I went to a monastery in 2017 meaning to rest. I came back painting, and I haven’t stopped since.
Before that there was Kazakhstan, then Germany, then an office at BMW. None of it was wrong. It just wasn’t quiet enough to hear anything.
What I make now are surfaces you have to slow down for. Acrylic and oil over texture paste, sand and gold, built up over days until the light stays in the canvas instead of bouncing off it. A river, a horizon, a sky with nothing in it — I paint the same place again and again, and it comes out different every time.
Every piece leaves the studio signed and dated on the reverse, with a certificate of authenticity.
- 1993Born in Kazakhstan
- 2002Moved to Germany
- 2016Finished university
- 2016–17Australia and ThailandSix weeks in a Buddhist monastery
- 2017Began paintingAlongside work at BMW
- 2022Moved to France
- 2023Exhibition, LuganoSwitzerland
- 2023Golden Time Talent, LondonSecond place, international art competition
- 2024Three solo vernissagesParis and Germany
- 2025Art Battle, AmsterdamLive competitive painting
- 2025Lemonwood, CanadaDesign selected for a silk scarf in the Spring/Summer collection