Magda Zautashvili is a contemporary painter of Ukrainian origin based in Tbilisi, Georgia, working in surrealist abstraction — a style where fantasy and reality merge on the canvas.
She trained at Tbilisi's S.S. Orbeliani State Pedagogical University, entering the Fine Arts faculty in 1993 and graduating in 1998 with highest honors — a “red diploma” — and a qualification as a fine arts painter. She spent the years that followed teaching computer technology at a private school in Tbilisi and training others in graphic design software, before returning to painting full-time in October 2019.
Magda doesn't plan a painting so much as listen to the canvas as it takes shape. Her process is impulsive and intuitive, built on emotional instinct rather than sketches or studies — colors are felt more than chosen, and her lines resolve into symbols. She works on medium and large-format canvases, often in series, where each piece is its own world within a shared theme.
For her, painting is a language that preaches love, and she believes that beauty and love will save the world — an idea that runs through everything she makes. Off the canvas, she's a tireless creator with an optimistic, nature-loving spirit, and it shows in the color and energy of her work.
Since returning to painting, her work has appeared in more than a dozen exhibitions across Tbilisi and abroad, including the 2025 “Mission Michelangelo” exhibition in Rome. In March 2025 she received the Golden Venus statue at the Venus Art Award for Artistic Mastery, and she has been a member of the Georgian Artists' Union since 2025.
If a work speaks to you, she believes it's meant to be yours.