Erekle Chinchilakashvili is an emerging Georgian artist. He is currently based in Budapest, where he is working on his PhD in Fine Arts. Erekle is especially passionate about understanding the subconscious side of human nature and using his art, he tries to discover the secrets that lie behind the curtains of everyday life. Grown in an artist’s family, Erekle has been painting since early childhood. Later he also got interested in History & Theory of Art. Ever since then, he has been trying to analyze relationship between painting and literature. His main inspiration is to paint surfaces that would act as portals, leading into meditative world of spirituality. Erekle usually works in oil and acrylic paints, but since he is especially passionate about the freedom in choosing techniques, he often combines traditional methods with various inventive and experimental ways. Apart from painting, he also works in the genre of collage and sculpture. Erekle pays a lot of attention to what has been created before him and his main influences come from Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee, Nicolas de Stael and ancient Georgian wall paintings.