Department of Painting of the Academy of Art.<\/p>\n
Irakli Parjiani studied in the Academy of Arts from 1968 to 1974; for the young artist those were the years of continuous quest, self-knowledge and self-assertion.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tADULTHOOD<\/span>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1589283647975{padding-right: 3% !important;padding-left: 3% !important;}”]<\/p>\nIn 1974, he graduated from Tbilisi Academy of Art.<\/p>\n
In 1977, the painter presented to the Academy his diploma work \u2013 \u201cThe Pastor\u2019s Family\u201d, which was rejected because of its religious content. Later, Irakli presented another picture – \u201cThe Family\u201d before the commission and finally, he was granted a diploma. After this, he engaged himself in free creative activity.
\nIn 1978 he starts working on copying the Gospel of St John. Irakli Parjiani was well acquainted with world miniature painting: Georgian, Byzantine and Persian art. Hence, miniature turned out to be his most beloved genre. This is how Irakli comments upon his miniature illustrations of the Gospel: \u201cThose are sketches for future large scale paintings\u201d. Irakli Parjiani was diligently preparing himself to undertake this large-scale project during a whole year. He studied old Georgian manuscripts at the Institute of Manuscripts of Georgia and worked systematically on perfecting his calligraphy.<\/p>\n
. It should be emphasized that in the entire Georgian and post-Soviet school of painting, Parjiani was the first to discover and use oil pastels. In the 80s he starts producing the desired pastel colors for his pictures and thus, paved the way to the specific, Parjiani style in painting.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tMATURITY<\/span>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1589286979623{padding-right: 3% !important;padding-left: 3% !important;}”]<\/p>\nBy invitation of his friends,\u00a0 he travels beyond the borders of the Soviet Union to East Germany. Together with his familly wife Asmat Parjiani and daughter sofia he travels to the most picturesque towns of East Germany: Jena, Weimar, Erfurt, Naumburg, East Berlin and others. He spends almost a day in the Goethe Museum and the Cranach Museum and he enjoys the chance of visiting the Dresden Gallery to view the masterpieces of the representatives of the Netherlands\u2019 school of painting.<\/p>\n
It was in Berlin, where he settled with familly for years, where outstanding collection of epic paintings known as the \u201cBerlin Cycle\u201d was created.<\/p>\n
\u00a0In a few years, while staying in West Berlin Irakli sees the exhibits of the Check-Point-Charlie Museum and overwhelmed by the tragic fate of thousands of people he creates a painting which he called Check-Point-Charlie; this picture is a symbolic presentation of unity of a country and nation torn into two parts and very soon after, he happens to witness the reunification process of Germany.<\/p>\n
on December 23,\u00a0 at the age of 41, died the master, one of the outstanding representatives of modern Georgian painting, Irakli Parjiani.<\/p>\n
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<\/h2>\nAWARDS<\/h2>\n
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1992 Irakli Parjiani was awarded the State Price of the Republic of Georgia.<\/h5>\n1996 was awarded of the Highest Price for Georgian artist Pirosmani Price.<\/h5>\n
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GRADUATION<\/h5>\n
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WITH WIFE ASMAT PARJIANI<\/h5>\n
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WITH FRIENDS, LEVAN CHOGOSHVILI AND TAMAR KHUNDADZE<\/h5>\n
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WITH SON BEQA<\/h5>\n
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WITH DAUGHTER SOFIA<\/h5>\n
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BERLIN, WITH WIFE<\/h5>\n
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FIRST STUDIO IN TBILISI<\/h5>\n
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@irakliparjiani 2020<\/h5>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tBiography and Life Review<\/h4>\n\t<\/div>[vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1588357581839{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
May 22, 1950. Mestia \u2013 December 23, 1991. Tbilisi<\/strong><\/p>\n During 1968 and 1974 Irakli Parjiani attended the Faculty of Painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. His art holds special place in the history of the development of Georgian easel painting due to the individualism and originality of its pictorial language. Parjiani\u2019s artistic world stands on the verge of the real and the unreal. His emotional and aesthetically immaculate compositions imbued with underlying messages and symbols, with their irradiating images and colors, are the bearers of biblical serenity enriching the scenes, quite common at first sight, with mystical mood. The characteristic conditionality of his pictorial images, the slow rhythm of compositional motives, the rich picturesqueness of waxen crayons and his virtuosic execution attach amazing figurative and colorful expressiveness to his pictures. Such mood of the as if \u201cvanished\u201d reality and of the ephemerality of life, present in all of his compositions, portraits or still lives, is yet particularly evidently manifested in his compositions on religious themes and his illustrations to the Gospel. This is the mood that reflects the personal life-story of the artist as well as of the eternal problem of harmonious cohabitation of man and the universe.