Sydykhanova Zauresh
Born in 1971 in Almaty. Currently lives in Almaty.
1988-1994 Department of History, Al-Farabi Kazakh State University
1993 Training in L’institue d’Ete peinture, Marly-le-Roi, France
1994 Training in Musee des Artes contemporaines, Marceille, France
1997-2001 Moscow Graduate School of Art Science of the Russian Academy for specialists in Arts, Culture and Tourism
Professional Experience:
1990-1994 Guide, Kasteev State Museum of Arts
1994-1995 Head of the guide tour office, Kasteev State Museum of Arts
1995-2000 Deputy head of the department for organizational work and guide tour services, Kasteev State Museum of Arts
since 2000 Coordinator of visual arts at the Soros Center for Contemporary Art — Almaty
2000 “Unknown Sydykhanov”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty
2001 “A Spirit’s Feast”, Soros Center for Contemporary
Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Chamber Exhibition”, “Umai” Museum, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Gifts to the Museums”, Pavlodar Oblast Museum of Art, Pavlodar,
Kazakhstan
2002 “Souvenir from Kazakhstan”, “Tribuna”
Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“I am a child again”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty; Atyrau
Oblast Museum of Art; President’s Center for Culture, Astana, Kazakhstan
Organized or Participated in the Following Exhibitions
1997 Personal exhibition of A. Sydykhanov, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2000 “House at the seashore”, Directorship of Arts Exhibitions, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2002 Curator’s assistant for “Trans Forma” exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland
Publications
Catalogues
2000 “Landslide (about artwork by A. and A. Bobbs)”, Almaty
2001 “A Spirit’s Feast” Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2002 “Abdrashid Sydyhanov”, Almaty
Newspapers
2000 “Return of Adam and Eve…” (about artists A. and A. Bobbs), Express-K, vol.23, Almaty
2002 “Groom and Bride. About Bienalle of Contemporary Art”, Novoe Pokolenie, September, Almaty