Tato Akhalkasishvili was born in 1979, Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated from Tbilisi Academy of Arts in 2003. Afterwards he moved to Germany where he lived and worked in Cologne. In 2008 the artist decided to go back to his country. Nowadays he is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.
He works in painting, in addition to making objects, installations and collages. Akhalkasishvili expresses important issues and concepts with the help of different metaphors. Childhood is one of the primary themes in his art. He portrays childhood memories, the perks of human existence. The artist always develops his works  in a series.

ERTI Gallery was founded in 2015 with the goal to promote the development of the art market in the country, to create new opportunities for artist’s self-expression and to establish a platform for developing contemporary art in Georgia. In just a couple of years, ERTI has managed to organize high profile shows by inviting international curators and cooperating with international art institutions. Art Fairs are another instrument through which the gallery is implementing the policy of popularization of Georgian contemporary art. As a result, the gallery’s artist’s works are getting international recognition and have become parts of international collections, and more and more representatives of world’s art society support contemporary art from Georgia.