Gela Keidia

Gela Keidia is a Georgian artist born in 1963 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He studied at Galaktion Tabidze Secondary School No. 51 in Tbilisi. He began his main activity, painting, at the age of 10. In 1981 he entered the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts, at the Faculty of Architecture. He graduated from the institution in 1987. In 1988-89 he served in the USSR Air Force, the then Makharadze Air Force, as an assistant to the head of the physical training department. For 12 years he played rugby in parallel with his paintings. He was a candidate for a master of sports, he took second place with the youth team at the Union Championship. He stopped active sports in 1994. From 1997 to 2001 he worked at the Department of Architecture, Tbilisi Municipal Architecture Department. He has been an independent artist since 2001. He had solo exhibitions in 1987, 1990, 2011 and 2024. His works are kept only in private collections.