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Art Historian, Head of the Department of Ancient Georgian Art, Prof. Dr.Research field:   History of the medieval Georgian architecture, history of construction. Address: 5-14, K. Kekelidze str., Tbilisi.e-mail: khoshtaria@gch-centre.ge

1. “Persian Master Builders in the Nineteenth-Century Georgia,” (in Georgian, with English summary), Georgian Antiquities 23 (2020), pp. 138-156.
2. 中世ジョージアの建築技術と建築職人 (Master Builders in Medieval Georgia, in Japanese), (Tokyo: Sairyusha, 2020.
3. “Borjomi and Abastumani,” in: D. Khoshtaria (ed.), Urban Development in the Cities of Georgia from 1801 to 1918 (Tbilisi, 2019), pp. 267-316.
4. “Cities of Georgia at the Turn of the Eras,” in: D. Khoshtaria (ed.), Urban Development in the Cities of Georgia from 1801 to 1918 (Tbilisi, 2019), pp. 11-26.
5. Persian Master Builders in the Cities of the Nineteenth-Century Georgia, Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Vol.13, no 2, 2019, pp. 156-160.
6. “Building Activity of Pontic Greeks in Georgia in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries,”, in: Cultural Heritage of Pontic Greeks in Georgia (Tbilisi, 2018), pp. 6-85. Co-author M. Liluashvili.
7. “Church Building and Architecture in the Context of National and Religious Identity,” in: D. Khoshtaria (ed.), Architecture and Identity: Church Building in Tbilisi (1801-1918), (Tbilisi, 2016), pp. 11-29. Co-author N. Natsvlishvili.
8. “The Georgian Revival Style and Architects of the Empire,” in: D. Khoshtaria (ed.), Architecture and Identity: Church Building in Tbilisi (1801-1918), (Tbilisi, 2016), pp. 31-49.
9. “Imperial Identity and the Russian Revival Style in the Church Architecture of Tbilisi,” in: D. Khoshtaria (ed.), Architecture and Identity: Church Building in Tbilisi (1801-1918), (Tbilisi, 2016) pp. 89-105.
10. “David Grimm and the Georgian Revival Style in Church Architecture,” Academia, Journal of the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts, 4 (2015), pp. 87-97.
11. “Building Activities of the Georgians in the Holy Land,” in: T. Mgaloblishvili (ed.), Georgians in the Holy Land. The Rediscovery of a Long-Lost Christian Legacy (London: Bennet & Bloom, 2014), pp. 21-30. Co-author N. Vacheishvili.
12. “An Outline of the Development of Church Architecture in Early Medieval Georgia,” in: S. Sasano, Y. Fujita, and M. Morita (eds), Historic Christian and Related Islamic Monuments in Eastern Anatolia and Syria (Tokyo, 2014), pp. 81-90.
13. “The Basilica at Petra (Tsikhisdziri),” Medieval Ports in North Aegean and the Black Sea: Links to the Maritime Routes of East, Proceedings of the International Symposium, Thessalonike, 4-6. 12. 2013 (Thessalonike, 2013), pp. 367-376.
14. Master Builders in Medieval Georgia (Tbilisi: George Chubinashvili National Research Centre, 2012) (in Georgian). Co-authors D. Tumanishvili and N. Natsvlishvili.
15. “Sculptural Images of Medieval Georgian Masons,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium of Georgian Culture “The Caucasus: Georgia on the Crossroads. Cultural Exchange across the Europe and beyond”, November 2-9, 2009, Florence (Tbilisi, 2011), pp. 98-101.
16. Old Hotels in Tbilisi (Tbilisi: Artanuji Publishing House, 2011) (in Georgian).
17. “Church of the Annunciation in Tbilisi” (in Georgian, with English summary), Georgian Antiquities 13 (2010), pp. 159-167.
18. “Ornament of Palmets with Concentric Ribs in Georgian Architecture” (in Georgian), Academia, 1 (2010), pp. 39-54
19. “Notes on Medieval Churches of Tbilisi” (in Georgian, with English summary), Georgian Antiquities 12 (2009), pp. 230-246.
20. “Past and Present of the Georgian Sinai: A Survey of Architectural History and Current State of Monasteries in Klarjeti”, Heilige Berge und Wüsten: Byzanz und sein Umfeld, Herausgegeben von P. Soustal (Wien, 2009), pp. 77-81, 106-111.
21. Façade Sculptures in Tbilisi (Tbilisi: OCRD, 2008) (in Georgian and English). Co-authors M. Liluashvili and N. Chanishvili.
22. “Image of Builders on the Dome of the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta” (in Georgian, with English summary), Georgian Antiquities 9, 2006, pp. 112-127.
23. Annotations on architectural monuments in: M. Bulia and M. Janjalia (eds.), Kutaisi. Old Georgian Cities and Towns (in Georgian and English),Tbilisi, 2006.
24. Churches and Monasteries in Klarjeti (Tbilisi: Artanuji Publishing House, 2005, 2^nd edition 2009) (in Georgian).
25. “The Monastery of Tskarostavi” (in Georgian), Literatura da kkhelovneba, Vol. 1, 2004, pp. 125-141.
