Mamuka Didebashvili (Dideba) was born in 1968 in Tbilisi.

He attended the Nikoladze Art school. Later on, he studied painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. Since the days of his studenthood, Didebashvili has been participating in numerous art fairs both in Georgia and worldwide.

During his entire career, Didebashvili worked with both figurative and abstract painting, and in the end he merged two practices together in his late mature portraits. In his practice Mamuka employs the intricate and demanding layered Flemish painting technique that was used by the old masters of the Northern Renaissance. At first, Mamuka’s characters seem to resemble the ones of the Flemish masters, but because of the bright colours and the abstract background, Didebashvili’s characters seem to be taken out of any time or georgraphic context.

For more than 15 years, Didebashvili’s works have been shown and taking part in art fairs in Georgia and as well as in the UK, Ireland, the USA, Europe and Russia.

Exhibitions:

2015 Artexpo, New York, USA — group exhibition
2014 Barcelona Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain — group exhibition
2014 Parallax Art Fair, London, UK — group exhibition
2013 VANDA Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
2012 «Meeting with Pirosmani», Tbilisi, Georgia — group exhibition
2010 Art Gallery Line, Tbilisi, Georgia — group exhibition
2010 «Hobby» Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia — group exhibition
2009 Affordable Art Fair, London, UK — group exhibition
2008 Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh, UK — group exhibition
2008 «Winter 2008», North Hollywood, California — group exhibition
2008 Art Ireland November Fair, Dublin, Ireland — group exhibition
2008 Affordable Art Fair, London, UK — group exhibition
2008 Chelsea Art Fair, London, UK — group exhibition
2008 «Spring 2008», North Hollywood, California — group exhibition
2007 «Art Manezh», Moscow, Russia — group exhibition
2007 Artexpo, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA — group exhibition
2007 Affordable Art Fair, London, UK — group exhibition
2007 Art Gallery Line, Tbilisi, Georgia — group exhibition
2007 Chelsea Art Fair, Old Town Hall in Chelsea, London, UK — group exhibition
2007 Art Ireland Spring Collection 2007, Main Hall RDS, Dublin, Ireland — group exhibition
2007 Chelsea Art Fair, London, UK — group exhibition
2007 Art Ireland, Dublin, Ireland — group exhibition
2007 «Triptych» Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
2006 Cultural Center «Georgian House», Moscow, Russia
2006 «Hobby» Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia — group exhibition
2006 Art Ireland, Dublin, Ireland — group exhibition
2006 Affordable Art Fair, London, UK — group exhibition
2006 The Dulwich Art Fair, London, UK — group exhibition
2006 Chelsea Art Fair, London, UK — group exhibition
2005 «Art Manezh» Moscow, Russia — group exhibition
2005 Art Ireland, Dublin, Ireland — group exhibition
2005 Saarland’s kunstlerhouse, Saarbrücken, Germany — group exhibition
2005 Art Ireland, Dublin, Ireland — group exhibition
2005 Chelsea Art Fair, London, UK — group exhibition
2005 Embassy of Georgia in London, UK 2004 «HMS President» on the River Thames, London, UK 2004 Hogarth’s Club, London, United Kingdom — group exhibition
2004 «Art Manezh» Moscow, Russia — group exhibition
2003 «Art Manezh» Moscow, Russia — group exhibition
2003 «Art», Moscow, Russia — group exhibition
2002 «Hay Hill» Gallery, London, UK — group exhibition
2000 «Prospero» Bookstore, Tbilisi, Georgia
1999 «Hobby» Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia — group exhibition
1998 «Edison» Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands