Gela Philauri

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Date of Birth: May 8, 1961.
Place of Birth: Gori, Georgia.
Place of residence and citizenship: Tbilisi, Georgia.

Education:
M. S. Tuganov Arts professional School, Tskhinvali (1976 - 1980).
The Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Graphic Art (1981-1987).
Specialty: Graphic Artist.

Since 1986 - Member of USSR Young Artist’s Union.
Since 2012 - Member of Georgian Artist’s Union.
Since 2012 - Member of National Creative Unity of Georgian Artists.
Since 2015 - Member of IWS (International Watercolor Society) Georgia.
Since 2017 - Member in Circle Foundation for the Arts (Lyon, France).
Since 2017 - Member of Georgian Art Guild.
Since 2019 - Member of Eurasian Artist’s Union.
Since 2019 - Member of International Association VATIKAM (Paris, France).
Since 2020 - Associate Member of the National Pastel Society of Russia (НСП) (Moscow, Russian Federation).

1981 – 2000 - Cooperation with the state publishing houses, since 2000 - periodic cooperation with private publishing houses,
Artist – illustrator.

Awards:
Gold Medal in the REALISM category (International Fine Arts Exhibit «ART CLASH», New York City, USA, 2016).
Gold Medal in the GRAPHIC ART category (international online exhibition "ART & SHADOW", New York, USA, 2019).
Gold Medal, First Place in the nomination of THEMATIC COMPOSITION (Russian Cup of Artistic Work, Moscow, Russian Federation, 2019).

2018 - 2019 — Russian Art Awards Laureate.
2018 - 2019 — Laureate of the International contest «Best works», VATIKAM (Paris, France).
2019 - 2020 — American Art Awards Winner.

Certificates and Diplomas - USA, England, Switzerland, Russia, Hungary, France, Italy, Israel, etc.

Solo and group exhibitions – from 1981 to the present day (in detail look on the website www.damenia-philauri.com).

Part of the works are in private and public collections in many countries of the world.