Niko Chocheli was born in Tbilsi, Republic of Georgia, Tbilisi Nikoladze Art College and Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts. His work is reminiscent of the style of the old masters and Orthodox iconography. His animal paintings come alive in their portrayal. His fantasy images evoke a feeling of illuminated manuscript pictures with lush, sumptuous colors and intriguing creatures.

2005

“Afinitas” Organization Lecture and art display – Doylestown Country Club,

Doylestown, PA

“Creative Life” – Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, PA

“Icons: Windows into Heaven”.

Kimberton, PA.

2004

“Life in Art”. Presentation lecture at Middle Township Recreation Department. Martin

Luther King Center, Whitesboro, NJ.

“Christianity in North America Today” - Institute of Foreign Languages, Tbilisi, Georgia.

2002

“Georgia and Byzantium”, Villanova University, Villanova, PA

2001

“Leonardo Da Vinci, Wisdom for Every Artist”, Villanova University, Villanova, PA.

2000

Symposium “Spirituality in Art” Icons, Immaculata College.

“Byzantine Iconography”, St. Demetrios Orthodox Church, Wildwood, NJ.

“Creative Process” Creative Arts Series, Eastern College, PA.

1999

“Meaning of the Icons”, Annunciation Orthodox Church, Elkins Park, PA.

“Icons & Their Meaning”, St. Demetrios Orthodox Church, Wildwood, NJ.

“History & Religion of Orthodox Georgia”, St. Philip’s Antiochian Orthodox Church,

Souderton, PA.

1998

Cape May Congress Hall, Cape May, NJ – “Meaning of Icons”.

James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA Lecture on “French Impressionism

for The Passionate Eye”. Paintings by European and American masters from Bucks

County Collections Exhibition.

1997

Franklin and Marshall University -- Introductory lecture and demonstrations - “My Art

And Drawing”.

Cold Spring Elementary School – “Art and History of Georgia”.

Lenape Middle School – “Introduction of Icon Paintings and Georgian Art History”.

1994

Technical University, Republic of Georgia – “How I Learned from the Old Masters”.