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Goetheanum, Dornachm, Switherland (1995); Gallery of Modern Art. Tbilisi, Georgia (1995); Cathedral of Sorbonne University.Paris, France (1996); Gregory University. Rome, Italy (1998); National Gallery. Tbilisi, Georgia (1998); \u201cOld Gallery\u201d. Tbilisi, Georgia (2000); \u201cN\u201d Gallery. Tbilisi, Georgia (2000); \u201cChardin\u201d Gallery. Tbilisi, Georgia (2000); \u201cHobby\u201d Gallery. Tbilisi, Georgia (2009); \u201cBaia Gallery\u201d. Tbilisi, Georgia (2010); Alexhander Chavchavadze Palace. Tsinandali, Georgia (2011); \u201cBaia Gallery\u201d and \u201cNew Gallery\u201d. Tbilisi, Georgia (2011); \u201cBaia Gallery\u201d. Tbilisi, Georgia (2013-2019); State Museum of Theatre, Music, Cinema and dance of Georgia\/Art Palace. Tbilisi, Georgia (2015).<\/p>\n Georgian Museum of Fine Arts (permanent exhibiton of Irakli Parjiani collection)<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_background_image=”480″ css=”.vc_custom_1488816290577{padding-top: 63px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;background-image: url(http:\/\/koto.elated-themes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/h1-background-1.jpg?id=3682) !important;background-position: 0 0 !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_content_width=”grid” content_text_aligment=”center” disable_background_image=”” css=”.vc_custom_1487941085766{padding-top: 81px !important;}”][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-sm-offset-0″][vc_single_image image=”7146″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” link=”#”][vc_empty_space height=”75px”] Irakli Parjiani was born on 22 May, 1950, in the town of Mestia, Upper Svaneti, in Georgia\u2019s highest mountainous region. Little Irakli grew up in the environment of artists and started painting at an early age. He attended preparatory courses in Tbilisi and after leaving school he took the entrance exams at the Department of Painting of the Academy of Art.<\/p>\n Irakli Parjiani studied in the Academy of Arts from 1968 to 1974; for the young artist those were the years of continuous quest, self-knowledge and self-assertion.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-sm-offset-0″][vc_single_image image=”7145″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” link=”#”][vc_empty_space height=”75px”] In 1974, he graduated from Tbilisi Academy of Art.<\/p>\n In 1977, the painter presented to the Academy his diploma work \u2013 \u201cThe Pastor\u2019s Family\u201d, which was rejected because of its religious content. Later, Irakli presented another picture – \u201cThe Family\u201d before the commission and finally, he was granted a diploma. After this, he engaged himself in free creative activity. . It should be emphasized that in the entire Georgian and post-Soviet school of painting, Parjiani was the first to discover and use oil pastels. In the 80s he starts producing the desired pastel colors for his pictures and thus, paved the way to the specific, Parjiani style in painting.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-sm-offset-0″][vc_single_image image=”7155″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” link=”#”][vc_empty_space height=”75px”] By invitation of his friends,\u00a0 he travels beyond the borders of the Soviet Union to East Germany. Together with his familly wife Asmat Parjiani and daughter sofia he travels to the most picturesque towns of East Germany: Jena, Weimar, Erfurt, Naumburg, East Berlin and others. He spends almost a day in the Goethe Museum and the Cranach Museum and he enjoys the chance of visiting the Dresden Gallery to view the masterpieces of the representatives of the Netherlands\u2019 school of painting.<\/p>\n It was in Berlin, where he settled with familly for years, where outstanding collection of epic paintings known as the \u201cBerlin Cycle\u201d was created.<\/p>\n \u00a0In a few years, while staying in West Berlin Irakli sees the exhibits of the Check-Point-Charlie Museum and overwhelmed by the tragic fate of thousands of people he creates a painting which he called Check-Point-Charlie; this picture is a symbolic presentation of unity of a country and nation torn into two parts and very soon after, he happens to witness the reunification process of Germany.<\/p>\n on December 23,\u00a0 at the age of 41, died the master, one of the outstanding representatives of modern Georgian painting, Irakli Parjiani.