Gela Patiashvili / Guela Patiashvili (გელა პატიაშვილი) is a Georgian artist born in Tbilisi in 1964. Working across painting, animation, theatre, and literature, he spent 30 years in France before returning to Georgia. His paintings often feature dogs as protagonists, using their expressive figures to explore human emotions, social hierarchies, power, and inequality.