Shiukashvili Otar Georgievich

Studied at the Tbilissi Art College, at the Tbilissi Academy of Fine Arts. Veteran of the Second World War. Worked as animation artist at the motion-picture studio “Gruziya-Film”. Moved to Moscow in 1957. Member of the Artists’ Union of the USSR (from 1957 on). Emigrated to the USA, lived in New York, Washington. Painted a portrait of Ronald Reagan (1984).