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Art Historian, Chief Researcher at the Centre, Ph.D. 

Research interests:  History and development of scenography in Georgia and worldwide; history of the contemporary Georgian art (painting, sculpture, applied arts). 

Address: 26, Mosashvili str., app. 13, Tbilisi.

e:mail:mariannaoakley@gmail.com

1. An Issue of Synthesis at the Musical Theatre accord to the Sample of the works of a Scenographer S. Virsaladze, VI International Symposium dedicated to Georgian art, Tbilisi, 1989;
2. Golden Age (a St. Petersburg in the Works of a Scenographer T. Murvanidze), “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N7, Tbilisi, 1989;
3. A Painter David Sulakauri, “Literatura da Khelovneba”, N4, 1991;
4. A Theatre Artist S. Virsaladze – Creative Work of the 1970-1980s (the Unity of Different Spheres of Art in Ballet), a thesis work, Tbilisi, 1993;
5. S. Virsaladze – an Album, an introduction text, Tbilisi, 1999;
6. W. Shakespeare in the Works of S. Virsaladze, an international conference Georgian Shekspiriana, materials, Tbilisi, 2003;
7. Theatre Painting, the Shota Rustaveli Theatre Collection, Tbilisi, 2008 (co-author).  

Architectural Historian, Senior Researcher, PhD in Cultural Studies.
Research field – Medieval Georgian art and Architecture, Urban Planning and Architecture in nineteenth and twentieth-Century Georgia, Issues of Cultural Heritage Preservation.

natsvlishvili@gch-centre.ge ; natsvlishvili.natia@yahoo.com

1. Kutaisi in Urban Development in the Cities of Georgia from 1801 to 1918, Tbilisi, 2019 [in Georgian];
2. Akhaltsikhe in Urban Development in the Cities of Georgia from 1801 to 1918, Tbilisi, 2019 [in Georgian].
3. One City, Two Empires: Urban Planning in Medieval and Modern Axalc‘ixe, Hostoria Urbana, XXVI, 2018;
4. Catholic Antiquities of Akhaltsikhe, Georgian Antiquities, 20, 2017 [in Georgian];
5. Georgian Catholic Monastery in Feriköy, Istanbul, Georgian Antiquities, 17, 2014 [in Georgian].
6. Church Building and Architecture in the Context of Ethnic and Religious Identity in Architecture and Identity: Church Building in Tbilisi (1801-1918), Tbilisi, 2016 (Joint authorship with D. Khoshtarua) [in Georgian];
7. Tbilisi German Community and Its Churches in Architecture and Identity: Church Building in Tbilisi (1801-1918), Tbilisi, 2016 [in Georgian];
8. Catholics Building Activity in Tbilisi in Architecture and Identity: Church Building in Tbilisi (1801-1918), Tbilisi, 2016 [in Georgian];
9. A Struggle for Identity: Georgian Catholics and Their Monastery in Istanbul, Caucasus Survey, 3, 1, 2015;
10. Forming Confessional Space: German Community and Lutheran Churches in Tbilisi, Academia, 4, 2015 [in Georgian];
11. Kukia Catholic Cemetery and Chapel,  in Architecture and Identity: Church Building in Tbilisi (1801-1918), Project Bulletin, Tbilisi, 2015 [in Georgian];
12. Catholic Churches in Georgia: Builders and Benefactors, Kadmos, 7, 2015;
13. Problems of Renovation of Historic Districts in Tbilisi: Case Study: the David Aghmashenebeli Avenue, Proceedings of the Second International Scientific-Practical, Conference “Preservation of Historic Buildings in the Central Part of Odessa Via Inscribing in the UNESCO World Heritage List”, June 24-26, 2015, Odessa;
14. Construction of Catholic Churches in South Georgia in the 19^th and early 20^th Centuries (Khizabavra and Skhvilisi), Georgiam Antiquities, 16, 2013 [in Georgian];
15. Littoral Fortifications in South-West Georgia, Medieval Ports in North Aegean and the Black Sea: Links to the Maritime Routes of East, Proceedings of the International Symposium, Thessaloniki, 4-6 December, 2013, Thessaloniki, 2013, (Joint authorship with Irina Mania);
16. Master Builders in Medieval Georgia, Tbilisi, 2012 (Joint authorship with D. Khoshtaria and D. Tumanishvili) [in Georgian].
17. An Episode from the History of the Catholic Community of Tbilisi (Sololaki Cemetery), Academia, 2, 2011 [in Georgian].

