Levan was born on the 30th of August 1971, in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1993 he graduated from the Georgian Agricultural University, where he majored in Forestry and he was awarded as Candidate of Biological Sciences degree in 1996. He also speaks French, English and Russian languages.
However, he soon decided to create his own world. His first serious painting date from 1993. Since then, painting has been his only profession. The recognition took time, effort and commitment. He says that, for him, “art is like an altar of the soul, a place for prayers”.
Levan Mosiashvili’s work can be categorized into four distinct periods.
- This first one is rooted in the Georgian life experience. The land of his ancestors, Kakheti Valley became his first source of inspiration. Daily life, joys and sorrows of Kakheti peasants were the main topics of the period. These works are known in Europe as ‘Mosiashvili’s frescoes’. The clarity and simplicity of these works resemble those of the Georgian Orthodox icons, where you may see the nostalgia for ‘the paradise irretrievably lost’.
- This second period of his creativity is entirely dedicated to Tbilisi. His renditions of the city are unusual, even unique, both in terms of the theme and the technique used. In these ‘views of Tbilisi’ the artist tried to illustrate a strong sense of community, once so typical of the densely packed, noisy old neighbourhoods bustling with life.
- In 2008 the Government of France offered Levan Mosiashvili to live and work in their country.
Levan fell in love with Cubism. He frequented the Basilica of St. Sernin in Toulouse, studios of renowned European artists and world-famous museums. It was then that he started working on his cubist paintings.
He had already won various international art contests. In the same year he won the International Competition in Marseille, and later, the Painting Contest in Carry-le-Rouet. His works in this period were critically acclaimed. His exhibitions were held in many cities of France and other countries such Russia (Saint Petersburg), Damascus and Aleppo (Siria), Saaremaa (Estonia), Ankara (Turkey).
- For the last years Levan has been interested in “philosophical abstraction”, as he himself calls it. He considers it to be the pinnacle of his freedom of expression:
“France gave me the liberty and encouraged me to move forward and pursue new opportunities”. Levan’s quote “you must open your heart to people, regardless of what others may think of you”. In 2010, Levan Mosiashvili won an award for the international exhibition in Fonsorbes, France, for the ‘Best Modernist Abstract Work’. In the same year he received an Honorary Award of the department of Haute-Garonne at the exhibition-contest in Auterive, where Matisse and Picasso had spent their youth. In 2011 Levan won the Grand Prize at the 29th International Exhibition-contest held in Le Fousseret, and special prize at the Auterive Autumn Salon of 2012. In the years from 2013 to 2016, Levan Mosiashvili received a number of awards, including a Gold Badge of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, in France -Land of Culture Award, to name but a few. His works have already been featured at diplomatic receptions in South Africa, Switzerland and the USA. In 2016, the artist’s works were displayed at the World Intellectual Property Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, at Opera House and Edoardo Villa Museum in Pretoria, South Africa, and during Georgian Culture Week in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Levan Mosiashvili’s works are held in both private collections and art galleries all over the world (Georgia, France, Russia, USA, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Uruguay, Venezuela, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Belgium, UK, Brazil, Chile, Sweden, Norway and China. His works are on display in the central office of the pentagon in Washington (USA), in the Directorate of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow (Russia), in Vine and Wine Museum at the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, and in a number of city halls and other government offices throughout Georgia and France.
