Jumber Jikia ( ka, ჯუმბერ ჯიქია; b. 1950) is a sculptor from
Georgia
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* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
The Tbilisi State Academy of Arts ( ka, თბილისის სახელმწიფო სამხატვრო აკადემია) is one of the oldest universities in Georgia and the Caucasus. It is located in central Tbilisi ...
, where he was later a
lecturer
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.
His public works in
Tbilisi
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include a statue of
Oliver
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* ''Oliver the Western Engine'', volume 24 in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry
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and
Marjory Wardrop
Marjory Scott Wardrop (11 November 1869 – 7 December 1909) was an English scholar and translator of Georgia (country), Georgian literature. She was a sister of the United Kingdom, British diplomat and scholar of Georgia, Oliver Wardrop, Sir Ol ...
, unveiled on 18 October 2015, during the
Tbilisoba
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festival, in Tbilisi's Oliver Wardrop Square; and one of
Václav Havel
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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.
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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 127,154 (January 2024), making it the third most populous city in Georgia. Its eco ...
.
Outside Georgia, his works are on public display in
Egypt
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(''History Steps 2008''), and
Cappadocia
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, Turkey (''History Steps 2009'').
He also sculpted a 22m tall, 60 ton, colossal steel-framed copper statue of
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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for the Assembly Hall at
Artvin
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''Dying Centaur'' is in the collection of the
Polish Sculpture Center
The Centre of Polish Sculpture () in Orońsko, near Radom, Poland, is a museum housed at Józef Brandt’s 19th-century manor house.
Collection
The centre's collections comprise 621 sculptures, installations and other art forms owned by the ce ...