Levan Choghoshvili studied at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts (1970–1976) and became a prominent "unofficial" artist in 1973, regularly participating in underground exhibitions. From the beginning, his work conceptually and politically confronted Soviet ideology.

He frequently used pre-Soviet documents and family photographs as a foundation for his art, most notably in his renowned 1973 series, Paintings from Photographs. He also explored themes of power, eroticism, and 17th-century Georgian history in major works like Venus and Marx and The Assassination of Zurab of Eristavi of Aragvi.

In his polystylistic series Destroyed Aristocracy (1973–1989), Choghoshvili blended diverse global art traditions - from Persian miniatures to modernism. Hidden from official galleries until 1985, the subjects in these works exist in a state of "timelessness," reflecting his unique, subjective approach to capturing historical memory.