Li Camilla
Born in 1944 in Sayak village, Taldy-Kurgan. Currently lives in Almaty.
1961-1965 Degree in teaching German Language, Almaty Pedagogical Institute for Foreign Languages, Department of German Language
1970-1875 Repin Leningrad Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Department for Theory and History of Art
1984-1986 Graduate School of the Institute of Literature and Arts of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2001 Institute for Evaluation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Professional Experience
1967-1972 Science Secretary, Directorship for Painting Exhibition of the Ministry of Culture of the Kazakh SSR
1972-1974 Science Secretary, Republic Museum for the Folk Art of the Ministry of Culture of the Kazakh SSR
1974-1976 Head of craft arts department, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1976-1984 Senior Painter, Art Fund of Kazakh SSR
Researcher, Auezov Institute for Literature and Art
1991-1995 Vice-President, association “Ulasu-Art”
1996-2001 Chair, Non-governmental organization “Laboratory of Intellectual Property”
since 2001 Executive Secretary, The Artists’ Union of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1996-1997 “Alternative Concept for the Judicial Base in Art”(creation of an alternative law on culture)
1997-1998 Mobile “Ecology of Culture” exhibition in Kazakhstan
1990-2001 “Mechanisms for Protecting the Author’s Rights and Objects of Intellectual Property” (concepts and publishing pilot bulletins “Author and Law”)
Publications
Book-albums
1998 “Art of Kazakhstan in 60-90s”, Almaty
2001 “XX Century. Art in Kazakhstan” (Paintings, sculpture, graphics, contemporary art), Almaty
2002 “Applied Art of Kazakhstan. XX Century”, Almaty.
Catalogues
1995 “Galym Madanov”, Almaty
1996 “F. Kamalov”, Almaty
Digests
2000 “Contemporary Art and Oriental Mentality” in “The Latest about the Contemporary”, Almaty
Magazines
1990 “The Mannequin Phenomenon” (E. Tulepbaev), Iskusstvo, vol.9, Moscow
1993 “Glimpses of Silence” (G. Madanova), Didar, vol.1, Almaty
1999 “Symbol-code of Truth”(A. Sydyhanov), Didar, vol.15, Almaty