Marat Gabdrakhmanov

Sculptor. Member of the Union of Artists of Kazakhstan.

Laureate of the “Daryn” Award and the Presidential “Bolashak” Program.

Born: 1970, Aktobe, Kazakhstan

Education: Ural College of Applied Arts (metal art) 1996

Advanced training: PRATT Institute, (New York USA 1996-1998)

Media: metal, stone, wood

Focus: small-scale sculpture, public/garden sculpture, ice and snow forms

Key Highlights

• First solo exhibition “Bastau” (Aktobe, 1995)

• Exhibition at the A. Kasteev State Museum of Arts (Almaty, 1996)

• Personal exhibition dedicated to Kazakhstan Independence Day at the UN headquarters (New York, 1998)

• Exhibitions at La MaMa Gallery (New York) and UN Headquarters (New York, 1998)

• Organizer of international welded and garden sculpture festivals in Aktobe

• Participant of major international art events and biennales in Kazakhstan, including the “Astana — Cultural Capital of the Turkic World” Biennale.

Currently lives and works in Aktobe.