Elvira Arsalia

Arsalia was born in 1978 in Abkhazia. In 2000, she graduated from the Design faculty of the Ufa Technical Institute for Services.^[1]

From 2001 until 2014, Arsalia was Director of the Central Exhibition Hall of the Artists Union of Abkhazia. Since 2002, she has been scene-painter at the Abkhaz Drama Theatre. In 2011, Arsalia designed the costumes of the Honour Guard of the President of Abkhazia.^[1]

On 15 October 2014, Arsalia was appointed Minister for Culture and the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Heritage by newly elected President Raul Khajimba.^[2]

Arsalia is Associate Professor of Fine Arts at the Abkhazian State University. She is a member of the Artists Union of Abkhazia and of the Union of Designers of Russia.^[1]