Jumber Jikia Explained

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Native Name:ჯუმბერ ჯიქია
Native Name Lang:ka
Awards:State Award Laureate, 1989

Jumber Jikia (Georgian: ჯუმბერ ჯიქია; b. 1950) is a sculptor from Georgia.

Jikia was born on 12 October 1950.[1] He studied at Tbilisi School of Art, and then Tbilisi State Academy of Arts,[2] where he was later a lecturer.[3]

His public works in Tbilisi include a statue of Oliver and Marjory Wardrop, unveiled on 18 October 2015,[4] during the Tbilisoba festival, in Tbilisi's Oliver Wardrop Square; and one of Václav Havel unveiled on 22 June 2017 by President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili and Czech Defense Minister Martin Stropnicky.[5]

Two of his Horses of the Wind are in Rustavi.[6]

Outside Georgia, his works are on public display in Egypt (History Steps 2008), and Cappadocia, Turkey (History Steps 2009).[7]

He also sculpted a 22m tall, 60 ton, colossal steel-framed copper statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk for the Assembly Hall at Artvin in Turkey.[8] [9]

Dying Centaur is in the collection of the Polish Sculpture Center.

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ჯუმბერ ჯიქია (1950) . Biographical Dictionary of Georgia . Government of Georgia . 16 March 2018.
  2. Web site: Artyści w kolekcji . Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej w Orońsku . 15 March 2018 . pl.
  3. Web site: Aswan International Sculpture Symposium. aiss.gov.eg. 15 March 2018.
  4. Web site: The monument to Oliver and Marjory Wardrops opened near the Parliament. Parliament of Georgia. 15 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Thea . Morrison . Statue of Vaclav Havel Erected in Tbilisi . Georgia Today . 15 March 2018 . 23 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170623041709/http://georgiatoday.ge/news/6874/Statue-of-Vaclav-Havel-Erected-in-Tbilisi . dead .
  6. Web site: Horses of the Wind, Rustavi by Jumber Jikia to be sold ?. Kaukasus. 15 March 2018.
  7. Web site: Artists – Jikia Jumber. Georgian Art Portal. Government of Georgia. 15 March 2018. 17 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111117152842/http://www.art.gov.ge/artists.php?lang=En&artist=753. dead.
  8. Web site: Dünyanın en büyük Atatürk heykeli Artvin'e yapılıyor. Olay53. 16 March 2018. tr. 30 September 2011.
  9. See talk page
  10. Web site: Aswan International Sculpture Symposium . 2023-07-24 . aiss.gov.eg.

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