26. “From the History of the Cathedral of Tbeti” (in Georgian, with English summary), Georgian Antiquities 4-5, 2003, pp. 77-99.
27. “Georgian Monasteries in the Holy Land” (in Georgian, with English summary),  Academia, vol. 5a, 2003, p. 15-20. Joint authorship with N. Vacheishvili.
28. Annotations on architectural monuments in: M. Bulia and M. Janjalia (eds.), Old Georgian Sities and Towns: Tbilisi (in Georgian and English), (Tbilisi, 2002).
29. [A Map] Monuments of Georgian Architecture (London: The Capivard Press, 2002). Joint authorship with M. Ebanoidze and J. Wilkinson.
30. “Byzantine Masonry Technique and Georgian Architecture,” XX^e Congès international des études byzantines, Collége de France – Sorbonne, 19-25 août 2001, pré-actes  III: communications libres (Paris, 2001), p. 336.
31. “Early Medieval Churches in Mtskheta” (in Georgian, with English summary), Academia, Vol. 1, 2001, pp. 24-36.
32. “Early Monasteries in Georgia” (in Georgian, with English summary), Arkitekturuli memkvidreoba, Vol. 1, 2001, pp. 49-56.
33. “Under Dome Techniques in the Fifth-Tenth Centuries Georgian Architecture (Squinch and Squinch-Pendentive)” (in Georgian, with English summary), Arkitekturuli memkvidreoba, Vol. 1, 2001, pp. 73-102.
34. “Architectural Peculiarities of the Church in Shatberdi (Yeni-Rabat)” (in Georgian), Literatura da khelovneba, Vol. 1, 2001, pp. 115-144.
35. “Samtavro: History and Perspectives of Study” (in Georgian, with German summary), Thirty Fourth Conference of the George Chubinashvili Institute of History of Georgian Art: Collection of Papers (Tbilisi, 2000), pp. 47-54.
36. Annotations on architectural monuments in: M. Bulia and M. Janjalia (eds.), Old Georgian Sities and Towns: Mtskheta (in Georgian and English), (Tbilisi, 2000).
37. “Early Christian Churches in Mtskheta” (in Georgian), Kristianuli demokratia, Vol. 1, 2000, pp. 113-128.
38. “On the Date of Foundation of Monastery in Opiza” (in Georgian), Dzeglis megobari, Vol. 2 (105), 1999, pp. 31-33.
39. “Notes on the Gogubani (Gogüba) Church” (in Georgian), Literatura da kkhelovneba, Vol. 3, 1999, pp. 128-133.
40. “Transavantgarde and Georgian Art” (in Georgian), Literatura da khelovneba, Vol. 1, 1998, pp. 109-123.
41. “Monastic Architecture of the Ninth-Eleventh Centuries in Klarjeti” (in Georgian, with English summary), Issues of the History of the Georgian Church, Ecclesiastical Literature and Christian Art, Tbilisi, 1998, pp. 436-452.
42. “Churches in Klarjeti and Shavsheti” (in Georgian), Literatura da khelovneba, Vol. 2, 1998, pp. 53-80.
43. “Church in Satle” (in Georgian), Dzeglis megobari, Vol. 2 (101), 1998, pp. 12-23.
44. “Some Peculiarities of Church Architecture in Javakheti” (in Georgian), Literatura da khelovneba, Vol. 1-2, 1997, pp. 119-141.
45. “The Church of St Stephen in Vachedzori Monastery” (in Georgian), Dzeglis megobari, Vol. 4 (99), 1997, pp. 23-35.
46. Graphic Documentation of the Architecture and Mural Painting of Tao-Klardjeti (North-East Turkey): Exhibition Catalogue, (Tbilisi, 1996) (in English). Joint authorship with M. Didebulidze and N. Vacheishvili.
47. “The City of Artanuji and its Antiquities” (in Georgian, with English summary), Artanuji, Vol. 5, 1996, pp. 60-75.
48. “Unknown Basilica near Village Sveti in Klarjeti” (in Georgian), Arkitektura da dizaini, Vol. 1, 1994, pp. 50-51.
49. “Antiquities in Turkish Georgia” (in Georgian), Literaturuli sakartvelo, December 16-23, No 49 (8101), 1994, p. 14.
50. New Information about Antiquities of Tao-Klardjeti” (in Georgian), Literatura da khelovneba, Vol. 1, 1991, pp. 117-161. Joint authorship with N. Alexidze.
51. “Model and Copy in the Medieval Georgian Architecture” (in Georgian), Literatura da khelovneba, Vol. 1, 1990, pp. 37-50.
52. “Architectural Image of the Churches in Berta and Sinkoti” (in Georgian, with English and Russian summaries), Matsne, Vol. 1, 1990, pp. 149-159.
53. “Ninth Century Church Nuka Saq’dari in Klardjeti” (in Georgian, with Russian summary), Dzeglis Megobari, Vol. 4, 1988, pp. 16-23.
54. “Wooden Architecture”, Georgian Soviet Encyclopaedia, Vol. 11, Tbilisi, 1987, pp. 485-486.
55. “Monastic Churches in the Environs of Tadzris-Sakire” (in Georgian, with Russian summary), Matsne, 3, 1986, pp. 135-155.
56. “On the Localization of Kviriketsminda Monastery” (in Georgian, with Russian summary), Matsne, Vol. 1, 1985, pp. 70-82.
57. “Monastic Church in Chitakhevi” (in Georgian, with Russian summary), Matsne, Vol. 4, 1983, pp. 141-157.

