Simakov Vitalii
Teacher, painter, curator, performances and objects author
Born in 1954 in Octyabrsk town (Bashkortostan). Currently lives in Shymkent
1978 – 1983 Ufa Institute of Arts, Painting department
Major Exhibitions
1990 “Shymkent-Transavantgarde”, Exhibition Hall at The Cathedral, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1992 “SaA”. Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia
1995 “Kyzyl Tractor”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1997 “Asia Art”, Central Exhibition Hall, Tashkent,
Uzbekistan
“Blue Pepper”, “Tengri-Umai” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakstan
1998 Art Zone. “Parade of Galleries” Kasteev
State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Shimkent-Almaty. Art from Province”, Moldakul Narymbetov’s House,
Kyrgauldy Village, Almaty Oblast, South-Kazakhstan Oblast Museum of Natural
History, Shymkent
First Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art “Self-Identification:
Futurological prognosis”, “Moscow” Shopping Center, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
1999 “Letter to Tengri”, Center of Contemporary Art, Vilnus, Lithuania
2000 “Transzedenz”, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Second Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art “Communications:Experience
of Interaction”, “Atakent” Exhibition Complex, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Master Class – Kazakhstan”, “Tengri-Umai” Gallery,
Almaty, Kazakhstan
2001 “Kyzyl Traktor is 10 Years Old”. International Academy of Business, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Publications
1995 Introduction to the “Modern Art Gallery” Catalog. Shymkent
1999 Fundamentals of Structural Art. Khodzha Ahmed Yasavi International Kazakh-Turkish University. Shymkent
Curatorial Projects
1984 Organizer and Theoretic of Independent “Modern Art” Studio
1989 Organizer and Theoretic of “Trans-Avant-garde” Group, later called “Kyzyl Tractor”
2002 Organizer and Theoretic of the Modern Art Center in Shymkent