Issue 1, 2013 February-March - Investor.ge

Kote Sulaberidze discovered hewas colour-blind aged 18, onthe eve of his entry exam to theTbilisi Arts Academy. Not ideal if youwant to be an artist. Under Soviet rule,he needed a medical certificate stating hewas healthy in order to get into the academy.But since it was 1985, a bribe gothim the document. He went on to becomean internationally-recognized painter.“I’m daltonic; I confuse red andgreen,” explains the 44-year old artistwhile juggling a red diary. “To my eyes,a green meadow full of poppies is a seaof red with green dots...”Far from holding him back, hiscolour-blindness provided him witha world to explore. He made his owncolour-wheel chart to match what he sawto what other people see. Now his work,