Matiko Mamaladze was born in 1964 in Tbilisi, Georgia. She grew up in an artistic family, surrounded by her mother’s and grandfather’s paintings. They were a source of inspiration to Matiko and encouraged her to study art. The creative atmosphere she was immersed in influenced her to such an extent, that from early times drawing and painting became necessities she couldn’t imagine herself without. Sometimes Matiko copied paintings of her late grandfather, who was a well- known artist and art-professor, experimented with different mediums, but starting from late eighties her color spectrum and painting technique became finally established and stayed virtually unchanged since then. Matiko studied in the Nikoladze Art School and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tbilisi.
“Different things inspire me “, says Matiko. “People, nature, mood or simple everyday events.” Matiko’s work is figurative and centers on subjects, which she finds unique and interesting. “I try to express their internal nature, using colors and emotional line, avoiding a simple copy, and the feeling born within the painting is of primary importance for me”. Often entirely executed with a palette knife(a method which many artists don’t even dare to use) Matiko’s works create an illusion of velvety, paint saturated third dimension, where color- not the light-creates the shape, baffling the sense of perception. Matiko doesn’t like to do preliminary sketches; when she starts, her only concern is to build an emotionally charged and deeply meaningful scene; then comes compositional balance and technical skill. “Painting is my passion, escape and amusement. When I’m tired I play piano, or guitar and sing along. .Music makes new feelings to accumulate, providing me with the “raw material” for the future projects.”
“Stopping painting for extended period of time is out of question-I simply loose the connection with myself. That’s why having a supportive and understanding family is so important for me”-she adds.
Matiko Mamaladze is an award-winning artist and her paintings can be found in many private collections across the Europe and USA.