Menlibaeva Almagul

Painter, author of performances and installations

Born in 1969 in Almaty. Currently lives in Almaty.

1987-1992 Zhurgenev Theater and Fine Arts Institute, Department of Decorative and Craft Art

 

Major exhibitions

1988 “Green Triangle”, Geology Museum, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1989 “Crossing”, Directorship of Art Exhibitions, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1990 “Zhiger”, Young Artists Exhibition. Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Summer”, “Rukhani” rock-club, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1991 Mobile exhibition, Pskov, Saint Petersburg and other cities of Russia

1992 “Exhibition of Four”, Directorship of Art Exhibitions, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1993 “Tekemet”, House of Cinema, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1994 “Askar Esenbaev and Almagul Menlibaeva. Sculpture, tekemet”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1995 “Exhibition in the Abai House”, London, Great Britain
“Nomadic Art of the XXI century”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“KokserekBlueSock”, “Kokserek” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“People and Settlements”, Directorship for Art Exhibitions, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Exhibition of the Women’s League for Creative Initiative, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Drawings Exhibition”, “Ruh” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1996 “Evrazia-Art-96”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“New Year’s Serpentine”, KazakhBussines Center, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1997 “Zhiger”, Young Artists Exhibition. Kasteev State Museum of Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Duetto”(together with S. Suleimenova), “Ular” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Didar-Gallery”, “Tengri-Umai” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Skin of an artist”, “A Parade of Galleries”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Literature and Art” exhibition at the presentation of “Soros Kazakhstan-Debut” digest. KazakhBusiness Club, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Almaty’s Dull Art”, “Voyager” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1998 “Labyrinth:, State Museum of Arts, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
“Invasion into the Red Hall. The Group of Four”, “Arman” Cinema, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Taking off the Wraps”, action by “The Group of Four”, Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Enciclopaedia of Dreams. Richard Spooner’s collection, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Parade of Galleries. Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1999 “Plus-Minus”, State Museum of Arts, Bishkek, Kyrgystan
Parade of Galleries. Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Richard Spooner’s collection. Astana, Kazakhstan

2000 Second Annual Exhibition of SCCA “Communications: Experience of Interaction”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Master-Class-Kazakhstan. “Tengri-Umai” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“The Past is Somewhere Nearby”, The “Voyager” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2001 “Hand craft”, Museum of Non-conformist Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia 
“Internal Asia” The 1st International Bienniale. Novosibirsk, Russia
“Internal Asia”. Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan-Russia
“Days of Kazakhstan in Russia” exhibition dedicated 10th Anniversary of independence of the republic of Kazakhstan. Central House of Artists, Moskow, Russia
Must See Art. International Vision Gallery, Washington, USA
«Colour of Temptation», personal exhibition, “Tengri-Umai” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2002 “No mad’s land”, House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
Videoart Festival of Soros Center for Contemporary Art “Inventory”, German Theater, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Re-orientation”, ACC Gallery, Weimar, Germany
International Festival of Arts “Tengri-Umai”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Mysterious portraits of women. Artra Gallery, Amsterdam, The Hetherlands

 

Awards

1995 Diploma from “People and Settlements” UN exhibition (Kazakhstan-Turkey)
Grand-prize from “Asia Art” exhibition, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

1996 Diploma from the “Eurasia-ART” International Exhibition, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1998 Youth State Prize “Daryn” of the Republic of Kazakhstan for achievements in art

2000 Diploma of Master-Class-Kazakhstan Festival. Almaty, Kazakhstan

2002 Tarlan Prize of the Macanese Club of Kazakhstan. Almaty, Kazakhstan
Second Prize (in co-authorship with Renat Kosai) from the Video-art Festival SCCA “Inventory”, Almaty, Kazakhstan