Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Giorgi Sisauri — calligrapher and artist. Born 10 February 1996, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Education
- Tbilisi State Academy of Arts — Faculty of Restoration / Conservation, Art History & Theory (2014–2018)
- N. Muskhelishvili Public School #55, Tbilisi (2002–2014)
Recognition
- Recognized as a Master of Georgian Calligraphy by the Korneli Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts (2015)
- Co-founder and council member, Georgian Calligraphers Association
Awards
- Grand Prix & first place, national “Georgian Calligraphy” competition (10,000+ entrants)
- Multiple first places, 2010–2015; “Calligrapher of the Year,” 2015
- Special award and letter of gratitude from the President of Georgia (2010)
Selected works & honors
- Praised as a “virtuoso” by Louvre experts (2011); invited by the Paris Academy of Art
- Work created for Chanel — hand-designed invitations and cards for two events for exclusive partners
- A manuscript gifted to Pope Francis (2016)
- Co-author of a handwritten “Vepkhistqaosani,” cover forged by jeweller Guji Amashukeli — held in the UN Art Collection, New York
- Work praised by Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II
Selected exhibitions
- First solo exhibition, Gallery “Academia +,” Tbilisi (2010)
- Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi (2014)
- Library of Alexandria, Egypt (2014)
- Suhaim Cultural Centre, Cairo (2015)
- Klingspor / Schrift museums, Offenbach & Frankfurt, Germany (2018)
- “Touch of Paradise,” Sofia, Bulgaria (2020) — 85 works
- Francophone festival, Sozopol, Bulgaria (2021)
- “Crisis,” Sharjah, UAE (2022)
- “Anbantkeba,” Milan, Italy (2022)
Books
- “The Beggar’s Diaries” (2012)
- “Untitled” — poetry (2012)
- “Comedy” — a 333-stanza hymnographic poem in Old Georgian (2013)
- “The Mystic” — prose (2018)
- “Divine Mystery” — 37 works and 7 poems in Old Georgian (2022)
Scripts
- Georgian (Mkhedruli, Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri), Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic
Output
- Author of 5 books, ~600 graphic works, and ~200 calligraphic works