On November 20, 2024 at 16:00 the opening of a personal exhibition will take place at the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan «Time resonance» People’s figure of Kazakhstan, academician of the Academy of Arts of Kazakhstan and the World Academy of Art «MONDIAL ART ACADEMIA» – Bolat Mukhamediyev.

Bolat Mukhamediyev is one of the outstanding artists of Kazakhstan, whose creative activity spans more than five decades and represents a unique combination of book graphics, painting, abstraction, architecture, sculpture, design and photography. Born on March 12, 1957 in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan, he went from studying at the Alma-Ata Art School and the Lviv Academy of Book Art to the Moscow Polygraphic Institute and the Dresden University of Industrial Graphics.

He is the winner of numerous international awards, including a gold medal at the World Abstract Artists Competition in Paris in 2023, and is an honorary artist of 12 countries. His name is included in the World Encyclopedia “Artists of Children’s Books 1945-1991”, and his achievements were published on the pages of the American publication “Forbes”.

From 1982 to 1991 B. Mukhamediyev has won six international awards in the field of book and magazine art in Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Turkey and Japan. From 1992 to 2023, he created 11 thematic steles and more than 50 small architectural forms, and also developed five architectural projects. During his work at the magazine “Bilim zhane enbek”, the artist illustrated 24 covers, and at the publishing house “Kazakhstan” he designed more than 300 publications of various genres, including fiction, children’s, popular science and agricultural literature. His books were awarded first and second degree diplomas at the Moscow and Dresden exhibitions. Since the beginning of 1995, Bolat Mukhamediyev has been actively using digital technologies to create graphic works and design, which allowed him to work on advertising products, architectural projects, exhibition displays and animation videos..

For the first time in Kazakhstan, he will present works created on a graphic tablet in the program “Painter”, which allows him to create complex compositions with high detail. Each digital painting takes from 5 to 10 days to create, and every stroke here is as detailed as in traditional painting.

The artist has also completed many sculpture projects, including significant monuments and steles such as “From the Steppes to Space” in honor of the 70th anniversary of cosmonaut Tokhtar Aubakirov in Karaganda, “The Family Tree” for the 350th anniversary of Kazybek-Bi in the village of Egindibulak, a stele for the residential complex “Green Quarter” in Astana, the stele “Golden Ear” in the village of Novonikolsk-Zenchenko (Petropavlovsk region), the stele-pointer “Nauryzbai audany” in Almaty, the monument “100th Anniversary of the Formation of the Republic of Turkey” in Mersin, as well as the arch “Ratonda” in the village of Ulytau and many other memorable objects throughout Kazakhstan and abroad. In addition, Bolat Mukhamediyev has made a significant contribution to the field of inclusion, becoming the first in Kazakhstan to develop lifting devices for transporting people with disabilities, which received an international EAC certificate and found wide application. This project demonstrates not only his skill, but also his desire to improve the quality of people’s lives through technological innovation.

The digital painting presented at the exhibition is a reflection of the artist’s desire to introduce modern technologies into art and can become an important reference point for the younger generation of artists in Kazakhstan. The exhibition is designed to inspire viewers to discover new opportunities for creativity, to emphasize the uniqueness of digital technologies in the art of the 21st century.

and give everyone the opportunity to find «Time resonance» in the works of the master.

The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan invites everyone to this unforgettable event to personally enjoy the unique works of art of Bolat Mukhamediyev and be inspired by his creative vision.

The exhibition presents about 50 works of digital painting and graphics by the author.