Irakli Mirzashvili grew up in a family of visual artists in Tbilisi, country of Georgia, and enjoys working in oil pastels, creating collages, and photography. His artwork has been exhibited in the United States and Georgia. His art has been published in several journals including The Adroit Journal, Camas Magazine, Ignatian Literary Magazine, New Delta Review, Peatsmoke Journal, Ponder Review, Sheepshead Review, The Penn Review, and is upcoming in Thin Air Magazine and New Limestone Review. After living in rural Alaska, the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and the great plains of Kansas, Irakli resides in the Austin, Texas, area.