About — Art By Lado

Lado V. Goudjabidze is an Artist based in Los Angeles, California. He has a diverse range of subjects across painting and sculpting mediums.

Lado V. Goudjabidze was born in the Republic of Georgia in 1945. He graduated from the College of Visual Arts in Tbilisi Georgia in 1965. He hosted the Russia’s Georgian Contemporary Art television show in 1972. After a year of military service, Lado and his family , Shake and six year old daughter immigrated to the United States in 1976.

Lado started his career in the United States - as an Art Director and Production Manager for Alva Museum Replicas Inc. in New York. By 1980, he was representing the New York Times Restoration Group to the Hermitage Museum in the Russia, and in that same year, he and his wife extended their family with the birth of their second child.

In 1982, Lado brought his artist's senses and years of experience together in his own sculpture reproduction company, Art Deluxe Co.,Inc in Queens, New York City.

With the start of his own company, Lado would go on to create his own pieces, and also commissioned works with a complete facility to faithfully reproduce any sculpture from miniature to monumental in any medium to distribute nationally and internationally.

He achieved considerable success and endless acclaim for the remarkable quality of his works. Worldwide recognition was achieved for his "Mother and Child" sculpture.

Art Deluxe Co., Inc would go on to produced over a million quality sculptures worldwide until its close in 2007. After which, Lado and his family relocated to sunny Southern California, where he enjoys partial retirement and creating one of a kind arts for clients.

Lado is open for commissions and collaborations. Feel free to contact us!
artbylado@gmail.com

Among some of his commissions, are the following:

10 Monumental Murals “LENIN” Tbilisi, Georgia
Exteriors and Interiors for Airport Central Complex Buildings, Orenburg, USSR
“Georgian Culture” Exhibition section at Moskow Art Expo in Moscow, USSR
Scale reduction of HEISMAN TROPHY AWARD
Created/Sculpted INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD Los Angeles
Nine foot bronze sculpture “MUSE” Trammel Crow Inc, Chicago, IL
Sixty original sculptures createdfor exclusive reproduction by Art Deluxe Co.
Samantha Smith bust for an International Presentation at the Kremlin Moscow
Life size statue of “Mother Teresa” Sherborn, MA
Bust of Oscar Romero, El Salvador
Sculpted award for Sony Music Production, New York, NY
Created the “Courage and Conscience” Award Sherborn, MA
Nine foot “Mahatma Ghandi” statue for PACIFIST MEMORIAL
Series of Busts of actors for the CIRCLE in the Square Theatre, New York City
Bust of John F. Kennedy for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Bust of Robert Kennedy for the Robert Kennedy Foundation, Boston, MA
“PETA” Award for People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, VA
“Sanction for Non-Violence”, United Nations, New York, NY
“MUHAMMAD ALI” Bust for Peace Abbey, Sherborn, MA

Solo and Major Exhibitions

1967 . “Non Conformist Artists” exhibition in Tbilisi, Georgia
1970 . Solo exhibition in the Palace of Teachers, Georgia
1975 . Personal show of paintings the Palace of Art, Georgia
1975 . Graphic works at Galleria Gallo, Rome, Italy
1981 . SISA New York 11th Exhibition, New York
1981 . Fine Arts Exhibition, Cooperstown, New York
1981 . ALLIED Artist World Trade Center, New York
1981 . Knickerbockers Art Society Exhibition, New York
1982 . Salmagundi Club Annual Exhibition, New York
1994 . Garden City Library Hall, Garden City, New Jersey
1994 . Sculpture Showcase Gallery, New Hope, PA
2001 . Michael Lombardo Gallery, New York
2005 . Mahatma Gandhi Sculpture (9 ft.) for traveling educational exhibition to Universities across the Nation.
2005 . Permanent display-exhibition of the sculpture works at PEACE ABBEY Sherborn, MA