[1] His father, Georgy Konstantinovich Totibadze was a painter and was the rector of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, which bears to this day the name of his grandfather, Apollon Kutateladze.

In 1977, Gogi moves to Moscow after the divorce of his parents in the City of Artists [ru] with his mother Nana Kutateladze.

[4] When moving in Moscow, Georgy Totibadze shared his grandfather Apollon Kutateladze's workshop with the rest of his mother's family, until 1983.

His neighbours were Alexander Tyshler, symbolist illustrator and painter, and Dmitry Ivanovich Khamin, who became Gogi's first painting and drawing personal teacher.

Whilst he studies, he meets his future wife Irina Savelievna Kozlova, painter and illustrator.

Georgy Totibadze created a series of paintings in Hong Kong, later bought by members of the Japanese diaspora in 1996.