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Meir Pichadze was born in 1955 in Georgia. In 1973 immigrated to Israel with his sister Makvala.
Pichadza paints from the memory of the past, he paints pictures based on old family photographs from his childhood album.
He directs himself carrying suitcases, sometimes his children are "planted" in the starry night and cypress landscape of Vincent van Gogh, all in meticulous iridescent colors, with great precision and with reference to technique as a high and important professional standard.
He spends elements of fantasy in the landscape and connects the realistic figure with a mystical union, something reminiscent of a tourist taking a picture next to a particular landscape or monument.
One of his hallmarks was his choice to start painting on a canvas that was all painted black and not on the conventional white and his explanation was that he came to illuminate the painting with the flashlight.
In recent decades, Pichadza has earned a name for himself as one of the most recognized and prominent Israeli painters in Israel. In 2003 he presented a solo exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum. In 2008, a retrospective exhibition was held in his honor.
Fitzhadze died in 2010 at the age of 54.
On the anniversary of his death, an exhibition was held in his honor called: "Man searches for meaning" (as the name of Viktor Frankl's book).
The Tel Aviv Municipality established a commemorative plaque at the entrance to Meir Pichadza's house at 4 Emil Zola Street.
His works are in important collections in Israel and around the world.
