Madanov Galim

Painter, drawer, designer, film, installation and video artist.

Born in 1958 in Almaty. Currently lives in Almaty.

1973-1977 Gogol Almaty Art College

1978-1985 All-USSR Institute for Cinematography, Moscow, Russia

 

Major exhibitions

1986 Republic Exhibition for Theater and Film Artists, Directorship for Painting Exhibitions, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Republic Exhibition of Young Artists, Exhibition Hall of the Artists’ Union, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1987 “Country’s Youth”, “Manezh” Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, USSR
“Zhiger”, The XV Republican Exhibition of Works of Young Artists of Kazakhstan. , Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
All-USSR Symposium of Young Artists, Kokshetau, Kazakhstan

1988 All-USSR Exhibition for Theater and Film Artists”, Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia

1989 “Crossing”, Directorship of Art Exhibitions, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Aluan Aluan”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1990 “Artists of Kazakhstan”, Kazakhstan’s Official Representation, Moscow, Russia
“Artists of Kazakhstan”, Arecco, Italy
“Zhiger”, Young Artists Exhibition. Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Artists from CIS”, Surzee, Switzerland

1991 “Nauryz”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Exhibition of Stipendees of the Artists Union of the USSR, “Manezh” central exhibition hall, Moscow, Russia

1992 Personal exhibition in the US Embassy, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1993 Exhibition of Stipendees of the La Napul and Henry Klus Fund, Chateau La Napole, France

1994 Personal exhibition in Vadutz, Lichtenshtein
“Glimpses of Silence”. Paintings, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1995 Personal exhibition of drawings, “Ruh” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“The World of Art in 1985”, UNESCO Prize for the promotion of the Arts, Paris, France
“Nomadic Culture at the Border of Centuries”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“People and Settlements”, Directorship for Art Exhibitions, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Exhibition of the Movie Artists Association, dedicated to 100 years of world cinema, House of the Cinema, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Exhibition of artists from “Most” association, Directorship for Art Exhibitions, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Asia Art”, Central Exhibition Hall, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

1996 “Double Vision”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Exhibition of artists from Central Asia, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Habitat II”, Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS, Istanbul, Turkey

1997 “Nomadic Myth”, DC Art Center, Washington, the USA
”Ecology through Culture”, “Tengri-Umai” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Parallel City”, State Museum of Arts, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
“Most-2”, “Most” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Zhiger”, Young Artists Exhibition, Kasteev StateMuseum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Babylon Tower” in “Most” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1998 First Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art “Self-identification: Futurological prognosis”, “Moscow” Shopping Center, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Sary-Arka”, Contemporary Art from Kazakh Steppes”, Charles Samner School, Washington, USA
“Exhibition of unrealized projects”, “Most” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Contemporary Art of Kazakhstan”, Jerusalem, Israel

2000 Second Annual Exhibition Soros Center for Contemporary Art “Communications – Experience of Interaction”, Almaty, Kazakhstan 
“The Past is Somewhere Nearby”, The “Voyager”Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2001 Chamber Exhibition. “Umai” Museum, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Province: Between Europe and Asia”, Shyrayevo Village, Samara Oblast, Russia 

2002 “No mad’s land”, House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
International Festival of Arts “Tengri-Umai”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Issyk-Kul International Symposium, Tamga village, Kyrgyzstan

 

Curatorial projects

1996 “Double Vision”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1997 “Babylon Tower. Environment”, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1998 “Exhibition of unrealized projects”, “Most” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2000-2001 “Mamyr’s Dreams” publishing project (jointly with Zauresh Madanova), Almaty, Kazakhstan

 

Publications

2002 “Faces of a standard in a single residential neighbourhood” (jointly with Zauresh Madanova), www.samal.kz/~scca
Ornament and serie. (together with Sauresh Madanova). In album: Asthetik der Leere. Berlin

 

Awards

1995 Prize winner of the “Achievements in the area of the arts” UNESCO, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1996 Laureate of the Art Prize of the Youth Union of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan