SERGO KOBULADZE
B.1909, Akhaltsikhe, Georgia.
D. 1978, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Education:
1918 N. Sklifasovski School of Painting, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1930 Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Solo Exhibitions:
1979 Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1984 ‘Anniversary Exhibition – 75,’ House of Artists, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1994 ‘Anniversary Exhibition – 85,’ WFP Caucasus Regional Office, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1996 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2009 ‘Anniversary Exhibition – 100,’ Chardin Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Anniversary exhibition, workshop of the artist, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2015 ‘Unknown Sergo Kobuladze,’ G. Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation
Gallery ‘Ars Georgica,’ Tbilisi, Georgia.
2016 ‘Graphics of Sergo Kobuladze,’ Gallery Chardin, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Group Exhibitions:
1928 Georgian Artists Society, Hotel Orient, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1934 Exhibition of the theatrical models of Azerbaijanian, Armenian and Georgian artists associated with the Transcaucasia
Olympiad of Art, Georgian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1937 ‘Shota Rustaveli and his Epoch,’ Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Decade exhibition of Georgian Art, Moscow, Russia.
1938 ‘Epoch of Rustaveli,’ The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1939 Exhibition of Georgian Artists, Moscow, Russia.
1940 ‘Soviet Artists throughout Twenty Years,’ Moscow, Russia.
‘The Communist Party of All Russia,’ Moscow, Russia.
1943 Exhibition dedicated to WWII, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1946 Exhibition of Georgian Fine Art dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Soviet Georgia, The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1947 Exhibition of Georgian Fine Art dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, The National
Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1948 Spring exhibition of Georgian artists, The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1949 Exhibition of decorative art of theatre, Art Workers House, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Exhibition of Georgian Fine Art dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Stalin, The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
1950 ‘Soviet Graphics,’ Helsinki, Finland; Bucharest, Romania; Prague, Czech Republic; Budapest, Hungary.
Exhibition of Artists’ Union of Georgian SSR, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1952 Exhibition of Soviet Fine Art, Deli, Calcutta, Bombay, India.
1954 Exhibition of Georgian Artists, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1956 The Vennice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
1957 Jubilee exhibition dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Soviet Union, The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Exhibition of Soviet Artists in Graphic Art, The National Gallery, London, Great Britan.
Union Republic exhibition dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Soviet Union, Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts
of USSR, Moscow, Russia.
State Museum of Latvian and Russian Art, Riga, Latvia.
1958 Mobile exhibition of The National Gallery collection, Museum of Local Lore, Zugdidi, Georgia.
Decade exhibition of Georgian Art, Moscow, Russia.
Exhibition of Georgian Fine Art, SSR Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia.
Exhibition of fine art of Socialist countries, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow, Russia.
1959 ‘Our Contemporary,’ USSR Union of Artists, Moscow, Russia.
‘Georgian Fine Art,’ Days of Georgian Culture, Warsaw, Poland.
1963 ‘Masters of Book Illustrations,’ USSR Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
Exhibition dedicated to the Union Republic Art Raffle, Moscow, Russia.
1971 Exhibition of Georgian, Azerbaijanian and Armenian artists (dedicated to the 50th anniversary of USSR), Moscow, Russia.
1972 Exhibition of Georgian artists, the members of USSR Academy of Arts (S. Kobuladze, K. Merabishvili, U. Japaridze, V.
Topuridze), Central Exhibition Hall Manege, USSR Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
1973 Exhibition of artists, the members of USSR Academy of Arts, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, USSR Academy of Fine Arts,
Moscow, Russia.
1977 ‘Soviet Portrait,’ Moscow, Russia.
1982 The second all-republic exhibition of Georgian medal, House of Artists, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1984 ‘Exhibition of S. Kobuladze and D. Eristavi,’ Tbilisi, Georgia.
1986 ‘Oriental Art in Action for Peace and Humanism,’ The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia.
1987 ‘Georgian SSR Fine Art,’ Kaluga, Russia.
1998 ‘Greece in the Contemporary Georgian Art,’ The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2005 ‘Fantastic City,’ Baia Gallery, Gallery Vernissage, TBC Bank, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2008 ‘The XX Century – Starting Space,’ Georgian Modernism from Private Collections, Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2010 ‘The Twentieth Century Georgian Painting from the Private Collections and Contemporary Artists,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi
Georgia.
‘Where Tradition and the Innovation Meet,’ Alexander Chavchavadze House Museum in Tsinandali, Georgia.
2011 ‘Masterpieces of Georgian Fine Art – the First Half of the Twentieth Century,’ The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
‘Georgian Art from Private Collections XX Century,’ Baia Gallery, New Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2012 ‘Heritage and Modernity,’ Museum of Art Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2013 ‘Twentieth Century Georgian Painting,’ from Givi Parastashvili’s private collection, Oftalmij Art Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2017 ‘Rarity,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi Georgia.
‘Shakespeare on Georgian Stage,’ Art Palace of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2018 ‘Collector,’ Silk Factory Studio, Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2019 ‘Expo 1919–2019,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2020 ‘Kirill Zdanevich and His Era,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2020, 2021 ‘Art Expo XX-XXI,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Achievements:
1932 Worked at a group of poster painters at Tbilisi City Commetee.
Started working as a scenographer at Kote Marjanishvili State Academic Drama Theatre.
1933 - 1936 Scenographer at Rustaveli State Theatre.
1936 - 1940 Scenographer at Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre.
1935 - 1937 Illustrated Shota Rustaveli’s ‘The Knight in the Panther’s Skin.’
1938 Started working as a teacher of drawing at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
1941 - 1945 Part-time work (jointly with the Academy of Arts) at the town council during World War II (camouflage and protection of artworks in the city).
1945 Head of the department and acting professor for drawing faculty at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
1948 Directs scenographic workshop at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
Presidium member of Artists Union of Georgia and a chairman of the graphic section.
Approved as an associate professor in the drawing department by the Moscow supreme examination board.
1952 - 1959 Rector of Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
1957 Professor of Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
1957 - 1961 After many years of work, he completed the iconic painted stage curtain (170 sq.m) for Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State
Theatre. It was destroyed in 1973 as a result of the fire in the theatre.
1934 - 1935 He created illustrations for William Shakespeare’s tragedies: ‘Macbeth;’ ‘King Lear;’ ‘Richard III;’ ‘Antonius and Cleopatra.’
1935 - 1937 He participated in the contest for the jubilee publication of Rustaveli’s ‘The Knight in the Panther’s Skin.’ His illustrations are distinguished by the most precise reference to the epoch and characters, the monumentality of artistic images. These series are kept at Tretyakov State Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1972 Established ‘Creative Workshop of Graphics.’
1973 On his initiative was founded a photo laboratory for the fixation of the monuments of art.
Sergo Kobuladze’s works are kept at Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia; The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia; The Art Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia; Tretyakov State Gallery, Moscow, Russia; The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia; State Hermitage Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, etc.
Awards and Honors:
1946 Honored Art Worker of Georian SSR.
A medal for ‘Labor Valance in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.’
1947, 1948 Laureate of Stalin Prize.
1958 People’s Artist of Georgia.
1975 Ivane Javakhishvili Medal.
1976 Laureate of Shota Rustaveli Prize.
SERGO KOBULADZE (LEFT) AND TENGIZ MIRZASHVILI (CHUBCHIKA) AT HIS STUDIO