Konstantin Totibadze
Konstantin Georgevich Totibadze (in ), also known as Kostya Totibadze, is a Russian painter of Georgian origin and illustrator born on in Tbilisi. Biography Youth Konstantin Totibadze was born on in Tbilisi. Konstantin inherits the passion for art of his grandfather, Apollon Kutateladze (after whom the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts was named) and of his own father, Georgy Konstantinovich Totibadze, who was rector of the Academy during 10 years (1972-1982). Konstantin lived in Tbilisi at 11 Zandukeli Street (formerly called Djavakhishvili Street) in the paternal home until the divorce of his parents in 1977. He moves to his grandfather Apollon Kutateladze's artist workshop in Moscow at 9 Verkhnyaya Maslovka Street, in the with his mother Nana Kutateladze, his brother Georgy and his sister Maria Totibadze. His neighbours were painters Alexander Tyshler and Sergey Luppov. His first art teacher will be Dmitry Ivanovich Khamin. Since his childhood. Konstantin practises Shitō-ryū, a variant of Karate. He will thus come first at the Russian cahmpoinships thrice and he will receive a bronze medal at the World Karate championships. His teachers were V. Eidlin, Mabuni Kenei and Hidetoshi Nakahashi. Education and Career In 1985, Konstantin enters the . In 1988, Konstantin Totibadze continues