Jumber Jikia ( ka, ჯუმბერ ჯიქია; b. 1950) is a sculptor from
Georgia
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Jikia was born on 12 October 1950.
He studied at
Tbilisi School of Art, and then
Tbilisi State Academy of Arts,
where he was later a lecturer.
His public works in
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...
include a statue of
Oliver and
Marjory Wardrop
Marjory Scott Wardrop (11 November 1869 – 7 December 1909) was an English scholar and translator of Georgian literature. She was a sister of the British diplomat and scholar of Georgia, Sir Oliver Wardrop.
Fluent in seven foreign languages, ...
, unveiled on 18 October 2015,
during the
Tbilisoba festival, in Tbilisi's Oliver Wardrop Square; and one of
Václav Havel
Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then ...
unveiled on 22 June 2017 by President of Georgia
Giorgi Margvelashvili
Giorgi Margvelashvili ( ka, გიორგი მარგველაშვილი; born 4 September 1969) is a Georgian academic and politician who was the fourth President of Georgia, in office from 17 November 2013 to 16 December 2018.
...
and Czech Defense Minister
Martin Stropnicky.
Two of his ''Horses of the Wind'' are in
Rustavi
Rustavi ( ka, რუსთავი ) is a city in the southeast of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli and southeast of capital Tbilisi. It has a population of 130,100 (2021), making it the fourth most populous city in Georgia. Its economy is ...
.
Outside Georgia, his works are on public display in Egypt (''History Steps 2008''), and
Cappadocia
Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde.
According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Re ...
, Turkey (''History Steps 2009'').
He also sculpted a 22m tall, 60 ton, colossal steel-framed copper statue of
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk for the Assembly Hall at
Artvin
Artvin ( Laz and ; hy, Արտուին, translit=Artuin) is a city in northeastern Turkey about inland from the Black Sea.
It is located on a hill overlooking the Çoruh River near the Deriner Dam. It is a former bishopric and (vacant) Armeni ...
in Turkey.
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''Dying Centaur'' is in the collection of the
Polish Sculpture Center.
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1950 births
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21st-century sculptors
Sculptors from Georgia (country)
Living people