1950-1991

Born in 1950 in Mestia (Upper Svaneti). Studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (1968–1974). His main themes include biblical motifs (Irakli repeatedly returned to the theme of the Annunciation, especially after the death of his mother in 1971), book illustrations, calligraphy, and abstraction. He is a laureate of the Georgian State Prize (1992) and the Pirosmani Prize (1996). At various times, exhibitions of his work have been held in Tbilisi, Palermo, Moscow, Berlin, Barcelona, ​​Paris, Rome, Dornach (Goetheanum), and other cities.