Merab Abramishvili

Merab Abramishvili (1957 – 2006) was born in Tblisi, Georgia. He studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Georgia, Department of Drawing. His artwork is located in many collections in Georgia and abroad, such as the National Gallery of Art, Tbilisi, LudwigMuseum,Cologne, Germany and private collections in Finland and the USA. His father was an academic and art critic with strong interest in ecclesiastical architecture in Georgia. His expeditions which Merab accompanied him on influenced the direction of his work enormously, especially the frescoes at the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin in the village Ateni, near the town of Gori in Georgia, built in the 7th century. Abramishvili called his painting 'stories of peace in this world'. Contact: levanpao23@gmail.com (Merab Ambramishvili's son).