Assistant Professor in Graphics
Irakli Toklikishvili was born in 1989 in Tbilisi. In 2007-11 he studied at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, in the direction of easel graphics (Bachelor), in 2011-13 at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, in the direction of easel graphics (Master’s).
After completing his studies, he went to Estonia as part of the Erasmus + program (EVS-European Volunteering Service in those years), where he worked as a volunteer teacher in the public school of Lulemae village of Valga municipality. He conducted drawing lessons at the cultural house and youth center of the same village.
He returned to Georgia in 2014, although he still has a continuous connection with Estonia (theoretical and practical master classes of various techniques of easel graphics, personal and group exhibitions, competitions).
After completing his studies at the Art Academy, he is actively involved in local and international exhibitions and art projects. He mostly works in different mediums of graphics and painting.
Along with his creative life, he is actively engaged in teaching activities, in 2016-2018 he worked at the Tbilisi Art School, at the same time he worked in a private art studio, which he is the co-founder of. Then, from 2018, he continued to work at Ilia State University, at the Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Fine and Applied Arts, direction of graphics, where he is still working.
Scientific interests / research interests
Fine art: Graphic art, Printmaking, Painting.
Current Courses |
Course Catalog |
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| Computer Design Panel Drawing 4: After effect. Oport – dry needles, poisoned patterns. Analytical – Studio Course. (Built in practice); Computer and Panel Drawing 2: Adobe Illustrator. Engraving on cardboard. Analytical – Studio Course; Thesis Computer and Panel Drawing 1: CorelDRAW. Black – white and color linogravure. Analytical – Studio Course; Computer Design and Panel Drawing 3: Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Indesign. Monotype and Xylography. Analytical – Studio Course; Computer and Panel Drawing 5: Adobe Indesign. oporti-aquatints, metsotinto, lavis. Analytical – Studio Course |
Bachelor:
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The group and Solo exhibitions (local)
2023 Exhibition of six Georgian graphic artists, “Ink Fusion” , Georgian Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2022 The group exhibition “Kera Gallery”, Tabakhmela residency
2019 Solo exhibition ‘Intervals’, Vanda Art gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2018 The group exhibition “ Linked Nowhere”, Gate Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2017 The group exhibition “Young generation” gallery Vanda Art, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2015 Solo exhibition ‘Space-Friend’, Tbilisi History Museum Karvasla.
2014 Exhibition of artworks published in postcards ‘Young Georgian Artists’, Tbilisi History Museum, Karvasla
2012–2013 Exhibitions, project ‘New Breath of Culture’, Kutaisi, Georgia. Odessa, Ukraine
The group and Solo exhibitions (abroad)
2023 Dresden International Art Residency Futurum III, Dresden, Germany,
2022 The TYPA Linocut Contest, Tartu, Estonia.
2019 International Mezzotint Exhibition ‘Mostra Internacional De maneira Negra’, Campinas, Brasil.
2018 Solo exhibition ‘Seosed’, Valga Muuseum, Valga, Estonia.
2018 The 6th Tokio International Mini Print Triennial, Tokyo, Japan.
2017 Internationa print Graphics Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria.
2014 Summer Festival, outdoor exhibition, Tallinn, Estonia.
2013 International Print Graphics Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria.
2013 International Mini Prints Biennial. Macedonia, Bitola.
2012-2013 Exhibitions, project ‘New Breath of Culture’, Kutaisi, Georgia. Odessa, Ukraine.
2023 Mentor – Art/printmaking internship during Erasmus+ project,
Student Anna-Liisa Saask, Pallas University, Tartu, Estonia.
2023 Conducting one week mezzotint workshop for students of Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia.
2021 Art Director – Documental film ‘Benia’. Director Irakli Makharadze
2020 Animation film ‘Abandoned Village’. Director Mariam Kapanadze
Conducting periodical blocks of training of mezzotint at Graphic Contemporary Center Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia, since Mar 2020.
2018 Accompanying the exhibition ‘Seosed’ at Valga Museum, Valga, Estonia, I lead five-day training of
the linocut at Valga Muuseum, Valga, Estonia.
Awards
2022 Grand Prix for the linocut work “Trip at night”, The TYPA linocat contest, Tartu, Estonia.
2020 For the animation film ‘Abandoned Village’ 2020,
director Mariam Kapanadze,
art director Irakli Toklikishvili
Best design – Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada 2021
Best abstract and Non-Narrative Animation – Anifilm, International Festival of Animated Films, Liberec, Czech Republic, 2021
Animation, That Sharpens Your Senses- Yebisu, International Festival for Arts & Alternative Visions, Tokyo, Japan, 2021.
Artworks preserved in private collections
Georgia, Estonia, Ukraine, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Brazil, Japan