Jumber Jikia

Jumber Jikia
ჯუმბერ ჯიქია
Born12 October 1950 Edit this on Wikidata
Georgia Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationSculptor Edit this on Wikidata
AwardsState 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,[4] unveiled on 18 October 2015,[5] during the Tbilisoba festival, in Tbilisi's Oliver Wardrop Square; and one of Václav Havel[6] unveiled on 22 June 2017 by President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili and Czech Defense Minister Martin Stropnicky.[7]

Two of his Horses of the Wind are in Rustavi.[8]

Outside Georgia, his works are on public display in Egypt (History Steps 2008), and Cappadocia, Turkey (History Steps 2009).[9]

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.[10][11]

Dying Centaur is in the collection of the Polish Sculpture Center.[2]

  1. ^ "ჯუმბერ ჯიქია (1950)". Biographical Dictionary of Georgia. Government of Georgia. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Artyści w kolekcji" (in Polish). Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej w Orońsku. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Aswan International Sculpture Symposium". aiss.gov.eg. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  4. ^ 41°41′46″N 44°47′49″E / 41.695987°N 44.796938°E / 41.695987; 44.796938 (statue of Oliver and Marjory Wardrop)
  5. ^ "The monument to Oliver and Marjory Wardrops opened near the Parliament". Parliament of Georgia. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  6. ^ 41°43′18″N 44°44′43″E / 41.721748°N 44.745336°E / 41.721748; 44.745336 (statue of Václav Havel)
  7. ^ Morrison, Thea. "Statue of Vaclav Havel Erected in Tbilisi". Georgia Today. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Horses of the Wind, Rustavi by Jumber Jikia to be sold ?". Kaukasus. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Artists – Jikia Jumber". Georgian Art Portal. Government of Georgia. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Dünyanın en büyük Atatürk heykeli Artvin'e yapılıyor". Olay53 (in Turkish). 30 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  11. ^ See talk page