Ibragimov Kanat
Painter, author of artistic texts, objects and perfomances.
Born in Almaty in 1964. Currently lives in Almaty.
1981-1985 Gogol Almaty Art College
1987-1992 Zhurgenev Theater and Fine Arts Institute, Department of Metal Art
Major exhibitions:
1988 “Zhiger”, Republic Youth Exhibition, exhibition hall of the Artists’ Union, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1990 “Zhiger”, Republic Youth Exhibition, exhibition hall of the Artists’ Union, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1991 Exhibition of seven artists, “Cathedral” exhibition hall, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1993 “Ecological Exhibition”, Kasteev State
Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Zhiger”, Republic Youth Exhibition, Kasteev State Museum of Arts,
Almaty, Kazakhstan
1994 “A Parade of Galleries”, Kasteev State
Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Kokserek is inviting guests”, “Kokserek” Gallery,
Almaty, Kazakhstan
1995 Exhibition by “Kokserek”, Kasteev State
Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Kokserek Transit… Asia Art”, Central Exhibition Hall, Tashkent,
Uzbekistan
Exhibition by “Kokserek” group, Kasteev State Museum of Arts,
Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Kazakh Art – Old and New”, Karenina Gallery, Vienna, Austria
“Kazakhstan Days in France”, Paris, France
“A Parade of Galleries”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
“Exhibition in the Abai House”, London, Great Britain
“The “Flyuksus” Project”, “A Parade of Galleries”,
Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1996 “Season of the Orient” International Festival,
Republic’s Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
The first International festival of experimental art and performances, “Manezh”
Exhibition Hall, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1997 “Art Moscow”, Central House of Artists,
Moscow, Russia
“Parade of Galleries”. Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Art Street”, “Youth Exhibition, Central State Museum of
History, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Koraz Bird”, Gelman’s Gallery, Moscow, Russia
“Art-Disckurs-97”, Observatory in the foothills of Zailiiski Alatau
Mountains, Kazakhstan
“Asia Art”, Central Exhibition Hall”, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1998 “Patriotic project “Kazakhstan-2030”,
Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Asia yesterday-today-tomorrow”, Benteng Vredeburg museum, Yogyakarta,
Indonesia
“The Future appears from the past”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts,
Almaty, Kazakhstan
“IV International”, Central State Museum of History, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Art Forum”, Berlin, Germany
First Annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art “Self-Identification:
Futurological Prognosis”, “Moscow” shopping center, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
Presentation of the “Millennium Zone”, “Televisor”
club, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1999 “Exhibition about Lenin”, “Kokserek”
Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Beer putsch”, “Morgushka” beer bar, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Political sparring”, “A Parade of Galleries”, Kasteev
State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Che Guevara Party”, “Kokserek” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2000 “Asiatopia”, Bangkok, Thailand
“AIM”, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
2001 NIPAF International Performance Art Festival, Tokyo,
Japan
“Hand craft”, Museum of non-conformist Art, Saint Petersburg,
Russia
2002 First Personal Painting Exhibition, “Umai” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Publications:
1997 “Stance Artists Warrior”, Hudozhestvenyi Zhurnal, Moscow
1998 text in catalogue “Art-Discourse’97”,
Almaty
“The Future will come anyway – with us or without us”, interview
for Novoe Pokolenie, August, Almaty
1999 “Kanat Ibragimov – a seller of an idea, contraband
smuggler”, interview for Karavan, September, Almaty
“Lets go back to our sheep”, interview for Vremya, October, Almaty
2000 “Three Arrows”, http://www.arba.ru
“Another’s Blood”,http://www. arba.
ru
2001 “Moscow-Tokyo. Go to East. ”, http://www.arba.ru
NIPAF 001, http://www.arba.ru
“I took down my pants to show my ass to Moscow, and now I will show
it to our Parliament”, interview for Vremya, Almaty
“To Kazakhstani jerks – contemporary artists I dedicate. Dambal show
or Go to East, or contemporary art as a national masturbation”, http://arba.ru/art/articles/2001357-2.html