Born: Tbilisi, 1973
Art historian, Researcher of the Centre, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Restoration, Art History and Theory, TSAA 

Research field: History of the modern and contemporary art (19th-21st cc.) 

Activity:  Dean of the Faculty of Restoration, Art History and Theory, Tbilisi State Academy of Art

Selected works: 1.Georgian Modernist Painting in the European Context in 1910-1930, editor of the collected works and author of the text, M. Tsitsishvili, N. Tchogoshvili, Tbilisi, 2005; 2. Deutsche Siedler im Tiflis des 19. Jahrhunderts, Iran and the Caucasus, Brill, 2005; 3.Tbilisi in the Works of Georgian and Foreign Artists, editor and author of the text for the catalogue, Tbilisi, 2004; 4.Deutsche Kuenstler des 19. Jahrhunderts in Tiflis, international conference, Tbilisi in the 19th Century. Georgian Academy of Sciences. G. Tsereteli Intitute of Oriental Studies, Chubinashvili Institute of History of Georgian Art, June 2003; 5. Dimitri Shevardnadze’s Painting – Munich Period, collected works N2, Study of Art, Iv. Javakhishvili State University, Faculty of Art History and Theory, Tbilisi, 2001.

Address: 14, I. chavchavadze ave., 0179 Tbilisi.
e-mail: ninotchogo@yahoo.com

1. Appendix – Some Reflections of Contemporary Photography in Caucasia, Exhibition Catalogue, Tbilisi History Museum «Carvasla», Caucasian Centre of Cultural Development, 2001;
2. Dimitri Shevardnadze’s Painting – Munich Period, collected works N2, Study of Art, Iv. Javakhishvili State University, Faculty of Art History and Theory, Tbilisi, 2001; 
3. Influence of the Foreign Artists, Residents of Tbilisi in the XIXth Century, Tbilisi in the XIXth Century: History and Culture, Georgian Academy of Sciences. G. Tsereteli Intitute of Oriental Studies. Chubinashvili Intitute of History of Georgian Art. 2002, Tbilisi, January 2002;
4. The German Tbilisi Colonies in the 19th Century, “Iran and the Caucasus”, BRILL, Leiden. 2004.German Painters in Georgia – Javakhishvili State University, Tbilisi, Collective Papers N4, Study of Art, 2002;
5. Die georgische Kunst von der Neuzeit bis zur Gegenwart – wichtige Aspekte der georgischen Malerei des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts.Georgian Culture Festival in Basel, 2003;
6. Deutsche Kuenstler des 19. Jahrhunderts in Tiflis, international conference, Tbilisi in the 19th Century. Georgian Academy of Sciences. G. Tsereteli Intitute of Oriental Studies, Chubinashvili Institute of History of Georgian Art, June 2003;
7. Deutsche Siedler im Tiflis des 19. Jahrhunderts, Iran and the Caucasus, Brill, pp. 65-79, 2005. 12. ”German Painters in the 19th Century Georgia”, collected works, Iv. Javakhishvili State University, Faculty of Art History and Theory, Tbilisi, 2004;
8. Tbilisi in the Works of Georgian and Foreign Artists, editor and author of the text for the catalogue, Tbilisi, 2004;
9. Research Without Boundaries, editor and author of the introduction of the catalogue of the international symposium on contemporary arts, pp. 7-10, Tbilisi, 2005;
10. Georgian Modernist Painting in the European Context in 1910-1930, editor of the collected works and author of the text, M. Tsitsishvili, N. Tchogoshvili, Tbilisi, 2005;
11. Georgian Pavilion, 52nd international Biennale of Art in Venice, Biennale Catalogue, volume 2, p. 50, 2007;
12. Art Scene of Tbilisi, magazine on contemporary arts Von Bartha, Quarterly Report, 03/09, pp. 12-13;
13. 1989-2009 Turbulent World – Telling Time”, Irina Abjandadze “Victin”, Koka Ramishvili “Change”, Goethe Institute, 2009;
14. Gender Check – Femininity and Masculinity in the Art of Eastern Europe”, Georgia: Nino Tchogoshvili and Lali Pertenava, ERSTE Fondation, MUMOK, Vienna, 2009;
15. TransRElation – international symposium of contemporary arts, collected works, author of the introduction and editor, Tbilisi, 2010;
16. Art in Public Space of Georgia, ”Space for a Space”, publication of the Goethe Institute Tbilisi, 2011;
17. Georgian Modernist Painting and Germany, 1900-1940, 2012 (in print);
18. Georgian Painting: History of Development, 18th – 20th Centuries, Tbilisi, 2014.