Karaman Kutateladze (Georgian: ყარამან ქუთათელაძე; born April 21, 1959, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR) is a Georgian artist. He has served as the Rector of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts since 2022.[1]

Karaman Kutateladze

Family and education

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Karaman Kutateladze was born into a distinguished family of artists. His father, Apollon Kutateladze, was a renowned painter and public figure who served as the Rector of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, an institution that now bears his name.

His mother, Mirel Zdanevich, was the daughter of the prominent modernist painter Kirill Zdanevich, one of the founding figures of the Tbilisi avant-garde. Karaman’s maternal uncle was the celebrated futurist artist, writer, and researcher Ilia Zdanevich (also known as Iliazd). Additionally, his brother, Guram (Khita) Kutateladze, was a widely recognized painter.

In 1983, Karaman Kutateladze graduated from the Faculty of Painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, where he studied in the studio of Ucha Japaridze.

References

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  1. "Rector – Academy". Retrieved 2026-04-27.