Nino Mgaloblishvili (Curator)

Nino Mgaloblishvili (Curator)

PhD in Cultural Studies, Professor. Head of Fashion Design, Tbilisi State Academy of Art

Nino Mgaloblishvili is a Doctor of Cultural Studies, Professor, researcher, and expert in design and fashion education. She heads the Fashion Design program at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and is Head of the Quality Assurance Department of the Faculty of Design.

She serves as Chair of the Sectoral Council of the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement in Design, Industrial Design, Fashion Design, and Textile; is an International Expert in Fashion Technology for WorldSkills, a Higher Education Expert (NEQA), and a member of editorial boards of academic publications. She is also a trainer, mentor, and initiator and leader of educational and creative projects.

Her research interests include fashion theory and cultural studies, design education, educational innovation, and textile technologies. She is the author of 51 scientific publications, including the book Vestimentary Fashion in Post-Soviet Georgia (2021), and co-author and editor of the catalogue-book T&A Design: Research, Technologies, Results (2025).

One of her key professional achievements is the development and implementation of an authorial model of contemporary design education in Georgia, integrating academic knowledge, professional practice, technological innovation, and industry experience. The model has contributed to the development of sectoral and educational frameworks for design education in Georgia.