Art Historian, Chief Researcher of the Centre, Ph.D.
Research field: History of the medieval Georgian mural painting; urban conservation.
Activity: Lectures on Svanetian School of Painting and on History of the Medieval Georgian Fine Arts, Tbilisi Academy of Arts, Faculty of Restoration, Art History and Theory; Member of ICOMOS International – representative of the Georgian National Committee.
Address: 17, Chakhrukhadze str., 0105 Tbilisi.
e-mail: medieva.kenia@gmail.com
- Oldest Mural Decoration of the Lagami Church of the Saviour. Matsne, Istoriis, Arkeologiis, Etnograpiisa da Khelovnebis Istoriis Seria, 1, 1986, (Georgian, Russian summary)
- On “Eschatological Motives” in the Spiritual Life of the 14th Century Georgia. Literatura da Khelovneba, 2, 1990 (Georgian)
- Programme of the 12th century Murals in Svaneti. Literatura da Khelovneba, 2, 1991 (Georgian)
- Donor Portraiture in the Mural Painting of Upper Svaneti. Khelovneba, 7, 1991 (Georgian)
- Some Peculiarities of the General Arrangement of the Ensemble in the Svaneti Murals. Literatura da Khelovneba, 1-2, 1997 (Georgian)
- Early Traditions in the 12th Century Svaneti Mural Painting, Dzeglis Megobari, 1, 1997 (Georgian, English summary)
- Murals in the Lower Church of Lagami. Synopsis of the PhD Thesis (Georgian, English summary),Tb., 1997
- Royal Portrait in the Murals of Yenashi Church of Jonah. Sakartvelos Sidzveleni, 2, 2002 (Georgian, English summary)
- On the Interrelation of the Word and Image in the Georgian Mural Painting (on the Example of Iprari Murals). Sakartvelos Sidzveleni, 4-5, 2003
- General Concept of the 12th and 14th Century Murals in Upper Svaneti (Georgia). ΛΑΜΠΗΔΏΝ, Recueil in memory of D. Mouriki, v. 1, Athens, 2003
- Reflection of One Theological Tendency in the Programmes of Georgian Murals in Early and High Middle Ages. Studies in Georgian Art, III, Tb., 2004 (Georgian, English)
- Once Again on the Programme of Murals in the Church of St. Archangels in Zemo Krikhi. Sakartvelos Sidzveleni, 6, 2004 (Georgian, English summary)
- Initial Mural Decoration of the Lagami Church – New Findings. Sakartvelos Sidzveleni, 7-8, 2005 (Georgian, English summary)
- Modes of Expression in Early Georgian Murals (on the Example of the Initial mural Decoration of the Lagami Church of the Saviour). Sakartvelos Sidzveleni, 9, 2006 (Georgian, English summary)
- On the Peculiarities of Programmes in Early Georgian Murals. Sakartvelos Sidzveleni, 11, 2007 (Georgian, English summary)
- Peculiarities of the 13th Century Murals in Zhibiani. Studies in Georgian Art, V, Tb., 2008 (Georgian, English)
- Peculiarities of the General Arrangement of the Decoration System in the Early Medieval Murals in Svaneti. Sakartvelos Sidzveleni, 12, 2008 (Georgian, English summary)
- Murals of the Chazhashi Church of the Saviour. Sakartvelos Sidzveleni, 13, 2009 (Georgian, English summary)
- On the Interrelation of the Word and Image in the Medieval Georgian Mural Panting (co-author E. Gedevanishvili). Vakhtang Beridze 1st International Symposium on Georgian Art: Georgian Art in the Context of European and Asian Cultures, Proceedings, Tb., 2009
- Upper Svaneti. Medieval Mural Painting. Tb., 2010 (Georgian, English)
- Murals of Hadishi Church of the Saviour. Svaneti History Pages, Tb., 2011 (Georgian)
- On the Interpretation of the Inscriptions of Priest Sineli. Sakartvelos Sidzveleni, 15, 2012 (Georgian, English summary)
- Mami (Tekali) Church of the Saviour in Lower Svaneti. Sakartvelos Sidzveleni, 17, 2014 (Georgian, English summary)
- Peculiarities of the General Arrangement of the Mural Decoration in the 13th c. Svaneti Murals. ACADEMIA, 4, 2015 (Georgian, English summary)
- Apsidal Schemes of Svaneti Murals (9th-13th cc). Sakartvelos Sidzveleni, 21, 2018 (Georgian, English summary)
- All Holy Theotokos and the Medieval Painting in Svaneti. Sakartvelos Sidzveleni, 22, 2019 (Georgian, English summary)