Jumber Jikia | |
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ჯუმბერ ჯიქია | |
Born | 12 October 1950
Georgia |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Sculptor |
Awards | State Award Laureate, 1989 |
Jumber Jikia ( Georgian: ჯუმბერ ჯიქია; b. 1950) is a sculptor from Georgia.
Jikia was born on 12 October 1950. [1] He studied at Tbilisi School of Art, and then Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, [2] where he was later a lecturer. [3]
His public works in Tbilisi include a statue of Oliver and Marjory Wardrop, [4] unveiled on 18 October 2015, [5] during the Tbilisoba festival, in Tbilisi's Oliver Wardrop Square; and one of Václav Havel [6] unveiled on 22 June 2017 by President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili and Czech Defense Minister Martin Stropnicky. [7]
Two of his Horses of the Wind are in Rustavi. [8]
Outside Georgia, his works are on public display in Egypt (History Steps 2008), and Cappadocia, Turkey (History Steps 2009). [9]
He also sculpted a 22m tall, 60 ton, colossal steel-framed copper statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk for the Assembly Hall at Artvin in Turkey. [10] [11]
Dying Centaur is in the collection of the Polish Sculpture Center. [2]
Jumber Jikia | |
---|---|
ჯუმბერ ჯიქია | |
Born | 12 October 1950
Georgia |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Sculptor |
Awards | State Award Laureate, 1989 |
Jumber Jikia ( Georgian: ჯუმბერ ჯიქია; b. 1950) is a sculptor from Georgia.
Jikia was born on 12 October 1950. [1] He studied at Tbilisi School of Art, and then Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, [2] where he was later a lecturer. [3]
His public works in Tbilisi include a statue of Oliver and Marjory Wardrop, [4] unveiled on 18 October 2015, [5] during the Tbilisoba festival, in Tbilisi's Oliver Wardrop Square; and one of Václav Havel [6] unveiled on 22 June 2017 by President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili and Czech Defense Minister Martin Stropnicky. [7]
Two of his Horses of the Wind are in Rustavi. [8]
Outside Georgia, his works are on public display in Egypt (History Steps 2008), and Cappadocia, Turkey (History Steps 2009). [9]
He also sculpted a 22m tall, 60 ton, colossal steel-framed copper statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk for the Assembly Hall at Artvin in Turkey. [10] [11]
Dying Centaur is in the collection of the Polish Sculpture Center. [2]