Ergalieva Raikhan
Born in 1954 in Ust-Kamenogorsk. Currently lives in Almaty.
1971-1976 Repin Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Department of Theory and History of Fine Arts
2002 Ph.D. in Art Analysis. Dissertation on “Kazakh Art of the XXth Century and Traditional View of the World. Paintings. Sculpture.” Science Institute of Fine Arts Analysis of Uzbekistan, Tashkent
Professional Experience
1976-2002 Group Leader, Head of the Department for Fine Arts, Senior Research Scientist for the Department of Theater and Fine Arts, Auezov Institute for Literature and Art
2001-2002 Assistant Professor, Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts
Curatorial Projects
1992 International exhibition of “Min Oi” Gallery, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
1993 International exhibition of “Min Oi” Gallery, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1995 International exhibition of “Min Oi” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2000 “Forward to the Past” (with participation of artists S. Bashirov and Z. Muhamedzhan-uly), Tashkentskaya Biennale, Uzbekistan
Organized and Participated in the Following Exhibitions
1988 Exhibition of young Kazakhstani artists within the framework of “Zhiger” Festival, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1991-1995 Yearly exhibitions of “Min Oi” Uigur Artists’ Gallery, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1995 Personal exhibition of Erbolat Tulepbai, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1998 Exhibition of young Kazakhstani artists within the framework of “Zhiger” Festival, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1999 Personal exhibition of Erbolat Tulepbai, Tretyakov State Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Publications
Some 90 publications on problems of Kazakh fine arts in Kazakhstani, Russian and foreign press, congress materials, digests, including:
Books
2002 “Ethno-cultural Traditions in Contemporary Art of Kazakhstan”, Almaty
Catalogues
1993 “Askar Esenbaev”, an introductory article to an album, Almaty
1998 “Zhiger-98”, an introductory article for a catalogue, Almaty
1999 “Erbolat Tulepbai”, an introductory article for a personal exhibition album, Almaty
Digests
1997 “M. O. Auezov in Kazakhstan’s Fine Arts” in “Muhtar’s Legacy”, Almaty
1999 “Fallibility and Invincibility of the World in a painting’s transformations” in “The Latest on the Contemporary”, Almaty
2000 “Turkic History and Mentality in Kazakh Paintings”,
Materials from the international symposium “The Turkic World”,
Turkey
“Fine Arts in Kazakhstan at the End of the Millennium”, preface
for the album, Almaty
Magazines
1989 “Exhibition-Meeting”, Tvorchestvo, vol.2,
Moscow
“Contemporary Painting in Kazakhstan”, Iskusstvo, vol.12, Moscow
1990 “Ecstasy and Meditation in Kazakh Sculpture”, Iskusstvo, vol.9, Moscow