Artist. Works with performance, storytelling, sculpture and installation. Graduate of Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and Surikov Academic Art Institute. Author of a sculptural series of characters from Abkhazian fairy tales, installed in public spaces in Sukhum. Among Arkhip Labakhua’s theatrical projects are Christmas at the Cupiello House at the Russian Drama Theatre, as well as the solo performances The Scent of a Shadow, The Red Actor, Insomnia and The Flicker. A pioneer of public space interventions in Sukhum. Main subject and co-author of Ineke Smits’ film Little Man, TIme and the Troubadour.