Zurab Tsereteli

People’s Artist of the USSR

People’s Artist of the Russian Federation

President of the Russian Academy of Arts

Director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art

Director of the Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Russian Academy of Arts

Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (2006, 2008, 2010)

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador (1996)

Distinguished Visiting Professor of Art at the State University of New York College of Arts and Science at Brockport (Brockport, New York, USA. 1978)

Full Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (Tbilisi, Georgia. 1996)

Corresponding Member of San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Madrid, Spain. 1998)

Corresponding Member of the French Academy of Fine Arts (Paris, France. 2002)

Active Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Austria. 2009)

Zurab Tsereteli has been honored with numerous awards of the USSR, the Russian Federation and other countries.

Tsereteli Art Gallery

The First Session of the Public Chamber Commission on Culture of 2010-2012 Convocation. February 11, 2010. Moscow, the Central House of Artists   |11.02.10: Press-service| // Photoreport

Zurab Tsereteli Handed Over His Three Paintings for the Charitable Auction in Stavropol   |08.02.10: ATV-Stavropol| // Zurab Tsereteli has joined a charitable action of ATV Stavropol TV Company. The President of the Russian Academy of Arts learnt about it during his recent visit to Stavropol when he promised to donate one of his works for the charitable auction in favor of Stavropol orphan asylums.

Opening of the Show of Paintings “Poetic Architecture” by Prof., Mag.Arch. Efthymious Makis Warlamis. Tsereteli Art Gallery. February 4, 2010   |04.02.10: Press-service| // Photoreport

Over 200 Painting-Lovers Attended the Inauguration of the Solo Show of Works by Zurab Tsereteli in Elista   |04.02.10: Interfax| // In the National Museum of Kalmykia in Elista on Thursday there was an opening of the solo show of works by the President of the Russian Academy of Arts, People’s Artist of the USSR and Russia Zurab Tsereteli.

Poetic Architecture: Paintings by Efthymios Makis Warlamis in Tsereteli Art Gallery   |04.02.10: Press-service| // The Russian Academy of Arts, Austrian Cultural Forum in Moscow and Kunstmuseum Waldviertel (Austria) present sixty paintings by Prof., Mag.Arch. Efthymios Makis Warlamis produced in various media. Efthymios Makis Warlamis is one of the most extraordinary architects and artists of today. In his works Warlamis “melts” the legacy of different times and cultures in harmonious universal life spaces.

Labyrinth: Solo Show of Works by Anatoly Chechik in Tsereteli Art Gallery   |02.02.10: Press-service| // Tsereteli Art Gallery presents Anatoly Chechik’s united composition of ninety paintings living and breathing its “ninety” souls, ninety pulsing fragments of one and the same organism – but still absolutely independent paintings of diverse formats and even genres (Chechik has worked against all existing good manners in painting – each of them is able to “live its own life”, but together they are inseparable).

Masterclass by Zurab Tsereteli for Children of the Ryazan Specialized (Correction) Boarding School N18 for Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Children   |30.01.10: Press-service| // Photoreport

Memorial Plaque Commemorating the Soviet Politician and Diplomat Andrei Gromyko (1909-1989) Was Unveiled in Moscow   |24.12.09: Press-service| // To mark the 100th birth anniversary of the eminent diplomat and politician Andrei Gromyko, a memorial plaque designed by Zurab Tsereteli was unveiled on the wall of the house in Leontievsky Pereulok where he had lived from 1963 till 1989. Andrei Gromyko served as Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union from 1957 till 1985 and was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet in 1985-1988.

Ecce Homo: Solo Show of Works by Fausta Squatriti in Tsereteli Art Gallery   |10.12.09: Press-service| // Organized by the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow and Russian Academy of Arts, the solo show features paintings, graphic art, installations by the renowned Italian artist Fausta Squatriti.

Zurab Tsereteli Presents His Works in Stavropol   |07.12.09: Press-service| // Organized by the Government of the Stavropol Region, the Stavropol Administration in association with the Russian Academy of Arts, the major retrospective exhibition of the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli includes such highlights as his 3D enamels, serigraphs and portraits produced in high relief.