Ucha Japaridze was a Georgian painter. He was given a number of awards during his life, including Public Artist of Georgian SSR (1946), the Honored Artist of Georgia (1943), academician of the Georgian Academy of Arts (1958), laureate of the Shota Rustaveli State Prize (1987) and an Honored Citizen of Tbilisi (1982).
His former home in Tbilisi was turned into a museum in 1988, the year of his death.
In this museum are kept his paintings, graphics and photos about his life.
