Artist and writer born 1948 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
1973 - 1979, studied at the W.I. Surikow State Art Institute, Moscow, Russia
Lives in Tashkent, Uzbekistan since 1980.
Solo Exhibitions and Projects (Selection)
2003
Presentation of the video art project "… and comprehend own loneliness" at his own studio in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2002
Presentation of the video art projects "Thirst", "Meat", "Scars of Love" at his own studio in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1996 and 1999
Presentation of "Sands of Oblivion", installations within the "Sand-Clay" project at his own studio in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1999
"Total Painting". Old House of Chelsea on Kings Road, London, Great Britain
1998
Painting. "Turtle and Violin" Gallery, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1991
Creation of environment "Turk project I" and "Turk project II", Chu Valley, Kyrgyzstan
1990
"Painting of Vyacheslav Ahunov". SPD Headquarters. Bonn, Germany
1987
Installation, events and happening "Stairways to Heaven" in the mountains near to Isfara, Tajikistan, 70 ladders dig into the land symbolising each year of Soviet regime exposed to burning.
1979 - 1991
Organises group events named "Gamisms – Meditations as useless pastime taking by pantheismatics", that included visits to sacred Sufi places in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2006
1st Singapore Biennale
2005
Central Asian Exhibition, 51th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"In the Shadov of 'Heroes'", International exhibition, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
2004
"Cap", international exhibition, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
"… and Others", Museum of Arts, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Videoidentity, international videofestival, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2003
"Kettles", international exhibition, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
2002
"No mad’s land", House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
"Trans Forma", Centre of Modern Art, Geneva, Switzerland
2001
"Biennale 2001", Tashkent International Art Exhibition
2000
Festival Master-Class 2000, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Grand Prix of the Festival
1996
Painting, Invariant Gallery, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1993
Exhibition of the Six, Rosdorf, Germany
1992
Gallery "Apex", Goettingen, Germany