KAIRBEKOVA Gafura Bakhytovna

Biography

(15.05.1986, Alma-Ata) – muralist, art critic, fashion designer, graphic designer.

In 2006 she graduated from Almaty College of Service and Technology on specialty “Fashion Designer”. 2010-2015 – Bachelor program of the T. K. Zhurgenov KazNAA on specialty “Monumental Painting”, workshop of A. K. Bapanov, in 2019 she graduated from Master’s program on specialty “Monumental Painting”.

2006-2010 – fashion designer in the studio “Symbat” of B. Asanova. In 2007-2010 she worked at the documentary film studio “Mergen” as a coordinator, video archivist, and director’s assistant. In 2014, there she made the design of the video program project

“Fashion of the Great Steppe”. In 2014, she participated in the design of the book edition of Bakhyt Kairbekov “The World of Nomads. Myths of the Great Steppe. Kazakh etiquette”.

In October 2016, she took part in the creation of the musical “Dostar Serti” of the “Astana Musical” Theater as a costume and set designer.

From 2017 to 2021 she worked as a guide, then a designer at the A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts of the RK, where she was the curator of four exhibitions and designed three printed editions. In 2019, she participated in O. Belyalov’s documentary video project “Karkaraly” as an artist on animation illustration.

From 2010 to the present, she has been actively participating in the city and International art exhibitions.

She is a costume and stage designer for a one-act ballet based on the verses of Abai Kunanbayev “Language of Love”, staged at the “Astana Ballet” Theater (choreography by M. Avakhri).