Meir Pichhadze

Meir Pichhadze was born in 1955 in Kutaisi

Meir Pichhadze was born on August 16, 1955, in Kutaisi, Georgia. He was the younger brother of Julieta and Makvala. As a child he studied art with his sister under Rezo Ramishvili, and he also worked in construction with his father, a tiler.

In 1973 he moved to Israel with his parents and his sister Makvala, and the family lived in Or Yehuda. He first polished brass letters for gravestones, and later earned a living polishing diamonds while he painted. He married Tami, and they had 2 children, Lori and Rubi.

In 1975 he showed an exhibition with Makvala at Tzavta, and later at Beit Sokolov in Tel Aviv. His early work showed the influence of the Georgian painter Niko Pirosmanashvili. After Makvala took her own life, his works grew larger and his style became more Western and modern.

In 1983 he began studying at the Kalisher College of Art, and his first exhibition there was at the school's new gallery. He received the Young Artist Prize in 1988. He died in Tel Aviv on February 4, 2010, after an illness with cancer.