Dzhugashvili Yakov

Biography

Jacob Jugashvili /Яков Джугашвили /იაკობ ჯუღაშვილი/ is a Russian-Georgian artist. The surname may also be spelled Djugashvili or Dzhugashvili in English.Born July 14th 1972 in Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR. He is the Great-grandson of the most influential political leader of the 20th century Joseph Jugashvili, better known as Joseph Stalin.
Jacob completed his secondary education in Moscow and thereafter studied at Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts from 1992-1994. In 1997 he graduated from the Glasgow School of Art (Painting and Drawing) with a BA.
Between 1997 and 2000 Jacob showed at various London venues: the Boundary Gallery, Lamont Gallery, Royal College of Art, London Art Fair, Georgia 2000 exhibition at Cork streets Gallery 27. In 1999 his works were shown at Batumi Art Museum (Batumi, Georgia).