ZURAB
NIZHARADZE

Zurab Nizharadze (ზურაბ ნიჟარაძე. 1928-2021) is a painter of 1950s, a representative of the new wave of artists who, alongside the official art of the Soviet Union, ensured the emergence and development of new flow in fine art after World War II.

Zurab Nizharadze graduated from Tbilisi State Art Academy in 1955. 

In 1964-1971 he was a teacher of the drawing department of the Academy of Arts and rector through  1982-1987.

Works of Zura Nizharadze are preserved in the National Museum of Georgia (Tbilisi), the Museum of Theater, Music, Cinema and Choreography (Tbilisi), the Union of Artists (Tbilisi), the Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), the National Gallery of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art (Aachen, Germany), in private collections of USA, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Greece and other countries. Zurab Nizharadze was the laureate of the Shota Rustaveli State Prize. In 2013, he was awarded the “Priest of Art” award by the Ministry of Culture for his special contribution to art.