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_background_image=”” css=”.vc_custom_1487941168035{padding-top: 48px !important;padding-bottom: 53px !important;background-color: #f9f9f9 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner content_placement=”top” row_content_width=”grid” disable_background_image=”” css=”.vc_custom_1487601638454{padding-right: 3% !important;padding-left: 3% !important;}”][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1487603618793{padding-right: 30px !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1588358456259{padding-left: 11% !important;}”]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1487603627330{padding-top: 12px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_background_image=”” css=”.vc_custom_1487941296021{padding-top: 67px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;background-image: url(http:\/\/koto.elated-themes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/p2-background-2.jpg?id=4181) !important;}”][vc_column] <\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”7177″ img_size=”300×200″][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”7180″ img_size=”300×200″][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”7169″ img_size=”300×200″][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle” row_content_width=”grid” disable_background_image=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”7179″ img_size=”300×200″][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”7172″ img_size=”300×200″][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”7182″ img_size=”300×200″][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”7178″ img_size=”300×200″][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_background_image=”” css=”.vc_custom_1588359069429{padding-top: 82px !important;padding-bottom: 90px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1486482871640{padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner row_content_width=”grid” disable_background_image=””][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row content_placement=”middle” row_content_width=”grid” disable_background_image=””][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1588357581839{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] May 22, 1950. Mestia \u2013 December 23, 1991. Tbilisi During 1968 and 1974 Irakli Parjiani attended the Faculty of Painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. His art holds special place in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4090","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nMajor Personal exhibitions<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tEARLY LIFE<\/span>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1589283419286{padding-right: 3% !important;padding-left: 3% !important;}”]<\/p>\n
\nThe ancient Svanetian towers, the frescos and mural paintings well preserved up to this very day, old manuscripts, snow capped mountains, the Svanetian songs and dances make a unique impression on the visitors. Upper Svaneti is located 700-2200 meters high above sea level. Adjacent is the village of Ushguli which is considered to be the highest inhabited place in all Europe. Compared to other regions of Georgia this corner was more protected and therefore, it became a treasury of the unique cultural monuments of Georgia. Irakli Parjiani spent his childhood and young years there, in Mestia, in an environment of snow white peaks and mountains covered with coniferous forests.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\tADULTHOOD<\/span>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1589283647975{padding-right: 3% !important;padding-left: 3% !important;}”]<\/p>\n
\nIn 1978 he starts working on copying the Gospel of St John. Irakli Parjiani was well acquainted with world miniature painting: Georgian, Byzantine and Persian art. Hence, miniature turned out to be his most beloved genre. This is how Irakli comments upon his miniature illustrations of the Gospel: \u201cThose are sketches for future large scale paintings\u201d. Irakli Parjiani was diligently preparing himself to undertake this large-scale project during a whole year. He studied old Georgian manuscripts at the Institute of Manuscripts of Georgia and worked systematically on perfecting his calligraphy.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\tMATURITY<\/span>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1589286979623{padding-right: 3% !important;padding-left: 3% !important;}”]<\/p>\n
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AWARDS<\/h2>\n
1992 Irakli Parjiani was awarded the State Price of the Republic of Georgia.<\/h5>\n
1996 was awarded of the Highest Price for Georgian artist Pirosmani Price.<\/h5>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle” row_content_width=”grid” disable_background_image=”” css=”.vc_custom_1589297175614{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”7176″ img_size=”300×200″][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nFAMILY<\/h5>\n
GRADUATION<\/h5>\n
WITH WIFE ASMAT PARJIANI<\/h5>\n
WITH FRIENDS, LEVAN CHOGOSHVILI AND TAMAR KHUNDADZE<\/h5>\n
WITH SON BEQA<\/h5>\n
WITH DAUGHTER SOFIA<\/h5>\n
BERLIN, WITH WIFE<\/h5>\n
FIRST STUDIO IN TBILISI<\/h5>\n
@irakliparjiani 2020<\/h5>\n