Artist, Sculptor, Theater Designer, and Illustrator. Her name is also spelled as Tamari Abakelya and Tamara Abakeliya. She was born in Khoni, Imereti, (now Khoni, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire), on August 19, 1905, to Grigori Abakelia, who at the time was the Chief Prosecuting Officer for the Georgian SSR. Her uncle was Ioseb Abakelia (1882-1938), a well-known leading authority on tuberculosis, who was shot and killed during dictator Joseph Stalin's Great Purge in 1938. She became interested in art and design at a young age and studied locally and then attended the prestigious Tbilisi State Academy of Art in Tbilisi, Georgia. While studying at the Tbilisi State Academy of Art, she was discovered by Iakob Nikoladze, who insisted she visit his art studio to learn sculpture. She made a name for herself already as a student with her sculpting, and later enjoyed success as a theatre set designer and book designer thanks to Nikoladze. She graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Art in 1929 and then taught at the Tbilisi State Academy of Art beginning in 1938. Her sculpting was seen as a dynamism of the composition and artistically rounded forms. She was responsible for much of the progress of the Soviet Georgian sculpture and many of her achievements were in the field of sculpting. Her many sculpted works include sculptured friezes (a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling) on the Museum of Marxism–Leninism in Tbilisi, Georgia, which depicts the various phases of socialist construction in the country of Georgia from 1936 to 1937. Her graphic illustrations included works for or of the Russian writer Nikolay Semenovich Tikhonov, the Georgian poet Vazha-Pshavela, David of Sassoun (the main hero of Armenia's national epic Daredevils of Sassoun, who drove Arab invaders out of Armenia), and Shota Rustaveli, the medieval Georgian poet. Her other work includes as a production designer for the stage decorations for the Rustaveli Theater and Marjanishvili Theater and costume designs for the films, "Arsena" (1937), "Giorgi Saakadze" (1942), and "David Guramishvili" (1945). For her contributions to Georgian art, sculpting, illustration, and design, she was made an Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1942. A Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, she was also awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. She continued working with her artwork until her death. She was married to the Socialist poet and playwright Karlo Kaladze, with whom she had one son, the sculptor Gulda Kaladze (1934-1974). She passed away in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 14, 1953, at the young age of 47. Following her death, she was buried in the Didube Cemetery (or Didube Pantheon), in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her husband Karlo Kaladze (1907-1988), passed away on December 10, 1988 at the age of 81, and he was buried with his wife in the Didube Cemetery (or Didube Pantheon), in Tbilisi, Georgia.