
Elguja Amashukeli (Tbilisi, 1928 - 2002) was a Georgian sculptor and painter, best known for his monumental works in urban settings in Georgia. He graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1955 and worked mainly during the Soviet period.
Amashukeli designed subway stations in Tbilisi and created memorials and monuments across Georgia. His best-known works include the monumental sculpture Mother of Georgia (1958, also dated 1963 in some sources), the monuments to King Vakhtang I Gorgasali (1967) and to Niko Pirosmani (1975) in Tbilisi, and the monument to King David IV the Builder (1994) in Kutaisi. His urban sculptures are noted for their strong national identity.
From 1981 to 1996 he chaired the Georgian Association of Visual Artists. He became a member of the Soviet Academy of Arts in 1985 and, from 1996, a corresponding member of the Department of Linguistics and Literature of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. He received the Shota Rustaveli State Prize in 1965. He died in March 2002 and is buried in the Didube Pantheon Cemetery in Tbilisi.