Artist Statement:
I was born and raised in Almaty, Kazakhstan, studied painting and other creative artistic pursuits from an early age and graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from Almaty State University in 1995. In 2016, I moved to Canada to reside permanently in Toronto with my daughter and husband.
I studied creative visual arts at university and graduated with a degree in Fine Art from Almaty State University (ASU) in 1995. Between 1996 and 1998, I taught and lectured in the ASU Arts and Crafts department, before pursuing my artistic career full-time.
I create my art using original technique, taking modern approach to the traditional art of batik, and have been known to describe my self-expression as akin to ‘graphics on silk’.
I have exhibited widely almost every year since 1998, in Kazakhstan, at Christie's Auction House in London (UK) and in Toronto. Individuals and corporations around the world, including in Kazakhstan, Russia, Spain, South Korea, the USA, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden and Israel, have purchased my original artwork for their residences and offices.
Exhibitions:
2017 — “A Retrospective”, Rosedale Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
2015 — “So There Were Stars”, Clay House Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2014 — “View Through The Window”, Artscape Wychwood Barns Community Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2014 — “Meeting On The Way”, Palace of Independence, Astana, Kazakhstan
2013 — “If A Soul Had A Profile”, Art Centre Alma-Ata Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2012 — “World of Children”, Art Centre Alma-Ata Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2011 — “Horsemen”, Art Centre Alma-Ata Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2010 — “Tete-a-Tete”, Art Centre Alma-Ata Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2009 — “Walks in the City”, Art Centre Alma-Ata Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2009 — “Ingenious View”, Art Centre Alma-Ata Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2008 — “Art Nomad”, Christie’s Auction House, London, England
2007 — “Melody of the Sun”, Central Exhibition Hall, SRCE Directorate of Exhibitions and Auctions of the Kazakhstan Ministry of Culture, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2006 — solo exhibition, Tandem Phillip Morris Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2004 — “Towards the Sun”, Central Exhibition Hall, SRCE Directorate of Exhibitions and Auctions of the Kazakhstan Ministry of Culture, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2003 — “All Muses Are Women”, ARK Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2000 — “History of Fish”, Tribune Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1999 — solo exhibition, ABN AMRO Bank Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1999 — solo exhibition, Tribune Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1998 — participated in the “Batik World” exhibition, A. Kasteyev State Museum, Almaty, Kazakhstan
