Committee of

EXPERTS

Established by Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Culture, the Committee of Experts played a key role in shaping the content of Artists of Modern Kazakhstan. Their invaluable insights and nominations helped identify the featured artists, contributing to this celebration of Kazakhstan's national identity through visual arts.

SABINA AKZHAROVA

SABINA AKZHAROVA

PhD, Secretary General of Kazakhstan National Federation of UNESCO Clubs (Kazakhstan)

ANZHELIKA AKILBEKOVA

ANZHELIKA AKILBEKOVA

Master of Arts, Head of the Exhibition and Exposition Centre of the State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan named after A. Kasteyev, Member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) (Kazakhstan)

DINA BAITASOVA

DINA BAITASOVA

Art Expert, Curator, Founder of TSE Art Destination (Kazakhstan)

OLGA BATURINA

OLGA BATURINA

PhD in Arts, Art Curator, Professor at Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts (Kazakhstan)

SONYA BEKKERMAN

SONYA BEKKERMAN

Art Expert, Ex-senior vice president of the Sotheby’s auction house, Co-founder of Son Mar Group company, Co-founder and CEO of the TondoArt art platform (USA)

ARIANE DE GUERNON

ARIANE DE GUERNON

Curator, Project Manager of the Association of National Museums of France (France)

KAMILLA LI

KAMILLA LI

Art Expert, Member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) (Kazakhstan)

PAVEL NIKONOV

PAVEL NIKONOV

Member of the Russian Academy of Arts, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (Russia)

BAITURSYN UMORBEKOV

BAITURSYN UMORBEKOV

Professor, Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ex-Chairman of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

THIBAUT DE RUYTER

THIBAUT DE RUYTER

Independent Curator, Art Critic, Co-founder of the Modern Art School AUTOCENTER, Member of the Association of Art Critics AICA-FRANCE (Germany)

MADINA SULTANOVA

MADINA SULTANOVA

PhD in Arts, Associate Professor, Member of the National Committee for the World Heritage under the National Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan for UNESCO and ISESCO, Member of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

PAUL MICHAEL TAYLOR

PAUL MICHAEL TAYLOR

PhD, Director, Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution (USA)

ANDREY KHAZBULATOV

ANDREY KHAZBULATOV

PhD, Art Expert, Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

ZHANERKE SHAIGOZOVA

ZHANERKE SHAIGOZOVA

PhD in Education, Associate Professor at Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Kazakhstan)