Tato Akhalkatsishvili was born in 1979 in Tbilisi, Georgia, where he continues to live and work. In 1996 and 2003, he undertook and obtained degrees from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. In 2004, he established the art group “Figurative Art Studio.” He has exhibited his artwork extensively in Georgia and internationally in both solo and group shows, including at the Georgian National Museum, the National Gallery of Armenia (Yerevan), Mitsukoshi Art Gallery (Tokyo), and Gallery CONTAINER (Vienna), among many others.