Artists / Akilbaev Amon
Amon Akilbaev was born in the Chinese city of Chuguchak (Tacheng) in 1956. Fleeing Mao Zedong’s persecution, his parents moved to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, in 1962, when Amon was six. He finished school in 1974.
That same year, he was drafted into the Soviet army. Returning in 1976 as a sergeant, he enrolled at the P. Benkov Republican Art School, studying to become a painting and drafting instructor. In 1980, Amon continued his studies at the N. Ostrovsky Institute for Dramatic Arts in Tashkent, with a concentration in painting.
Graduating in 1987, Mr. Akilbaev worked at the G. Nizami State Pedagogical Institute in Tashkent, teaching drawing and painting. In 1990, he became an instructor at the Republican Vocational School of Fine and Applied Art.
Beginning that same year, Mr. Akilbaev began entering republican exhibitions, participating in 23 such events in all. In 1999, he became a member of The Academy of Arts of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
More than 30 of Amon Akilbaev’s paintings have been purchased by collectors in Uzbekistan, Germany, the United States, France, Israel and Russia.
In 2006 and 2007, solo exhibitions have been held in Tashkent, as well as at Art Depot in Magdeburg, Germany in 2009.
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