Art Historian, Chief Researcher of the Centre, Ph.D. 

Research field: History of the medieval fine art. 

Activity: Lectures on the Paleologan mural painting in Georgia at the Tbilisi Academy of  Arts. 

Address: 1, Aragvi str., Tbilisi.   

1. Significance of the Painters’ Inscriptions for the Study of the Medieval Georgian Murals Painting, Georgian Antiquities, 20, Tbilisi, 2017
2. Donors and Painters of St. John the Evangelist Church in Bobnevi and the Sanctuary Barrier of the Magaladze-Church in Tsinarekhi, 2nd International conference: Georgia-Byzantium-Christian East, Tbilisi, 2019, Abstracts
3. The Jakeli Portraits, Georgian Antiquities, 18, Tbilisi, 2015, (in Georgian, English résumé)
4. Medieval Georgian Wall Paintings, Icons, Enamels, Manuscript Illumination, in: Georgian Art, Chveni Girsebani, vol. 7, Tbilisi, 2015 (in Georgian)
5. Murals of the Church of the Rkoni Fortress, Ancient Art Today, 5, Tbilisi, 2014, (in Georgian, English résumé)
6. The Murals of St. George’s Church at Abastumani, in: The Akhaltsikhe and Tao-Klarjeti Eparchy, Tbilisi, 2013, (in Georgian)
7. Artifacts from Gonio and Tsikhisdziri, in: Medieval Ports in North Aegean and the Black Sea: Links to the Maritime Routes of the East, Proceedings of the International Symposium, Thessaloniki, 2013
8. The Murals of the Samochalo Church of St. George, Georgian Antiquities, 13, Tbilisi, 2009 (in Georgian, English resume)
9. Gelati: Architecture, Murals, Treasure, Tbilisi 2007, co-author (in Georgian and in English)
10. The Murals of the Sioni Church at Dmanisi, Georgian Antiquities, 7-8, Tbilisi, 2005 (in Georgian, resume in English)
11. Historic Portraits in the South-East Chapel of Main Church of the Gelati Monastery, Literatura da Khelovneba, 1, Tbilisi, 2001 (in Georgian)
12. Wall Paintings in the Chapel of Davit Narin,  Literatura da Khelovneba, 2, Tbilisi, 1999 (in Georgian)
13. Certain Peculiarities of the Mural Decoration in the 13^th-14^th cc Burial Chapels, Dzeglis megobari, 3, Tbilisi, 1999 (in Georgian, English résumé)
14. Images of the Mandilioni in the 12^th-13^th century Georgian Wall Painting, Literatura da Khelovneba, 3, Tbilisi, 1991 (in Georgian).

(1950,Tbilisi – 2022, Tbilisi)
Art Historian. Senior Resercher at the George Chubinashvili  National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation.
Phd.Reserch field: Contemporary Georgian Art(painting and sculpture).

Selected works: 1.Some pecularitys of the early 20^th century Georgian Painting, Tb., 1998;
2.Some aspects of “Art Geco” style (Studies on GeorgianArt IV, Tb. 2005); 3.Facad reliefs, “Georgian Antiquities”, N16, 2013; 4.Ketevan Magalashvili-120, Bilingual (Georgian-English) Book(author), Tb., 2015; 5.Aleksander Shervashidze – 150, Bilingual (Georgian-English) book(author), Tb., 2018.

1. Self-portrait  in the XXcentury Georgian art.Sixth  international Symposium on Georgian art, Tb.,1989;
2. “Le Prince A.Chervachidze”, “Georgian Antiquities”, N13, Tb.,2009;
3. Monumental sculpture, “Art and Literature” ,N11, Tb.,2009;
4. 19^th century magazines about Georgian artists, “Art and Literature”, N9, 2009;
5. Georgian artists formulated in the environment of folk art, (Late XIXcentury Portrait), “Art and Literature”, N7, Tb.,2010;
6. Soc.realizm in Georgian Art “Intellectual”, N17, Tb.,2011;
7. Plastic décor of “Imeli”-s main facade, “Intellectual” N21, Tb.,2012.