In 1965–1966, he went to Prague where he finished his post-graduate studies at the State School of Fine Arts UMPRUM in the class of Professor Antonin Kibal.
Since 1973, he held a concurrent post as a lecturer of watercolor painting at the Department of Architecture of Georgian State Technical University.
In 1983, Givi Kandareli was awarded with USSR State Prize For Literature And Arts and held solo exhibitions in Spain.
In 2000, he became appointed lecturer and invited Professor at the Academy of Arts and Crafts of Shandong Province in China.
In 2002, he became appointed lecturer and invited Professor at the Heilongjiang University in China, same year his works were selected for IFBE.