Atabekov Abilsaid (Said)

Painter, artist of performance, objects, video-art

Born in 1965 in Bes Terek village, Tashkent Oblast, Uzbekistan. Currently lives in Shymkent.

1988-1992 Kasteev Shymkent Art College, specialty – artist-decorator

 

Major Exhibitions:

1990 “The Red King”, Oblast Exhibition Hall. Shymkent, Kazakhstan

1991 “Shymkent-Transavant-garde”, “Cathedral” Exhibition Hall, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1993 “SaA”, Central Artist House, Moscow, Russia
 “Me is not Us”, personal exhibition in the “Fonkor” Gallery, Shymkent, Kazakhstan

1994 Personal Exhibition-Action “Tanir”, Oblast Exhibition Hall, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
 Environment “Observatory of Have-nots”, South-Kazakhstan Historical and Ethnographic Reserve “Ordabasy”, Kazakhstan

1995 Personal Exhibition-Action “Vird” in “Bal Bal” Gallery, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Exhibition-Action “Teslim-Tash”, Khodzha Akhmed Yasavi Mausoleum, Turkestan, Kazakhstan
 Exhibition-Action “Journey to a country of Orient”, Kazgurt Mountain, Kyryk Shilten Aul, South-Kazakhstani Oblast, Kazakhstan
Artists from Shymkent. “Kyzyl Tractor” Group, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Teslim-Tash-2”, “Ulasu Art” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1996 “Blue Pepper”, “Tengri-Umai” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1997 “Southern Mountains”, Office of “Infokast” company, Shymkent, Kazakhstan Regional Exhibition of Traditional Art and Craftsmanship of Kazakhstan under the aegis of UNESCO. Historical Museum, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
International Exhibition “Asia-Art”. Central Exhibition Hall, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

1998 Action “Art Zone”, . Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“IV International”, Central State Museum of History, Almaty, Kazakhstan
First Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art “Self-identification: Futurological prognosis”, “Moscow” Shopping Center, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1999 “Letter to Tengri”, Center for Contemporary Art, Vilnus, Lithuania

2000 “Tranzedenz”, Kunsthalle, Vienna
Second Annual Exhibition SCCA “Communications:Experience of Interaction” “Atakent” Exhibition Complex, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Third Eurasian Tele-forum, Moscow, Russia
 “Master-Class-Kazakhstan” Festival, “Tengri-Umai” Gallery Almaty, Kazakhstan

2001 “Kyzyl Tractor” is Ten Years Old”. International Business Academy, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“For 10th Anniversary of the Republic of Kazakhstan”, Vienna, Austria
“Spirit’s Feast”, Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2002 “No mad’s land”, House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
“The Heart of PQ” Performance Festival, Brellin, Germany
Videoart Festival SCCA “Inventory”, German Theater, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Re-orientation”, ACC Gallery, Weimar, Germany
“Trans Forma” Center for Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland
Contemporary Music Festival. Derborence, Switzerland
“Souvenir from Kazakhstan”, “Tribuna” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

 

Awards:

1998 First Prize of International Jury of the First Annual Exhibition SCCA “Self-identification: Futurological prognosis, Almaty, Kazakhstan”

2002 Third Prize of International Jury and Public Sympathy Prize of“Souvenir from Kazakhstan” exhibition, Almaty, Kazakhstan