EDMOND KALANDADZE
B. 1923, Guria, Georgia.
D. 2014, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Education:
1952 - 1957 Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Solo Exhibitions:
1956 Union of Architects, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1991 Exhibition Hall of the Municipal Theatre, Luxembourg.
1993 Club Kazbegi, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1995 Exhibition of Edmond and Tsira Kalandadzes, The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1998 Gallery TMS, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Christmas exhibition, The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2002/2003/2004/2008 Hobby Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2011 Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2012 Tsira Kalandadze Studio, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2014 Gallery Giraffe, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2016 Sfumato Art Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Group Exhibitions
1950 Art Workers House, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1955 Exhibition of Trans-Caucasian Artists, Exhibition hall of the State Archive of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia.
Republican Artistic exhibition, The Artists’ House, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1956 Republican Artistic exhibition, The Artists’ House, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1957 Exhibition in honor of the first session of Soviet artists, Moscow, Russia.
Exhibition in honor of the anniversary of Soviet Georgia, National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Exhibition in honor of 40th anniversary of October Revolution, Moscow, Russia.
1958 Exhibition of Georgian Artists, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia.
Exhibition of Georgian Artists, Riga, Latvia.
Republican exhibition in honor of 40th anniversary of Comsomol, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia.
Exhibition of young artists of Trans-Caucasus, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1959 Exhibition of works by young artists of Trans-Caucasian republics, Baku, Azerbaijan.
1987 Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia.
1988 Exhibition of Georgian artists, Central Savings and Commercial Bank, Vienna, Austria.
A retrospective of Georgian artists, Moscow, Russia.
1991 Georgian House, Paris, France.
1995 ‘Georgian Art,’ Baku Arts Centre, Gallery Orient (Baia Gallery), Baku, Azerbaijan.
1998 The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1999 ‘From Generation to Generation,’ Modern Art Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2010/2016 Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2018 ‘Collector’ Silk Factory Studio, Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2020/2021 ‘Art Expo XX-XXI,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2022 ‘Artists’ Collections,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2025/2026 ‘26-26’, Vernissage Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Important Events and Achievements:
1939 Participated in World War II.
1953 He was the organizer of autumn and summer exhibitions in Tbilisi. At the time, he initiated the tendency of converting attics of residential houses in Tbilisi into private artist studios. He was a director of the Artists House in Tbilisi for a short period.
1955 He was invited to the Academy of Arts. He became a professor of the studio on painting.
1991 He became Minister of Culture of Georgia.
Edmond Kalandadze’s works are kept at the Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia; The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia; National Museum of Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museum of Art, Istanbul, Turkey, and private collections in Georgia, Austria, France, Greece, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, UK, USA.
Awards:
1957 Laureate of Moscow VI World Youths and Students International Festival.
1985 National Artist of Georgia.
1998 Laureate of Shota Rustaveli State Prize.
PHOTO: YURI MECHITOV