Collection: Anvar Bakhteyev

Modern Uzbekistan artist, graduated from one of the oldest colleges of Central Asia in Tashkent. Working in the mainstream of surrealism.

Education and Achievements:

Well-known contemporary artist. He was born in 1949 in Uzbekistan, on the territory of the former Soviet Union. He graduated from one of the oldest colleges of Central Asia in Tashkent: Republican Art School after P. P. Benkov (Benkov Art College), The Painting Department. In 1975 he completed Book Illustration Department of Theatre and Art Institute of Tashkent.

Since 1973 he actively participates in international art exhibitions. His works are well-known in Tunisia, Poland, Jordan, the Arab Emirates and others. Since 1980 he is a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR.

He taught at the Architectural Department of the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute, and in the Benkov Art College. In 1994 he was awarded a diploma of Union of Artists of Uzbekistan, in 2008 – a silver medal of the Union of Artists of Uzbekistan. Also, he is the active corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan.