Jemal (Džemal) Gugunava

Jemal Gugunava, a Georgian-born artist trained at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, is currently based in the UK and Prague, Czechia.

He paints whatever captures his attention, enjoying a moment — urban landscapes, nature, intriguing objects, human faces, and conceptual figurative compositions. Despite the diversity of his subject matter, all Jemal’s works share an internal unity that goes far beyond simple stylistic continuity. This coherence comes not only from his distinctive brushwork, but also from the emotion and persistent philosophical undercurrent that runs through his paintings. He allows geometric lines and clear contours to emerge almost instinctively—a fusion of deeply rooted Eastern European visual traditions with the vibrant, angular elements of abstract art and postmodernism, where different artistic languages often intersect and coexist.

His credo: Paint what you love — let neither trend nor anyone dictate.